In December, the winter wedding colour question is often raised when considering wedding flowers. Rich reds or winter white? ~It’s often a dilemma!
Colour themes for a winter wedding, as all weddings are extremely personal and are hugely, a matter of taste. What suits one bride will not necessarily suit the next and that is the great thing for me as an event florist. Every wedding is different and each time of year offers new choices to work with.
Weddings now take place all throughout the year and not just in the summer months.
By November though for an events florist like me, things are definitely becoming a little steadier. It’s a great time though to indulge in a quick glance over the shoulder at a recent Cain Manor wedding.
October enjoys the continuation of fabulous hydrangeas. Hydrangea wedding flowers have been hugely popular to this season’s bride.
Through the latter summer weeks we have seen more and more colours and varieties coming through the flower market. At this time of year most of our supply comes from Holland. However, the Colombian growers have been adding this flower to their commercially grown portfolio. The Colombian colour choice is much more limited, but they are able to offer availability throughout most of the year.
September is the month for autumn fruits, berries and ornamental vegetables and the flower market is bursting with all of these wonderful things. I just love using as many of these seasonal treats in my wedding decorations as I can.
I absolutely thrive on the changing seasons and all of the new and exciting options that a new season brings with it. Autumnal elements can be added into bouquets to compliment the dresses, incorporated into large displays to wow and in table decorations to enthral. They can add so much character and additional interest to a whole wedding.
The Dahlia plant originates from Mexico and according to the National Dahlia Society was introduced to Europe over two hundred years ago. The plants initially went to Spain and then afterwards, on to England. Today in the UK we can enjoy them commercially as cut flowers from late summer through to early autumn.
As a round up selection to high summer blue flowers that July has been offering, here are a few of the floral treats that have been available in great complimenting shades of blue.
The Latin name for Sweet Peas is Lathyrus. Native to Sicily and Southern Italy they were introduced to England in 1699 by a Sicilian monk named Franciscus Cupani.
The rise of the tulip probably all started in Holland with “tulip mania” in the mid 1600’s. A time when the Dutch love affair with tulips pushed the price of tulip bulbs up beyond compare. Resulting later, in the famous crash as the bubble inevitably burst.
Today, the Netherlands is the world’s largest producer of tulip bulbs, nationally yielding somewhere in the region of 4 billion bulbs each year. Approximately half this quantity is used for commercially cut tulips covering almost 200 different varieties with more being added every year!