Anemone
Meaning:Expectation
Best For:Bouquets and arrangements
Scent:None
Native to:Fall (Japanese) to spring (Wood or De Caen)
Price Range:Moderate
Baby’s Breath
In Nigeria we sometimes call them fillers , they are added to Roses to make the bouquet full
Meaning: Innocence
Best For: Filler in bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres
Scent: None
Calla Lily
Meaning:
Magnificent beauty
Best For:Bouquets and arrangements
Scent: Lightly fragrant
In Season: Spring and summer
Price Range: Expensive
This large tropical flower is very popular in weddings.
Carnation
Meaning: Pink represents boldness, red symbolizes love, and white indicates talent.
Best For: Bouquets, boutonnieres, and arrangements
Scent: Very light fragrance or none at all, depending on variety
Price Range: Inexpensive
Chrysanthemum
Meaning: Wealth, abundance, truth
Best For: Bouquets and arrangements
Scent: None
In Season: Year-round
Price Range: Inexpensive
Floral Fact: Mums come in several varieties, which determine their size and color. The name literally means “golden flower.”
Daffodil
Meaning: Regard
Best For: Garden settings, in pots
Scent: None
Price Range: Inexpensive
Daisy
Meaning: Share your feelings
Best For: Bouquets
Scent: None
Price Range: Inexpensive
Delphinium
Meaning: Swiftness, lightness
Best For: Arrangements
Scent: Lightly fragrant
Price Range: Moderate
Freesia
Meaning: Innocence Best For:Bouquets
Scent: Very fragrant
Price Range: Inexpensive
Gardenia
Meaning: Purity, joy
Best For: Bouquets and boutonnieres
Scent: Very fragrant
Price Range: Expensive
Hydrangea
Meaning: Understanding
Best For: Bouquets and arrangements
Scent: None
Price Range: Expensive
Iris
Meaning: A message of faith, wisdom
Best For: In arrangements or potted
Scent: Fragrant
Price Range: Moderate to expensive, depending on variety
Irises come in several sizes; they are usually blue or white, but you may find exotic varieties (including purple ones).
Lilac
Meaning: Love’s first emotions
Best For: Filler in arrangements or as part of bouquets, depending on variety
Scent: Very fragrant
Price Range: Moderate to expensive
The local lilac is grown like a bush, and is used as filler because of its greenery. The French lilac is more flower-like and can be used as such in bouquets and arrangements.
Lily
Meaning: Majesty, truth, honor
Best For: Bouquets and arrangements
Scent: Fragrant
In Season: Summer, but often imported during other seasons
Price Range: Moderate to expensive
Magnolia
Meaning: Love of nature
Best For: Arrangements
Scent: Depends on variety
Price Range: Expensive
Magnolias are more common in Southern-style weddings, as most magnolia trees grow in the South.
Orchid
Meaning: Love, beauty
Best For: Bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres
Scent: None
In Season: Year-round — almost always imported
Price Range: Expensive
Floral Fact: This exotic flower comes in a variety of colors and sizes.
Peony
Meaning: Bashfulness, the American spirit of ambition and determination
Best For: Arrangements
Scent: Lightly fragrance
Price Range: Expensive
Rose
Meaning: Love, joy, beauty
Best For: Bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, and arrangements
Scent: Lightly fragrant to very fragrant, depending on variety
Price Range: Moderate to expensive
Floral Fact: Roses are the most popular wedding flowers.
Stephanotis
Meaning: Marital happiness
Best For: Bouquets and arrangements
Scent: Very fragrant
Price Range: Moderate
These trumpet-shape blossoms are traditional bridal flowers, no doubt due to their meaning.
Stock
Meaning: Lasting beauty
Best For: Filler in arrangements
Scent: Very fragrant
Price Range: Inexpensive
Floral Fact: Stock can be found in many colors to complement and fill out arrangements.
Sunflower
Meaning: Short-stemmed sunflowers mean adoration; long-stemmed sunflowers symbolize haughtiness
Best For: Carrying a single stem down the aisle; potted arrangements
Scent: None
Price Range:
Inexpensive to moderate in season
Sweet Pea
Meaning: Pleasure
Best For: Garden setting, in vases
Scent: Fragrant
Price Range: Moderate
Tulip
Meaning: Love, passion
Best For: Arrangements and bouquets
Scent: None
Price Range: Expensive
These sweet and stately flowers can be found in a myriad of colors, but they are very fragile.
Wow! After this long read what will your bouquet look like?
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