A Guide to Seasonal Wedding Flowers
As a seasonally led florist, I will always look to nature when choosing your wedding flowers. Promises are never made, as we are constantly kept on our toes by what’s in blooms, but doesn’t that make it so exciting!
I always recommend that couples consider what their chosen season means, and how that will translate into their flowers. Is it a moody dried archway that you’re after in the dark depths of November, of a fresh bunch of lemon tulips to add to your centrepieces in Spring.
Either way, both are beautiful, but in keeping with the natural environment that surrounds us. To help with your planning, some of my favourite seasonal flowers are detailed below…
Spring
Fresh, earthy and waking up from a long winter, Spring blooms are some of my favourites.
Getting married in this season means you’ll have some unpredictability of when exactly these blooms awake, but that just adds to the fun!
The pastel hues and tones of the flowers are beautiful, and so rich after a bare landscape for so long.
Some of Bryonia’s Spring favourites:
Blossom
Ranunculus
Parrot Tulip
Spirea
Honesty
Summer
Luscious, bountiful and bold.
The summer blooms are wild and carefree, a playful and fun season to be bold with colours.
Some flowers stick around for the whole season and some are short lived (roses & peonies!), but it’s an exciting time of colours and textures.
Some Summer favourites:
Scabious
Knautia
Ammi
Sweet pea
Autumn
A mixture of both dried and fresh can be present in this month, as things start to change.
The choice starts to limit, but in this you can look to the hedgerows for inspiration.
The frosts will be coming soon, so let’s make the most of a last exploration of the fresh flowers of the year.
A few special Autumn ones:
Dahlia
Flowering mint
Clematis
Bracken
Cosmos
Winter
A dried haven.
The winter months offer a time to explore something unusual and different. Whether that be a withering structure or skeletal shape, partnered with evergreens and dried beauties that capture the summer shine in a now muted way.
Dried will always have a special place in my heart, and this season is one of the most creative ones for me.
A few of the Winter favourites:
Strawflower
Hydrangea
Miscanthus
Rosemary
Dried grasses
I do hope you like this guide to using seasonal wedding flowers!
If you are wanting some help with choosing your wedding flowers and might want to discuss your favourites, just get in touch with me via the enquiry form here.
Thank you,
Jenna x
