Bridal Bouquets – A Guide to Picking the Right Bouquet for You!

One of the really fun parts of organizing a wedding for the super excited bride is choosing her flowers. Most women love flowers and love to use them as portable and changeable pieces of art.  And why shouldn’t they? Flowers are beautiful, colourful, and pretty. They cheer everybody up and they make everything look so magical.

The problem of course is choosing “the right flowers” for your day.  When it comes to choosing flowers—whether for the bouquet , alter, or decoration—there are so many different options that choosing any one type of flower is difficult because ALL FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Some people choose certain flowers for their colors, on the basis of fragrance, or season, while other people choose their favourites . Here is one more way of choosing your flowers: You might want to consider the symbolic meanings behind of some of the most common flowers used in bridal ceremonies.

Here is a few examples of the flowers that we thought had the most interesting meanings. (Click on any flower to see what it looks like)

• Amaranthus – Immortality
• Bluebell – Constancy
• Blue Violet – Faithfulness
• Carnation - Fascination and love
• Chrysanthemum (red) – I love you
• Chrysanthemum (white) – Truth
• Dahlia – Good Taste
• Lilac (white) – Youthful innocence
• Lily – Majesty
• Mimosa – Sensitivity
• Reed – Music
• Sweet Pea – Delicate pleasures
• Tulip – Love
• Wisteria – I cling to thee
• Daisy – Innocence
• Flax - Fate, I feel your kindness
• Forget-me-not - True love and remembrance
• Gardenia – Joy
• Heliotrope – Devotion and faithfulness

For a complete list of flowers and other ideas to choose a bouquet visit Wedding Flowers 101