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Flowers

Flower Details
Types of Bouquets

Flower Details

Aistroemeria
Color: Purple, yellow, pink, white, orange, red
Available: All year
Symbolism: Devotion

Baby's Breath
Color: Pink, white
Available: All year
Symbolism: Pure heart

Bachelor's Button
Color: Purple, white, red, blue
Available: July-frost
Symbolism: Hope, devotion, love

Camellia
Color: Purple, yellow, orange, blue
Available: Winter
Symbolism: Good Luck, Contentment

Carnation
Color: Purple, yellow, pink, white, red, striped
Available: All year
Symbolism: Lasting fidelity, deep love

Chrysanthemum
Color: All colors
Available: All year
Symbolism: Cheerfulness, constancy, truth

Daffodil
Color: Yellow, white, orange
Available: December-May
Symbolism: Regard, joy, devotion

Daisy
Color: Yellow, white, blue
Available: All year
Symbolism: Faith, cheer, simplicity

Fern
Color: Green
Available: All year
Symbolism: Sincerity, magic, beauty

Freesia
Color: Purple, yellow, pink, white, red, lavender, orange, mixed
Available: All year
Symbolism: Innocence

Fuchsia
Color: Purple, white, red, blue, mixed
Available: Summer-frost
Symbolism: Taste

Gardenia
Color: White
Available: All year
Symbolism: Purity, joy

Gladiola
Color: Yellow, pink, white, red, lavender, violet
Available: July-August
Symbolism: Generosity, beauty

Honeysuckle
Color: Yellow, white, red
Available: June-July
Symbolism: Devoted affection

Iris
Color: Purple, yellow, pink, white, red, orange, blue, green
Available: December-July
Symbolism: Faith, wisdom, health

Ivy
Color: Green
Available: All year
Symbolism: Wedded love, fidelity, friendship

Lily
Color: Purple, yellow, pink, white, red, orange, blue, lilac
Available: April-August
Symbolism: Virtue, beauty, elegance, pride

Orange Blossom
Color: White
Available: Summer
Symbolism: Eternal love, marriage, fertility

Orchid
Color: All but blue
Available: All year
Symbolism: Love, beauty, fertility

Rose
Color: Yellow, pink, white, orange, red
Available: All year
Symbolism: Happy love, friendship

Rosebud
Color: Yellow, pink, white, orange, red
Available: All year
Symbolism: Beauty, youth, purity

Stephanotis
Color: Pink,white
Available: All year
Symbolism: Happiness

Sweetpea
Color: All but yellow
Available: Summer
Symbolism: Blissful pleasure

Tulip
Color: All but blue
Available: December-May
Symbolism: Perfect lover, happiness

Zinnia
Color: All but blue
Available: Summer-Fall
Symbolism: Rememberance, lasting affection

Types of Boquets

This is the traditional bridal accessory. It comes in a wide variety of sizes and floral combinations.The boquet may either be an arm boquet or set in a plastic holder.


Nosegay
A small cluster of flowers in a holder or wrapped with ribbon.
Biedermeier
A small nosegay with rings of various colors and blooms which are usually a type of small blossom.
Tussie Mussie
Handtied boquet in which the stems are tied together and trimmed with a ribbon.
Wired
Each individual bloom is wired to stand upwright and are flexible enough to be bent into the shape of a boquet.
Cascade
A boquet anchored in a base. Blooms and greenery gracefully falls downward along the front of the gown.
Composite
Individual petals of a flower or a cluster of blooms are wired and glued together for a full look.
Pomander
A blossom-covered globe held on by a ribbon. This is good for children to carry as well as baskets.
Boa
A luxurious length of wired flowers to be worn as a stole.

Traditional bridal boquets are comprized of white and ivory flowers. Some popular flower choices are: camellias, lilies, freesia, gardenias,stephanotis, orange blossoms, orchids, roses and white violets.