Popular Wedding Flowers

Select the flowers for your wedding based on shape, color and meaning .Each flower stands for something, and knowing what the flowers you use symbolize can add an extra layer of sentiment to your floral wedding arrangement.

Rose

The rose is the most common wedding flower. It is in part popular because it is easy to arrange and available in a large variety of colors. It is generally used to symbolize love and beauty, but different colors of roses hold individual meanings as well. For example, red roses symbolize passion, and yellow roses symbolize friendship.

Calla lily

The calla lily is popular in wedding bouquets and is often bundled together without any other sprays or flowers in the arrangement. Its elegant shape and delicacy make it an excellent wedding flower. Calla lilies are symbolic of womanhood, because the flower's shape is said to mimic that of a woman's silhouette. It is also a symbol of rebirth and new life.

Stephenotis

Stephanotis became popular as a wedding flower during the Victorian era, because its name literally means “marital happiness.” The flowers grows on a vine and is wired into floral arrangements because it has no stem. It is a star shaped, trumpet flower and when combined with greenery, makes simple but beautiful boutonnières and corsages.

Wedding flowers are an important element of any nuptial celebration. They are used in centerpieces and in bouquets and boutonnieres, as well as to decorate the alter and more. Selecting the right flowers is essential to creating a wedding celebration that is full of meaning, elegance and style.