How to Select Flowers for the Groomsmen

The details are what pull a wedding together. When you select flowers for the groomsmen, you are adding one more brushstroke to your masterpiece. Well-chosen flowers not only match the colors of the wedding, they also convey the spirit of the ceremony. Read on to learn how to select flowers for the groomsmen.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Color swatches
• Flower catalog

1. Assemble color swatches that match the colors of your wedding. Also obtain a swatch of material that matches the suits the groomsmen will be wearing during the ceremony.

2. Consult a flower catalog that has full-color pictures of a wide variety of blooms. Compare the pictures to the color and material swatches. Mark those flowers that are good color matches.

3. Note what time of the year the selected flowers are in bloom. Flowers are less expensive during the times of year that they naturally are in bloom.

4. Narrow down the range of choices to those flowers that are in bloom around the time of your wedding.

5. Use the theme of your wedding to make your second cut. How does this work? Here is an example: If your theme is elegant, a rose might make a nice choice, but a daisy wouldn't. Only two or three of the flowers you have chosen so far should make this second cut.

6. Choose the flower that the groomsmen will wear during your wedding. This is the hardest decision because you have to listen to what your heart is telling you.

Tips & Warnings

• If your wedding is around Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, expect to pay significantly more for fresh flowers than at other times of the year due to increased demand.
• You can also clip pictures from bridal magazines, gardening magazines or other sources to get ideas for floral arrangements.