How to Buy Primrose for a Spring Wedding

Primrose is primarily used as an accent flower for a spring wedding bouquet, since they have short stems and don't last long as cut flowers. However, this blooming plant is an appropriate decoration for many other areas of your spring wedding.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mail-order catalog
• Baskets

Order Primrose Plants by Catalog

1. Mail order primrose plants for your spring wedding. Seek out catalogs for nurseries that specialize in perennials and have a good reputation. Get the catalogs by perusing ads in Home-and-Garden and horticulture magazines. Request catalogs during the initial planning stages of your wedding to leave time to make your selection.

2. Evaluate several mail-order companies. Place your order with a nursery based on the quality of primrose plants they grow and what they have available for your wedding date. Primroses vary based on the size of planters, height of flowers, color of blossoms and their growing season. Take these factors into account along with your designated budget to place your order.

3. Ask a representative at the nursery how your plants will arrive. Be specific with your questions regarding the exact height of the plant, and how many blooms will be visible. Communicate that your order is for decorative purposes and the appeal of the flower is of the utmost importance. Request to have a sample plant mailed to you before the wedding to evaluate the quality.

4. Fill your wedding order with primrose plants that produce large clusters of flowers. Buy several English primrose plants since they grow 2 to 3 blooms on each stalk, and come in an array of colors ranging from bright primary colors to pastels and white.

5. Calculate the number of plants you need. Buy enough to decorate your wedding hall and for miscellaneous touches. Primrose plants are relatively small, so you may want to group three or five plants together to form a centerpiece for a large table.

Add Primroses to Your Wedding in Interesting Ways

6. Set aside a few extra primrose plants to use the petals for cake decorating. Primrose petals work well for cake decorating with their pliable texture and rich colors. A pastry chef adds spring petals to enhance the artistic appeal of a wedding cake. Coordinate with your bakery or cake designer how the petals should be delivered. Usually, a cake designer will apply them the morning of the wedding at the location of the event.

7. Use primrose plants for bridesmaids' flowers. Buy flower baskets made of wicker, rattan or natural willow. Place a plant--or several--in each basket and the vibrant spring colors will brighten your photos.

Tips & Warnings

• Plant the extra primrose plants from your wedding in your home garden. Take a photograph to include in your scrapbook commemorating your first year of marriage.
• If you are using primrose petals to decorate your cake, be sure the plants have been grown without the use of pesticides.