Flowers for Table Settings for a Wedding
Choosing flowers for your table settings for a wedding involves many decisions, such as the budget, type of theme and wedding colors. There is also the decision as to what containers you would prefer in addition to the type of flower arrangements or the addition of other items to the display, like candles or feathers. Once these decisions are discussed and resolved, then the actual flower settings merely become a matter of design choice.
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Color
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Allow your wedding colors to influence your choice of flowers. For a romantic wedding with a pink and white theme, pick flowers such as cirsium, roses or gardenias, while an autumn wedding receives flowers of rust, gold and oranges, such as chrysanthemums or carnations. For a garden wedding, go for a crisp, airy design with green flowers, such as hydrangeas, calla lilies or tulips, or creamy flowers, such as bottlebrush or gladiolas. Give a beach wedding tropical color flowers in bright fuchsia and oranges. Some to pick include Hawaiian orchid, anemone, anthuriums or cockscomb.
Color Meanings
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Choose a flower based on the symbolism attached to the color. A white flower symbolizes innocence and purity as it conveys an elegant design element, while an orange flower shows a passion for life, warmth and enthusiasm. Red flowers symbolize beauty and courage as they bring passion to the fore. A blue flower represents calm and tranquility as it brings serenity to your table, while lavender flowers send a message that you are all grown up now as they connote refinement, grace and elegance.
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Type Symbolism
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Floriography, the language of flowers, gives each flower type a meaning. Choose a flower to represent the love the two of you share on this special day, such as an aster, balsam, red rose or honeysuckle. If you prefer to emphasize the passion, then pick a flower that symbolizes passion, such as a yellow iris, coral rose or Spanish jasmine. Another option is to pick blue violets, which symbolize the faithfulness you expect in the marriage. Other faithfulness flowers include lemon blossom or huckleberry.
Seasonal Budget
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Work within your budget as you choose flowers that are inexpensive as they bloom during the season of your wedding. A spring wedding allows many options, such as the bright yellow daffodil, the gerbera daisy or the snapdragon with its stalk of blossoms. Summer brings the cheerful sunflower, violet pansy, hydrangea and tuberose, while autumn brings the chrysanthemum, delphinium or phlox. For winter, pick rose, tulip or forsythia flowers. All-season flowers include astilbe, baby's breath, calla lilies, freesia and lily of the valley.
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