What Are the Most Popular Flowers for Weddings?
If you're in the process of planning your wedding, you will want to know the most popular flowers to include in your decor. There are several varieties from which to choose. Flowers will add elegance and class to your ceremony and reception, since they add to the environment and make for breathtaking pictures.
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Calla Lilies
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Calla lilies are ideal flowers for weddings and are often used for spring and summer weddings. The flowers have long stems, which make them look especially demure. They are available in white, which is the most popular for weddings, as well as yellow, burgundy and bright orange. Brides often carry a single lily down the aisle instead of a bouquet and may give their bridesmaids a lily to walk down the aisle with in another one of the wedding colors. Bouquets of lilies can be used to decorate the altar where the bride and groom exchange their vows, Single lilies can also be displayed in the center of every table at the wedding reception.
Lily of the Valley
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Lilies of the valley are small, white flowers shaped like bells, reminiscent of wedding bells. Many brides use these to decorate their wedding or reception, and the flowers can also be included in the bride's bouquet. The flowers have a pleasant scent that many brides prefer. Some women choose to wear a few stems of the flower in their hair as they walk down the aisle. Since the flowers are not very large, they can also serve as accent flowers for the bouquets or centerpieces featured at the wedding reception tables where guests will be seated, or on the table where the guest book and place cards are presented.
Tulips
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Tulips are available in a variety of colors and look great against the crisp shades of white that are common in a wedding. The colors also have special significance as well, Red tulips are a declaration of romantic love, cream-colored tulips signify eternal love and yellow tulips mean that the couple is hopelessly in love. The bride can choose to carry a bouquet of tulips down the aisle and a single tulip can be given to the mothers of the bride and groom as well. Bridesmaids can carry a small bouquet of tulips or a single flower, and the flower girls sprinkle tulip petals down the aisle before the bride enters.
Roses
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Roses are the most popular wedding flower and are used for ceremonies and receptions any time of year. Red roses are a sign of love and passion and will appear especially bold against white decorations. White roses, which are often used for the bride's bouquet and to decorate the altar area, are a symbol of purity and innocence, two principles describing a new marriage. The bride may want the roses featured at the wedding reception to be in colors like yellow or pink, since yellow roses mean "friendship," and pink roses are displayed to signify happiness. These flowers will let guests know how happy and honored the couple is to be sharing such a special day with them.
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