Tulips are a natural choice for a wedding bouquet since they're easy to work with and have longer lifespans, which means less worry for you on your wedding day. Due to their bright, varied hues and perky yet demure flower shape, tulips add a sense of sophistication and whimsy to your bouquet. They work especially well for springtime weddings.
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Matching Tulip Bouquet
Since tulips are easily procured in a range of cheerful, vibrant hues, matching them to your wedding dress or wedding colors requires little effort. A bouquet with only bright orange tulips makes a bold color statement while an all white or all cream colored tulip bouquet allows you and your dress to take center stage. Combine two colors such as cream and red, yellow and white or orange and pink for an even larger color impact. For hand-tied bouquets, match your satin ribbon to your color choices.
Use Tulip Symbolism
Send a message to your groom using tulip symbolism. Tulips in general send a powerful message: the tulip represents "perfect lover." Add another layer of subtext to your flower choice by customizing your tulip color to an even more specific message. For example, red tulips symbolize a request for trust and are also considered a love declaration. Yellow tulips send the message that there's "sunshine in your smile" or that you're hopelessly in love, and cream tulips indicate everlasting love.
Mix and Match Tulips
Tulips are also easily combined with other flower types. The Flower Arrangement Advisor website recommends combining parrot tulips with beargrass for a fiery arrangement, or light pink tulips with blue, pink and purple hyacinths, roses and cordyline leaves for a more girlish, coquettish bouquet. Martha Stewart Weddings suggests a new twist on the tulip bouquet with a succulent, orchid, ranunculus and purple tulip bouquet, all tied together with green twine.
