Wedding Inspiration – Flowers

I LOVE reading wedding blogs, I love going through the photographs and being inspired by other people’s wedding days, so I decided to write a series of blog posts based on several areas of the wedding day, the cake, the dress, the bridesmaids, the grooms, the flowers, the shoes and the styling of the day.

All the photographs in this series come from weddings we have shot over the last two years. Our couples never fail to inspire us, I hope they inspire you too!

 

Wedding Flowers 

Wedding flowers are a gorgeous way to decorate your wedding.  They are a great way to tie your colour theme together.  You may choose wedding flowers to decorate your ceremony and reception as well as your bouquet and your bridesmaids bouquets and buttonholes for the groom and groomsmen.

You should plan to meet with a wedding florist approximately 6-8 months before your wedding to get advice and a view of the different types of flowers and blooms that will be available during the season that you are marrying.  Use your florist, they are experts, ask them for advice and help if you aren’t sure.

We have put together some flowers from weddings we have shot over the last year or two, grouped by colour.

Red Wedding Flowers

All the red wedding flowers we have shot have been roses, classic and gorgeous.  But we have put together a list of other red flowers that might be of inspiration to you.

Amaryllis

Anemone

Anthurium

Bouvardia

Carnation

Freesia

Gerbera

Lily

Nerine

Orchids

Peony

Ranunculus

Roses

Tulips

 

White Wedding Flowers

A list of white wedding flowers:

Amaryllis

Anemone

Anthurium

Calla Lily are also known as Zantedeschia or Arum Lily

Dahlia

Freesia

Gerberas

Gladioli

Gypsophilia

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Lilac

Lily

Lisianthus

Nerine

Peony

Ranunculus

Roses

Stephanotis

 

Pink Wedding Flowers

List of pink flowers:

Amaryllis

Anemone

Aster

Azalea

Carnation

Chrysanthemum

Dahlia

Freesia

Gerberas

Hyacinth

Orchids

Peony

Roses

Star gazer lily

Tulip

 

Purple Wedding Flowers

List of purple flowers:

Anenome

Aster

Calla Lily

Corn Flower

Dahlia

Delphinium

Freesia

Gladiolus

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Iris

Lavender

Lilac

Orchid

Rose

Sweetpea

Tulip

Violet

 

Yellow Wedding Flowers

We loved Becky and Martin’s gorgeous wedding filled with sunflowers.

Heres a list of some other yellow wedding flowers:

Daffodils

Freesia

Gerbera Daisies

Honeysuckle

Iris

Marigold

Rose

Tulip

 

Multicoloured Wedding Flowers

Of course, you could always just go for a mixture of all these colours and go multicoloured.

 

Hope this has helped and given you a bit of inspiration.  You can find a wedding flowers checklist here, a list of ALL the flowers used in a wedding, you will probably not want all of them, but it may just help give you a reminder.

One of our favourite Sheffield florists is Swallows and Damsons, take a peek at their website…

 

Sam x