Wedding Flowers

Common Wedding Flowers

These are just a few of the more popular wedding flowers to help you in your planning. Keep in mind that we can and will suggest many others depending on what you tell us you want to achieve with your flowers.
Rose MEANING: Love, joy, beauty SCENT: Lightly fragrant to very fragrant, depending on variety SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Moderate to expensive FLOWER FACT: Roses are the most popular flowers at weddings. Hundreds of color options! Preserves well.
Stephanotis MEANING: Marital happiness SCENT: Very fragrant SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Moderate FLOWER FACT: These trumpet-shaped blossoms are traditional bridal flowers, no doubt due to their meaning. Preserve very well but often wilt during reception
Calla Lily MEANING: Magnificent beauty SCENT: Lightly fragrant SEASON: Spring and summer PRICE RANGE: Expensive FLOWER FACT: This large tropical flower is very popular in weddings. Preserves well.
Delphinium MEANING: Swiftness, lightness SCENT: Lightly fragrant SEASON: Summer PRICE RANGE: Moderate FLOWER FACT: This large, multi-blossom flower is a traditional wedding favorite. Preserves well.
Freesia MEANING: Innocence SCENT: Very fragrant SEASON: Spring and summer PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive in season. Preserves well.
Gardenia MEANING: Purity, joy SCENT: Very fragrant SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Expensive Flower Facts: Preserves well but can turn brown when handled.
Hydrangea MEANING: None recorded SCENT: None SEASON: Spring and Fall PRICE RANGE: Expensive FLOWER FACT: There has been a recent resurgence in hydrangeas' wedding popularity. Preserves well.
Orchid MEANING: Love, beauty SCENT: None SEASON: Year-round -- almost always imported PRICE RANGE: Expensive. Most preserve well.
Lily MEANING: Majesty, truth, honor SCENT: Fragrant, often reminiscent of Easter SEASON: Summer, but often imported during other seasons PRICE RANGE: Moderate to expensive. Preserves well.
Lily of the Valley MEANING: Happiness SCENT: Fragrant SEASON: Spring and Summer PRICE RANGE: Expensive FLOWER FACT: These small, fragile, bell-shaped flowers are considered traditional marriage flowers. Preserves well when fresh, but may brown during reception.
Stock MEANING: Lasting beauty SCENT: Very fragrant SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive FLOWER FACT: Stock can be found in many colors to complement and fill out arrangements. Preserves well.
Tulip MEANING: Love, passion SCENT: None SEASON: Late Spring PRICE RANGE: Expensive FLOWER FACT: These sweet and stately flowers can be found in a myriad of colors. They preserve well when very fresh.
Sweet Pea MEANING: Departure SCENT: Fragrant SEASON: Late Spring and early Summer PRICE RANGE: Moderate Flower Fact: Does not hold up well.
Baby's Breath MEANING: Innocence SCENT: None SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive filler
Carnation MEANING: Pink represents boldness, red symbolizes love, and white indicates talent. Some other colors have negative connotations. SCENT: Very light fragrance or none at all, depending on variety SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive, preserves well.
Chrysanthemum or Mum MEANING: Wealth, abundance, truth SCENT: None SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive FLOWER FACT: Mums come in several varieties, which determine their size and color. The name literally means "golden flower." Used most often in the fall.
Daffodil MEANING: Regard SCENT: None SEASON: Spring PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive in season
Daisy MEANING: Share your feelings SCENT: None SEASON: Year-round PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive in season. Does not preserve well.
Iris MEANING: A message of faith, wisdom SEASON: Spring PRICE RANGE: Moderate to expensive, depending on variety FLOWER FACT: Iris come in several sizes; they are usually blue or white, but you may find exotic varieties (including purple ones). Preserves well.
Lilac MEANING: Love's first emotions SCENT: Very fragrant SEASON: Local lilacs are available in the spring; imported French lilacs are available year-round PRICE RANGE: Moderate to expensive. Preserves well. FLOWER FACT: The local lilac is grown like a bush, and is used as filler because of its greenery. The French lilac is more flower-like and can be used as such in bouquets and arrangements. This exotic flower comes in a variety of colors and sizes.
Sunflower MEANING: Short-stemmed sunflowers mean adoration; long-stemmed sunflowers symbolize haughtiness SCENT: None SEASON: Fall PRICE RANGE: Inexpensive to moderate in season FLOWER FACT: Smaller blooms recently have become popular in arrangements
Peony MEANING: Bashfulness, the American spirit of ambition and determination SCENT: Lightly fragrant SEASON: Late Spring PRICE RANGE: Expensive. FLOWER FACT: Preserves well.