| Autumn Wedding
Bouquets |
March April and May
Autumn blooms of big full many petal led garden grown
roses (as opposed to the greenhouse type) ‘David Austin’
style roses are something every rose lover and gardener
dreams of, a wedding bouquet of these often fragrant,
almost fanciful, gorgeous blooms are an absolute dream
in a wedding bouquet.
Roses are still the number one choice for brides for
their wedding bouquets and with every colour except true
blue available, the choices are awesome! In Grandma’s
day, if she wanted roses in her wedding bouquets the
roses were only available from mid spring to mid
Autumn/Fall , with today’s technology we have an amazing
choice all year, if not with locally grown then with
imported roses from Holland, Zimbabwe, Chile, Columbia,
India, South Africa and many other countries.
Other Autumn Flowers suitable for your wedding flowers
include Calla lilies, the colour range is creamy white,
cream, pink, pink fused with burgundy, burgundy red and
the very popular autumn shades of bronze gold, cream,
and yellow, these long lasting beauties are so suitable
for any style of bouquet and team well with roses,
berries, orchids and of course, many interesting
foliages.
* Gerberas, always a sunny happy flower and very popular
for wedding bouquets, in mini, standard and large size
blooms and the colour range is huge, only excluding blue
and true purple, also with bi colours. On their own or
in mixed wedding bouquets, I suggest you might try hot
pink mini gerberas with purple lisianthus and orange
vanda orchids, or cream mini gerberas with hot pink
roses and purple sweet peas.
*Gloriosa lilies, ( Gloriosa rothschildeana) If you
carry a wedding bouquet full of all gloriosa lilies, you
will glow with pure delight. These glorious lilies
originally from Zimbabwe with recurved petals of
brilliant scarlet red and yellow are so exotic they are
breathtaking.
* The Oriental, Asiatic and November lilies are also
available now, Oriental and November lilies are always
more reliable than the asiatic, which is sometimes
mistakenly called a tiger lily, there are new hybrids
called L.A lilies which are more hardy, however it is
still necessary to be very careful when handling these,
I believe there are other better choices.
For your wedding bouquet. The oriental lilies are now
available in yellow and burgundy as well as the pure
white, cream, also in a range of hot pink varieties,
there are many new hybrids, the Stargazer is only one of
the oriental lily varieties, it has a white background
and lovely reddish/pink markings and usually with a
dotted throat.
*Gypsophila , better known as ‘Baby’s Breath’ for dreamy
wedding flowers with masses of dainty white or palest
pink florets create an airy effect, they are not only
suitable for wedding bouquets, also especially beautiful
on their own as a big cloud in a simple glass vase as a
table centrepiece.
* Slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum spp.) bloom in late
autumn, mostly in shades of green yellow and brownish
red, these orchids are quite unique for modern style or
vegetative style wedding bouquets or table centrepieces..
* Carnations are always available and with the new
introductions of modern colours such as lime green and
deep purple should not be overlooked for choice.
*Banksia, for those with a love of Australian native
flowers there are always some varieties of banksias
readily available.
* Leucadendrons , teaming so well with their native
cousins the colour range is green, yellow, bright to
very dark red, these are almost invincible blooms.
*Gum nuts and Berries in all colours, pepper, Privet,
ivy berry.
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