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Flowers:Choosing
flowers which are in season will greatly help with your budget. Picking the flowers
for your wedding will be one of the most enjoyable tasks you will do, after all
it isn't everyday a girl gets a really really good excuse to buy heaps of flowers.  The options are just endless for you, once apon a
time white was the order of the day but now there are no rules. Many floral arrangements
now use all colour and no white as well as grasses, vines, palm frongs and banana
leaves, the list is endless and only limited by the imagination.
Flowers
are no longer mere ornaments, they are a strategic part of the theme for your
day and the theme carries throughout the day. There
are 2 important sections that follow, the first is the traditional seasons for
some flowers and the second is a list of potential places you may require flowers
during your day, it is best to consult your florist about "theme" "feel"
for your wedding and they can guide you to whats possible.
| Flower | |
| Colours |
| Alstroemeria | |
| white,cream,
yellow, red, pink | | | |  | |
| Aster | | | white,
pink, red, purple | | | | | |
| Babies Breath | | | white |
| | | | |
| Carnation | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, mauve, purple & shades of |
| | | | |
| Chrysanthemum | | | white,
cream, yellow, gold, red, pink, purple, green, & shades of |
| | | | |
| Delphinium | | | white,
blue | | | | | |
| Frangipani | | | white/
yellow, pink/yellow | | | | | |
| Freesia | | | white,
cream, yellow, red, mauve | | | | | |
| Gardenia | | | white |
| | | | |
| Gerbera | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, hot pink, cerise, burgandy, shades of &
varigated | | | | | |
| Gladioli | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, mauve, green & shades of |
| | | | |
| Iris | | | white,
yellow, blue | | | | | |
| Jonquil | | | white,
cream, yellow | | | | | |
| Lissianthus | | | white,
cream, pink, mauve, purple, green | | | | | |
| Orchids | | | white,cream,
yellow, orange, red, mauve, purple | | | | | |
| Oriental Lilly | | | white,
pale, pink, white/burgandy | | | | | |
| Rose | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, mauve, & shades of | | | | | |
| Tiger Lily | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, & shades of | | | | | |
| Tulips | | | white,
cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, mauve, purple/black(Sept only) shades of &
varigated | | |
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| | Wedding
Flowers Checklist:
Bouquets:
* Bride
* Maid(Matron) of Honor
* Bridesmaids
* Flower girls
*
Bride's toss bouquet (separate bouquet for toss)
Hair Ornaments:
* Bride
* Maid(Matron) of Honor
* Bridesmaids
* Flower girls
*
Junior Bridesmaids
Boutonnieres:
* Groom
* Best Man
* User
* Father of Bride
* Father of Groom
Mothers:
* Corsage (lapel or wrist)
* Purse decoration flowers
* Arm Bouquet
Ceremony:
* Altar
* Pews
* Main Entrance
* Runner
Reception:
* Centerpieces
* Head table
* Staircase railing
* Buffet Tables
* Cake Table
* Place-card table
* Wedding Cake Top |
