Guest Blog – Seasonal British Wedding Flowers
Flowers by season and month
A word that is often thrown around when discussing wedding flowers is ‘seasonal’ and the impression that having seasonal flowers will work out cheaper for you. For once, this is almost always the case and a great place to start when thinking about what flowers you would like for your wedding.
When growing flowers in the UK we go by the following seasons - Early/Late Spring, Early/Mid/Late Summer, Early/Late Autumn and Winter.
Just like choosing ingredients that are in season and receiving fresher, sweeter and tastier products when you do - when you buy seasonal flowers they are less likely to have chemicals used to preserve their lifespan and will bloom bigger and brighter for longer.
If you add seasonal British flowers into the mix then the benefits are huge! Your flowers will be easier to source and more likely available, better quality as they have been picked, packed and not bashed about in long haul transit and excellent value.
British flowers are also used to the climate so will not wilt in the heat of the summer or in the coldness of a British winter. They also give off a lovely scent you don’t get from imported flowers which can evoke many happy memories.
Having a bouquet of seasonal blooms for your wedding will give you a true reflection of the time of year you are married. I have listed below some of my absolute favourite choices for seasonal British flowers whichever month you are getting married in.
Spring
Spring is a magical time for flowers, bulbs are springing up and bright colour is appearing everywhere. Fresh blossom is a gorgeous thing to incorporate into larger arrangements and the wonderfully delicate flowers listed below will create a perfect, scented bridal posy.
March - anemones, hellebores, hyacinths, daffodils and narcissus
April - viburnums, tulips, ranunculus
May - alliums, cornflowers, lilac, sweet peas
Summer
Summer is the most abundant time for British flowers and often these big bloomed beauties are around for such a short period of time that you will get a completely unique mix of flowers in your bouquet. Summer flowers are often prettier, more washed out tones of pink and purples with a lot of wedding whites to choose from.
June - ammi, love in the mist, astrantia, sweet William, roses and peonies
July - scabious, verbena, agapanthus, achillea, phlox
August - asters, lavender, hydrangeas, snapdragons, sunflowers
September - dahlia, alstroemerias, foxgloves, hops, zinnias
Autumn
Autumn is the perfect season for all the boho brides that love dried florals and grasses and embrace the rich red and burnt orange colours that the flowers listed below will give.
October - strawflowers, nerines, chrysanthemums, celosia and sedums
November - statice, larkspur, honesty seed heads and teasels
Winter
A winter wedding is often the most reflective of the seasons as we know them. You can’t go wrong when decorating with spruce, pine, holly and ivy. The scent of Christmas can be added with dried oranges and cinnamon and new beginnings can be reflected in your bouquet with delicate paperwhites and anemones.
December - paperwhites, rose hips, holly and ivy, skimmia
January - snowdrops, viburnum, tulips
February - iris, narcissus, anemones, tulips and pussy willow
If you want to know more about the perfect flowers for your special day then please contact Sally at Vale Floral Design.
Vale Floral Design provides weekly doorstep bouquet deliveries, monthly British bouquet subscriptions, wedding flowers, dried flower arrangements and floral workshops in the Colchester area.
Visit: www.valefloraldesign.co.uk
Email: valefloraldesignuk@gmail.com
Instagram: @valefloraldesign_uk
*Photos courtesy of Vale Floral Design
Written by Eleth Mageehan, (c) 2022, all rights reserved.
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