A Guide to Fall Wedding Flowers
Once upon a time, the marriage season hit its height in June, and wound down quickly after.But lately, plenty of brides have come to see the charms of a September or October wedding, with all its New England splendor.
After all, the colors are rich and the scents and spices are vibrant. Best of all? You can buy dramatic fall decorations cheaply at any one of a hundred farmers markets along the road. Perhaps for all these reasons, autumn is now one of the year's most popular times to tie the knot.
With all this enthusiasm comes some beautiful trends in bouquets.
First, we can probably safely say that the queen of the fall bouquet is the majestic mini calla lily, which combines pure elegance with an incredible range of colors to choose from. And it's especially strong in the burnt orange and flame hues that autumn brides crave in their flowers.
Hydrangea is another fall classic that looks great anywhere from swanky nighttime ballrooms to looming barns. Available in an incredible range of shades, hydrangea can also be easily "tipped" with an aerosol by a florist to deepen or control the shade. Another plus: hydrangeas are much cheaper than callas!
The rose in its deeper, more burgundy hues combines all that's classic romance with the special gravity we associate with autumn. Roses in coral shades, too, bring a special, unexpected grace note to the fall bouquet.
Finally, autumn offers an opportunity to experiment with creative and woodsy bouquet choices, including seed pods, hypericum berries, ryegrass and bittersweet vines. Some of the most charming (if unconventional) bouquets and boutonniéres use copper wire to gorgeous effect.
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Popular Fall Flowers, By Color
PEACH & PINKChloe or Mozart mini-calla, pink hydrangea, pink phlox, pink lisianthus, Gerber daisy, pink astilbe.
RED & FUCHSIA
Redsox mini calla, red hydrangea, Gloriosa lily, Deep Red rose, Black Beauty rose, Gerber daisy, red astilbe.
YELLOW & ORANGE
Chopin, Floret, Mango, Treasure or Sunrise mini-calla, sunflowers, Gloriosa lily, Pincushion Protea, orange Hypericum berry, Orange Unique rose, Gerber daisy.
BURGUNDY & PURPLE
Garnet Glow, Barbados, Calypso and Rubylight Rose, Picasso mini-calla, magenta peony, Blue Curiosa rose.
BLACK & NEAR-BLACK
Black Star, Purple Haze, Naomi and Schwarzwalder mini-calla, Black Magic rose.
BLUE & PURPLE-BLUE
Blue hydrangea, Agapanthus blossom, blue delphinium, grape hyacinth, blue phlox, French blue anemonie.
GREEN
Green Goddess mini-calla, green hydrangea, green Hypericum berry, green button mum, green Cymbidium orchid, Green poppy pod, green viburnum, jade or chartreuse rose.
WHITE
Gardenia, white and ivory calla, white hydrangea, Bianca rose, white peony, white delphinium, white lisianthus, Sweet Pea, white Gerber daisy, stephanotis.
My daughter is planning a Fall wedding in 2009 and her groom and his mother are very fond of Mums and would like them integrated into the florals she picks. I realize there are different kinds of Mums and would like some feedback and is this doable? Thanks for any help. Gailanne
Robyn-
No I have yet to try on a dress but I am going to try to find a cream or champange color!! I have found my center pieces they are like a hurricane glass vase that is brown and sort of see through. Then around them I have a berry/stick wreath. Do you have a Michaels near you at all?? If you do you should look there because I know there stuff is going on sale. Also now would be the best time to look for you center pieces because fall/autumn stuff is going on clearance.
Another thing that we are doing is.. since we dont have a normal flower girl we are having our ring boy carry our rings on this big leaf and our rings sit nicely in the center!!! I know these ideas are not for everyone but who knows ::P
I look forward to hearing more of your ideas
melissa
Have you thought about using hydrangeas? They are very soft and pretty. I couldnt get the color i wanted but the florist spayed them for me. I was there when she was testing it – so easy to do it yourself. Hydrangeas would be very easy to tie up yourself. Also for the boutonnieres, silk works the best – trying hugging people all day with a flower on your chest.
OR since you are getting married in spring – tulips! You can even buy them at a grocery store and are very beautiful. Here are some pictures to help.
Hey Michelle!
Oooo the leaf idea sounds very cool. Thats great, I would never of thought of that. Also, I saw dresses in a burnt orange colour recently and they look wonderful for fall. I tried to get my man to wear the chocolate brown tux, but according to him he gets one say, and thats the tux.. haha it must be black
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I have gotten a lot done too surprisingly. However its more like the location, & church, colours, and apparel. I have yet to try on a white dress. Have you?? But really when it comes to center peices, and those little details- I haven’t a clue. The flowers are what I am most concerned about right now. There are just so many great fall looking flowers to choose from. I will take a look at center peices though, and see if I can find what you are looking for, and also for myself. So I take it candles are most popular then.
Robyn-
Hey I havent decided on my girls dress color yet we are going to look in October. We are going with a chocolate brown tux from Calvin Klein- my guy is really excited about the color. I am thinking like a orange/red color for my girls something like maybe a burnt red or orange. I have gotten so much done already!! I have my center pieces almost done but I am looking for candles for them I am looking for a medium sized uncented candle but all that I have seen is $4 a piece do you have any ideas? Another idea that we are doing which you may like is instread of flower petals my flower girl is a “Leaf Girl” we bought a ton of fake leafs from Michaels ( a craft store) and we are having her drop those!! Well let me know what you think!!
I HAVE AN APRIL 2008 WEDDING AND WE ARE DOING APPLE RED. I WANTED TO DO MY OWN BOUQUETS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR COLORS? I DON’T WANT TO DO ALL ROSES. NOT A FAN.HELP!
Hey Lisa,
Sorry I didn’t see your tip before. I think the champaign colour would look georgous! I think for the flowers, I might go a dark coral instead now, with ivory roses as well. I have yet to look at any colours and flowers together though, other then the internet. Thanks for all your suggestions
Michelle- Thats awesome that we have the exact same wedding date! What colour have you decided for the girls dresses. I am definitely going with the chocolate brown, satin. I have also seen pictures recently of the black tux with the chocolate brown vests for the guys, and it looks GREAT! I went to a bridal showcase last weekend, and they had it on display. It looks very modern, and sophisticated. You could however, if leaning that way as well, go with a lighter brown (champaigne, caramel, or expresso for the vests) looks very nice as well. Another option for flowers could be some type of lily- long stemmed looks for good. Well give me some of your ideas for what you want, and we could swop, and mix ideas. CONGRATS :P\
Hey guys, I have a question, I really want to have my colors hot pink and orange and I really want a fall wedding too, could those colors work at all???
Thanks
Hey,
I am having a wedding October of 2008. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Robyn —
Hey my wedding date is the same as yours!! Maybe we could swap some ideas!!
Brandy,
I am getting married October13, 2007 (coming up quickly!) We come from a line of many different religions, so to honor everyone, we basically wrote our own ceremony and it includes a handfasting, broom jumping and a Christian reading. My advise would be to look through Native American ceremonies and just incorporate your favorite into your ceremony.
Also, my girls’ dresses are dark brown, I did my juniors in a “latte” color and did the guys vests the same lighter brown … I coordinated and didn’t match exactly. The more I get into this process the more I have learned there is no “right or wrong”, it is your wedding and you should have it the way you want it!
Good luck all!
Hey girls!! Congrats to you all!!!!:? I am having an October fall wedding next year and I want it to have a country theme..Very simple yet unique and countryish…I was thinking mason jars with some sort of flowers in them with tealight candles everywhere..My color is an apple red for my girls..Any suggestions for decorations, centerpeices, favors, etc???
Thanks Blake@FavorIdeas! I have never been able to picture it, but yes now that I saw the pics, it looks very good. I will be going with that for sure now. Thanks again
Robyn, see this post on brown vests & black tuxes and see what you think. Personally, I think they look great!
Help! My Man Won’t Marry in Brown
If you are going to do blue and silver flowers you might want to think of using Bella Donna which is blue. Comes in light blue and bright blue. Good Luck!
Hi Robyn
I’m getting married 10/6/07 and have a fall theme. My girls are wearing chocolate dresses and the guys are wearing a black tux and truffle/champagn vest. They look very nice together. Our flowers will consist of rusty burnt orange and ivory roses along with hypericum berries, curly willow and antique hydrangeas for our flowers. The guys will wear hypericum berries. It looks really great and I’m so excited!
Hi there,
I am having my wedding on October 11th 2008
I was hoping to do dark brown dresses for my girls, but am wondering if the boys have dark brown vests with black tuxes, that might look horrible! Any ideas on that? Also I was hoping to have the flowers a dark coral, or maroon colour- unsure what would look the best. Some suggestions??
Thanks
My wedding is Oct 28, ’08 my original colors were burg. and choc. brown… my husband to be’s only request has been to change the colors to blue and silver. any ideas about flowers in blue for that time of year?
I am getting married in Nov 2007 with an Irish theme. My dress is a very plain ivory dress the only detail is a green band in the waist my girls are in the same green. I have to watch out for busy style flowers due to my 2 JR’s are wearing Irish Dance Dresses. I wanted to keep with the greens using a lot of Bells of Ireland but what else could I mix with it for this season? We are doing the arangments ourself.:-?
My wedding is in October and I want my bridesmaids to hold long stemmed flowers. My colors are red and champagne. I’m not very creative so any suggestions would be great! I like lilies but I think they are out of season. Any ideas?
carlye- I am also having a Fall beach wedding but on the river in Virginia. Fall and Beach seem to be oxymorions in the wedding world. Some things that I have come up with were blue and brown, pine cones, apples, pears because I don’t think that the traditional fall colors will work well with the river background.
As far as dress, I think simple, less beading and no train would go best with a beach theme, regardless of the season. The weather chanel says that it will be between 50-68 in October for VA which is not too cold for most dress styles.
Anyone else have ideas???
what should I wear for an autumn, beach wedding in the N.C. outter banks?
My wedding is September 22,07.I’m wanting to do the bright orange and
pink for my colors but I’m afraid that’s it’s going to be to loud for a
wedding in September.Can I still do orange and pink for more
fall colors???
I am getting married Oct 13 2007 and want to use sunflowers is that to out of season, and what flowers would mix good with them please help with some ideas. Also my husband to be is native american and he wants to intertwine the cherokee and traditional cermony do you have any info or suggestions help…….
i am also getting married sept 17/07 i diffinitly want fall colours in my flowers. but my main consern is that my colours r burindy, silver and white i was just wondering what kind of flower colours would go best with those colours.
I’m also getting married in Sept of ’07. I have very little time left to decied what I want, however I really don’t want to have the chocolate, orange, peach, or yellow colors in my wedding and I am not good with flower arangements. I do know that I want Red roses and white cala lilies. I haven’t even decieded on my theme color yet. :(( What do I do?:((:((:((:((:((
I am getting married this sept (2007) I pick the bouquet that is right above this comment board and my Florist says it is perfect because sept. isn’t fall or summer. The bouquet has a little bit of both fall and summer colors. the Calla lillies are perfect for an elegant wedding.
Carrie-
Lilies are good for any season. For a fall wedding, I would recomend day lilies and/or stargazer lilies. Day lilies come in an array of colors including orange and shades of red and Stargazer lilies are white with pink and deep reds on the inside and they smell wonderful. Calla lilies also come in an assortment of colors, from white to purple. A particular wonderful color of callas is orange that fades to red on the lip of the flower.
I am getting married in Sept 2008, a traditional fairytale wedding! I would love Lilies in fall-type colours and possibly some orchids and greenery, I am wondering if these are good flowers for this season, or should i be thinking of another type flower?
im haveing my wedding(gothic,evil fairytale) in the fall of ’08 and i want some extremely unusual floral arangements…i LOVE lillies and orchids i want them to be DARK red or look black with some red roses. i was wondering if i would have to speacial order these and when they would be avaliable season wise.
Here my lanterns..are you still thinking green, brown, cream. and white…what color of green do you think?
Also, I am not sure about the mums. Although they are beautiful, I really had my heart of sunflowers, gerber daisies.
Love your Ideas ….I feel like your in my mind Crazy lol Im also planning a Oct wedding with champagne and latte trying to make it my own with a very tight budget and still nice. We will be getting married in Mn and wanted to be out side but lets face it its mn and I have no idea the weather. But Does it look bad we want it a evening wedding and we are having picnic food? Help !
stephanie,
love your lanterns. a fresh green would be amazing with this. but if your looking for a more earthy green try a moss, sage, or olive. sunflowers and gerberas would be beautiful! did you find anything in the above links that you liked?
stephanie,
*rustic wedding
*look at this, its very beautiful!! with sunflowers and gerberas it would be so stunning
WOW…..that is great….
I just adore that color scheme…..the brown, green, and cream.
Just for curiousity sake….do you have any other color schemes that you see going with my lanterns….that
P.S
You are amazing at what you do…you have such a great eye. Thanks for your help
stephanie,
i am glad you liked it. i think i would stick with the color scheme you have. if i could see your venue i could help you out with that.
hollie,
having picnic food in the evening is very charming!! i love it! have blankets for guests to sit under the stars, fireworks is a sure hit at the reception, and offering a warm drink like cider or hot chocolate will make guests feel warm and tingly inside. it will not look bad at all. youcould even have a designated area to watch movies outdoors ( great for kids).
*picnic real wedding
*picnic under the stars
*picnic wedding board
*real wedding
i enjoyed this creative wedding, be sure to check out part II and III pics!! the kraft paper is so cute.
*real wedding brides cafe
i just thought i would share som eye cndy with you!! enjoy all the pics!
jamie,
*mandy and jeff real wedding
*kari and mike
*wedding channel fall wedding
Heej,
* here is something it is more navy and fuschia but gorgeous
Heej,
Here are some more ideas to think about:
* blue and green
* navy and green
* this is another route you can go
* this would work with a water theme
* more boards
* this is very beautiful!
*OMG! this is beautiful, rest of previous wedding
With this wedding I could also see deep elegant navy runners over the mocha. have girls and guys in navy.girls carrying green bouquets have a few green orchids with burgundy centers in the bouquet with green hydrangeas. you could even put branches of burgundy red berries in the centerpieces. Gosh it would be so beautiful! Sorry for rambling, this just has such classic beauty.
Heej,
Here is a board I threw together for you to see.
Oh wow! thank you. I had seen some of those and they seemed to come across really strong but a some of the other i liked a lot :)
I think i might add some yellow, orange and pink to make it feel more summery/beachy. Do you think that would work? not too much, just a little?
melissa m,
* here is one with pink and red it is beautiful
* something like this would be very pretty
melissa m,
I have been trying to find some gerbera daisy weddings but they are kinda slim. smile. So I am sending color themes instead.
* like this gorgeous wedding
* the style of this is romantic looking
* here is the rest of the aqua wedding
* here is how it would look ( without aqua ) adding most of the colors
* here is a vase bouquet
melissa m,
I have a website you may want to check out.
* centerpiece gallery
* dinner decor
* beach gallery categories