A Guide to Fall Wedding Flowers
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 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.
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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.