There's reason behind the old saying, "fresh as a daisy."
Because when brides of all ages want to express the youthful side of love, nothing beats the daisy in all its guises: from the traditional Shasta, with its echoes of nostalgia and innocence, to the practically-punk Gerber and its contemporary colors.
Shasta Daisy Style
No other flower says "young love" like the Shasta daisy, with its cheery face and paper-white petals. Dear to blushing brides everywhere, the Shasta begs for sayings like, "he loves me, he loves me not — he loves me ... we tied the knot!"
Silhouettes and textures that suit the shasta to a 'tee': eyelet and cotton fabrics. And gowns with a retro-style bell skirt and slender waist, or chic tea-lengths, worn with a flyaway veil.
Reedy, youthful brides look gorgeous in a simple A-line or column style — especially against vibrant greens of a garden or park.
The Shasta also plays well with white organza bows and delicate pastels like lavender, mint green, or baby-chick yellow. They look lovely paired with pastel roses, and in hand-tied bouquets dressed up with pink or yellow satin wraps.
They're a bit fragile, though, so resort to silks for anything like a pomander ball, anything without a water source, or anything your flower girl might carry around.
Gerber Daisy Drama
Gerbers are the Vivienne Westwoods of the flower world. The brides who love them also love design, and modern shocks of color. The most popular palette for Gerber-lovers is probably bright pink and orange. A close second might be pink and green. For Autumn brides, fiery combinations of yellow, orange and red set the scene.
But brides are also designing around Gerbers' purples, peaches and sultry magentas. And let's not forget that Gerbers really pop against dark brown and black (both super-popular shades for bridesmaids' attire. Coincidence?)
All Dolled Up With Daisies
Here are some adorable things we've seen done with daisies:
Wheatgrass Trays
That rich explosion of green makes daisies look fabulous, whether they're white or fuchsia. Take note: the fragile stems need to be wired!
Floating Heads
Single Shasta flower heads floating in votives or shot glasses: adorable. Larger Gerber heads can sometimes fill a whole fishbowl: finish the look with a bright satin ribbon. Or toss these blooms en masse in fountains or pools.
Flashy Splashes
The brightest gerbers call for dramatic echoes elsewhere in your event. Dress your bridesmaids in bright dupioni sashes (salmon or tangerine, say). Swag the ceilings with shiny fabrics to match. Wrap each cake layer in bold, patterned ribbons. Rustle up tangerine parasols and saturated linens and chair covers. Serve a menu of signature drinks in each of your Gerber colors!
Ribbons on Ribbons
Pick a bright palette to match your favorite Gerber daisies, then wrap your vases and votive holders in several layers of ribbon of different widths. For example, layer a bright orange inch-wide satin ribbon over a corrugated two-inch-wide fuchsia ribbon.
Fruit and Flowers
Choose Gerbers of a citrusy hue, then fill your centerpiece containers with sliced lemons, limes or oranges in bright, coordinating colors.
Back to Basics
Just because you love all-white doesn't mean you have to pass on Gerbers: they come in bridal white, too. And with their oversized heads, they've got all the charm of Shastas, plus a fresh and modern spin.
Rustic Roots
Gerbers and Shastas alike can add rustic punch to any affair. Just combine them with a little raffia or twine, birds' nest bouquet collars, galvanized pails, or gingham and mason jars.
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so i have a lot of different color combos that i am thinking of… some are : aqua blue and chocolate, bright pink and chocolate, pink and black, or pink yellow and orange, or just pink and yellow.
i really want to include sunflowers as my main flower but i am not sure of wht other flowers to use to add color, i am a big colorful type person love lots of color!!
so i have thought about sunflower, with white daisies and pink lilies??
or pink roses white lilies and sunflowers…? idk im not really sure what i would think goes best…and would really love some ideas and inputs!!!
thank you !!
hello I’m getting married april, 18, 2009 in a church. My theme is centered around bright gerbera daisy’s. I was just wondering if anyone had any idea’s or pictures on how to decorate a church in this theme. My bridesmaids and groomsmen will be in yellow.
hey tiffany,
im getting married next June 13 and my flowers are going to be gerber daisies too. If you want to email me at sjr1980@gmail.com I will send you some things that might help you.
I am getting married in April 2009. I am having gerber daisies pink, yellow, and orange. I want to have the bridesmaids wearing pink dresses with a little orange on them. I can not find a dress pink with orange on it. I do not fushia. Anyone seen any pink dresses with any orange on them?
Lori,
Check out dessy.com you can try different combinations of dress colors. Plus it gives you locations of stores on where to find these dresses. Hope this helps.
Thanks for giving my the website for the bridesmaids dresses.
I have another question thing I would like to know. Are gerber daisies blooming around the beginning of May. My wedding day is May 2 of 2009, I didn’t know for sure when these types of daisies bloomed
thanks
Ok so I’m planning my wedding in May of 09 and our color theme is navy/marine blue and silver-with a star theme as well-night under the stars. Our wedding is inside a country church. We are looking at daisies but we don’t know what colors to go with. I’m not sold on the wild daisy. I like the geber daisies with a bright statement can I work with that? Can you help find the perfect color of daisies that go with marine blue bm dresses?
Thanks
We will be using these on 8-8-08 and will be selling them the next day. We will have 6 flower balls that have over 40 gerbers daisys and a flower girl ball and some type of centerpiece with more gerbers as well. We got these flowers at Hobby Lobby here in Michigan. I will post pictures when the wedding takes place, it’s outside at a Country Club.
Does anyone know of a good website I can use to buy artificial Shasta Daisies? I want a country wedding because I live on a ranch and Shasta Daisies are my favorite flowers, but I am having a hard time finding fake flowers that look fairly real. Help!
My wedding is June 13, 2009. My BM are wearing champagne colored dresses and I am using gerber daisies. I was wondering if anyone has any pics or ideas you can tell me about how to do arrangements for my ceremony. I only really want to use gerber daisies and some greenry. If anyone has any pics I would appreciate it so much
We had a Gerber Daisy theme, using red, yellow, orange, lime green, and pink. Each bridesmaid carried a different colored bouquet, and the groomsmen matched the bridesmaid they walked with. My bouquet had all 5 colors, plus white… It really turned out beautiful!!
Please Help. I have spent hours on the internet searching for Gerber Daisy invitations with not much luck. Most invitations that I have found are white and I am looking for a lot of color such as orange, yellow, bright pink. Any suggestions?
Check out blossom accents…. gerbera daisy invitations.
Where did the person get the pink and orange ribbon for tables? I am doing a pink and orange wedding in April 2009 and need some ideas.
Hi Catie,
You could always just take the petals off of daisies for the tossing. Or you could buy the silk daisies and cut them off for the tossing.
OR you could check out Balloons Galore, which has daisy “shaped” silk petals. which effectivly are little silk daisies in almost any color you could want. Check it out.
i am looking for gerbara daisy peddles for the flower girl to spaerd in front of the bride
Totally adorable gerber destination wedding! In citrus green, orange and fuchsia (duh), this took place last Halloween in Aruba. I really love those lime green sashes, you don’t see those every day … and the cool, graphic cake just makes the most of those wild flowers! Destination cakes can be a bit uninspired … but this one rocks. Even the gorgeous bride’s e-pics coordinate. Plus, don’t you LOVE that seashell ring pillow? (She made it). You can see the whole wedding here.
HELP!!!!
My wedding is in September and i am looking for a very specific type of Gerber daisy. I want a burgundy daisy where the petals are all the same length. This would be the old type of Gerber daisy, not the newer versions with multiple petal lengths and layers. Does anyone know where i can find some silk flowers like this. Please help I am getting desperate!
I have decided to go through http://www.flowerwholesale.com I am hoping everything works out well. I am very nervous to buy online, but they seem to be a legit company, and they had a wide range of colors in gerbers!!!
Here are a few more centerpiece ideas hope they help!
Connie-
Thanks so much! I have found a few ideas that I liked. I think since bowls are so expensive that I may do the votives with flowers around them with the runner. I also liked the idea of the small vases.
Jasmine-
I saw in an earlier post that you are also wanting to buy your daisies online. Where are you ordering yours? I found http://www.farmstogo.com that I liked because you can choose the colors of the gerberas.
Keep the ideas coming! I love getting the input from others!
Thanks,
Tracy
Hi Tracy, I am also using gerbers in hot pink and orange, and dont have a huge flower budget, for our centerpieces we are using goldfish, despite all of the negative feelings some people have, but they color will be perfect and they are inexpensive. They will look cute in little bowls w/ black rocks and we are going to but 2 flowers in each bowl. I am also posting some pictures of centerpieces I considered, Hope this helps good luck!
More pics…
More pics ideas…
Here are soem great pics from the dariajohnson.net website. She is a photographer, and you should look under “love stories” on her site for the wedding pics. Thanks to Marianne, for the great link! Some of her pics made me cry. There is such a story behind every single one, and I don’t even know these people!:?