It’s a great idea to choose wedding flowers that are in season. Here are a few of the reasons why.
Quality
By choosing seasonal flowers you are assured quality, you know that your flowers haven’t been forced or grown in artificial conditions to produce them out of season.
Cost
Price is a definite reason why we advise brides to choose flowers that are in season. Purchasing flowers out of season means they could come in at any price and believe me it will always be high. Growers know that if your buying an out of season flower then the availability and chances of you getting it are low, so they demand a higher price for it.
Every Season has a Special Wedding Flower
Personally I just think it’s nice to work with your season. There are special wedding flowers for all the seasons including winter and by choosing the right ones it keeps the look and feel of your flowers in keeping with the time of the year.
Some people worry about the availability of flowers for winter weddings, they often worry that there won’t be many flowers available. This is simply not the case. I often say to winter brides that they are so lucky as they have some fantastic flowers available to them that the summer brides may struggle to find, such as cymbidium orchids and tulips.
Don’t forget that the seasonality of commercially grown flowers is slightly different to what you would find with flowers in your garden. The good thing about this is the seasons are often longer.
Here are just a few of our favourite flowers available to you in each of the four seasons.
Spring
Peonies through to summer
Alliums
Snapdragons through to autumn
Daffodils
Hyacinths
Summer
Stocks
Hydrangeas through to autumn
Gladioli
Delphiniums
Autumn
Ranunculus through to spring
Amaryllis through to winter
Anemones through to spring
Dahlias
Winter
Cymbidium orchids through to spring
Muscari through to spring
Eucharis lily
Ilex
Tulips through to spring
