Centuries have passed but flowers remain to be essentials of a wedding. Historically, bridal bouquets were inspired by the garlands and wreaths worn by ancient brides and grooms. They meant to signify love and happiness. But these bridal bouquets and wreaths were actually made of bulbs of garlic and some herbs because people believed such things possess powers to ward off evil spirits.  The first record of wedding flowers actually dates back to the ancient Greeks where people used flowers and herbs to make bridal crowns and gifts. On the other hand, bridesmaids were the ones who were tasked to make floral decorations and posies for the guests to signify gratitude.

Any wedding today isn’t complete without flowers. They’re one of the first things that couples deal with and which is also given so much attention. Modern soon-to-be brides and grooms even adorn the ceremony according to a special theme, which partly represents a couples’ personality or sentiments. This has now been the current tradition as we all believe that flowers are truly special messengers of beauty, thoughts, and feelings, but what we don’t realize is that they do more than just convey messages of love and happiness for such glorious ceremony; rather, they actually bring love and happiness to dwell and grow in the place where two people in love will take vows and where guests will have to witness a miracle.

Looking for the right flowers to complement your taste and idea may be a bit challenging and more often it takes several florists before couples finally choose and order flowers. The best way to time to start on this endeavour is once the wedding theme is established—working first on the main color, complementary tones, and even the texture and mood that will play on the big day. This scheme will give you a clear idea on what flowers to incorporate and prevent you being sidetracked from your goal.
Here are some great flower choices for wedding themes that go with each season:

1. Summer Wedding
   There are actually an array of flower choices that fit this theme but sticking to its nature as vibrant and cheerful, you can play it up with gerbera daisies, alstromerias, asters, sunflowers, yellow and red callas, mums, dahlias, gerberas, and cosmos. While choosing an airy summer feel would lead you to white and light colored varieties of roses, freesias, stephanotis, phlox, callas, casa blanca lilies, Shasta daisies, and hydrangeas.
2. Spring Wedding
   The perfect flowers for this season are pastels in nature. They can be tulips, lilies of the valley, forsythias, gerberas, hyacinths, cherry blossoms, lilac, and sweat peas. Multi-colored flower arrangements are recommended to give a fresh and lush appeal. Combine these flowers with greeneries such as lemon leaf, maiden hair, rosemary, and bells of Ireland.
3. Fall Wedding
   Rich reds, fiery orange, and rustic yellows often represent the fall season. The season may limit you with choices but that doesn’t mean you don’t have any gorgeous flowers to adorn the occasion. You can always depend on roses, lilies, orchids, and daisies as they’re available all year round but irises, dahlias, daphnes, snowballs, statice, zinnias, marigold, and narcissi are great seasonal flowers too for an excellent autumn wedding.
4. Winter Wedding
   To make a winter wonderland of a wedding, you have to play the flowers right. With the help of a florist, you can order flowers such as white roses, tulips, and hypericum berries for inexpensive choices but if you aim for a more glamorous and magical occasion, there are always anemones, lilies, ranunculus, camellias, football mums, orchids, amaryllis, bells of Ireland,  stephanotis, and poinsettias to enhance your choices. Add some winter foliage like holly, pine tree, and ivy for a more dramatic winter appeal.

When choosing for bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and flower decors, remember to always consult a professional florist so that he or she may be able to help you with more ideas. It’s also important to always have a flower checklist which can assist you in your budget and planning.  Now, that you have the basics of planning and choosing wedding flowers for your wedding, it would be much easier for you to proceed on other tasks such as selecting menu, invitations, and souvenirs. As you can see, to make a wedding successful, you never have to rush but always do it one step at a time.