Country style wedding flowers in gorgeous pastel colours

Country style wedding flowers in gorgeous pastel colours

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This was a gorgeous country style wedding with a pastel colour theme of pale pink, blue, cream and ivory.

Clare, the bride, chose gorgeous seasonal flowers of Nigella, Euston, Carnations, Alstroemeria, freesia, santini chrysants, ammi and gyp wit eucalyptus foliage.

She also chose to have a lovely large satin bow adorn her bouquet with long ribbon trails.

The 3 bridesmaids had similar style bouquets 

with the same mix of flowers and a neat compact bow with trails to finish.

The bridal bouquets all together

The cute flower girl carried a silver heart wand with a corsages of nigella, eustoma, alstro and gyp.

The groomsmen each wore a natural style buttonhole of a eustoma flower and buds with an alstroemeria flower, gyp and sprig of eucalyptus. All tied together with shoestring satin ribbon.

The groomsmen buttonholes all ready for delivery.

The mum's each wore a lapel corsage of eustoma, freesia, santini heads and gyp with eucalyptus foliage.

A cute page boy deserves a cute buttonhole. This was a Nigella flower, eustoma bud, few gyp balls and foliage. These are given on a safety pin.

The grooms, mums and page boy buttonhole all ready for delivery.

Are you looking for country style wedding flowers for your day? Not sure where to start? 

Look here for more ideas

Or do you love the trend of a mix of pastel colours all together?

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Book a consultation today and let us guide you through which flowers work best with each colour scheme and seasonal availability.

Sandra x

Alstroemeria - Flower of the month February

Alstroemeria - Flower of the month February

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The Alstroemeria is in the Flower Agenda in February

In February we celebrate love. Love of your partner, but also love your friends and family. With its symbolism, alstroemeria is the perfect candidate for marking friendships. Consumers can read all about this versatile beauty at Funnyhowflowersdothat.co.uk. 

The alstroemeria’s origin
The exotic alstroemeria is also called the Inca Lily. This is a reference to its natural habitat: the cool mountain ranges of the Andes in Chile, Brazil and Peru. The flower was discovered there in the 18th century by the Swedish scientist Clas Alströmer. It was he who gave the flower its current name.

The alstroemeria’s colours and shapes
The alstroemeria hides somewhat shyly in its buds in the shop. But gosh, what a surprise when those buds open in your home. Then you will see six to eight flowers on the stem, with a flaming interior of white, yellow, red, orange, purple or pink which you can really enjoy. Particularly since these flowers have a very long vase life.

Caring for alstroemerias
If you want to enjoy your alstroemerias for a long time, follow these tips:
•    Trim the stems diagonally and remove the bottom leaves so they don’t dangle in the water.
•    Arrange the alstroemerias in a clean vase with fresh water and some cut flower food.
•    Avoid placing the vase in full sun, near a fruit bowl or near the central heating.
•    Remove wilted flowers and regularly top the vase up with tap water.

Symbolism of the alstroemeria
The alstroemeria symbolises enduring friendship. It’s therefore the perfect gift to confirm a beautiful friendship. All six of the alstroemeria’s petals are very important: they stand for understanding, humour, patience, empathy, commitment and respect. You can decide for yourself which petal represents which quality. 

More about the Alstroemeria
Consumers can also find more information at Funnyhowflowersdothat.co.uk about how to celebrate friendships with a bouquet full of alstroemerias, there’s a remarkable alstroemeria petal DIY project in prospect, and we show three ways of displaying alstroemeria in a vase. 

If you are looking for flowers for your wedding these make excellent additions to any display and come in such an array of colours there will be something for any colour scheme.

Create fun posies for your bridesmaids

Or add a splash of colour to your tables with single stem displays and pretty vases

Or group together for a vivid style.

Whether for your wedding, for your home or for a gift, alstroemeria is a long lasting hardy flower and we use them a lot in our displays

They are available all year so whatever the season we will have them in stock. 

Ask us how we can incorporate them into your designs today.

All images courtesy of Flower Council of Holland.

Sandra x