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I'm really happy with my date and having a winter wedding, but I am so sad peonies are not in season! They are one of my favorite flowers.
So far, out of everything in season I have chosen roses, orchids, calla lilies, darker hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and ranunculus (only the small ones)...
How about my fellow Jan2012 Brides?
I can sympathize, since I understand the desire to have beautiful flowers regardless of season. It sounds like you've found a number of beautiful flower options, and I truly believe that any florist worth her salt (plant food?) will be able to translate your vision using what's in season.
I'm forced to admit here that we're not... having... flowers... by choice. It's evergreens all the way for me, perhaps some baby's breath and pinecones, and not much else. I'm not even carrying a bouquet! My mother isn't thrilled, but I'm sticking to my guns. It's not that I dislike flowers -- quite the contrary, since my one "indulgence" is fresh flowers in my home -- but for our event I just don't want anything to do with them. I guess you could say I'm avoiding the seasonal flower dilemma by default, but since I'm helping plan a few friends' weddings, I'm still embroiled in the issue, so I understand!
@BostonBaby: I think that sounds elegant, actually- the pine cones. You could ue Queens lace instead of babys breath, check it out- it is so beautiful (and in season)!
@KendallR10: I would kill for white hydrangeas!!!
You can get many different flowers in January but you have to be willing to pay the price-and it will be high for a lot of them.
Flowers that will be available at a more reasonable price include:Calla Lilies, Daffodils, Carnations, Lilies, Roses, Gardenias, Tulips, Snapdragons, Heather, Freesia and Waxflower, Amaryllis,Bells of Ireland, Jasmine,Star of Bethlehem
Evergreens, Holly, Poinsettia, of course will also be available.
@julies1949:why would they be higer in price if they are in season? My florist told me that the prices would only go up for flowers if we had to order ones that weren't in season...
apparently every flower I love is a winter flower! Yay for summer weddings... where all the really pretty ones don't exist anymore. I am jealous of January flowers!!!
Brookside Snowball
was my ultimate flower wish for our winter wedding... Too bad they only bloom in AUGUST!!
I also love vanilla flowers...
But only if we had gotten married in Tahiti.
we ended up doing white hydrangea, baby's breath and white roses.
ETA: sorry they're so large! I resized them but they still came out huge!
@tootietoo2: That snowball flower is spectacular!!
So you could find white hydrangeas in January? Why can't my florist find any?? Grrrr
@Evie19: I wasn't very happy with them... They had a yellowy-greeny tinge to them. But.... In my florist's defense, he warned me that they might not be bright white and said he didn't want to use them. So I ordered bouquets & bouts from Costco florals. I got them on Wednesday for our Saturday wedding & they still looked green. We even went to try to get 2 dozen white roses and use that for my bouquet instead... They looked greenish as well. But, the roses from the florist were a gorgeous, creamy white!
@tootietoo2: Oh ok, thats what my florist told me too- that he couldn't be sure that he'd find white hydrangeas. I'm going with the hydrangeas that are kind of bordeaux-green that are in season and the rest of the flowers will be white roses, chrysanthemum, orchids and calla lilies.
@Evie19: Why didn't I think of Queen Anne's Lace?! Thank you!!
It's ironic, isn't it, that most white (or white-ish) flowers don't grow naturally in winter. But, I suppose it's nice to have (sorry for the over-used phrase) a pop of color on a winter-white backdrop.
@tootietoo2: Love snowballs! I always thought they looked like a grown-up version of the dandilion, in the best way possible.
@BostonBaby: Glad to help! :) I met with another florist who told me he could find white hydrangeas but they would just cost more...hmm, is it worth it?
Yay! I finally found a florist who can get me pale green hydrangeas, pink peonies, and all the rose breeds that I love in addition to all the "in season" flowers that I knew I'd be able to get.
Horray for tons of running around to a million florists paying off!!
@KendallR10: Yeah my florists haven't mentioned them as an option at all! And I've asked about all flowers in season in Jan...
Maybe they are more common in other parts of the world?
@Evie19: I'm willing to pay what ever I have to even for fake ones and I can't even find those
@KendallR10: Even online? Wow! Would you be mixing real and fake flowers? Does that work? Because I was considering doing that to have white hydrangeas and not just the pale green ones...
Although I think there is a chance it may look wierd to have fake and real flowers mixed (the fake ones would have to look REALLY real, right?)
I found these online: http://www.pyob.com/camelliasilk_flower.htm
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/buttonholes.html
http://www.silkflowersfactory.com/84-Silk-Camellia-Orange-p/d33b_arti_604_orng.htm
http://www.dinodirect.com/artificial-flower-floral-decor-silk-camellia.html
Good luck!
You freaking rock. I'm leaning toward real flowers though. so my hopes of camellias might be dashed :[
Happy to help! Yeah I was really considering mixing fake and real, but I was told by many that it wouldn't work...:-(
If you ever have a 1/2 hour of free time, call a huge number of florists in your area just to check if any of them could have access?
Be careful getting any sort of white flower - they will brown in the cold!! The ones with color have much best resistance!!
My bridal bouquet was all white, and 1/2 brown by the end of the reception. It was very, very sad. My BM bouquets were pink amaryllis and lisianthus though, and looked gorgeous all night!!
@afbacher: Even if the reception venue is well-heated?? Oh no....I have lots of white and ivory flowers in the tablesettings!
I've decided to be unique :] and change up what I'm doing with my bouquet!
@KendallR10: Oh cool, I've never seen the mix before- can't wait to see pics!
I'm super excited. Time to start collecting :] I'm super excited about it
@KendallR10: It sounds like a pretty idea...its nice when we can find ways in the wedding to have a hand in the design and personalize things.
@Evie19: I'm using my grandmothers brooch for my handle of it :] I'm a big DIYer
@KendallR10: Aww, sentimental. :) I love DIY-ing to, but for the type of wedding were having, I can only do so much...
@Evie19: I know. If I can make it I'm not buying it except for a select number of things
@KendallR10: We are designing our invitations, picking out each song that will play at the wedding, and I'm putting together our favors. Other than that, we are having too many people for me to do other things myself...but Im super involved with what all my vendors are doing- makes me feel like I'm designing things myself!
@Evie19: We're diying our invites, music, our favors are a candy buffet, food is from costco, we're putting together our centerpieces, our save the dates I did, our bouquets we're putting together, My jewlery I'm making.
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