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How to Select Amazing Flowers to Symbolize Nostalgia & True Love

photo collage of wedding bouquets

How to Select Amazing Flowers to Symbolize Nostalgia & True Love? I’m a sentimental romantic, especially regarding flowers at weddings.

Fresh flower bouquets accompany a romantic atmosphere, beautiful attire and accessories, and family and friends to create a memorable wedding day. With all the flower choices available, how do you decide which flower? Flowers have meanings and sentiments, history, and beauty. Suppose you are choosing the same flowers for your wedding as your parents, grandparents, or your first bouquet from your spouse-to-be to bring a nostalgic vibe to your wedding.

I gathered summaries of the sentiment of my favorite flowers for wedding bouquets. Additional links are also given to give more in-depth information to help with decision-making on flower planning.

 

SUNFLOWERS

photo of bride with sunflower bouquet via Martha Stewart blog
Photo via Martha Stewart Weddings
Bride holding a sunflower bouquet
Photo via Martha Stewart Weddings

Two often meanings for sunflowers are love and admiration. Other sentiments for sunflowers have a deep love meaning; someone who has loved with sincerity and purity never forgets and truly loves until the end. Sunflower is known always to follow the direction of the sun. 

Sunflowers come in a variety of colors, and a color I’m excited about is purple. Here’s the sentiment for purple sunflowers From House Plant Central: ” A very striking bloom, the purple sunflower is associated with wealth, glory, and royalty. ”

Read more. … Martha Stewart Weddings, .Funny How Flowers Do That, One Fab Day

PEONY

bride carrying a red peony bouwuet
bridal couple walking down the aisle

Photo 1 RocknRollBride |Photo 2 From the Bride

Most often, Peony meanings are happiness, romance, honor, prosperity, good fortune, and health. Unsurprisingly, the Peony is a popular flower choice for spring weddings. 

Peonies exuberate romance with their lush, fluffy petals and are the perfect flower to make a stunning statement in your wedding bouquet. 

Add flowing silk ribbons as the Bride did in photo 2, available at Marti & Company for extra romance.

Read more … Funny How Flowers Do That,  SweetVioletBride

ROSES

BOUQUET OF MULTICOLOR ROSES
bride holding a bouquet of purple rose
Photo via Bridal Guide

Roses are often chosen for wedding bouquets because of their fragrance and sentiment. The popular colors pink and red are associated with true love, passion, and long-lasting love. They are likely one of the oldest flowers living today. Roses seem to have the most information on both their color and sentiment. For example, orange roses of intense hues symbolize passion and fascination since they recall the colors of a fire. On the other hand, orange roses of pale tones indicate charm, enthusiasm, and positive wishes.

Read more … Bouqs . Blooming Haus

TULIPS

bridal bouquet of pink, purple and blush tulips & carnations
Photo by Aiden Rhaa Photography via The Knot
hot pink tulip bridal bouquet
Photo via A Central Park Wedding

When selecting flowers for your wedding bouquet, consider what flowers your spouse likes. My husband likes tulips, and it turned out that tulips were my favorite flower in my bouquet! They carry the meaning of “perfect and deep love.”

Tulips, like roses, have sentiments attached to the various colors they’re available in. For example, purple tulips have connotations of royalty, while variegated shades are said to represent beautiful eyes, and blue tulips represent individuality and uniqueness.

Read more … Blooming Haus .. Bloom and Wild

DAHLIAS

Bride carrying bridal bouquet of dahlias, clematis, roses and cqarnations
Image by Alexandra Vonk via Amber & Muse
bride holding rustic assortment of flowers bridal bouquet
Photo by Shannon Voneschen via One Fab Day Blog

With about 20,000 varieties of Dahlias, brides will have many choices of sizes and colors to include in their bouquets.   The Florally Journal  states, “When floriography (the language of flowers) was all the rage in the Victorian Era, dahlias were given as symbols of devotion, love, beauty, and dignity. These meanings still hold in modern times.” As with roses and tulips, dahlias’ different colors hold different meanings.

Here are some of the meanings, red dahlias are symbols of strength and power; pink dahlias and purple dahlias symbolize grace, kindness, and beauty; and yellow and orange dahlias are effortlessly cheerful, representing joy and excitement.

 

Read more … OneFabDay,Florally

VIOLETS

bridal bouquet of violets and other purple flowers
Photo via Arabia Weddings
Photo via Arabia Weddings

The violet has been thought to symbolize modesty, faithfulness, everlasting love, innocence, and remembrance. In the Victorian age, a gift of violets was a declaration always to be true. It still serves as a reminder of loyalty, thoughtfulness, and dependability.

Read more … Arabia Weddings

HYDRANGEAS

Bride holding a pastel floral bouquet
Photo via Brides Blog
bridal bouquet of mixed pink & green flowers
Photo via Brides Blog

The hydrangea represents gratitude, grace, and beauty. The lavish number of flowers and the generous round shape also radiate abundance. Its colors symbolize love, harmony, and peace.

Read more … Funny How Flowers Do That

GARDENIAS

gardenia wedding bouquet
Photo via Wedding Sparrow Blog
man in a tux with a gardenia buttonniere
Photo via Southern Living Blog

The gardenia flower symbolizes trust, clarity, hope, and renewal. It can also convey the message of dreams, intuition, self-reflection, and protection.

Read more … Petal Republic

Fragrance and symbolism, flowers express emotions and feelings beautifully and add ambiance to your wedding. I hope you found inspiration for selecting your flower bouquet for your wedding day.

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