Color and Design Choices for Wedding Flowers and Bouquets

Most people have a color in mind when they begin their search for floral designs, but they don't know the flower names or the colors they come in. Almost all of the choices used in wedding flowers have been included below.

The bouquets are hand tied, arm bouquets, tussy mussy, round, and a few cascade or tear drop styles because those are the most popular choices used today. Of course the colors and combinations can be used in any style you wish so be creative. All of the designs are gorgeous as they are or take the ideas you like from several designs to create your own unique bouquet.

WHITE
These flowers are so lovely in any design, but a few ideas include:

1) All white roses in a hand tied bouquet, your choice of ribbon in any color

2) White calla lilies in an arm bouquet with white tulips cascading over the arm and mixed in with the calla lilies. Wrap long stems with wide white satin ribbon and secure with pearl corsage pins.

3) A silver tussy mussy with lily of the valley. Include a few of the slender flower leaves.

4) Casablanca lilies formed into a round hand tied bouquet. These are big and luscious and very fragrant!

5) Calla lilies grouped together to form a round tied bouquet. Make it as small or large as you like.

6) All white peonies, hand tied with a satin ribbon. Attach charms with photos or verses - so romantic!

7) Hydrangea pomander with silk organza ribbon. Unique and different.

PINK

1) Light pink, medium pink, and dark pink peonies. Form into a large hand bouquet. Wrap stems in a wide pink satin ribbon and secure with pearl corsage pins. My favorite!

2) Tussy mussy with three shades of pink sweet pea. Add in a few lily of the valley with leaves.

3) Light and medium pink open roses. Use in any design for an awesome bouquet.

4) Pink tulips, roses, lisianthus in a tied bouquet

5) Arm bouquet with a variety of pink roses. Include white roses with pink edges, light pink roses.

and medium pink roses. Make the bouquet full and add smaller roses to fill in around toward the bottom of the larger roses. Keep the stems shorter than a traditional arm bouquet.

6) Pink anemonies in a tussy mussy or hand bouquet

7) A beidemiere is a round design with concentric circles of different flowers. A beautiful pink palette would be white ranunculus to form the center followed with dark pink roses. Add a ring of white stephanotis followed by light pink open roses. Either dark pink, cream, or white roses could form the last circle. Galax leaves or lambs ear would be beautiful to finish off the bouquet.

8) New Zealand waxflowers in a silver tussy mussy

ORANGE

1) Golden calla lilies with orange roses in a hand tied arrangement

2) Orange and pink roses with gloriosa lilies in a tussy mussy, cascase, or hand bouquet

3) Peach roses, green hydrangea, cream tulips, and green orchids to form a cascade, hand tied, or tussy mussy. A biedemiers design would also make a lovely design.

4) Red & orange open roses, bright golden yellow calla lilies, and red hypericum berries are lovely colors for a fall wedding.

5) Orange centered daffodils to form a round bouquet

6) Orange and gold ranunculus with sprigs of rosemary in any style

7) Orange roses with blue delphinium, blue iris, and white hydrangea in a hand tied bouquet

8) Orange, yellow, and cream tulips, orange and cream roses, yellow ranunculus in a biedemiers design

PURPLE

1) Purple lisianthus, dark purple calla lilies, lavender passion flower in a lovely cascade bouquet

2) Lavender roses, pink astilbe, purple tulips, and agapanthus in a hand bouquet

3) Lavender hydrangea, roses, sweet pea, grape hyacinths in a cascade or tied bouquet

4) Purple, pink, and white sweet pea in a tussy mussy, nosegay, or tied bouquet

5) Lilac, white roses, lisianthus, lavender roses in a cascade bouquet

GREEN

1) Green hydrangea, white roses, bells of Ireland in a hand bouquet

2) Green and white orchids, white roses, ivalace ivy in a cascade

3) Lady's mantle makes a wonderful green addition to any design.

4) Green cymbidum orchids

5) The long green stems of the calla lily in an arm bouquet wrapped with green satin ribbon

RED

1) Velvety red celosia and red amaryllis in a round hand tied bouquet

2) Amaryllis blooms to form a round bouquet

3) Deep red oriental lilies, calla lilies, and roses for a hand tied bouquet

4) Open red roses in a round hand tied bouquet

5) Try red amaryllis with dark pink roses, chinaberry, and lambs ear around the perimeter of a hand tied bouquet

BLUE

1) Blue hydrangea pompander

2) Mixed flowers of blue hydrangea, blue iris, grape hyacinth, ranunculus, and cream roses in a hand tied bouquet. Use a blue satin ribbon with it.

3) White roses, delphinium, agapanthus, blue hydrangea in a hand tied or cascade

YELLOW

1) Sunflowers, green hypericum berries in a hand tied bouquet

2) Golden yellow calla lilies with yellow roses in a hand tied bouquet

3) Yellow orchids in a silver tussy mussy

4) White lilies with yellow centers, daffodils, yellow tulips in a hand tied bouquet

5) Gerbera daisies in hand tied or mixed in a cascade