Flowers
Flowers are and always have been an important accessory to any wedding whether it is traditional or modern and stylish. Originally flowers were used as representations of a
couple’s relationship and their future together whether they are good or bad.
Nowadays we use flowers as more ornamental items to be used to compliment the dress and with many colours and types chosen to suit the tastes of the bride as well as they style of the wedding. New meanings have been invented for flowers over the years so people can have the flowers ad colours they prefer ad still feel like they have meaning to them.Below are some of the flowers more personal messages that people use flowers for today. Some are very personal to the couple i.e. Ambrosia- love returned has meanings for a couple which may have separated or a while.
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Baby’s breath/gypsophilia-Fertility
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Bluebell-Everlasting love
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Carnation/Pinks- Divine love
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Clover-Faithfulness
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Gardenia-Joy
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Geranium-Luck and true friendship
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Gillyflowers-Lasting beauty
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Hawthorn-Hope
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Heliotrope-Devotion and faithfulness
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Lemon Blossoms-Fidelity in love
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Magnolia-Perseverance of love and nature
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Mimosa-Secret or sweet love
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Mint-Wisdom and virtue
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Myrtle-Love, peace and happiness
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Orange blossom-Virginity
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Pansy-You occupy my thoughts and think of me
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Rose-Romance, love. White roses-Purity, Red Roses-I Love you
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Sage-I think of you
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Stephanotis-Exotic Travel
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Water lily-Purity of heart
Many women wish to keep their bridal bouquet as a reminder of their wedding and they have it preserved using silica gel which dries the flowers so they may be kept in a framed box or glass dome.
In many of today’s weddings, brides are choosing to replace large bouquets with much simpler designs like a single flower, a fan, or a dolly bag with a few small flowers in it. In many winter weddings, muffs are used by the bride and these would be decorated with flowers, whether they’re real or artificial.
