Green Wedding Flowers
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Want green wedding florals for your wedding, not just greenery? There are several green flower variety options for you. Take a look for inspiration and guidance on arranging with flowers that are forest green, lime, sage, olive green, moss, fern, mint, emerald or Kelly green shades.
While green flowers may call to mind a St. Patrick’s day parade for some, there are many green flower options, besides foliages, to create wedding florals with a classic or trendy style. Since most foliages are green, the use of green flowers relies mostly on textural or shape differences to create interest.
Statement flowers tend to be larger, single blooms, often in a round shape. Popular statement flowers that are green include….
Photographs sourced from FiftyFlowers.com
Secondary flowers are similar to statement flowers in shape, but are usually smaller in size, and often lower in price too. As mentioned before, texture will be important when choosing green secondary flowers for wedding arrangements. Popular green secondary flowers include….
Photographs sourced from FiftyFlowers.com
Filler flowers range in size from small to tiny spray or cluster shaped blooms. They also tend to be easier on the budget and allow you to “fill” holes in a floral design effectively. Popular green filler flowers may include…
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Height flowers can add impressive scale to an arrangement, but they are not always needed, depending on the type or style of arrangement. For example, a bridal bouquet doesn’t often need height flowers. Since height flowers are usually in a spray or spike shape, the blooms can also help carry the color out to the edges of the floral design. Beautiful green height flowers include….
Photographs sourced from FiftyFlowers.com
Although green is a very natural color, and there are so many varieties of arranging materials available in shades of green, this also poses somewhat of a challenge for those wanting to use green flowers for their wedding. There really aren’t all that many actual flowers (again, I’m not counting foliages) available in a natural, pleasing green color. There are several varieties, such as standard roses, that are actually dyed or even sprayed green.
Flower arrangements often rely on color variations to create contrast or interest and movement within the design. There is almost always green visible because foliage or greenery is used as a “neutral” foundation for most arrangements. Therefore green blooms blend in with the green foliage. A way around this problem is to create contrast by using different textures.
On the other hand, since green is often considered a “neutral” color in floral design, it pairs amazingly well with every single other color. Typically a wedding florist assumes green will be included in the palette in the form of foliages, unless the bride specifies otherwise.
When deciding to include green in your wedding color palette, there are several ways you can go. A monochromatic palette would include all green flowers, of either the same shade or various lighter and darker shades.
An analogous palette includes colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors for green are yellow and blue.
A complimentary color palette consists of colors opposite each other on the color wheel. Red and green are complimentary colors.
If you have clicked on any of the links in this article so far, you were take to the website FiftyFlowers.com. I have used this bulk flower company for many years now and consider it the best flower market for DIY couples. They consistently offer the most affordable prices for flowers (available to those without a business license or wholesale account). I also regularly use their website for initial design planning and pricing research. To top it all off, they ship the flowers directly to your door!
If you are researching green wedding flower options, you can search the “wedding color” tab as a great starting place, even if you plan to use a florist. But if you want to DIY the flowers for your wedding or other event, I can’t recommend them enough.
However, if sustainability and decreasing your carbon footprint is a priority of yours, please realize that Fifty Flowers (and most other online flower retailers I’ve seen) use large scale flowers farms in distant countries, such as Ecuador.
Using local, or at least American Grown flowers is a way to lower your carbon footprint, support American Farmers and source some truly special seasonal blooms for your floral designs. If this is important to you, I recommend researching local farms in your area on the Slow flowers Directory. American Flower Farming and floristry as a whole has been experiencing a resurgence in recent years similar to the farm-to-table efforts in the food and restaurant industries. The Slow Flower Directory allows you to search for farmers in your area and provides websites and/or contact information for member businesses with compatible values.
