Saturday, August 22, 2009

DETAILS MATTER ~ Wedding Flowers

Wedding flowers ~ We all know that flowers enhance our wedding day with their beauty, color and scent but did you also know they can be an ultra romantic language of love? During the Victorian era, The Language of Flowers created a language for lover's correspondence in which flowers replaced words. If you want to suffuse your wedding flowers with meaning and symbolism, peruse the list below of some of the most popular wedding flowers and decide which messages fit you and your fiance the most!

Anemone ~ expectation

Baby's Breath ~ innocence

Calla Lily ~ magnificent beauty

Carnation ~ pink (boldness), red (love), white (talent)

Chrysanthemum (or mum) ~ wealth, abundance, truth

Daffodil ~ regard

Daisy~ share your feelings

Dephinium ~ swiftness, lightness

Freesia ~ innocence

Gardenia ~ purity, joy

Hydrangea ~ understanding

Iris ~ a message of faith, wisdom

Lilac ~ love's first emotions

Lily ~ majesty, truth, honor

Lily of the Valley ~ happiness

Magnolia ~ love of nature

Orchid ~ love, beauty

Peony ~ bashfulness, the American spirit of ambition and determination

Rose ~ love, joy beauty

Stephanotis ~ marital happiness

Stock ~ lasting beauty

Sunflower ~ short-stemmed (adoration), long-stemmed (haughtiness)

Sweet Pea ~ pleasure

Tulip ~ love, passion


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