Wedding flower

Hi,

I'm a new poster here and could do with some advice please!

I am after a flower that:
1) Could be used as a wedding flower i.e nice table decoration.
2) Can be grown indoors
3) Is sown in winter/spring and flowers the same summer.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Dave

 

First I take it wedding is summer.

Mt first thought was the nice smelling scent of sweet peas and of lavendar.

If you have lily of the valley growing already in the garden or a neighbours garden.

Chrysanthums small head variety looks nice in a table centre.

Cosmos or Zinna and of course Cape Daisy,Brachycome.

Orchids if in bloom can use the flower.

Gosh a tall order as this is a special occasion and flowers need to be perfect .

And of course the rose always takes pride of place.

Some to think about Dave good luck.

 

Dave, do you want an actual pot of plants on the table, or a flower arrangement? Assuming it`s the latter, there are 2 obvious shrubs you can use, Spiraea Arguta, bridal wreath and Exochorda The Bride.

 

Thank you for your comments so far, but let me explain exactly what I'm going to be doing.

I want to create a different form of wedding invitation whereby the couple will send out all the necessary components to grow a flower. They will be sent out in early spring, the guests will then have to grow their seeds during the coming months, then bring along their flower to the wedding to form part of a display. therefore, the right plant has to:
1) Be able to be grown from seed in spring
2) Flower in summer
3) Be in flower for a half-decent period of time i.e not a plant that flowers for 2 days then dies!
4) Look good.

Thank you again!

 

Fabulous idea!

Nasturtium springs to mind immediately for ease of growing (though not your typical wedding flower!) However, you could eat the display after necessary photos!

 

Ha ha! Thanks Jarbax. That certainly adds another element of interest! The ease of growing element will help too - good suggestion!

Anybody else?

 

Also, could anybody recommend a more traditional wedding flower that would compliment narsturtiums?

 

Aren't there some annual forms of carnations that would be ok.

One I saw not long ago online while looking for black flowering plants, is 'Black And White Minstrels' which also has edible flowers.

If you do a search on a seed supplier site for carnations I'm sure you'll find more.

Paul

 

Carnations sound perfect! How does Aster 'Californian Giant sound?

 

So this wedding table arrangements are not the tradtional flowers you would see at a wedding.

Certainly be different.

 

Well, they CAN be traditional, but it's not a necessity. Different is good. A carnation is fairly traditional though isn't it? Also, the flowers that the guests bring might form an arrangement at the entrance to the reception hall, then traditional wedding flowers could be used for the tables themselves. It's quite open!

 

Hi Again WP what I really meant never heard guests bringing own flowers to table of a wedding.

Guest here buy there own buttonhole flower wear it going to the church then reception.

Yes carnations or roses tradtional for groom.

I sure it will be very nice.

 

Thanks Scotkat.