Types of Flowers for Bridesmaids

Once you decide on the colors for your wedding and have decided on the bridesmaids’ dresses, it is easy to select the flowers.  The bridesmaids’ bouquet should stay in the color scheme.  The types of flowers that you choose will depend on what flowers are in season at the time of your wedding.

The bridesmaid can carry a fresh or silk flowers bouquet down the aisle.  The type of flowers for the bridesmaid bouquet will depend of what kind of bouquet the bride has.  There are many different types of flowers that can be made into a bouquet.  There are the traditional bouquets that are small, light and easy to carry. They can be made from carnations, roses, calla lilies, and daisies.

There are long-stem bouquets that use gladiolus, delphinium, bird of paradise, roses and orchids, that are carried with a ribbon tied just below the blossoms. There are short stem bouquets that are tied with ribbon. Roses, lilies, iris and daisies are idea flowers for the short stem tied bouquets.

Each bridesmaid can carry a single flower with a ribbon tied around it.  Flowers with large open blooms are dahlias, sunflowers or peonies. The single flower can be put in single bud vases that are on the reception table.  Each bridesmaid can carry a different color flower bouquet in the theme color of the wedding.

All of the following flowers can be customized to make the bridesmaid bouquets while complementing the wedding theme. 

• Tulips


• Daisies


• Roses


• Lilies


• Orchids


• Sunflowers


• Dahlias


• Peonies


• Iris


• Gladiolus


• Delphinium


• Bird of paradise


• Daffodil


• Carnations