Bouquet Breakdown #3

This week we present our 3rd bouquet breakdown. You may have seen this bouquet before, as it was featured in our Tennessee Orange & Kentucky Blue featured wedding.

Although this bride chose the main colors of Tennessee Orange and Kentucky Blue, she didn’t want blue in her bouquet. Instead she chose to add light pink flowers to bring out her blush colored gown. Here are our florist’s thoughts on each of the stems in her bouquet.

Hypernicum berries

Hypernicum berries (orange) – These small berries make a great, colorful filler. They come in a variety of colors for a reasonable price. They do well for the better part of a day without water, making them great for all kinds of arrangements.

Peonies

Peonies – These flowers are all the rage right now. We think they’re lovely, but they’re just so darn expensive. We paid $150 for just 20 stems! And that was during peak season. For a cheaper replacement, there are several garden rose varieties that have a very similar look.

Roses

Roses (bright orange) – These roses were the perfect shade of orange! We recommend them for fall harvest themes, bright color combinations, and of course for any UT Vols weddings/events.

Tulips

Tulips (bright orange) – This is another one that had the perfect shade of orange. Tulips are a great for a pop of color. Also very affordable. Just note that tulips open quickly, giving them a different appearance everyday. If you want closed tulips, we have to add them to bouquets at the last minute. Here we chose to have them open in order to show off as much of their bright orange color as possible.

Sweet Pea

Sweet pea (light pink) – Sweet peas have about 3-4 flowers on a short stem. These are very delicate, fragile flowers. They are so prone to breaking, that our warehouse supplier always includes a few extra with our order. However, we love them for the soft, romantic look that they give to any wedding.

Ranunculus 

Ranunculus (orange) – These flowers are also very popular right now. The problem that we had was that the supposedly “bright orange” flowers came with too much yellow in them. They were so yellow that we didn’t get to use half of what we ordered! When selecting this flower, we recommend a picking a color that is tried and true, such as white, unless you don’t mind a little color variety in the flowers. 

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