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Brides who are choosing a theme based on the color blue will absolutely want to extend their theme to their choice of flowers. Blue is a lovely color for a wedding. It has a lot of positive associations with virtues such as fidelity, truth, courage, nobility, and so on. It’s also a cool color that’s easy on the eyes and often associated with elegance, grace and beauty.
When choosing blue wedding flowers, you don’t have to restrict yourself to a single shade of blue or a single type of flower. Choosing several types of flowers can give your flower arrangements depth and drama. Having several options will also help towards making sure the flowers you want are available at a good price.
 There are many fantastic blue flowers that are popularly used in weddings. Here are just some of them:
Hydrangeas
Hyacinths
Geraniums
Blue Lillies
Viola flowers
Veronica flowers
Ipheon flowers
Daisies
Bellflowers
Irises
Sea holly flowers
Delphinium flowers
Statice flowers
Some brides who opt for blue wedding flowers choose to combine blue flowers with another color. White or cream colored flowers and ribbons when matched with blue creates very regal and romantic flower arrangements especially for your bridal bouquet.
You may also choose to combine blue with yellow flowers and ribbons if you want a balance of warm and cool colors. Some couples love the symbolism it creates of the union between two people who have opposite personalities, backgrounds or features.
Some couples may have preferences on the kind of flower to use for sentimental or other reasons. If the flowers you want in your wedding do not come in blue, there’s always the option of artificially dyeing it. You can check with specialty flower shops if they have those flowers grown in artificial dyes or you can ask your florist to color the flowers for you. Going this route can give you very unique flower choices whic can be an interesting focal point in your wedding.
Finally, if the flowers that you are set on are seasonal or are a bit pricey, you can always consider silk flowers. Silk flowers make great wedding flowers because the flowers are always in season, and you don’t have to do as much to keep them fresh for the big day. |
