Choosing Summer Flowers for your Hawaii Wedding

Choosing summer flowers for your Hawaii wedding is a great way to give a tropical feel to your wedding day.  There are many varieties to choose from and many different colors as well.

Once you have an idea of how you envision your wedding to look you can then start thinking about your flowers.  When most think of a tropical or Hawaiian wedding they automatically consider tropical flowers.  But, this doesn't necessarily need to be so.  You can also consider some summer flowers that evoke a summery feel.

Tropical wedding flowers are some of the most exotic flowers around.  Some to choose from are orchids, heliconia, anthuriums, strelitzia (or bird of paradise), and plumeria.  All of these are very colorful and often full of fragrance as well.  They can easily set the mood for a tropical wedding.

Summer flowers to choose from that might also help to give you the feel are roses, lilies or calla lilies, gerberas, or even sunflowers.  These can give a nice summer feeling to your wedding that will go well with a tropical theme.

If you are looking to do something different for your tropical wedding, these beautiful flowers are perfectly suited but also a pleasant and unexpected addition to your decorations.

Tropical Wedding Bouquets For Your Wedding

Tropical wedding bouquets have always been used for weddings, but they have recently become much more popular. Whether you are having a local wedding or a destination wedding, they will fit in nicely.

Tropical flowers used to be cost prohibitive to most. To order them or fly them in for your wedding was only for those with an unlimited budget. Today, that isn't true. You can order them direct from a tropical location like Hawaii or even find them at a local florist.

Even though they look very delicate, most are hardy enough to be sent to you and last up to a week after being picked. This is one of the advantages of ordering direct, they are picked and quickly sent on to you.

Not all exotic flowers are hardy. Be sure to speak with the florist or grower to ensure that you are using the right flowers for your wedding. You don't want to go to the expense or ordering a flower that bruises easily or will only last for one day.

Tropical flowers are not only beautiful, but many are very fragrant, as well. If you are looking for a fragrant flower, check into the exotics. Not all of them will have a fragrance, though. Be sure to ask.

Using tropicals for your wedding bouquet is very easy to do. They can be used in a very simple or elaborate bouquet. You can use only tropicals or blend them in with some of your favorite traditional wedding flowers.

They come in such a wide variety of colors, sizes and textures that you will be sure to find one that suits you and your wedding perfectly. Look into having tropical wedding bouquets for your wedding and you will be surprised with all of the options that you have available to you.

Orchid Wedding Bouquets

Orchid wedding bouquets are definitely top of the line.  They have been one of the most popular choices for wedding bouquets and flower arrangements for generations.  They never seem to go out of style. Luckily, they are also one of the easiest to find tropical flowers.

Orchids come in many different colors or can be dyed to match your wedding colors.  They work well with many other flowers, tropical or not, to make beautiful arrangements.

You can choose a very subtle color or a rich and vibrant one, these flowers look good both ways.  As you can see, they also look wonderful with greenery.

There are over 20,000 varieties of orchids and they can be found reasonably priced if you order them from the grower or a company that is in a tropical location.  They also have the added advantage of lasting up to six or more days, and they smell great, too!

If you are using orchids in your bouquet, you may want to consider a lei, haku (wreath for your head) or to use loose orchid petals instead of rice for after the wedding.  

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Tropical Wedding Flowers For Any Wedding

Tropical wedding flowers, once considered appropriate only for the islands, have really come into their own.  They just have so much to offer, they are hard to ignore.

Finding them is easier than ever, too.   Once upon a time, if you weren't in the tropics (or willing to spend a huge amount of money) they just weren't available.  Those days are long gone.

Tropical flowers are usually:

• Brightly colored
  
• Very fragrant
  
• Versatile for many different weddings
  
• Can be very modern or casual

With all of the possibilities, it's easy to understand why they are being seen everywhere.  But wait, you live in Minnesota and aren't planning on marrying in the tropics?  No problem.  There are many different growers and companies that can easily ship exactly what you want, just after it has been cut.  They will be very fresh when you receive them.  Imagine opening up a box of freshly cut tropical flowers... the fragrance is wonderful!

Some of the most popular are anthuriums, orchids, heliconia, plumeria, hibiscus, protea and bird of paradise.  Some are better in a more formal or structured arrangement, while others do better loose, as a casual arrangement or even a Hawaiian wedding lei.  Most of them come in many different colors, so coordinating your wedding is easy to do.

If you are having a destination wedding, definitely consider these incredible flowers.  If you are having a wedding at home, you should also really think about using them.  They are beautiful, fragrant and fit in anywhere.  You will have a fabulous wedding! 

Photo credit Sxc.hu/Yali Shi

Wedding Lei For Your Tropical Wedding

Imagine the beauty of a tropical Hawaiian wedding lei being worn by you and your guests.  That would really bring the island feel to your wedding.

Many couples that are having destination weddings are choosing to bring the customs of the destination into their wedding ceremony.  A Hawaiian lei is a perfect way to do this with some very beautiful topical flowers.

A lei is a symbol of love and is given with that in mind.  You can have a ceremony where you wear them or even exchange them.  It is also wonderful to have the guests and family wear them, as well.  Instead of giving the traditional jewelry set, give a lei.  They will last for days and can be dried afterwards for a great memento.

The wonderful thing about a wedding lei, is there is no standard.  You can use whatever flowers and colors that appeal to you.  Fragrance... no fragrance, again up to you.  Open lei or closed lei, yep, you decide.  Any lei is appropriate for a wedding, so they go with all weddings.  They are the perfect wedding flower.