wedding flowers

Tondella

Hi guys

Just been to speak to the local florist this weekend about a bouquet for my wedding (mum has generously offered to buy me one, rather than have me make it myself). I had my heart set on hydrangeas, however they told me that they wilt badly as soon as they are out of water, and once wilted can't be revived, meaning that the bouquet has to be pulled apart and reassembled with fresh flowers. They offered me silk as an alternative, which is ok I guess though I'd prefer fresh, but I just wanted a second opinion first. I can't believe that a woody stemmed flower can be so susceptible to wilt - also she said that they are coming out of season by September 16th - if so then why do all floristry websites I have been on recommend hydrangeas for autumn bouquets. Am I being fobbed off here???

If anyone has experience of handling hydrangeas for bouquets I'd be grateful if they could offer some of their own advice. Thanks!

amazon_spice

Don't know about hydrangeas, but I had silk flowers for bouquet and head-dress and they were really lovely, so are a viable alternative.

I avoided fresh so I wouldn't get a rash or sneeze all the way down the aisle!

Tondella

I had a look at some silk hydrangeas the day after, they looked fine and I'd be happy to have them in my bouquet if it came down to it, although I do have some doubt, as I want lots of different colours of hydrangeas (whites and greens) and I think I'll be limited in my options with silk flowers.

However, my other concern is that I had planned to use hydrangeas in the table pieces, ordering them directly by post. If there's a real danger of wilt then I'm not so keen on risking ordering them.

amazon_spice

PS. meant to say ...... Good Luck.

Rachie_B

id get a 2nd 3rd ........... opinion if i were you

pays to shop about a bit ,even if just for advice ; )

loopylisa

hi good luck for the day... anyway the best thing about silk flowers is they wont wilt and so can be used as decor arould the house as a constant reminder of the perfect day . and why not see if you could get table flowers to match then the guests can take some home as well for a constant reminder :j

andycarmi

HI CONGRATULATIONS I agree get another opinion.

Also ask when do they make the bouquet up. When I was getting my wedding flowers sorted I asked one place they said they make the bouquet up on the wedding morning, and others said the night before the wedding as they don't have time to do them on the day!!!!

monkmorency

I had hydrangeas in my wedding bouquet and they were beautiful - no problems at all. I do know the bouquet was made up on the morning of the wedding though, so that's definitely worth checking.

cheepskate_2

would def say get a second opinion. I got married in Milan and wanted thistles and cala lilys due to the regulations could not import flowers (it was being fdone through a VERY expensive planner in milan so did my own flowers ) anyway the florist suggested silk ones, because i was a bit sceptical she bought them in to show me and bunched them up so i would get the idea of how the would go.

Try another florist , mabye a small one as they seem to take more time with you

all the best for the big day

across

ive seen hydrangeas done in an archway round the church door and it looked lovely they lasted quite a few days, i had white (eskimo)roses as buttonholes and by the end of the service most of them were brown and they cost a fortune and youd think they last the day!! when we wrote a letter of disappointment the florist didnt even have the decency to reply! good luck as some florists are hopeless anyway tesco roses would probably be better quality i think i was paying for the lovely village florist premises rather than the flowers!!