Flowers for an April Wedding.

lilgreenmomo

Can anyone advise me as to the type of flowers I can expect to be in season for an end of April wedding. I was thinking of having silk flowers but I would like them to be 'in season.' My alternative is ordering them from a delivery service like Tesco.

Are tulips in season & is there any reason they wouldn't be used as wedding flowers? When I look at the wedding websites they never seem to get a mention.

Your thoughts, as always, would be much appreciated. (I am hoping to incorporate my flowers into my invite design.)

Thanks

skyeandeviesmummy

http://www.loveweddings.co.uk/features/weddingflowers_flowersinseason.htm
The above link shows you what flowers are in season in April the following website is also quite useful for flower info http://www.flowers.org.uk. In a recent mag article I read they said that Tulips and and narcissi are spring flowers.

lilgreenmomo

Thanks for those links, I had seen the first wedding page but the other is very useful. I discovered that Anemones are in bloom at that time & as my theme relates to the sea (you get the underwater variety too) I think that they will be ideal. I read somewhere else that they are popular wedding flowers in Italy & have long stems that help with winding them into the brides hair. So that's me decided then. (I could possibly even grow my own!)

Leopardlady

Thanks for the sites skyeandeviesmummy, i am also looking at getting married in April next year and have planted a lot of bulbs, as i would like to have fresh flowers but don't want to pay the earth for ones that have travelled miles!
I just hope they all blossom otherwise it will be out to buy more in march and april!