Florist's Favorite Flower Bouquets

We all know what we like in flowers … a strong scent, nice colors, nothing with spikes … the possibilities are endless. Your florist spends all day around flowers, creating floral concoctions from the dreamy, to the earthy, to the divine. They've seen thousands of bouquets of red roses and hundreds of orchid arrangements. So what is pushing your favorite flower shop owner's buttons right now?

Indian Summer

Anything seasonal will be a firm favorite of your florist … despite being stuck in the back of a shop all day, this profession is surprisingly in tune with nature! The Indian Summer Bouquet pictured has oak leaves and feathery millet to complement the rich colors, giving the bouquet an earthy feel.

Uniquely Chic

This Teleflora bouquet has become a favorite of florists because it is a favorite of customers at the moment! Orange really is a color of the moment, in everything from fashion, to corporate logos … to bouquets. Carnations and roses are best friends, especially in this bouquet, and the Asiatic lilies break up the frilliness perfectly.

Dish garden with pinks plant

As much as they are creators of bouquets and artful arrangers, there is nothing that most florists love more than having flowers in their natural setting … surrounded by lush greenery in a little slice of the outdoors. This dish garden comes with fern and ivy as background, and pink kalanchoe and astrolomeria as color highlights.

Azalea topiary flowers

Teleflora florists are loving the return to our grandmother's time with these azalea topiary flowers. Another way to bring the outside in, it is absolute luxury to have an indoor topiary … in a much more affordable and less maintenance-hungry format.

Passionate Reds Flowers

People can love romance without liking roses -- and that is what this Teleflora bouquet achieves for florists. The asters, carnations, tulips and hypericum convey just as much passion and fire, but also cost only a fraction of what roses do.

Simply Roses

Roses can be simple and stand alone without being in a boring, overdone traditional bouquet. This little rose garden has all the heady scent of these old favorites, in a new style design. What other arrangement will you find grass in … let alone bordering sweet red roses?

Zensational flowers

Zen is all about appreciating simplicity - and it's obvious from this arrangement why the philosophy is a winner with your florist! You appreciate every line and furl of the cymbidium orchids when that is all you see. The bottom of the glass is lined with tall green leaves.

Wedding Flower Trends for 2010

White roses are classic, sure, and will always be part of many wedding parties. But nowadays, more people are looking for individuality rather than traditionalism in their choice of wedding flowers. Today, we are looking beyond roses, beyond white and beyond pink to see what awesome ideas the brides of today are having for their wedding flowers!

Color!

This is the most important development in wedding flowers for the year. Colored bouquets have slowly been gaining ground against the traditional white roses or pretty pink posy for a while now. We're starting to see bold colors come into their own -- and not only traditionally feminine colors like bright purples and pinks. If you’re a fiery bride, why not choose an orange and yellow burst of color for your wedding flowers?

Tall bouquets

Bouquets are branching out from the traditional round shaping, or even the round-with-cascades shaping. These tall, swaying bouquets are long and graceful, and so du jour.

Fruit as flowers

While fruit would technically not be in the realm of wedding flowers, it is a gorgeous way to bring strong scents and a luscious freshness to your wedding. Celebrity florists like Kevin Lee are utilizing fruit (citrus especially) in their themed weddings. Your own florist can do an excellent job at a quarter of the price.

Petals

Petals often carry much of the scent of the flower itself, and are a very individual way to incorporate flowers in your wedding. You can scatter petals over where you'll be standing in the ceremony, around the plates on the tables at the reception, and even on yourself -- in your veil and on your shoulders. Petals can be a little cheaper than flowers, because second-grade flowers can still be used to produce first-grade result. Ask your florist!

Greenery

As in the picture, greenery is making a comeback … and not just in the stems of your flowers! Gorgeous green petals and feathery leaves can create a tangible sense of freshness for your wedding. It's a great way to help you express the fact that it’s the dawn of a new era.

Unusual shapings

Your bridal bouquet can be anything you want it to be -- even a life-size basketball made of flowers hanging from a string! This is just one of the many original ideas for wedding flowers that your florist no doubt has. Flower-covered baskets are becoming popular too, in the same vein!