Flowers for a Winter Wedding  

Choosing flowers for a winter wedding can be difficult if you already have your heart set on something that is not in season. Almost any flower in any color can actually be shipped in by a florist from a greenhouse or different climate. However, the difference in cost and sometimes even the quality of out of season flowers is something that will have to be considered. It is often the best idea to try to work with flowers for a winter wedding that are in season as they likely will bring the most color and fragrance and be readily available.   

Types of Winter Flowers  

If a bride is not familiar with the types and varieties of flowers available and in what season you will be most likely to find them, she may not understand the blank stares from a florist while she selects colors and varieties that simply do not exist naturally. No matter what season, it is, tulips just don’t come in blue. But some winter favorites a bride may want to consider include orchids, amaryllises and nerines.  

Orchids are a delicate but original choice when selecting flowers for a winter wedding. Common varieties come in beautiful pinks, purples, whites and greens. There are exotic varieties in many other tropical colors such as chartreuse green and deep wine or even spotted versions that can range a wide price range put could be a great accent to a bouquet. They can be used for bouquets, single stems or corsages. 

An overlooked choice that can be a great option particularly if you wish to choose a red color is an amaryllis. These vibrant, large stemmed blossoms are elegant and can stand alone as a bouquet without accent flowers. The most common varieties come in reds, pinks and whites.  

Delicate, but very unique and less commonly used flowers for a winter wedding are nerine varieties. These untraditional flowers come in pinks and whites and are readily available during the winter months to specialty florists.  

Winter Foilage, Extras and Year Round Varieties 

Many brides get the feeling that they cannot use roses or tulips economically because they only bloom during the spring and summer months. However, along with lilies, carnations and gerber daisies, roses and tulips are flowers readily available year round to most florists. These year round flowers also come in a wide range of colors, especially daisies and carnations.  

You could also consider using seasonal greens instead of traditional foliage, such as holly, ivy or evergreen trim instead of leafy ferns. A creative and seasonal touch to your bouquets could include adding tiny pine cones covered with iridescent glitter or bright red holly berries.  

As you move through your wedding planning process and begin to choose flowers for a winter wedding, it will likely work far more to your advantage to consider what is currently in season. These flower choices are much more readily available and will have some of the highest quality blooms and color varieties available at much more affordable prices.     

If your not quite going to quite be in winter when your wedding day arrives then you may wish to opt for fall wedding flowers.