Most Popular Flowers For Wedding Bouquet

Are you looking for the right flowers for your bouquet? There are thousands of flowers in the world. But most of them may not be suitable for the wedding bouquet. In order to find the perfect flower, you must know what the most favorite flowers used in bouquet, and what its characteristics. Most popular flowers used in bridal bouquet are:

1. Carnation

The carnation, scientifically known as Dianthus caryophyllus is a species Dianthus. Colors are pink (natural color), red, white, yellow and green, have been developed. Carnations usually are used for showing love and fascination.
But cultivars of many colors can bring different symbol for each color. For example, white carnation symbolizes the purity of Mother.

2. Roses

Roses are the most commonly used cut flower in the world. The flower is beautiful with different colors (white, pink, and red), beautiful shape, and more than a hundred species. Besides the smell is good, rose is a durable flower. No wonder if many people really like this flower. The characteristics of good roses are: long stemmed, bold petals, and has minimum five petals.

3. Tulips

Many people know that tulip is a flower from Dutch. This is wrong. Tulips are native to Central Asia and the Persian Empire. The vast majority of tulips are exported from the Netherlands to the world. These flowers come with hundreds varieties with typically one flower per stem and are available throughout the year.

4. Calla Lilies

Calla lilies are elegant flower. The flowers are very popular choices for bridal bouquets, flower arrangements, and home decoration because of the range of colors available with unique shapes. Calla lilies are poisonous plants, so if you want a bouquet made with calla lilies arrange, you might consider keeping it away from children.

5. Gerbera

Gerbera is a genus of sunflower family. The name is derived from the surname of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber. The flowers grow with less water, so they are suitable for gardening. Gerbera is popular for wedding bouquet because it vary in shape, color and size. The capitulum is composed of hundreds of individual flowers.