Purple Wedding Flowers
Purple wedding flowers add a feminine and romantic touch to any wedding. Purple is a mysterious and royal color that brings sophistication and elegance to a wedding. Bouquets made with a mix of cool blue-tone and warm red-tone purples can either be warm or cool.
Accessorizing with flowers is easy and one of the most dramatic ways to incorporate your complimenting color. Whether the flowers will be used for wedding table centerpieces, bridal bouquets or as decorations at the wedding or reception, these flowers are an excellent way to highlight your wedding theme and accent colors.
There are many purple flowers varieties often used for wedding flowers. Common purple wedding flowers are pansy, crocus, gladiolas, cone flower, iris, alyssum, sweet pea, snap dragons, aster, clematis and Verbena. Orchids, tulips, freesia, Gerber daisies and Calla Lily also come in purple shades.
There are quite a few freesias in the violet/purple shades. These fragrant flowers are popular for their fragrance as well as their looks. Gladioli can make a bold statement for wedding centerpiece ideas. If you can get these flowers at their prime time of opening, a simple vase with several Gladioli stems very little else can look simplistically spectacular.
Tulips make superb wedding flowers because they offer a wide choice of varieties and shades. You should be able to order tulips from winter all the way through early summer. Tulips work well in bridal bouquets and can also be continued throughout to wedding ceremony arrangements and reception centerpieces for a themed look.
Light Purple Wedding Flowers: You can achieve a delicate purple accent with lighter shades of purple. The hint of color carries the theme throughout the wedding without being overpowering. You can also add a few purple flowers to floral arrangements at the wedding ceremony location and table centerpieces at the wedding reception.
Dark Purple Weddings Flowers: For a bold statement, choose a dark shade of purple like Cadbury purple or a deeper jewel tone such as plum, magenta, deep mauve or amethyst. The dominant purple shades work exceptionally well when combined with cream colors and green foliage. Dramatic flowers, like the purple Gerbera Daisy for example, will add impact.
For weddings, popular purple color combinations include purple and yellow, purple and grey, purple and pink, purple and red, purple and green, purple and blue wedding flowers and the ever popular cream and purple. Another of the unique wedding ideas for color combinations is dark purple with lime green and white flowers.
When selecting your wedding colors and wedding flowers, remember to check with your florists or wholesalers to make sure your chosen flowers are in season. Some flowers can be difficult to find in certain months. This will reflect in their price and availability. If you have your heart set on a flower that will be out of season, consider using silk wedding flowers instead. You can use just a few silk flowers in your bouquet or use them for the entire bouquet.