Wedding Flower Ideas for Summer: Flowers for Weddings Guide

When it comes to wedding flower ideas for summer, there are a lot of choices available. For weddings, one practical tip i always offer is to get flowers that are in season, that is why getting married in summer is an advantage because of the many summer flowers for weddings that are available. We’ve got ideas and advice for you..

summer wedding flower bouquets

Summer wedding flower bouquets are beautiful. (photo by Du Žiedeliai )

I love summer weddings, you can think about having many different floral arrangements and centerpieces, as well as a multitude of flower color combinations for your bridal bouquet – they are relatively inexpensive, there are literally many things that you can do with your summer wedding flowers.

To give you an idea about the best flowers for a summer wedding season, you can put the following popular summer wedding flowers on your list: chrysanthemum, forget-me-not, hydrangea, stephanotis, sunflower, tuberose, alstroemeria, baby’s breath, daisy, English lavender, poppies, dahlia, anemones, lilies, gerbera daises, orchids as well as the all-time favorite; roses. Choosing wedding flowers in season is one of the best options for you if you want to save money on your flowers.

If you are getting married in summer where the cost of flowers is not that steep, and different flowers are abundantly in bloom, here are summer wedding flower ideas to help you make your wedding truly a summer wedding.

Group and Arrange Your Summer Flowers by Color..

pink bouquet

All-pink bouquet (Titanic roses, pink nerine lilies, pink mini calla lilies, pink lisianthus, folded aspidestra and beargrass)

All orange bouquet (orange calla lillies and orchids)

all yellow bouquet

all white bouquet

all white bouquet

All photos and designs are by foresthill florist

 

Stick to your color theme when you are thinking about flower arrangements for a summer wedding. Additionally, with summer as a good month for lots of flowers in bloom, you may also want to take advantage of it by adding more colors to your wedding flowers. If your wedding color is yellow, you can add some purple flowers into your floral set-up to make it more attractive. In fact, you can always make a more colorful mix with flowers in season, but just make sure to add more of your wedding theme color.

Summer wedding? Check out these outdoor summer wedding ideas on a budget.

Sam at weddingwhoop.com - Wedding Planner

 

“For wedding flowers; summer is really a great time. You can see so many different types in bloom. It’s a good time to be creative. I love it!”

Group Wedding Flowers for The Summer by Type..

Hillside Sun Summer Bouquet

Yellow and White gladiolas petalsandtwigs

calla lilly Bouquet

Orange, yellow and red calla lillies (available at petalsandtwigs)

 

If you love peonies and want them for your flowers for a summer wedding then you can choose to have a good combination of different peonies, for example; you can have pink and cream peonies combined together for your fabulous centerpiece or you could have red, pink and white roses combined for your bouquet or your centerpiece. You can also group together scented sweetpeas – pink, white, purples, to make it even more attractive.

Country Garden Summer Bridal Bouquet..

summer wedding bouquet

summer wedding bouquet (photo by Schodts (Flickr))

summer wedding bridal bouquet

a mix and match of some local summer flowers - safflowers, zinnia, hypericum berry, sunflowers, dahlias (photo by gillespieflorists)

summer bridal bouquet

summer bridal bouquet (photo by t23e (Flickr))

summer wedding bouquet

summer wedding bouquet (photo by Brandi Korte)

 

Another idea is to have garden-inspired wedding flowers for your summer wedding. Make a bridal bouquet out of your favorite garden flowers that are in bloom during summer and add some greens. This can be a great idea for your bridal bouquet and can also make for great centerpiece ideas using summer wedding flowers in bloom.

Remember that real flowers can cost a lot, especially as weddings also require a lot of flowers for the ceremony, the church aisle down to the centerpieces, cake table and other reception venue décors, so you can indeed get a good deal if your wedding flowers are readily available.

Do you have any good summer wedding flower ideas? Share them, comment, let us know…

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