May

Grow Your Wedding Flowers!

Grow Your Wedding Flowers With the economy and prices being the way they are, I’m sure that many brides out there are going above and beyond looking for ways that they can save money on their weddings. I mean, after all, people seem to be doing it more and more in all other areas of their lives. Even if the economy isn’t bad, like it is right now, brides have always looked for some extra ways to save a bunch of cash on their weddings. Recently, my husband and I started a large vegetable garden to help save money at the grocery store, as well as having great tasting fruit and vegetables. While my husband and I were picking out seeds for our garden, I noticed a huge display of flower seeds that are typically used in weddings. Sunflowers, Lilies, Sweet Pea, Tulips and so much more were sitting right there next to our carrots and green beans, and it really got me thinking about how much I paid for my wedding flowers. So, in current mood of being able to do things yourself, here are some great wedding flowers that you can easily grow yourself to save some money!

Wedding Flowers with Tulips

Tulips are one of the main kinds of flowers that I look forward to every spring. You can plant tulip bulbs in October and have some beautiful flowers for an April or May wedding. Tulips are available in so many colors and textures that you can match them to nearly any color that you want in your wedding. Plus tulips are very simple to grow and make excellent, long-lasting cut flowers. The stems actually continue to grow after they’ve been cut so you can enjoy them for a long time.

Wedding Flowers with Sweet Peas

Sweet peas are another flower near and dear to many hearts. They are easy and reliable to grow at home, and they make absolutely superb wedding flowers: delicate-looking, sweetly fragrant blossoms in a glorious range of colors on strong stems. Sweet peas grow as a vine, so give them a vertical structure to climb, like a trellis or a fence with full sun. If you sow them in March, you’ll have beautiful blooms in June. Sweet peas give off lots of blooms so a row of about 20 feet should do you pretty well. Plus, once you cut the blooms the more the plant will give you, so be prepared to enjoy this bloom for a long time!

Wedding Flowers - Sunflowers

Sunflowers are another favorite flower for weddings, and they’re super easy to grow as well. Just drop the seed halfway into good soil and add sun and water. Presto, anybody can do it. Sunflowers come in so many different dramatic colors and shapes that you’re sure to make a statement with yours. Plus many sunflowers have multi-flowering branches so you get extra blooms. Sunflowers are very sturdy, and work great as table centerpieces or even bouquets. Sunflowers are typically best for late summer weddings, so plan accordingly if you want sunflowers in your wedding.

Growing Amaryllis

Amaryllis are another popular flower for late autumn and winter weddings. They are known for producing large colorful blooms in the dead of winter. You can grow them in pots to place on table tops or cut the blooms for a bouquet. It takes 7-10 weeks for an amaryllis to bloom, so be sure to plan accordingly. If you are planning to cut the blooms, cut them once the first bud has colored and is just about to open and place them in a sturdy vase. Kept cool, they’ll last for quite a while.

Wedding Flowers with Roses

Roses are another traditional favorite when it comes to wedding flowers. These beautiful blooms are not very difficult to grow, and provide some beautiful blooms your wedding table and bouquet. Roses, as we know, come in all kinds of colors and shades, and you can easily grow some beautiful roses for your wedding day.

There are lots of gorgeous flowers you can easily grow yourself for beautiful wedding blooms at a fraction of the cost of going to a florist would be. If you consider yourself to have a gangrene thumb, then consider asking a friend or family member who can grow flowers if they would consider growing the blooms for you. That way you don’t have to stress about the flowers along with everything else that you’re having to plan for the wedding. But I would definitely consider checking out ways to grow your own wedding flowers. You can find flower seeds nearly anywhere, look and see what kinds of flowers you like, and if you would be able to easily grow them yourself. Let me know how it goes!

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