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Seasonal summer wedding flowers
We're now deep into wedding season with eco-friendly weddings taking place every weekend up and down the country. And as promised we will be bring you a second installment of our seasonal summer wedding inspiration from lovely Green Union partner and eco friendly wedding florist Julie Ballard. Over to you Julie:
SUMMER WEDDING FLOWERS:
Peonies, Roses, Sweet peas, Alchemilla mollis, Eryngium (see holly), Gladioli, Delphinium, Stocks, Acapanthus, Scabious, Dahlias and Sunflowers.
The loveliest wedding flowers are those that complement the season and it is generally thought that there are plenty of locally grown British blooms to choose from at this time of year. But it was only whilst planning the designs for an August wedding that I began to realize, in fact, that even within the season flower choice changes month by month and there are fewer suitable flowers available in August, than in say June or July. With a little bit of further research it became obvious that the colour palette evolves too, a fact which is well worth knowing when choosing a scheme for a wedding, sometimes up to a year in advance.
June sees a plethora of pink. Peonies and roses for example are abundant and can be set off beautifully with fresh lime green Alchemilla mollis or dark Cotinus coggyria (smokebush).
In July masses of mauves and blues appear: Eryngium (sea holly), Gladioli, Delphinium, Matthiola incana (stocks), Agapanthus and Scabious. Blending seasonal colours as if using an artist’s palette, designs can be drawn up and used as a template for a complete wedding theme.
Everything calms down in August when plants are programmed to protect themselves from drought and heat and spend less energy producing flowers.
Early August is when many people choose to take their summer holidays and many couples choose to avoid this period for their wedding. In some respects this is not such a bad thing as in a way flowers are doing the same thing, taking a rest. However it all takes off again towards the end of August, and going into September the hotter coloured flowers start to come into season: yellow Solidago (goldenrod), some early Dahlias, Rudbeckia fulgida (Black- eyed Susan) and Helianthus annuus (sunflower).
