The traditional meanings of different flowers, as used in your wedding bouquet, along with ribbon color meanings.
Carnation - Depending on color, these flowers can be used as messages to the recipient, or expression of whims.Think of these as the little Valentine hearts of the flower world.
Apple Blossoms - Good fortune.
Forget-Me-Nots - True love.
Gardenias - Joy, laughter together, and wonderful memories.
Daisy - Innocence, purity, and simple joys
Ivy - Marital strength, fidelity, and commitment
White Lily - Purity, virginity and innocence
Cala Lilly - Magnificence, beauty, and stately glory
Tiger Lily - Wealth and pride
Myrtle - Love forever, and lasting marriage
Peony - Happy life and marriage
Lily of the Valley - Happiness and humility before God
Orange blossoms - Fertility and eternal love
Orchids - Beauty, exotic adventure together, and refinement
Roses - Love
Violet - modesty
Freesia - Innocence
Baby's breath - Fruitfulness and reward for a happy union
Daffodil - Modest regard
If you're superstitious, there are a few flowers you might want to avoid for their meaning.If you've already decided on one of these flowers, don't despair""flowers come with as many meanings as petals, and you can easily associate your own memory of a wonderful wedding with that flower in the future.
Marigold - Cruelty and jealousy
Narcissus - Narcissism and ego
Oleander - Proceed with caution
Petunia - Resentment and anger
Sweetpea - Departure and goodbye
Rosebuds - Pure innocence, as in a child
Larkspur - Fickleness
Hyacinth - Rashness
Geranium - Stupid ideas, folly
When arranging the bouquet, choose one central theme.If you choose lily of the valley, for happiness and humility before God, then you can choose either a flower with a similar symbolism (violets or gardenias) or look for a flower which represents another concept you want represented on your wedding day (such as apple blossoms for luck).Unfortunately, some combinations of flowers just look bad together, so it's hard to create a complex meaning.
Ribbons are an easy and traditional way to incorporate color and a new meaning into the bouquet.Use a ribbon in a significant color to decorate a single flower stem, or to bind together a bouquet.Long trailing ribbons look great with a long trailing gown, but a short or small ribbon can have just as much visual impact.
Red - Blood, fire, courage, love and passion.
Brown - Stability, the power of the earth, and the harvest or fall.
Orange - Joy, enthusiasm, refreshment and the invigoration of youth.
Gold - Prestige, wisdom and wealth.
Yellow - Sun, happiness, warmth, cheer and a simple life.
Green - Nature, growth, fertility, healing, hope and wealth.
Blue - Trust, wisdom, intelligence, faith, mental prowess, tranquility, piety.
Purple - Royalty, power, nobility, extravagance, magic.
White - Innocence, purity, goodness, the feminine and faith.
Black - Power, elegance, mystery, the masculine, and prestige.