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The Wedding Flower Trends you Need to Know for 2021

If you’re getting married in 2021, you’ve probably already started planning every last detail of your big day.When it comes to your wedding flowers, we’ve got the inside scoop on the flower trends blossoming for 2021.

Wedding Flower Trends for 2021

With a new year on the horizon, we’re looking forward to an optimistic future and a year filled with hope snd gratitude.

Although these ideas are trending now by no means do they encompasse all the color and creative ideas that brides are bringing to the consultation.

A few trends and ideas are discussed below:

Back to Nature: The Rustic Flower Trend

In recent years, wedding bouquets particularly have been free flowing and full of greenery. As concerns for the environment grow, we have been witnessing a shift in requests for flowers that feel organic and are naturally styled when it comes to form and design – in bouquets, table centrepieces and statement pieces. Introducing wooden elements in the design will give the natural look the edge. If the rustic vibe isn’t for you, think marbled designs and stone.

Conscious Flower Trends: Promote Locally Grown Flowers

Couples are making conscious choices to use locally sourced or sustainable flowers in their wedding florals. As this trend continues to gather momentum, more and more local floral sources are becoming available.

Recycling, upcycling, or initiatives like planting trees for every wedding and event we produce, will become more commonplace. As well as going local, we are also seeing more requests for multi-use arrangements for a more eco-friendly wedding. Large, urn arrangements at the altar will be transported to the venue and used to create a show-stopping reception look for example

Neutral Color Schemes and Pared Down Tones

Complementing all things natural, we can expect to see pared down coloor schemes with requests tending to sway towards neutral shades with subtle tonal differences and color variations as well as well-paired color combinations.

Although there will be fewer bolder colors at the fore, small nuances and undertones will be more evident. Natural tones will become more visible with whites and greens dominating the scene.

However gold, cream and coral shades will stay with us for a while, we can expect some experimentation with color combinations..

Center of Attention: Centerpiece and Wedding Flower Trends

Table centerpieces are on the move! Simple and non-restrictive will be the order of the day which will create a sense of space and a more natural flow. The days of your guests not being able to see each other are in the past as floral arrangements stay low. Additionally, couples will seek to create more off-table focus arrangements such as floral sculptures, floral arches and suspended installations to wow their guests.

Simple and Minimalist Wedding Flower Trends

It’s true what they say, sometimes less is more. We are seeing more and more brides adhering to the ‘design follows need’ and the idea that less is more is something to watch in 2021. Beautiful flowers, perfect in form and design, and just enough of everything rather than an abundance of floral pieces at every chair and table surface.

The Flower Trends we Loved in 2019-2020

Nude and pastel wedding flowers

With couples throwing wedding traditions out the door, pale pink, blush and taupe flowers replaced classic white blooms as a bride’s wedding flower of choice.

Fragrant garden roses, stocks and sweet peas (in whimsical and rustic shades) were some of the most popular summer blooms dominating the wedding scene last year.

And wedding flowers don’t have to be real to make a big impact. Artificial wedding flowers are having a moment and also mean that you can keep your bouquet, buttonholes and posies forever.

Pretty Peonies

The peony is a timeless wedding flower that’s always a popular bouquet choice, so it’s no wonder we saw a lot of them in 2019.

As a very versatile flower, peonies can be crafted into bouquets that suit any style of wedding, from very formal affairs to rustic garden parties.

However, as the peony season begins in April/May and only runs through to late June, their availability is limited and often much more popular for Spring and early Summer weddings.

However, if your wedding is later in the year, then beautiful alternatives include garden roses (for summer), dahlias (for late summer) or ranunculus (for winter and spring).

Dramatic Floral Instalments

Floral instalments have always been popular, but the unforgettable floral arch at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sparked a new trend for many couples getting married last summer.

Whether it’s an extravagant arch, a floral chandelier or hanging flower hoops – these are some of the things sure to add real wow-factor to your wedding.

Pantone’s ‘Color(s) of the Year’

Believe it or not, many wedding trends are often inspired by Pantone’s ‘Color of the Year’.

In 2017 it was Green, which saw a huge increase in couples picking arrangements dominated by green foliage. Similarly, 2018’s ultra-violet has inspired bouquets this summer; and Blush tones and Coral were the color-schemes of choice in 2019-2020.

The Pantone Colour(s) of the Year in 2021 : Ultimate Gray and illuminating Yellow.

Pantone announced that its 2021 Colors of the Year are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, shades chosen for their warmth and dependability.

The Pantone news release announcing the colors described Illuminating as “a bright and cheerful yellow sparkling with vivacity, a warming yellow shade imbued with solar power.” Ultimate Gray, like pebbles, is emblematic of “solid and dependable elements which are everlasting and provide a firm foundation.”

“The union of an enduring Ultimate Gray with the vibrant yellow Illuminating expresses a message of positivity supported by fortitude,” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said in a news release. “Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, this is a color combination that gives us resilience and hope. We need to feel encouraged and uplifted, this is essential to the human spirit.”

Personally, I think you’ll find gray taking a more prominent place as an accent, and yellows introduced as gold tone rather than a bold yellow.

Cheery yellows will work their way into the color palette in summer, as they always do in sunflowers, gerbera daisies, billy buttons, and roses.Then they will pair up with the warm glow of oranges, burgundies, and rust colored flowers and lots of texture for fall.

Blush and the earthen tones are here to stay for awhile, as they are so compatible with the natural grasses and dried elements so popular in wedding florals right now.

Flower Crowns

The trend continues for boho brides choosing big, bright, bold flower crowns or woodland-themed foliage crowns in place of the traditional tiara.

Beautiful flower halos can be crafted to suit every style of wedding, from simple and sophisticated to quirky and chic and match with the wedding flowers.

If you’re going for this look, it’s important to choose the hardiest blooms that won’t wilt easily – orchids, freesias and spray roses are all safe options, adding dried grasses or botanicals for texture.

When your flower crowns are delivered, keep them as cool as possible for as long as possible and put them on just before you head out for the pictures and the amazing day ahead.

More Wedding Flower Trends We Love

Flowers, right now are so much more than just your wedding bouquet. More and more brides are turning to single flower choices or unique combinations of fluffy romantic blooms packed with silvery wild foliage for wedding decor, hair accessories, adorning reception tables and dressing place cards including wreaths, forest garlands, dramatic flower walls and entwined archways creating the most idyllic ceremony settings.

Succulents

Use | In your bouquet, seating plan, place cards

Elderflower

Use | Entwined minimal Hair piece or flower crown, bouquet, bridesmaids bouquet, cake decoration

Peonies

Use| single flower bouquet, Table centerpieces, flower and fern garland for reception.

Blue thistle

Roses

Use | Bouquet, Bridesmaids Bouquet, centerpiece vase, wreaths, rose petal confetti

Magnolia

Use | Bouquet, Above table decor, Table centerpiece

Poppies

Use | Bouquet, boutonniere

Cabbage Roses

Use | Single variety bouquet, Table placement decor, garland

Anemone

Use | Centerpieces, Bouquets

Pink wild fern

Use | Bouquet, Floral arch, Hair accessory

Sweet pea

Use | Boutonniere, small bouquet

Average Cost of Wedding Flowers: Making the Most of a Floral Budget

The average cost of wedding flowers can vary widely, depending on how many flowers you need, the types of flowers you choose, and whether or not they're in season. Though no wedding flower cost is set in stone, florist Caytlyn McCloskey, owner of Sea Lily in Malibu, California, provided a range brides can expect certain floral items to cost.