You know….red is a tricky color for flowers. I realize that many people think of red when they think of flowers: look at drawings that little girls do of flowers – they’re almost always red. But surprisingly, there are not a whole whole lot of blooms that come in a true red color. There’s of course the red rose, and it comes in about a million different shades of red, but if you take roses off the table, you’re not left with a lot of varieties to choose from. We had a bride last summer that wanted exactly that, red bouquets, but no red roses. It was a challenge, but I thought the result was quite beautiful. Her bridesmaid dresses were a lovely shade of blue, which can be a really modern/cool color combination. We used red gerbera daisies, red anemone, red dahlias, reddish-orange pin-cushion protea, red ranunculus, and reddish-orange echinacea. Since her bridal party were wearing shades of blue, we accented the bouquets with blue-green dusty miller and succulents to tie it all together.
Thank you to Jackie Osborne with Jackie Osborne Photography for the images!
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