One of the latest trends in wedding bouquet flowers is the wildflower wedding bouquet. Wildflower wedding bouquet flowers are a reflection of the bride and groom and can be a colorful way to communicate their personalities. A wildflower wedding bouquet is a great match for an informal, casual wedding. If the bride and groom are fun and spontaneous, the riot of seasonal colors can reflect their passions for life and each other.

Wildflower wedding bouquet versus informal cut flower bouquet
When brides talk about wanting a wildflower wedding bouquet, they often mean unfussy, atypical wedding bouquet flowers. Wildflowers are those grown in the wild without anyone intentionally planting them; planted flowers are known as cut flowers. So, harvesting bouquet flowers for a wildflower wedding bouquet means serendipitously finding wildflowers at the side of the road. Plucking bouquet flowers at a city/state/national park is out of the question.

Growing bouquet flowers
Specific bouquet flowers for a wildflower wedding bouquet can be grown from individual seed mixes, so it is possible to pick and choose specific flowers and colors for your bouquet. Here's the tricky part: Wildflowers bloom on their own schedule, and are oblivious to your wedding plans or need for a wildflower wedding bouquet on the 29th of May. Your bouquet flowers may either be getting ready to bloom, have finished blooming, or ideally, bloom right on schedule to prepare your wildflower wedding bouquet. Most wildflowers have a peak bloom season that can range from four to eight weeks. Most cut flowers will be in bloom anywhere from early spring starting in March through fall—as late as September. With so much to worry about when planning a wedding, it is strongly recommended that you or a friend/family member avoid growing your own bouquet flowers for a wildflower wedding bouquet. If you still have your heart set on growing your own wildflowers, put them in a vase at the guest sign-in table, as an arrangement by your wedding cake, or in some other featured display at the church or reception.

Do-it-yourself wildflower wedding bouquet
If you still want to try growing your own bouquet flowers and understand that you're totally at the whim of the season, you can improve your chances for a gorgeous wildflower wedding bouquet design by planting a mix of shrubs, roses, bulbs, perennials and annuals. A wildflower wedding bouquet takes some advance planning, at least a season or two. Some bouquet flowers can be grown from seed, but check the seed package for "days to bloom." Many annual bouquet flowers need 60-90 days before they'll bloom. Most perennials for bouquet flowers put out their most prolific blooms the second year they're planted. You also can ask friends and family what bouquet flowers and plants they have in their garden as potential candidates for a wildflower wedding bouquet. Don't forget to stake out greenery such as ivy and evergreen shrub cuttings that can be useful to fill out your bouquet.

Wildflower wedding bouquet cut flower options
Spring flowering bulbs such as crocus and tulips are ideal bouquet flowers for a wildflower wedding bouquet. Be sure to plant double the amount of bouquet flowers you need, just in case some bouquet flowers fail to come up properly. For the greatest pick of bouquet flowers, plant a mix of early-, mid- and late-season varieties to maximize blooms. Peonies can complement a wildflower wedding bouquet with large flower blossoms in deep pinks and reds. Fragrant white "Casablanca" and white/pink striped "Stargazer" lilies and elegant calla lilies are bouquet flowers which will add fragrance to a wildflower wedding bouquet, and can be planted in the spring from bulbs or potted plants. Shrubs such as hydrangeas are bouquet flowers that can provide just the depth and wow factor for a wildflower wedding bouquet with fluffy white, pink and blue flower heads. Fragrant bouquet flowers to scent your bouquet include lavender, white lily of the valley, sprigs of flowering jasmine, and white tuberose. Bright wildflowers such as yellow coreopsis are bouquet flowers that can be perfect for a sunny wildflower wedding bouquet when paired with yellow -- or even red -- sunflowers. Easy, fast-growing cut bouquet flowers to fill a wildflower wedding bouquet include "cut-and-come again zinnias" and long stemmed snapdragons. Wildflower wedding bouquets also can be sophisticated when you use unusual bouquet flowers such as "Bells of Ireland" paired with "limelight hydrangea" and "green envy zinnias."

Back-Up bouquet flowers
Rather than growing your own wildflowers, you may want to visit a cut-your-own flower farm to prepare your wildflower wedding bouquet. There are many that even have special pricing and arrangements for wedding parties so that you can set up private appointments to pick flowers. You may want to have a hen party a month or so in advance with whoever is going to help assemble the bouquet flowers. Although the actual bouquet flowers may be different than on your wedding day, it will give you a chance to see how long the bouquet flowers will last in a wildflower wedding bouquet arrangement, and allow you to practice making your wildflower wedding bouquet. Bouquet flowers can be fashioned using a plastic handle with oasis that is typically used in a more formal wedding bouquet arrangement. But a wildflower wedding bouquet probably looks best when bouquet flowers are hand tied with a simple bow of natural/colored raffia or ribbon.

Have fun and enjoy the experience of preparing your very own handmade wildflower wedding bouquet. Don't stress yourself out. You can always make alternative arrangements for bouquet flowers should a DIY wildflower wedding bouquet prove to be too much of a hassle. Remember, they're just bouquet flowers and they're meant to complement the bride's beauty. While your wedding bouquet flowers will fade, your marriage and memories of your wedding day will last a lifetime.