Grow your own wedding flowers to get the exact blooms you want and save a bundle on florist fees.
Reduce wedding costs and make your special day even more memorable by growing your own wedding flowers.
Victoria Pearson
Here are some of the best tips for growing your own wedding flowers, according to experts.
Credit:Victoria Pearson
Tips for Growing Your Own Wedding Flowers
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If youre having a fall wedding, start planting the previous fall or early spring.
If youre having a summer wedding, plant bulbs and perennials the fall before.
Dedicate a patch of your yard specifically to your wedding flowers so that everything is in the same place.
With cut flowers, youre looking for long stem length.
you’re able to do a lot in a small little corner of your yard.
Things like narcissus and daffodils require so little upkeep, says Mewborn.
And for perennials and other plants that will need to overwinter, ensure they are suited to yourHardiness Zone.
If you implement succession planting, youll have at least some perfect blooms for the week of your wedding.
So that means you want a perfect flower head, the foliage somewhat less so, says Mewborn.
Maybe your mother-in-law-to-be already haspeoniesand flowering shrubs that you could forage for your wedding.
Or perhaps you have a bridesmaid who would like to help with harvesting and arranging the flowers.
you’re free to even enlist people to help you grow the flowers in your own garden.
One of the biggest issues that arises while gardening is pests that eat your plants and ruin your blooms.
Willrett also recommends staying on top of harvesting as soon as things are blooming.
Repellents can also help, though they need to be reapplied frequently.
Time your flower harvest carefully.
Cut the flowers from the plants early in the morning.
If they are too open, they will wilt faster and wont last through the weekend.
They should be only close to opening when you initially cut them.
“We cut first thing in the morning when its cool.
Have a backup plan.
One solution could be to find out which local flower farms have the blooms you are looking for.
