Wedding bouquet of peonies - the choice of an elegant bride

In the image of the bride, as in the wedding day as a whole, there can be no trifles. Every detail of the holiday should reflect the essence of the relationship of the young, be combined with the other elements, emphasize the character of the bride. That is why the choice of a wedding bouquet should be approached responsibly, not leaving his purchase on the last day and not relying on the taste of the groom.

Peonies relatively recently began to be used in wedding bouquets and decoration of a celebration venue, quickly gaining popularity. No wonder - they look elegant and aristocratically luxurious.

In Greece, there was necessarily their presence in the wedding decor and the bride's bouquet, because there they symbolize a long and happy family life. In Japan, these flowers in a wedding bouquet promise a pair of numerous healthy offspring.

The Russian mentality and language of flowers (as it is known, it can be different in each country) allows speaking of peonies as colors symbolizing the sun, purity of thoughts, prosperity. It is no coincidence that it is included in wedding bouquets, because, depending on the color, peonies can symbolize tenderness, purity, passionate and romantic love, respect, wealth, the joy of life.

Among the advantages are the noble appearance of peonies, a wide variety of shades. They are well combined with other flowers and plants, allow you to collect a bouquet in almost any style. However, even mono-bouquets of peonies (that is, without using other flowers and plants) look stylish and noble. Periodically, it is mono-bouquets that become the trend of wedding fashion.

The following characteristic can be presented both as a virtue and a disadvantage. Peonies are seasonal flowers that bloom in June and early July. That is, only some of the summer brides can include them in their bouquet. Agree, it can be regarded as an exclusive composition.

Today, some florists offer peony delivery not only in summer. Here it is important to remember that even if you managed to get peonies in winter, these plants are thermophilic, they are unlikely to survive a photo session on a January day. Alternatively, such “extracted” flowers in the off-season can only be used indoors.

The "plus" of peonies, if we are talking about buying them during the flowering season, in our country is affordability. You can buy flowers from summer residents or grow on your own plot. Given that peonies look good even in mono-bouquets, you do not need to be a professional florist to create a laconic festive composition.

One of the main advantages of peonies - resistance. In water, they retain their beauty and freshness for up to 2-2.5 weeks. But even if your bouquet does not have a special cone with water, it will retain its original appearance throughout the day. In addition to the ability of peonies to do without water for almost a whole day, it is worth noting their resistance to some damage and adverse factors. Flowers will not wilt under the sunlight, and strong stems prevent creasing, do not break.

Finally, the flowers have a pleasant aroma, however, very light, subtle.

To create a harmonious wedding bouquet, it’s not enough to decide on the type of flowers, dimensions and color scheme of the composition. It is necessary to choose the shape of the latter, making sure that it is combined with the build of the bride, the style of the dress.

A number of the most popular forms of wedding peony bouquets are distinguished.

• Ball or round bouquet. One of the most popular, fashionable and fairly universal forms. Not fully disclosed inflorescences and buds that are placed in a composition in a spiral are commonly used. The middle part of the bouquet is usually formed with full blooming flowers. Fluffy terry peonies make it possible to achieve the perfect ball, and hydrangeas, ranunculi, various small inflorescences, buds, greenery, and décor fill possible voids. Compositions of this form look harmoniously together with the classic fluffy dress. Due to its roundness and small length of stems, these bouquets are suitable for both slender girls and brides brides.

• Hemisphere. The form of such a bouquet is close to that described above, but the lower part of the composition is not laid out in colors. The stalks of pions here perform an almost equivalent function as the inflorescences. They allow you to achieve a beautiful and well-defined hemisphere. Bouquet hemisphere is universal and looks harmonious with most styles. The only remark is that miniature fragile girls should not choose large and too voluminous compositions. However, this rule should be followed when choosing a bouquet of any shape.

• Structural bouquet. Under this name is hidden composition, which is attached to one or another form. 10-12 years ago structural heart-shaped bouquets were at the peak of popularity. Peonies are great for creating them, but today naturalness, easy negligence of a bouquet is in greater esteem. In this regard, most florists recommend abandoning structural bouquets or choosing more abstract, non-broken figures.

• Cascade. Such a bouquet is also called dropping. The upper part of it usually represents a hemisphere (perhaps indistinctly expressed) and is assembled from large blossoming pions. In the lower part, the bouquet seems to be lengthened, the used inflorescences become shallow and form a falling part of the composition.

Cascades like created for weddings in boho-style. But on the background of the usual lush dresses cascading bouquet is lost. You should not dwell on them even if the dress has a train or a long veil acts as such. Attention will be scattered, neither the train nor the cascading bouquet will produce the effect due.

Another popular form of peony bouquet is called tussi-mussi, which means a tiny composition. As a rule, such bouquets are distinguished by elegance and naturalness. They suit both a short laconic dress and a traditional lush one.

Peonies look tender and romantic, so they should be selected for classic celebrations, exquisite boho-prems, weddings in a rustic style. Maximum naturalness in the image is the best addition to the pion composition. They do not accept the huge and complex towers of hair on his head, frilly dresses and makeup.

If the bride chooses peonies as a wedding bouquet, especially white or pink, this indicates her romance, inspiration, perhaps a slight naivety, and in any case - openness to the world and people. Extravagant ladies usually prefer purple and purple peonies, and to soften their bold sound, complement pink or white buds.

Confident women who love to be the center of attention, usually choose red or maroon peonies. Often these flowers - the choice of women with a strong character or holding leadership positions.

Thanks to the pomp and charm of peonies, they are great for creating mono-bouquets, without requiring even a large amount of decor or greenery. Pink peonies will help to emphasize the romance and hills of the young lady.

If you are an adherent of classical decisions and consider that the bridal bouquet should be white, choose such peonies - a win-win. But here you need to think about how to avoid merging of a white bouquet and snow-white dress. You can add to the colors of greenery or take a bright décor.

White peonies, as you know, also symbolize the purity and integrity of the bride. To emphasize this value allows the compilation of a bouquet of unblown inflorescences. However, you can take and formed flowers, complementing their half-dissolving peonies and buds.

Instead of white, stylists recommend using a beige bouquet, since it is better combined with both snow-white dresses and ivory dresses. And also white flowers can be included in pink, peach, red bouquets.

Pink peonies are also a kind of classic wedding floristics. In the language of flowers, they symbolize tenderness, romance of relationships, and touching love. Pink flowers look best on a darker background. The bride can choose in combination with them dresses of champagne, ivory, pink (but darker than the shade of colors). In combination with the traditional white dress, a bouquet of pink "fluffy" will look especially touching.

Noble red and maroon peonies symbolize a deep feeling, passion. They can become accents on a classical wedding (in white and light shades) or on color celebrations, where the basic shade is red or burgundy.

Passionate and purposeful couples should choose lilac and purple peonies for wedding decoration. They also symbolize deep feeling, loyalty, respect. As a rule, in one bouquet florists combine darker purple flowers and delicate lilac, pink, white. It is important to remember that there should be few bright accents. It is enough to take 2-3 dark purple peonies and begin to surround them with calmer and lighter "brothers".

Purple may not be the only shade in such a bouquet, but complemented by coral, burgundy inflorescences, bright green leaves.

Want brightness and energy - collect a mono-bouquet of multi-colored peonies. Nature is so wise that you can not build any complex color combinations - all shades of peonies combine well with each other in any combination.

Peonies are perfectly combined with roses. The latter can be classical or bush, in any case, the result will be an infinitely delicate composition. For this, florists recommend combining flowers of the same range. If you want brightness, then you can include several bright (red, dark pink, burgundy) roses in a bouquet of light peonies.

A bouquet of roses and peonies is usually chosen by young brides. Among its advantages - versatility, it fits any dress and style of celebration.

The use of peony roses will help add structure, because, although they are similar to peonies in their fluffiness, they still have a different structure. This is revealed by matching colors. This bouquet will attract the attention of guests and will allow to demonstrate the subtlety of the bride's taste.

Highlight the tenderness and romance of the bride, as well as give the bouquet of peonies texture and additional volume will help hydrangeas. The most popular shades of such a bouquet with hydrangea are white and pink, white and blue, and pink and lilac.

Another popular “supplement” to the peony bouquet is freesia.As with the use of roses, you can take freesia bright or delicate shades. Freesias symbolize tenderness, trust to the chosen one.

Young and romantic young ladies can be included in a bouquet of forget-me-nots peonies. It will not be easy to find them, but if it can be done, the bouquet will be unique. Small flowers perfectly complement the voids between the pion "balls" and diversify their pomp, terry. In short, add compositional structure.

Peony forget-me-not bouquets are especially good if the wedding theme is boho-style. Their lilac-blue shade is suitable for color celebrations in this range. In this case, it is better to combine forget-me-nots with white peonies.

Another flower that is traditionally used at a wedding is orchids. It is best to include his mature brides in his bouquet, because he symbolizes not only family happiness, but also female wisdom, beauty and energy of an adult woman.

The shade of orchids can be taken in tune with the peonies, creating practically a mono-bouquet, or make them bright accents against the background of quieter in color peonies.

No less exquisite will be a bouquet of peonies and callas. The latter are still rarely used in our country, but these flowers retain their freshness for a long time and also symbolize tenderness and innocence and promise a happy family life.

To obtain a lush flower ball resort to a combination of peonies and ranunculus. The latter fill the voids between the peonies, making the bouquet more tender and innocent.

Unusual inclusions in a wedding bouquet are becoming increasingly popular. These include succulents, cotton bolls.

Peonies are self-sufficient flowers and the excess of decor can not be emphasized, but can destroy their beauty, cause the bride to be accused of a bad taste. Since peonies are always associated with naturalness and elegant simplicity, the best decor will be the one that combines minimalism and naturalness.

First of all, small buds can be considered as a decor, greens with small carved leaves. Well emphasize almost all shades of peonies eucalyptus, succulents with their greenish-gray-gray leaves.

Round and spherical compositions usually complement satin ribbons. To decorate the stems, you can take a wide ribbon to match the stems or the main color of the composition. Natural branches (you can weave various additions from a vine, packaging for a bouquet), ears of corn, flowers of sunflowers - all this can become a decor for a concise and democratic peony bouquet.

For a more rigorous composition, it is better to take the above-mentioned satin ribbons, floristic mesh, greenery, small pearls.

An unusual combination can be obtained if berries and fruits are used as a decor. They can be natural as well as artificial. Miniature apples, pears complement the autumn bouquet. As a rule, they are strung on skewers and included in the body of the composition. Artificial options are simply attached to the stalks with floristic wire. For winter bouquets are usually taken crystallized, as if covered with frost, berries and fruits.

Among the favorite florists can distinguish sea buckthorn, mountain ash, white mistletoe berries, red holly. Separately, it should be said about the greenery, which successfully accentuates the peony bouquet. First, it is peonies own leaves. Secondly, greens with large and fairly dense leaves, which emphasize the nobility and luxury of flowers. These are aspidistra, fern, monstera, Ruscus, Salal. Asparagus, bergras, and gypsophila are used to create fluffy and airy compositions.

Wedding stylists and florists unanimously say that the bouquet is a continuation of the image of the bride, therefore its color and shape should be suitable for the type of girl, dress chosen, hairstyle, general style of the celebration.

Classic white dress will look good in combination with pink, red, maroon peonies. Monochrome white compositions are lost on the background of the dress. You should not combine them with an attire of ivory, champagne.

White peonies are generally quite capricious. It is better to combine them with other shades or to choose for color dresses - blue, pink, red. White peonies are especially good for bright wedding dresses because they help to balance the saturation of hues.

Now there is a tendency towards maximum naturalness, therefore, the bride's bouquet should refrain from an abundance of packaging paper and film. Bouquets in the shape of a ball or hemisphere are recommended to be decorated with satin ribbons. Various brooches and small figures of birds, butterflies in bouquets, wooden and plastic toppings should not be added to the wedding composition either. But to use fruits, berries, garden greens, especially when it comes to seasonal bouquets, is very necessary.