I was hoping to find ideas for flowers for my wedding party. I need to find some that will not wilt in the Florida heat for a September or October wedding. Any ideas?
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I had excellent luck with Dahlias and Nasturtium flowers for my late August wedding. The verbenas I planted didn't make it in the hot sun. Good luck!
use silk!
It doesn't sound like you want to use silk flowers, but there is another idea that works and saves a lot of money, I did something like this at my son's wedding that was inside a beautiful victorian home.You can probably learn this in a few hours, but you basically make ribbon roses, you can practice on the ribbon that has little ridges.I found that if I used the satin that is used for quiltbinding for the edges, found in a pkg. at fabric stores, that the roses come out looking like a soft sculture, then you can use baby's breath with it, and even some dried rosebuds and inmitation pearls.You can also lightly scent them, by saving a little money, you can add some nicer trims, also I have discovered that there is a nylon net with round clear type rhinestones already in the net, I found mine at Joanne fabrics, it looks very expensive, it comes in white or cream.I used Beacon's Lighthouse fabric glue, and other than it getting on your fingers, it holds well, you could just also use a needle and thread for the ribbon roses.For the base of the bridal bouguet sp?
What my florist did was to keep them in water and then attach the ribbon right before the ceremony. They were beautiful and didn't wilt at all.
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