When planning your wedding, it's natural to lean towards specific styles or aesthetics to inform your big day. Maybe you've always dreamed of a more traditional, classic wedding with bright white flowers and statement-making centerpieces. Or, perhaps you've envisioned more of a free-spirited, bohemian affair with florals to match. Whatever the style you're thinking, there is a floral counterpart that can tie your whole wedding together. Ahead, some of our favorite examples of wedding flower ideas for different types of wedding styles.
Classic Centerpieces
Crisp white blossoms evoke timelessness and are every bit as versatile as a little black dress. They look elegant in all types of venues, including churches and loft spaces, and possess limitless, year-round appeal.
Classic Bouquet
Green leaves add depth to gardenias, camellias, and calla lilies, while a pleated satin handle wrap provides texture. "When there's just one color, details like ribbon really stand out," says Matthew Robbins of Matthew Robbins Design in New York City.
Romantic Bouquet
Queen Victoria would have fallen head over heels for these decadent displays, but pops of neon pink prime them for an ornate ballroom or a historic home in the 21st century. This profusion of peonies, ranunculus, roses, and mini gladioli is like a portable garden. Robbins added sweet peas for a shot of green ("a great alternative to leaves," Robbins says) and tied it together with rich brocade ribbons.
Romantic Centerpieces
For vintage flair, open your cupboards. Here, silver vases, sugar bowls, creamers, and even trophy cups serve as vessels for peonies, roses, ranunculus, and spiraea. The key is to "keep everything below eye level, so your guests don't have to talk through a hedge," says Robbins.
Modern Escort-Card Table
Minimalist design has never looked so lush, thanks to the abundant green leaves and white flowers in these refreshing arrangements. Bold and avant-garde, they make the most impact in a sparse setting like a gallery, loft, or museum. Tiers of greenery make for a verdant backdrop. Crocodile leaves, 'Green Goddess' calla lilies, and Solomon's seal sprout from the tall vases—clematis spills from those in the center, and moss sits in front. To highlight the plants, set them in white pots, such as these ASA Selection vases.
Modern Bouquet
Just a bunch of beautiful foliage? Take another peek. In between the fronds are fritillaria, hellebores, clematis, and more 'Green Goddess' callas—all flowers! They're backed by a few large crocodile leaves, which form a long silhouette meant to be cradled in one arm. A jute ribbon recalling a knotted Japanese obi completes the look.
Bohemian Bouquet
A mix of white flowers and greenery, with a few pink blooms here and there, round out this perfectly bohemian bouquet.
Bohemian Centerpiece
Simple floral arrangements in small, clear vases line the tables at this boho-inspired wedding.
Rustic Bouquet
For this rustic wedding, Swell Botanics created a bridal bouquet from blushing bride protea, eucalyptus, garden roses, carnations, hydrangea, and astrantia to create a perfectly wild, undone look.
Rustic Centerpieces
Simple white buds and cherries are arranged in metal vessels that evoke rustic barn silos.
Tropical Beach Bouquet
If you're planning a tropical beach theme wedding, take your cue from this beautiful bouquet full of peonies, ranunculus, cymbidium, orchids, fiddlehead ferns, protea, and dates on the branch.
Tropical Beach Centerpiece
For this wedding in Hawaii, locally sourced flowers and variegated leaves were used to make the sweetheart chair garlands and centerpieces.
Garden Party Bouquet
To evoke the feeling of a lush garden party, State & Arrow Design Co used tumbling garden roses, peonies, ranunculus, and sweet peas in shades of white, ivory, champagne, and soft blush.
Garden Party Escort Card Table
Each guest found their seat using bud vases that had a name and corresponding seating assignment wrapped around each vessel in this lush garden wedding.
Retro Bouquet
This retro-themed wedding took inspiration from classic '70s color schemes, found in this loose arrangement of garden roses, strawflowers, sweet peas, campanula bells, thistle, bittersweet, Japanese anemone, clematis pod, and foraged elements.
Retro Centerpieces
Muted green linens complement the organic arrangements featuring foraged berries.