How to find the perfect bridal bouquet for your wedding

Along with the wedding ring, the bridal bouquet is considered a bride’s most important accessory. If you’re looking for the perfect bridal bouquet for yourself, we need to get one thing out of the way right away: We can’t provide an online guide to YOUR perfect bridal bouquet—it’s simply too personal! We know our users well and understand what you look for and value. But (fortunately) we can’t quite read your lovely minds.

Based on our experience from numerous styled shoots, we can still offer you a few helpful tips regarding bridal bouquets in terms of design, seasonality, and color. In our bridal bouquet gallery— which you can also filter by color and other criteria — you can gather plenty of ideas.

Wedding bouquets of all shapes and sizes

Talented florists can design your bridal bouquet in many different styles. Here is a small selection of bridal bouquet options:

• Pageant Bouquet: This scepter-shaped bouquet surprises with its sophisticated style. It features a manageable number of flowers with long stems, often wrapped in satin ribbons—what sounds simple is, in reality, hard to beat in terms of charm and elegance.
• Dome Shape: This very classic bridal bouquet shape resembles a hemisphere. The flowers are arranged in a clearly defined pattern with very few “outliers.” What’s especially nice is that many different types of flowers work well for this style of bridal bouquet, so you have a lot of flexibility in your flower selection.
• Forest and Meadow Bouquet: Wildflower bouquets are perfect for boho styles, but also for brides who simply want to add a touch of natural beauty to their decor and floral arrangements. Meadow flowers are arranged in a loose, airy style, making them an ideal match for flowing, natural-looking boho wedding dresses.
• Teardrop shape: A teardrop-shaped bouquet is beautiful and makes a real statement. However, there’s one thing to keep in mind: The wedding dress shouldn’t be overshadowed—so you shouldn’t wear a short, simple dress with a teardrop-shaped bouquet. A better choice: a long, elaborately embroidered wedding dress with a train or a long veil!‍
• Flower Bracelet: Flower bracelets are usually made for bridesmaids or flower girls. But who says the bride can’t wear one, too? For women who want a very minimalist wedding and might even wear a pantsuit or a jumpsuit, a flower bracelet is just as appropriate.

The Bridal Bouquet for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

A bouquet in the snow can stand out a bit in terms of color, and if you’re looking for a seasonal fall bouquet, you’re better off avoiding hyacinths. Sure, that doesn’t mean you have a bouquet yet. But the tip still applies: Choose seasonal flowers and then coordinate them with the venue. Which flowers suit the wedding location and the celebration? And what’s truly in season? This is how you’ll slowly narrow down your perfect wedding flowers…

• Spring flowers for a bouquet: peonies, lilacs, sweet williams, cornflowers, and carnations.
• Flowers for a summer wedding: marigolds , sunflowers, chamomile, poppy pods, and lady's mantle.
• Get married in the fall with these flowers: hydrangeas , blackberry branches, gerberas, and gypsophila.
• Wedding flowers for the cold season: amaryllis in every color, pampas grass, mouse thorns, and snowbush.

So now you know the shape and the type of flowers, and the color scheme already matches your wedding theme? Well then, head straight to your favorite florist. She’s guaranteed to put together the bouquet of your dreams!