Flowers in early September

I am getting married on 2nd September 2006 and would love to grow some flowers and foliage to use to decorate the room and tables at the reception, as well as a wedding bouquet.

Do you have any recommendations of which flowers or foliage I could grow which might be ready for cutting at that time of year?

Many thanks, your help would be much appreciated.

 

It's a great idea Jenny but I'm with Lisa. I know it's expensive but use a florist unless you are just having a very informal Registry do with just a small posy for yourself and bridesmaid.

Otherwise one spell of bad weather or a gale could wreck your plans.

However, if you have experience of flower arranging you could make up some dried arrangements to supplement those from the florist as they wouldn't have to be made up at the last momement.

 

Tsk! Superstitious twaddle. :rolleyes: No wonder we guys head off down the pub and leave you ladies to it. :D

If you do want some reliable showy colour dahlias will usually give a good account of themselves and I don't think anyone can object to roses. Ferns also make nice background greenery. If you go for carnations please, please, please, make sure you get an older variety that has a good scent and not one of the modern caricatures. For buttonholes friesias are also a nice scented flower.

I do know that lilies :eek: are a definite no-no though.

Remember also that anything you take from your own garden is likely to have the odd caterpillar, spider, earwig or other garden ornament attached. We don't want you running up the ailse screaming and heading out the door before you've said, "I do." for the wrong reason. :D

 

Hi there - I'm with Frogescue and Lisa about growing your own flowers. Too chancy for such an important occassion. However another idea in addition to the Florist, which if your looking to decorate the church would be expensive - is your friends and family. September blooms is the start of the season of mellow fruitfulness. Chrysanths have a range of colours and shapes as do dahlias, then there's the gold of rubeckia, and the different colours of asters, for elegance there are fuchsias that will be in bloom then, and roses should be having their second flush of flowers. For greenery there are as already said the ferns, but don't forget the coloured foliage of euonymus, acer etc.

I would suggest a florist for bouquet and posy's but then if you've got gardening friends or family - use them for decorating the church.

Good luck and may the occassion be wonderful - keep as cool as you can over the next 8 months.

[ 01. February 2006, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: Fran ]

 

Jenny
I would definitely go with the florist advice from lisa, nature is such a fickle thing. Have a lovely day.
Nik