Modern weddings are particularly creative and original. If previously it was not customary to deviate from generally accepted standards, now this is the most common phenomenon. Brides dream of standing out, they absolutely need it.
Wedding bouquet with succulents.
You can do this for a wedding using a variety of things and elements. For example, a flower arrangement. She makes the bride stand out from a large crowd of similar girls. In addition, with the help of flowers you can emphasize the special elegance, charm, creativity or creative approach of a girl.
Benefits and Significance
Succulents are plants with large fleshy stems and leaves that have a large supply of water and nutrients. This structure of plants is determined by the place where they grow and the dry climate. Succulents come in a variety of colors, from light green to dark purple, and their leaves can be round or slightly elongated and pointed.
They can also be used to create a wreath, for example, for a boho-style wedding, or hair decorations. Then the bride’s bouquet with succulents will look more organic. Example - photo below:
These amazing and beautiful plants have many benefits, unlike ordinary flowers.
- They retain freshness for a very long time and are not afraid of either heat or frost. And throughout the entire wedding celebration they will look excellent, since thanks to their thick leaves they perfectly accumulate moisture.
- Bouquets with these plants look very original and are not found so often, since not all people have yet fully appreciated their beauty.
- The plants have no scent or pollen that could cause allergies. This means that such a bouquet will suit many people. Just keep in mind that succulents are quite heavy, so it is better not to make a too voluminous composition exclusively from these plants.
- A girl can independently grow succulents for a wedding bouquet on her windowsill - it’s very cute and touching.
Interesting! Another unusual option for a beautiful flower arrangement is a bouquet on a portaquet. It allows you to use even potted plants.
These plants are ideal not only for those girls who love everything unusual, but also for ardent defenders of nature. After all, a succulent, when it takes root, can easily be replanted in a pot after the celebration. This flower can even become a kind of amulet for spouses.
It is generally accepted that succulents promise newlyweds a comfortable and happy life, as they carry positive energy. Flowers help to find peace of mind, harmony and confidence in the future, and also eliminate disagreements between spouses.
Succulents in bouquets
- Echeveria . This succulent is most popular for use in creating bouquets due to its similarity to a rose. The surface of its petals is smooth and slightly matte, which makes Echeveria look like a stone flower. There are many varieties of this succulent. For example, Echeveria agave and Pecocca are especially beautiful. The tips of their leaves have a pinkish or reddish tint, and their leaves are slightly thinner than the common echeveria. Also worthy of attention is Echeveria Lau, which, although it has thicker leaves, has an alluring silvery hue that gives wedding bouquets a certain mystery.
- Pachyphytum . This plant is used in bouquets because of its unusual color. The petals of this succulent appear to be covered with a thin marbled layer, giving the plant a muted gray or green color. Florists especially often add pachyphytum bractae to compositions, the tips of the petals of which are slightly pink.
- Haworthia. A succulent used as an addition to the main elements of a bouquet. Serves to dilute the flower mass and give volume to the bouquet. Most often it has long and thick stems of a rich green color. Florists began to use it as an element of a bouquet relatively recently, so it can rarely be seen in photos with bridal bouquets.
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Solution for an original celebration
Recently, there has been a tendency to use succulents to create various floral compositions. And this is not surprising, because plants that are not afraid of arid climates amaze not only with their unusual appearance, but also with their rich range of colors.
A bouquet with succulents will decorate and add zest to a wedding in a rustic style, an eco-wedding, a celebration in the boho style, but even to a classic celebration it can add a piquant touch and look organic.
Another advantage of succulents is that they are excellent for creating winter bouquets decorated with pine cones or thin branches. This composition will look interesting and contrasting. Photos of what bouquets with succulents look like in a non-standard version are below:
Guest cards with numbers
The website www.svadbagolik.ru suggests making original and very cute place cards for guests yourself. If you worry about growing succulents in advance, the task becomes easier. If not, then buy succulents in mini pots and insert a stick with a banquet card in each of them, which will indicate the seat number of a particular guest or his initials. Believe me, this is a great opportunity to prevent your guest from getting lost and give him a pleasant surprise that he will take home with him.
How to assemble and decorate
A bride's bouquet with succulents looks original and in some cases even shocking. Before you start creating it, you should decide whether the composition will consist entirely of succulents or whether they will only complement the bouquet of garden plants.
In the first case, it is better to choose round succulents of different varieties so that the mono-bouquet looks stylish, and for the second - several small or a couple of large flowers as an accent. For example, splashes of purple or red shades on a green background look unusual.
The following succulents are widely used when creating floral arrangements:
- echeveria, or stone rose;
- aloe;
- haworthia;
- zonium;
- moldilo;
- agave;
- yucca;
- cacti, for example, Chamecereus silvestri, Echinocereus crested.
Succulents perfectly complement a bouquet of ordinary roses, giving it an exotic look; they are combined with peonies, garden buttercups, chrysanthemums, dahlias and carnations. And to tie the bouquet, you can use twine or ribbon.
Important! Often the composition is created using berries: cherries in summer, rowan in autumn, as well as spikelets, twigs or feathers.
Compliments to guests
As memorable souvenirs, you can give your guests bonbonnieres in the form of small pots with succulents. Such a “compliment” will remind your family and friends of a pleasant and festive evening for a long time.
Since succulents, as mentioned earlier, are versatile plants, they can be used in any wedding style. Succulents will fit into the decor of a beach wedding, a wedding in a rustic or Provence style. Thanks to their unique texture and color combination, succulents will harmoniously support the style of a classic, vintage, and, especially, Mexican-style wedding. Succulents can also be used in shabby chic and eco-wedding decorations.
Decorate your holiday with the luxurious texture of unusual succulents!
Bride's image
Considering the fact that a bouquet of succulents can be used both for a romantic celebration and for a stylized one, the bride’s outfit will also be different. A girl can choose a dress that matches the theme of the wedding and suits her body type. Both lush options and sophisticated retro models are possible.
In addition, wedding bouquets with succulents, as shown in the photo, can be woven for bridesmaids. To support the idea, succulents are also used in decorating the venue for the celebration.
A detail that enhances the charm
What is the magic of succulents? Designers focus on two factors. The first is novelty, individuality, exoticism. The second is a spectacular combination of lush green plants of different shades with a snow-white dress and veil.
In compositions of this type, the olive green hue predominates. It is characteristic of such common species as aloe, aeonium, and money tree. Often the leaves of succulents are covered with wax, creating the effect of a noble silvery coating and patina.
Another advantage is that the bouquet will last longer without special care. This can be useful for a post-wedding photo shoot or just to preserve the memory of the event for a long time.
It is worth noting that succulents will suit any wedding theme, from classic and elegant to bohemian and intimate events. There are no restrictions!
To give the bouquet and decorations the desired style, it is important to contact a florist who can convey the personality of the couple through plants. It will be difficult to put together a harmonious composition on your own.
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The combination with peonies is the height of romance
For a dreamy young lady, the ideal option would be a bouquet with succulents and luxurious and airy peonies. The attribute is perfect for a wedding held in May or June - during the blooming period of these flowers.
Different shades of peonies and succulents will allow you to create a beautiful three-dimensional composition that will become a bright accent and will not go unnoticed at the celebration.
Attention! A bridal bouquet with succulents and peonies will also be of interest to those brides who are prone to allergies, since these plants do not cause discomfort.
How to stand out from the crowd
In the world, the fashion for exotic bouquets is already gaining momentum. Thousands of couples from all over the world post their original jewelry on social networks.
As a rule, in addition to succulents, other flowers are woven into flower arrangements: roses, peonies, tulips, chrysanthemums. This formation looks especially elegant.
By the way, drought-resistant plants are used not only for bouquets. Agree that a bride with a wreath on her head made of live “hedgehogs”, “baskets” and “stars” will attract everyone’s attention.
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Summary
Today, many brides often abandon the classic options for holding a celebration in favor of originality, so that it becomes the most beautiful and memorable event in their lives. That is why they strive to make such an important accessory as a bouquet that completes the image unusual and bright.
Andrey Andreev
Wedding planner and wedding photography guru
Tags: aloe, bouquet, cactus, stone, brides, rose, succulents, flowers
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Symbolism and legends
The ancient Slavs associated ranunculus with Perun, the warlike god. The flower meant power, authority. But in a wedding bouquet, the buttercup symbolizes the submission of passions, humility to one’s own will and the will of the chosen one. To emphasize the meaning, girls choose white or delicate, pastel shades of buds. To enhance harmony, use different bright tones:
- purple;
- red;
- burgundy;
- yellow;
- orange.
There are legends about this plant. The Persians told about a young prince who fell in love with a nymph. All day long he sang songs to her. In the first version of the legend, the nymphs, in the company of their beloved, who did not reciprocate his feelings, were tired of listening to the young man. In a fit of anger due to importunity, he was turned into a ranunculus. In the second, the prince himself died from the grief of unrequited feelings, becoming a buttercup after death.
Coyote missed the Indian legend. Out of idleness, he threw his eyes into the air and caught them. In one of the throws they were caught by an eagle. Coyote made new eyes from buttercup buds.
Europeans had such a legend. One girl wanted to marry the man she loved. Her father forbade her to even see him. The girl was from a rich family, with a long pedigree, and her lover was a poor man without a name or regalia. The father did not approve of his daughter's feelings because of his stinginess. Then the girl, out of grief, scattered all her father’s savings. After some time, buttercups grew in place of the coins. Since then, people have believed that a randomly found ranunculus bud brings wealth. Superstitious people even plant buttercups in their gardens, hoping that this will help them get rich.
Ranunculus was a symbol of the power and greatness of the Ottoman Empire. On the ornaments, its buds were depicted at the same time as peas.
Christians believe that Jesus Christ turned the stars in the sky into ranunculus buds and gave them to the Virgin Mary as a sign of deep respect and love. Since then, during Holy Week, people present golden buds of buttercups to the Virgin Mary.
Biological description
Succulents (translated from Latin Succulentus - “succulent”) are representatives of different botanical families that grow in conditions of moisture deficiency and have the ability to accumulate it. Water reserves are stored either in the stems or in the leaves. These parts of plants are distinguished by their fleshiness and abnormal thickness due to overgrown tissues.
Accordingly, succulents are divided into stem and leaf. The first include cacti and representatives of the Euphorbiaceae family. The second group includes the most famous Crasulaceae in decorative floristry (Echeveria, Sedum, Juvenile, Crassula), Lithops, Aloe, Haworthia and Tillandsia. Stem succulents with reduced prickly leaves are used in interior compositions or landscape design. Leaf - the most popular from a decorative point of view, they are universal. In vegetative style bouquets, they successfully replace not only traditional greenery, but also flowers.
Peculiarities
In the process of evolution, “succulent” plants have developed different mechanisms of protection from the scorching sun and prolonged drought. Some reduce the volume of evaporated moisture, others store it in tissues, and others extract it from alternative sources. To avoid sunburn, some species change color from green to light, almost white (lithops) or bluish (echeveria). And brown, red or dark purple pigmentation helps to neutralize the effects of radiation. What is a natural protection for a plant is highly valued by florists from an aesthetic point of view. The decorative qualities of succulents make them the undisputed leaders of floral fashion, which tends towards minimalism and oriental style.
Reducing the evaporation area is facilitated by:
- reduced leaves in some plants and small rounded leaves in others;
- pubescence;
- waxy coating;
- a minimum number of respiratory stomata, as well as gas exchange in the dark, when it gets cool;
- swollen spherical or cylindrical stems;
- the ability to die and regenerate the above-ground parts, depending on the level of humidity;
- rosette arrangement of leaves.
The almost complete lack of rain and nutrient-poor soil force succulents to look for other ways to obtain moisture. They know how to “drink” fog and dew that falls when the air cools at night. They develop a deep root system that reaches groundwater or, on the contrary, a superficial one to collect condensation or rare raindrops that do not have time to saturate the ground. All these features should be taken into account when growing succulent flowers indoors. The planting container, soil and watering regime for them are chosen no less carefully than for the capricious cyclamen, rose or gardenia. But excessive care can “kill” these natural ascetics faster than inattention.
Bouquet of different types of succulents
A creative newlywed's bouquet may include only one succulent, but of different types. The colors of the leaves vary from light green with a grayish coating to dark purple and almost black. Such a bouquet will definitely not let you down, will not wither during the wedding celebration and even a couple of days after it. The idea of creating compositions using succulents is still new, but in the very near future it will become widely recognized among wedding florists and will become a hit for decorating wedding celebrations.
