flower — Cheryl Barker

Single Bloom Bridal Bouquets

Mother of the Bride, has your daughter discovered yet how many options are out there for her bridal bouquet? If so, she may actually be a little overwhelmed with the prospect of making a choice. Sometimes having to make one more choice is what pushes a stretched-to-thin bride-to-be from bridal bliss into full-blown bridal panic.

If your daughter would appreciate the ease of a less complicated bridal bouquet decision, try suggesting a single bloom bouquet. Of course, the single bloom will need to be a large bloom to give the illusion of a bouquet rather than just one flower.

Here are some large bloom options: She could go with a dahlia (like pictured above), but other large bloom flowers include peonies, magnolias, alliums, hydrangea, proteas, and sunflowers. Have her take a look at this Single Flower Bouquet page on Pinterest to see if one strikes her bridal fancy.

And by the way, MOB, one other advantage to a single bloom bouquet is a less expensive price. The groom and/or his parents will thank you for that. Looks like it could be a win-win for everyone!

*You might also like to read Bridal Bouquet: Classic and Elegant Calla Lilies , White or Cream Bridal Bouquet: Add a Touch of Color, Bridal Bouquet and Boutonniere Sheet Music Idea, and Inexpensive Bridal Bouquet Idea: Baby’s Breath!

Photo credit: Flower Factor via Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC

Summer Photo Fun: More Name-That-Flower Fun!

Are you ready for some Name That Flower fun again this year? Since it was so much fun naming flowers from northwest Washington and Victoria British Columbia last summer and from the central US the summer before that, I thought it would be fun to test your flower knowledge again this year.

This year instead of flowers from a particular region, let’s name a few of the flowers I’ve seen in botanical and other formal flower gardens. Remember, I am not a flower expert. Far from it, in fact. If not for the identifying markers I saw next to the flowers, I wouldn’t know what they are.

As you guess, start with the photo above and call it #1 and then work your way down. And by the way, I really need your help with the one above. This particular flower’s identifying marker had been moved so I have no idea what it is. I’m hoping one of you do. It’s absolutely gorgeous, isn’t it?

Okay, let’s have some fun. Let the guessing of these glorious creations of God begin!

Name the purple flower here. As a bonus, name the blue one as well. (I don’t know what that one is either!)