Bride holding a colourful pink and white rose wedding bouquets

Guide To Wedding Bouquets

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Deciding on your wedding bouquet is such a fun part of the planning process! But maybe you don't know anything about flowers, or you have no idea what kind of vibe you want, or what shape might match your wedding outfit the best. Don't worry! This handy guide to wedding bouquets will answer all your questions and more. Plus, this article goes into some of our most popular styles with inspiration from our real weddings.


Our guide to wedding bouquets with ideas and inspiration from real weddings

Autumnal Wedding Bouquets

Autumn weddings are becoming so popular! Not only because autumn weddings are slightly cheaper (because they're not in the busy summer months) but because of the beautiful colour palette! The orange, beige, and toffee tones with hints of red and green are just so beautiful. If you style them with some pampas grass or sunflowers they have the perfect relaxed boho vibe.

Large boho autumnal wedding bouquet with roses, dahlias, anemones and foliage tied with orange ribbon
Sunflower and miniature daisy wedding bouquet with foliage held by bride in lace wedding dress with groom in a navy suit
Bride wearing a boho lace wedding dress with long sleeves holding a large autumnal boho pampas grass wedding bouquet
Orange, beige and dark red bridal bouquet with peonies, roses, dahlias, and pampas grass
Bride in boho bell sleeve wedding dress holding a bright orange and white bouquet with large daisies, roses, and more
Black bride in bridal separates holding large foliage bouquet with dahlias for autumnal wedding with bridesmaids in orange dresses
Brides for lesbian wedding holding oversized autumnal bouquet with a deep warm tone colour palette with chrysanthemum, roses, and foliage
The bride stands holding an autumnal bouquet with peacock feathers, coloured grass, and foliage

Oversized Wedding Bouquets

If you're wanting to make a statement with your bouquet go for something oversized! If your bride or groom outfit/s is more simple and laidback, then going for that maximalist vibe with your flowers creates such a botanical vibe to your day. Or if your wedding day is simply going to be an all-out lavish affair, you need flowers to match.

Pastel blue, pink and white wedding bouquet for woodland wedding with delphinium, roses and dried grass
Soft pink wedding bouquet with roses, sweet pea  and dahlias for modern city wedding in London
Oversized wedding bouquet with orchids, roses and tulips for a traditional wedding at Prestwold Hall
Huge oversized wedding bouquet with roses and dahlias and pink, red, and yellow flowers
Bride in jumpsuit and bride in lace wedding dress standing with their bouquet for their wedding with purple and pink roses and lots of foliage
Bride in lace off the shoulder wedding dress holding a pink oversized bouquet of roses, peonies, dahlias smiling with the groom in a blue suit
Pretty all pink wedding bouquet with different kinds of roses
King proteas wedding bouquet with pampas grass in bold shaped bouquet and different ribbons

Cascading Bouquets

Can we just admire how beautiful these cascading bouquets are? Wow! In a similar way to the oversized flowers, these certainly make a statement. But perhaps in a more subtle way. The cascade flowing downwards rather than out wide still brings your attention to the person holding them, rather than on the large bouquet.

Luxury traditional wedding at Stowe House with the bride holding a classic pink and red rose and peony cascading bouquet
Cascade wedding bouquet for boho style wedding with roses, thistle, pampas grass, and peonies in autumnal colours
Cascading autumnal bouquet with different kinds of roses and foliage for a cabin wedding
Bride in alternative short silver wedding dress holding a pink cascading bouquet with orchids, roses and anthuriums

Pink Bouquets

Pink is seen by many as the colour of love, romance, and elegance. Whether it's a soft blush pink or a brighter, vibrant magenta, a pink wedding bouquet is always going to be perfect for any kind of wedding day! Pink for weddings has, and always will be, a classic choice because of its ability to complement so many other colours so well! Your bridesmaids could wear any colour dress and a pink bouquet would look perfect. Personally, we can't get enough of a green and pink colour palette!

Classic soft pink rose wedding bouquet with wax flower for a contemporary wedding at Iscoyd Park
King proteas, orchids, dahlias, and dried pink grass for pink and white wedding bouquet
Valentine's Day wedding with red anemones, pink roses, and red carnations making up a small bouquet
Traditional soft pink peony bouquet
Colourful pink and yellow bouquet with waxflower, roses, and anthuriums
All pink peony and rose wedding bouquet with foliage
Sweet pea pink, white and red wedding bouquet with other flower for minimalist style bouquet for city wedding
All pink modern wedding bouquet made from dahlias held by bride in sheer neck wedding dress

Rose Wedding Bouquets

Roses symbolise romance, love, beauty, and courage. But the more popular choice of roses at weddings is white and pink. More specifically, both symbolise loyalty, true love, purity, innocence, gratitude, and admiration. How romantic! If you're into the symbolic meaning behind flowers more so than just what they look like, then a rose bouquet could be for you.

Peony, rose and ranunculus pink and white wedding bouquet
Pink peony and rose wedding bouquet with foliage
Bride in statement puff sleeve wedding dress with complete rose wedding bouquet in different pastel colours
Bride holding an all white rose wedding bouquet
Traditional and classic green and white wedding bouquet with foliage and white roses and white wax flower
Bride in a tiara holding a round white rose bridal bouquet for city wedding
Traditional and luxury layered all white rose wedding bouquet
Rose bouquet with pampas grass for boho wedding with the bride in a lace wedding dress with puff sleeves

Tropical Wedding Bouquets

Having a destination wedding somewhere hot? A festival theme wedding? Or maybe you'd just like to have something more vibrant and fun? Then these tropical bouquets should be giving you all the inspiration you need. With some exotic anthuriums, birds of paradise, and orchids, these bouquets give off a more unique and modern vibe. With our real wedding inspiration below, you can see how versatile you can be with these kinds of bouquets!

Pastel pink and lilac orchid, anthurium and rose tropical bouquet
Blue wax flower, pink anthurium, and orange sweet pea tropical and bright wedding bouquet
Bride in fun flower crown also holding a tropical wedding bouquet with anthurium, dahlias, and sweet pea
White king proteas, anthurium, orchids and palm leaves make up a classic white flower tropical bouquet
Dyed pink and blue pastel bridal bouquet with anthuriums and palm leaves for tropical wedding
King proteas, orchids, anthuriums, birds of paradise and palm leaves make up a vibrant tropical bouquet for fusion wedding
Italian destination wedding with pink bridal bouquet with roses, hydrangea and other flowers
Brown and pink anthuriums with orchids and hydrangea for fun city wedding

Wildflower Bouquets

Wildflower bouquets have really started to take off! Especially with the rise of rustic barn/farm weddings. Embracing that natural look adds a magical whimsical vibe to your wedding day. But these wedding bouquets are also becoming more popular because they're the more sustainable option! So if you'd like to make more eco-conscious decisions, consider getting one of these!

Colourful pink, white and blue wedding bouquet with mini daisies, delphinium and other wildflowers
Colourful spring bouquet made up of wildflowers for bright wedding
Beautiful and colourful natural wildflower bouquet
Pink, red, blue, and purple wedding wildflower bouquet

Round Wedding Bouquets

Looking for something more simple? These smaller round bouquets offer just that. Often consisting of just one type of flower, either roses, tulips, or peonies, these bouquets are perfect for more minimal-style weddings. Or perhaps you just have a tighter budget, or you'd like to go for a smaller bouquet because it won't distract from the main look you'll be wearing as you walk down the aisle. If you want all the focus on you, a round bouquet acts as more of an accessory than a show-stealer!

Yellow rose small round wedding bouquet
Small purple roses with fresh buds, white peonies in a small minimal round bouquet for traditional country house wedding
Small round white rose and gypsophila bouquet for traditional and grand castle wedding
Tropical plumeria wedding flowers small round bouquet for Seychelles wedding
All white tulip wedding bouquet for grand luxury wedding at the banqueting house in London
Pink rose round bouquet held by bride with sheer long gloves and v-neck wedding dress
Traditional pink and white rose and peony wedding bouquet
Small round pink rose bouquet held by bride

Other Ideas

We've also included just a few more extra ideas to help achieve the look you might want with your bouquet. Maybe you want to choose a rarer flower like this Icelandic giant poppy or include some colourful bunny grass or go for a luxe vibe with some white feathers. We think they all look incredible! 

Colourful pink, blue, yellow and orange wedding bouquet with dyed bunny grass
Large orange Icelandic giant poppy with sweet pea and waxflower for bright spring wedding bouquet
Dahlias, roses, sweet pea, and peonies in pink, purple, and white wedding bouquet
White flower bouquet with gypsophila and blue flowers with white feather for luxe wedding

How could you not have the best day of your life, if you have a bouquet like one of these? 

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