2018 Flower Trends
- By Janet KeegN
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- 03 Mar, 2018
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2018 Wedding Flower Trends
Janet Keegan from Holyrood Flowers
Since we are just entering peak wedding season, I thought that it might be a good idea to share the trends that I am seeing this year :
Shades of purple
Since Pantone announced its “Colour of the Year” to be Ultra-violet, I am being asked for “pops” of purple, various shades of purple (like lavender) but have yet to be asked for a full-on purple wedding…think Purple Rain ?!!!
I like purple but love it when it is combined with different shades of pink.
Depending on the season, think of gems like alliums and stocks… and roses, like Armando and Memory Lane. Then, of course there is lavender itself (luckily, I planted another 50 plants last year !). It just looks and smells amazing in bouquets and buttonholes !
Wildflower Meadow
This shouts to me home-grown, freshly picked from the hedgerow-look ! It is Holyrood Flowers in a nut-shell !
I love this looser style that harks back to the cottage gardens like our nans and granddads used to have. It is perfect for summer weddings.
The flowers that I am growing this year are things like cornflowers, astrantia, nigella, sweet peas, ammi majus, scabiosa and lots of grasses like panicum elegans and “hare’s tails”. They will be combined with my beloved dahlias and old varieties of scented roses.
Pastel colours continue to be very popular with both brides and bridesmaids alike.
Little “pops” of stronger colours can really lift single-colour flower bouquets and arrangements.
Metallic Colours
Shades of bronze and gold (particularly rose gold) are very
popular this year. This is mainly for items like ribbons, containers, urns and
table runners but there have been some requests for flowers like eryngiums to be sprayed.
Fresh Green & White
Last year’s trend for everything green i.e. foliage, foliage and more foliage (!)…this is continuing but I am seeing more fresh green and white combinations.
Larger, high-impact designs such as flower walls, arches, candelabras and suspended installations are also becoming very popular.
