Wedding Flower Guides — 40 Florist References
Everything wedding florists need to know about every common stem: wholesale pricing, seasonal availability, stem-count-per-arrangement, design tips, and common mistakes. Organized alphabetically.
$2.00–$3.00 per stem
Amaranth
Amaranth (specifically Amaranthus caudatus, 'love-lies-bleeding') is the dramatic trailing element of summer and fall wedding arrangements. The long, chenille-like ropes of blooms in burgundy or green drape 12+ inches, creating unmatched cascading drama.
Read guide →$2.00–$3.50 per stem
Anemone
Anemones are the wedding florist's secret weapon for moody, dramatic bouquets. The signature black center against white or jewel-tone petals creates instant visual contrast. Available fall through spring, they're the defining winter and early-spring focal. This page covers the varieties and techniques.
Read guide →$3.00–$4.50 per stem
Anthurium
Anthurium is the sculptural tropical flower with heart-shaped waxy 'petals' (technically spathes) surrounding a central spadix. It's architectural, long-lasting, and photographs beautifully in both tropical and modern-minimalist aesthetics. This page covers how to use it.
Read guide →$2.25–$3.25 per stem
Astilbe
Astilbe is the florist's go-to for feathery, soft texture. The plume-shaped blooms in white, pink, and burgundy add airy movement to any arrangement. It's one of the few truly 'feathery' cut flowers, making it irreplaceable for certain aesthetics.
Read guide →$4.50–$6.50 per stem
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise is the most recognizable tropical flower in the world — the orange and blue beaked bloom is instantly identifiable and dramatic. For tropical, modern, and destination weddings, it's a signature element. This page covers the handling and design approach.
Read guide →$3.00–$4.50 per stem
Bleeding Heart
Bleeding hearts are one of the rarest cut flowers in wedding work — the heart-shaped pink-and-white blooms are visually unforgettable, but they're fragile, seasonal, and not always available from wholesalers. When you can get them, they're magical. This page covers the specifics.
Read guide →$5.00–$7.50 per stem
Cafe au Lait Dahlia
The Cafe au Lait dahlia is the single most-requested specialty flower in summer weddings. Its dinner-plate size (up to 10 inches wide), champagne-blush color, and Instagram-virality status make it the 2024/2025 wedding hero. This page covers the sourcing realities and pricing.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.00 per stem
Chamomile
Chamomile brings tiny white-and-yellow daisy blooms to wedding arrangements — perfect for whimsical and wildflower aesthetics. Each stem has multiple small blooms that read as 'scattered daisies' in the finished arrangement. This page covers summer-focused chamomile work.
Read guide →$2.75–$4.00 per stem
Clematis
Clematis is a vining flower with star-shaped blooms that trail beautifully in bouquets and centerpieces. It's not commonly stocked at every wholesaler, but when you can source it, it adds a uniquely elegant vining element no other stem matches.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.25 per stem
Cosmos
Cosmos are the meadow-wildflower texture of late summer and fall weddings. They bring movement, airiness, and a 'just picked' garden feeling to any arrangement. This page covers cosmos varieties and handling for wedding work.
Read guide →$2.50–$3.50 per stem
Delphinium
Delphinium is the vertical hero of summer wedding work. The tall spikes are available in true blue (rare in the flower world), white, lavender, and pink. For pedestal arrangements and tall centerpieces, delphinium is non-negotiable. This page covers sourcing and handling.
Read guide →$1.00–$1.50/stem (Silver Dollar), $1.50–$2.00/stem (Seeded)
Eucalyptus (Silver Dollar and Seeded)
Eucalyptus is the single most-used greenery in modern wedding work. Silver Dollar has round silver-blue leaves perfect for cascading out of centerpieces; Seeded has longer stems with tiny seed clusters that add texture. Almost every recipe in a wedding florist's library includes one or both. This page covers the essentials.
Read guide →$2.50–$3.75 per stem
Foxglove
Foxgloves are the cottage garden signature stem — tall, spiked, with tubular blooms in pink, white, and apricot. They're essential for whimsical garden weddings and provide dramatic vertical interest. Note: foxgloves are toxic, so always warn clients and handle with gloves. This page covers the specifics.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.25 per stem
Freesia
Freesia is the most fragrant common cut flower — one stem can scent an entire bridal bouquet. The trumpet-shaped blooms come in white, yellow, pink, and lavender, and they photograph with a distinctive graceful curve. This page covers freesia in wedding work.
Read guide →$2.50–$4.00 per stem (up to $6 for premium David Austin varieties)
Garden Rose
Garden roses are the workhorse focal flower of modern wedding work. Unlike standard roses, they open wide into a lush, cabbage-like bloom with visible petals and garden-fresh fragrance. This page covers the specific varieties, pricing realities, and stem counts every florist needs to know.
Read guide →$2.50–$3.75 per stem
Hellebore
Hellebores (also called Lenten Rose or Christmas Rose) are the winter and early-spring secret weapon of wedding florists. They bloom when almost nothing else does, feature soft nodding blooms in mauve and cream, and add a delicate, old-world feeling to any arrangement. This page covers the varieties and techniques.
Read guide →$1.75–$2.50 per stem
Hyacinth
Hyacinths are the fragrant, spike-shaped spring bloom that signals the earliest spring weddings. The dense clusters of tiny bell-shaped flowers come in white, pink, purple, and blue. They're affordable, fragrant, and uniquely early-spring-looking.
Read guide →$2.00–$3.00 per stem
Iceland Poppy
Iceland poppies are the delicate papery-petaled flowers that come in vibrant warm colors — orange, yellow, peach, and white. They're fragile but visually unmatched when handled correctly. This page covers how to make them work in wedding arrangements.
Read guide →$2.50–$4.00 per vine
Jasmine Vine
Jasmine vines are the florist's premium trailing element — soft white star-shaped blooms with the most romantic fragrance of any wedding flower. The vines trail 12+ inches naturally, making them perfect for cascading bouquets and ceremony arch work.
Read guide →$1.00–$1.75 per stem fresh, $0.75–$1.25 dried
Lavender
Lavender is the fragrant texture flower that defines Provence-style and rustic weddings. Beyond the classic purple color, lavender also exists in white and pink varieties. This page covers fresh and dried lavender usage in wedding work.
Read guide →$4.50–$7.00 per stem
Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley is the single most expensive common wedding flower — and the most magical. The tiny white bell-shaped blooms hang delicately from slender green stems, and the fragrance is unmistakable. This is Kate Middleton's wedding flower. This page covers the realities of using it.
Read guide →$2.00–$3.00 per stem
Lisianthus
Lisianthus is the unsung hero of wedding flowers — reliable year-round, long-lasting in arrangements, and visually similar to roses at half the cost. Every florist should have this as a core stem in their recipe library. This page covers the specific varieties and techniques.
Read guide →$1.00–$1.75 per stem
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
Muscari (grape hyacinth) are tiny spring bulb flowers with clusters of miniature blue bell-shaped blooms. They're available briefly in early spring and add a unique true-blue accent that nothing else provides at this time of year. Small but mighty for early spring weddings.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.25 per stem
Nigella (Love-in-a-Mist)
Nigella is a dual-use flower — the blue bloom is beautiful in fresh arrangements, and the seed pods (alien-looking striped orbs) are prized for their architectural texture. This page covers both forms for wedding florists.
Read guide →$2.50–$4.00 per stem (small plume), $6–$12 (large plume)
Pampas Grass
Pampas grass dominated 2020–2023 and is still a major request for boho and desert aesthetics. The challenge for florists in 2024/2025 is using it without looking dated — that means restraint, smaller plumes, and mixing with fresh elements. This page covers how to do pampas right.
Read guide →$3.00–$6.00 per stem (in season), $7–$10 imported off-season
Peony
Peonies are the most-requested wedding flower in the world — and the most seasonal. They peak for 6 weeks in May and June, and outside that window you're either paying import prices or saying no. This page covers the specific varieties, real prices, and ordering logic for peonies.
Read guide →$8.00–$12.00 per stem (multiple blooms per stem)
Phalaenopsis Orchid
Phalaenopsis orchids are the tropical and modern wedding florist's go-to luxury stem. They last for weeks, feature dramatic sculptural blooms, and signal upscale immediately. This page covers the sourcing and arrangement logic for orchids in wedding work.
Read guide →$4.00–$10.00 per stem (King is priciest)
Protea
Proteas are the boho and tropical wedding focal flower. King protea is the size of a softball, with dramatic sculptural petals; pincushion protea looks like an alien sea urchin in vibrant orange. Both are bold, architectural, and turn any arrangement into a statement. This page covers both varieties.
Read guide →$1.25–$2.00 per stem
Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's Lace (or ammi majus for the more refined cultivated variety) provides the delicate white 'umbrella bloom' texture that defines wildflower and garden-style weddings. It's affordable, available through summer, and essential for airy bouquets. This page covers the varieties and handling.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.50 per stem (up to $5 for Butterfly varieties)
Ranunculus
Ranunculus are the florist's favorite 'cost-effective luxury' — they look like miniature peonies with paper-thin layered petals, but cost a third as much. They're reliable from fall through spring and gorgeous in bouquets and centerpieces. This page covers varieties, pricing, and techniques.
Read guide →$2.00–$2.75 per stem fresh, $1.00–$1.50 for dried pods
Scabiosa
Scabiosa is one of wedding florists' favorite texture flowers — the blooms look like pincushions and the dried pods (often called 'starflower pods') add sculptural interest year-round. This page covers both the fresh and dried forms.
Read guide →$1.75–$2.75 per stem
Snapdragon
Snapdragons are one of the best vertical accent flowers for wedding work — tall stems with dragon-mouth-shaped blooms, available in nearly every color, and reliable almost year-round. They add height and cottage-garden whimsy to any arrangement. This page covers the techniques.
Read guide →$2.00–$3.00 per stem (with 4–6 blooms each)
Spray Rose
Spray roses are multi-bloom stems — each stem produces 4–6 smaller rose flowers instead of one large bloom. They're perfect as secondary focal flowers, and the bloom-per-stem ratio makes them more cost-effective than they appear. This page covers the essentials.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.25 per stem
Stock
Stock is a fragrant spike flower that adds vertical interest and old-world charm to wedding arrangements. It's affordable, available year-round, and the scent is one of the strongest of any cut flower. This page covers how to use stock without it dominating the palette.
Read guide →$1.25–$2.00 per stem ($2.50–$4.00 for Japanese varieties)
Sweet Pea
Sweet peas are the fragrant, ruffled texture flower that defines spring garden wedding work. They're in season for only a few weeks, they're fragile, and they're worth every bit of the effort. This page covers what florists need to know about sourcing, handling, and arranging them.
Read guide →$1.75–$2.75 per stem
Thistle
Thistles (specifically eryngium) are silvery-blue spiky architectural accents that add unexpected texture to wedding arrangements. They're especially popular for Scottish-heritage weddings but work in boho, masculine, and modern palettes too. This page covers the varieties and techniques.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.00/stem (standard Dutch), $3–$5 (French, parrot)
Tulip
Tulips are the affordable workhorse of late winter and early spring weddings. Dutch varieties dominate the wholesale market, but florists should also know about parrot, French, and double varieties for specialty work. This page covers the variety landscape and handling techniques.
Read guide →$1.50–$2.25 per stem
Veronica
Veronica is a slender spike flower that adds vertical texture to wedding arrangements. Less showy than delphinium or snapdragon but more affordable, it's the florist's budget-friendly option for vertical movement in tall arrangements.
Read guide →$1.25–$1.75 per stem
Waxflower
Waxflower is the florist's go-to delicate filler — tiny star-shaped blooms on slender stems that add airy texture to any arrangement. Available year-round and long-lasting, it's one of the most practical wedding flowers in any florist's recipe library.
Read guide →$1.25–$2.00 per stem
White Rose (Standard)
Standard white roses are the budget-friendly backbone of white wedding work — unlike garden roses, they have a tighter bloom shape and lower cost. For classic wedding work where you need lots of white, standard roses (Akito, Mondial, Polo) are the practical choice.
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