Wedding Flowers

Poppies Wedding Flowers

One of the most refined, soft and feminine types of real flowers that a bride can choose for her wedding is the poppy flower. We adore these flowers and we find them among the most romantic and eye-catchy of all assortments that are available for weddings. There are a few disadvantages that these precious flowers feature that you should know before deciding to use them in your wedding.

The poppies might not make the perfect flower selections for a wedding because of their fragile petals and blooms. Their softness is irresistibly beautiful but it is also compromising. Those who decide to use poppies in their wedding bouquets and in their décor arrangements should be very careful. The bouquets must be loose, natural and simplistic. These flowers behave and look at their best when used in soft and unsophisticated bouquets.

These flowers are so delicate and sensitive that they won’t last too many hours alive. They won’t be able to last for a long time, even if they are kept in the best conditions. We recommend those who decide to use poppies wedding flowers for their event to plan the ceremony and the reception in dark breezier locations. You should also place your poppies wedding flower bouquet in a large vase with water in order to keep it as alive as possible during the reception.

You shouldn’t expect however to find it alive in the morning! Anyway, moving away from these unpleasant disadvantages, we should tell you that these lovely flowers are gifted with many symbolical significations. This flower’s symbolism is often associated with things like true beauty, consolation, eternal life, magic and fertility. However, these flowers were also used by the Egyptians at funerals. They also used to decorate their burial tombs with poppies, but only because these blooms were supposed to symbolize the everlasting life or the eternity. In another culture – the Grecian culture, the poppies were used for various shrines of worship for different gods and goddesses, such as Demeter and Diana – the goddesses of fertility and hunt.

Other popular beliefs say that poppies are the flowers or sleep, repose and rest. So, if you are planning a more casual, relaxing and cozy outdoors wedding, you should definitely use poppies. In our modern days, these unique flowers are used or regarded as the emblems of those who died in the World War II. If you have something in common with this event, you should definitely go for a red poppy themed wedding.