White Flowers for Bouquets
- Add these white flowers into bouquets to add an attractive aroma and appearance.white rose flower bloom bouquet green arrangement image by Paul Retherford from Fotolia.com
Whether you're planning the perfect bridal bouquet or a creamy white winter display, there are several lovely flowers that add fragrance and flair in addition to their blanch shade. These pure white flowers look great grouped by themselves or with other flowers of similar shades, and they are usually as readily available as more popular white flowers such as roses, tulips, or lilies. - Bouquets of gardenias tell the recipient "you are lovely."floating gardenia image by Pat Lalli from Fotolia.com
White gardenias are perfect for bouquets because of the waxy texture and long-lasting fragrance of these pure white flowers. Native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, gardenias bloom May through July among dark green leaves that also look great in bouquets. Symbolism of gardenias in white bouquets can be purity, loveliness, and a secret admiration. - Lily of the Valley flowers symbolize the return of happiness when included in bouquets.lilies -f valley image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
Lily of the Valley are delicate white flowers that only bloom in October, and make beautiful, fragrant additions to fall bouquets. The tiny white blooms are seen yearly as wild flowers across England and Europe, and have become widely popular additions as cut flowers in bouquets and vases throughout the Americas and Asia. Dozens of fragrant, bell-shaped blossoms open along stems and last for about a week once cut, and they look great in bouquets by themselves or paired with other white flowers. - Called the King of Flowers by the Chinese, peonies are a symbol of luck, wealth, and happiness.white peonies image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
White peonies are frilly, fragrant flowers that add a pleasant texture and aroma to bouquets of any shade. The large, attention-grabbing blossoms of pure white peonies exude the same sweet scent as their colored counterparts, and do well as cut flowers for summer bouquets and vases. Native to Western North America, Southern Europe, and Asia, there are more than 30 species of peonies available to choose from once they start blooming in late spring. - The pretty cream color of tuberoses makes them great for white bouquets.white tuberose image by Florin Capilnean from Fotolia.com
Tuberoses are small, perfumed, trumpet-shaped flowers that are great additions to white or colored bouquets. A tried-and-true favorite of the perfume industry for hundreds of years, the sweet scent of the tuberose is long-lasting and distinctive. Tuberoses also do well when cut, making them great additions to bouquets and vases. Native to Mexico, these white, tubular-shaped flowers grow on spiked stalks that shoot up to three feet in height in either single or double-flowered varieties starting in mid to late summer.