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Why You Should Consider Artificial Wedding Flowers For Your Big Day
Artificial flowers are becoming increasingly popular as a beautiful, long-lasting, and often cheaper, alternative to fresh Wedding Flowers
If the tacky fake blooms you see in the shop spring to mind, think again! The artificial wedding flowers on the market today are high quality, great value and totally realistic in both look and feel
Read on to discover the different types of artificial flowers on offer – from silk flowers to latex – and why they might be the right choice for your big day (raise your hand if you have allergies!)
It’s not just the bridal bouquet either; we’ve got lots of inspiration for how you can incorporate artificial flowers into your wedding that’ll look stunning in your wedding photos.
Why Choose Artificial Wedding Flowers?
Most brides go for fresh flowers on their wedding day as the scent and natural beauty is hard to beat, but there are downsides. Firstly, they’re more expensive than artificial flowers; they’ll eventually wilt and die, and your chosen blooms may not be at their peak or even available at the time of your wedding.
In contrast, there are so many advantages to choosing artificial flowers and, with the huge leap in quality and realism, you may not notice much difference with the real thing. You can even replicate the scent with a floral perfume!
Here’s why artificial flowers might be right for your wedding:
- You can precisely colour-match artificial flowers to any shade so they can work with your colour palette
- Artificial flowers are allergy-friendly so there’s no chance of a red nose and streaming eyes down the aisle
- They don’t attract wasps or bugs so you don’t need to worry if you’re having an outdoor wedding
- You can get the flower varieties that you want, even if they’re out of season, and they’ll always be in peak bloom
- Artificial wedding flowers won’t wilt or die so they’ll look perfect on the day
- There’s a risk that real flowers could stain your dress, whereas artificial flowers won’t
- Artificial flowers travel well, so they are ideal for destination weddings
- You can keep your artificial flowers forever
- They can be cheaper than fresh flowers
- If you get good quality flowers, then your guests may not even notice you’re not using fresh flowers!
Because of that, there are more and more couples are opting for artificial over fresh flowers.
“Especially over the winter months when some popular fresh flowers are not widely available. Although they do not have the same scent and delicate feel like real flowers, artificial flowers will last forever so the bride can have a lasting memento of her day.”
What Kinds of Artificial Wedding Flowers are There?
Latex Wedding Flowers
You can easily be fooled by latex flowers! These are classed as ‘real touch’ flowers so they feel like the fresh thing when you touch them and come in different thickness so you can really accurately replicate the look and feel of the plant. Think delicate pliable rose petals and thicker leaves for plants like orchids.
They’ll continue looking as high-quality forever if treated right, but you’ll find a much more limited selection of flowers and colours available in latex as opposed to fabric flowers.
Wax-Coated Wedding Flowers
These are silk flowers which have undergone a process to coat them in a layer of wax which gives them a ‘real touch’ finish. As they’re made from already high-quality silk flowers – which usually have detailed veins etc. printed on them so they look real – wax-coated flowers are some of the most realistic looking artificial flowers on the market.
However, they can cost up to three times what you’d pay for their silk counterpart and like silk flowers, they can still fray. Due to their prohibitive cost, many florists won’t go for these.
‘Fresh Touch’ Wedding Flowers
Made with a blend of foam and latex, fresh touch flowers are the best quality you can buy on the market and have a feel that is almost identical to fresh flowers. This does make them the most expensive artificial flower on the market, but, while they won’t necessarily work out cheaper than fresh flowers, they will last a lot longer.
As the heads all look a little different, just as you’d find in nature, fresh touch flowers look the most lifelike too. As with silk, most popular types of flowers can be found as fresh touch and many florists will offer a colour matching service.
It takes a skilled hand to make artificial flowers look realistic so we recommend using a florist to arrange your flowers and trying to incorporate as many ‘fresh touch’ flowers as your budget allows.
Artificial Wedding Flower Bouquets
Your bridal bouquet will be the heart of your flower arrangements. It will be with you in most of your wedding photos and is one of the memorable finishing touches to your wedding outfit. You may be hesitant to go for artificial flowers for your bridal bouquet, but if you choose the right colours and finish then you will find one that rivals a fresh bouquet.
