I am so fascinated by Australian native wedding bouquets, so when Rita of Blooming Brides sent over some her latest Australian native flower creations, I wanted to share them with you!
Australian natives are a beautiful choice for wedding flowers- there are so many rich, earthy colours and unusual textures.
King Protea with David Austin Roses
Leucospermum and Leucadendron bouquet
Bridesmaids bouquet of mixed leucadrendron and gumnuts
Bridesmaid bouquet of mixed spring natives with sugar and spice blushing brides.
Bridal bouquet including a mix of spring natives with sugar and spice blushing brides. Buttonholes of blushing brides with seed pods.
Centrepieces of Australian natives
Centrepieces of red waratahs and green leucadendron
Photos from Blooming Brides
gorgeous.gorgeous.gorgeous.
Beautiful and creative, elegant yet exotic!
ha, there is no same flowers here in China
Very pretty… the flowers look just amazing,
All I can say is….wow.
Love the tropical, exotic floral designs.
Almost all of those flowers are South African not Australian!
They do look lovely though.
Although these are beautiful, leucodendron, leucospermum and protea’s are all south african not Australian plants.
Samcumber it is true… leucadendron and leucospermum are both endemic to Sth Africa. Problem is they do so well here and because of their position in the Protea family, of which Australia has many representative species, they have long been marketed commercially under the umbrella ‘natives’. The term ‘natives’ seems to represent anything with a Gondwanan lineage! There are several ‘non-Australian native’ varieties here, but they do work well with an Australian native looking theme. Perhaps it should be titled Flower bouquets incorporating some Australian Natives!
Hi Loved the native bouquets. I am a grower and wholesaler of native flowers both aust and sth African in South Australia.
Both groups are usually classed together as Australian native flowers. The variety of native flowers is mind boggling and their long lasting vase life makes them a perfect choice for any type of arrangement and function.
cheers
Margaret mead
mulpata flowers
I love the beautiful flowers and arrangements, but as a South African living in Aus I feel it is dishonest to market South African natives as Australian. They are not Australian. It is careless and untrue. It is as untrue as if I claimed the Kangaroo to be South African.
Hi Vivienne,
Please refer to Margaret’s comment above
margaret mead says:
September 20, 2015 at 7:13 am
Hi Loved the native bouquets. I am a grower and wholesaler of native flowers both aust and sth African in South Australia.
Both groups are usually classed together as Australian native flowers. The variety of native flowers is mind boggling and their long lasting vase life makes them a perfect choice for any type of arrangement and function.
cheers
Margaret mead
mulpata flowers
Hi Polka Dot Bride, appreciate the feedback, but simply classing South African natives as Australian doesn’t change the fact that they are, and remain South African natives and not Australian natives. It is unfortunately deceptive marketing
Australia and south africa have very similar plant species. I learned that when studying horticulture. Dont let it bug ya! 🙂
Australia and sound africa have very similar plant species. I learned that while studying horticulture. Dont let it bug ya! 🙂