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Colourful natives for wedding bouquet

Posted by vertigo101106 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 26, 08 at 6:30

Hello all,
I'm interested in all opinions regarding Aussie natives for my wedding bouquet. I'd like some colour, as well as variety in textures. I'm normally an orchid forum gardenweb girl, so I'm planning on having some aust native dendrobiums in there, but want to make the whole bouquet aussie! the more colours/variety, the better! please don't hold back, send me your ideas and I'll look up every single one of them eagerly, and with many thanks!
I absolutely LOVE the idea of having a native bouquet! oh, and suggestions for the groomsmen and bridesmaids would be greatly appreciated too!
Also, can I get just ANY usual florist to organise this for me?
Thanks in advance,
Linda :)


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RE: Colourful natives for wedding bouquet

Hi Linda,

Might I offer a hearty congratulations on your upcomming wedding!

I have some suggestions on species, but am not at familiar with florists in NSW, unfortunately. Perhapse contact your local ASGAP people on this link:

http://www.austplants-nsw.org.au/index.htm

Species (all should be available with a Google Image Search):

Keep in mind the availability of these depend very much on the time of year you're getting hitched

(sp. = various species, lots of different colours in most cases).

Banksia coccinea (stunning dep red/scarlet colour, smaller inflorescence compared to most Banskia sp.)
Goodia sp.
Kennedia sp.
Darwinia sp.
Arthropodium strictum (Chocolate Lily)
Hakea sp.
Indigofera australis
Callistemon (of course!)
Grevillea (of course!)
Eucalyptus caesia
Eucalyptus macrocarpa (pretty hard to come by, very limited season, but brilliant flower)
Corymbia ficifolia (they finished flowering about a month ago, so won't be available until the start of next year)
Acacia sp. (hundreds, something should be in flower no matter what time of year)
Tetratheca sp.
Correa sp.
Xerochrysum sp. (paper daisies)
Eremophilla sp.
Anigozanthos sp. (kangaroo paws)
Scaevola aemula
Dampiera sp.
Doryanthes excelsa (Gymea Lily, huge flower, but would make a great centre piece for the boquet or table)
Macropidia (more kangaroo paws)
Haemodorum (kanga paws, again)
Telopea sp.

Good luck, Linda! I hope all goes well on the day. Don't forget the, "I do," bit!

Regards,
Jim


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RE: Colourful natives for wedding bouquet

There was a posting on this forum on the same topic some months ago. Maybe it would be of help for you to go back and find it?
As Jim says, it does make a big difference what time of the year the big event is to happen.
Jim's given you a great list there. Maybe anything you don't want for the wedding day could be put into your plans for the garden of the family home!
Best wished for the day, and many happy years thereafter.
Trish


 
 

 

 


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