Gorgeous Cost Saving Floral Alternatives

By: Shenette Prevo
Teacup Planning & Events | Houston Wedding Planner

You CAN have gorgeous fresh flowers without breaking the bank! Today we’re taking a look at the top 3 expensive wedding flowers and offering alternatives that are stunning and cost effective.  It’s always a good idea to check-in with your florist to confirm pricing and demand. This list will get the conversation started.

Peony

The peony is a gorgeous flower admired for its impressive bloom, lush petals, and unique texture. Mainly found in white, peonies also grow in an array of hues from light pink and purple to a deeper red. 


The peony represents a happy marriage, wealth, romance, and honor, making it a perfect flower for decor, gifts and offerings.


Keep in mind it is a seasonal flower and is not available year round. You can expect to spend $10+ per stem depending on demand



Peony Alternative: Garden Rose 


The Garden or Cabbage rose has sweet swirls of abundant petals in true garden rose form. Resembling a peony, this sweet rose will add femininity to your special day.


You won’t miss out on the good fortune the garden rose brings. It is known as the ambassador of love and signifies strength of love and depth of passion.


The garden rose is available year round and is available for  $6+ per stem wholesale.


Orchid

Orchids are a round, pure white flower that can have hints of blush on the back side of the bloom and represents love, beauty, charm, luxury, thoughtfulness, fertility and abundance. They typically bloom in early spring and can bloom for several months.


Weighing in as one of the most expensive wedding florals, this beautiful flower can be apart of your big day for  $30+ per stem wholesale.





Orchid Alternative: Alstroemeria

The Alstroemeria, commonly called the Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas. are hardy flowers with multiple blooms per stem. Come in a variety of colors including orange, yellow, red, pink, purple, lavender, salmon, and white.

This lily makes for a great wedding flower representing good fortune, pure friendship and love between two people and the best part..they are $4+ per stem wholesale.


Lily of the Valley

Lily of the valley has beautiful bell-shaped flowers with a sweet scent. Its small white blooms are extremely fragile and delicately rest upon broad basal leaves. Due to its size, it requires a large order to produce a decent size arrangement. A very popular wedding flower, lily of the valley flowers have long been associated with royalty and are used as symbols of love, motherhood, and purity. 


You can expect to shell out $15 per stem for this floral addition.



Lily Of The Valley  Alternative: Wax flower

The wax flower is a delicate flower with a lemony fresh scent. It is one of the most popular wedding flowers because they break up the big petals of other flowers with their tiny buds, and have great versatility. They work for any style arrangement, from a big installation to a sweet corsage. These long lasting blooms symbolize patience and lasting love and won’t break the bank at $5 per stem.


As you can see, you absolutely CAN have gorgeous fresh flowers without breaking the bank! What did you think of our selections?  What are your dream flowers? Tell us about them in the comments below. 


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