Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers A to Z: Part 1, A through C
I get it, most people planning their wedding aren’t experts on flowers. There are so many varieties, color combinations, textures, seasons etc. That’s why I’m here - to help get you through the process of figuring out what will look most amazing at your wedding.
In order to help you become more flower literate, I’m creating a series of blogs to work through the entire alphabet of local Alaskan wedding flowerst: A to Z, in order to show you all the flowers I grow or source locally.
Now I can’t promise every flower will be in here, but I’m going to attempt to give you a good picture of the possibilities of local Alaskan wedding flowers
Each variety has a brief description and is categorized by type: Focal flower, secondary flower, seed pod or head, foliage, and interesting element.
In this blog I’ll be covering local Alaskan wedding flowers A through C.
OK, let’s dive in!
Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers that start with “A”
Yarrow or Achillea
Achillea
Category: Secondary flower
Season: Early-July through Mid September
Colors: yellow, white, pink, peach, magenta
Feel: antique, vintage, delicate, intricate
Shape: dome-shaped
“Hot Biscuits” Amaranth
Amaranthus
Category: Seed head
Season: Late August through Late September
Colors: dark magenta, light red, golden brown, green
Feel: unique, vintage, garden, lush, loose
Shape: cylindrical seed heads either spikes or draping
Dara is the white to maroon lacy looking flower. Lauren Roberts Photography
Ammi
Category: Secondary flower
Season: Early July through Late September
Colors: green, white
Feel: cottage garden, textured, wild
Shape: large open dome made up of tiny flowers
Ammobium
Ammobium
Category: Interesting element
Season: Mid July through Late September
Colors: white with bright yellow center
Feel: dainty, unique,
Shape: small round flowers made up of small spiky petals
Anemones
Anemones
Category: secondary or focal flower
Season: Late June through Early August (unless it’s hot, then only July)
Colors: red, burgundy, blue, purple, white
Feel: delicate, captivating
Shape: open disk
Atriplex
Category: Seed pod
Season: July - September
Colors: red-bronze to bright green
Feel: unique, textured
Shape: tiny seed pods clustered at the ends of straight stems
Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers that start with “B”
Bells of Ireland
Category: Foliage
Season: Late summer (August-September)
Colors: Bright green
Feel: textural, interesting
Shape: stems with little green cups attached
Bupleurum
Category: Foliage
Season: Late summer/fall (August-September)
Colors: bright green to bronze
Feel: light, airy, textured
Shape: thin and delicate stems with small leaves and tiny green-bronze flowers
Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers that start with “C”
Calendula
Calendula
Category: Secondary flower
Season: July - September
Colors: bright orange and pale yellow
Feel: soft, gardeny
Shape: open disk
Campanula
Campanula
Category: secondary flower
Season: July - September
Colors: white, pink, lavender, dark purple
Feel: whimsical, soft, ethereal
Shape: medium sized bell
Coreopsis
Category: secondary flower
Season: July - September
Colors: bright yellow
Feel: meadow-like, wildflower-ish
Shape: open disk
Cosmos
Cosmos
Category: Secondary flower
Season: July - September
Colors: white, pink, magenta, dusty red
Feel: Whimsical, light
Shape: open disk
This is one of 10 flowers I labeled “the Questennestial Garden Flower”. You can read more about all the flowers I think lend themselves to a garden-inspired arrangement HERE
Cress
Category: seed head
Season: July - September
Colors: soft green
Feel: textured, light, voluminous
Shape: many small seed pods on strong stems
Cynoglossum
Category: secondary flower
Season: July - September
Colors: blue
Feel: wildflower-like, whimsical, dainty
Shape: many tiny open disks per stem
Go here to read part 2 of Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers D through M: https://www.gardenwildfloral.com/wedding-blog/2024/4/9/local-alaskan-wedding-flowers-d-h