Hawaiian Wedding Flowers

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Choosing the right Hawaiian wedding flowers can help to make your special day a truly memorable occasion.

Plumeria blossoms and coconuts set a festive mood.

The Appeal of Hawaiian Weddings

A Hawaiian wedding is a wonderful choice for adding a festive tropical touch to your celebration. Even if you’ve never been to Hawaii, you can replicate the atmosphere of an authentic Hawaiian wedding ceremony by getting married at a local beach surrounded by lush tropical flowers. Have a luau for your reception and you can be assured that guests will be talking about your wedding for years to come!

What Types of Flowers Work Well in a Hawaiian Wedding?

When planning a Hawaiian wedding, you’ll want to choose tropical flowers with large, colorful blooms. For example:

  • Orchids
  • Costus
  • Calatheas
  • Plumeria
  • Ginger
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Heliconias
  • Hibiscus
  • Pikake

Other Hawaiian-inspired accents may include:

  • Kukui nuts
  • Palm fronds
  • Fresh ti leaves
  • Pineapples
  • Coconuts
  • Seashells

Red, the state color of Hawaii, is also a great accent choice for a Hawaiian wedding.

Tips for Hawaiian Wedding Flowers

To ensure a fun and festive wedding atmosphere, keep in mind the following tips as you’re choosing your Hawaiian wedding flowers:

  • Flower leis for your guests are an excellent addition to any Hawaiian themed wedding, but real leis can be rather expensive. Shop around for the best deal or try to save money by choosing leis made from silk flowers and shells. Leis that will last long after your wedding day are a good choice because they can also double as wedding favors.
Tropical Bouquet
  • There are many different options for a bride to consider when choosing her flowers. Traditionally, the bride in a Hawaiian wedding wears a lei that is made of white jasmine or orchids. If she does not want to wear a lei, however, a ‘haku’ or head lei made from various vines and tropical flowers is another option to consider. The head lei is a good substitute for the traditional wedding veil. Wrist and ankle leis are sometimes worn as well.
  • In a Hawaiian wedding, the groom usually wears a lei made from spicy-smelling maile leaves. This lei is sometimes intertwined with additional tropical flowers and is usually worn open, leaving the ends dangling in front.
  • On the spot where the couple will exchange their vows, it is common to place a circle of orchids. This arrangement symbolizes never-ending love and the pledge the couple is making to spend the rest of their lives together. Creating an orchid circle can be pricey, however, since you’ll typically need between 250 and 1,000 flowers for the task.
  • Fresh ti leaves are often used as a decoration for the table where the wedding cake is placed.
  • You can make simple wedding reception centerpieces for a Hawaiian wedding by tucking a single flower into a large conch shell. It is also popular to place small shells in the bottom of a glass bowl, with a floating candle and an orchid bloom.
  • As the couple exits the wedding reception area, many Hawaiian themed weddings ask guests to throw orchid petals instead of rice.

Working with Your Florist

Hawaiian themed weddings are becoming increasingly common, but this does not mean every florist you visit will have experience in this area. To ensure you get the flowers you want for your special day, remember to ask your florist if he or she has done any Hawaiian weddings in the past. If not, bring plenty of pictures to demonstrate the types of flowers you wish to include in your theme wedding.

Ordering flowers online is a tactic many brides use to save money on their wedding arrangements. However, Hawaiian wedding flowers are delicate and require special care to make sure they look their best. If you decide to order your flowers online, investigate the company carefully to be sure they have the skills and experience to work with fragile tropical flowers.

Hawaiian wedding flowers add a luxuriously tropical ambiance to any celebration, whether it is an Oahu beach wedding, a private garden ceremony in Honolulu, or a Hawaiian themed celebration at home.

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