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Celebrity Wedding Flowers – Lily Allen

28 June 2011 in Celebrity Wedding Flowers | No comments

Lily Allen

images from marie claire

Singer and fashion designer Lily Allen recently married Sam cooper in a typical village wedding, their ceremony took place at St James the Great , a picturesque church in the Cotswolds.  Lily wore a vintage style dress by French designer Delphine Manivet, it featured a sweetheart neckline with lace sleeves and overlay with a long train.   She also wore a full length 1920s veil adorned with two large flowers.

Lily carried a gorgeous bouquet of country garden flowers in soft pastel shades.  Her bouquet featured garden roses, spray roses, peonies, hydrangea and field pennycress.  Her bridesmaids wore floaty peach dresses and carried small version of Lily’s bouquet.  The flower girls wore ivory lace dresses and wore circlets of flowers in their hair.

Bride's maids

Either side of the entrance to the church there were two large arrangements of garden flowers in blues, purples and whites including delphinium, peony, hydrangea, scabious and viburnum.

Lily Allen church flowers

A palette of pastel colours is perfect for a vintage themed wedding.  If you want to achieve the same classic look, pick flowers such as stocks that are available in lovely pastels shades including pinks, lillacs and creams. Scabious is another pretty garden flower, in either soft blue or white.  Lily Allen had gorgeous garden roses in peachy apricot tones, the David Austin rose Juliet is a lovely peach garden rose.

David Austin Juliet rose

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Forget Me Not

20 May 2009 in Flower Of The Week | No comments

forget me not

Common name: forget-me-not

Botanical Names: Myosotis

Origin: most species are native to New Zealand

Colours: blue, pink and white

These little pretty little flowers appear quintessentially British.  Although most species are endemic to New Zealand.  Only a couple of the 50 or so varieties have been introduced to Europe, Asia and America.  They are part of the Boraginaceae family and many share the characteristic of hairy leaves.  The wood forget-me-not is commonly seen in the UK.  It prefers rich moist soil and shady conditions.

Many of the varieties feature five petalled flowers.  In the UK they are most commonly seen in blue, but are also available in pink and white.  They are available in spring and flower in gardens during May and June. They have a vase life similar to other spring flowers of about 5 days.  They are used in weddings for their beautiful soft blue colour and the connections to love and romance they have.

There are several legends relating to the plants name.  One German legend says that a medieval knight and his love were walking beside a river when the knight picked a posy of flowers.  The weight of his amour caused to him fall into the river and as he was drowning he threw the posy to her shouting “forget-me-not”.

forget me not

Forget-me-nots are easy to grow in your garden once sown they will pop up for years to come often in different places to the previous year.  All they require is a little shake of the seed heads to broadcast them ready for next year.

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