Daisy Wedding Bouquets

Daisy is a simple and beautiful flower. The original word for daisy is "daes eage", which means "day's eye". As this flower blooms at the dawn (that is the beginning of the day) it named as daisy. This flower is symbolized for purity, innocence, royal love and beginning of new life, many brides want this flower as a part of their wedding. In other words, these brides welcome their new life with daisy wedding bouquets.

The daisy flower has many petals with yellow or other colored centers. There are many types of daisies and many colors. Here are some types of daisies. Spanish daisy, lazy daisy, michaelmas daisy, Paris daisy, swan river daisy, painted daisy, giant daisy, kingfisher daisy, Tahoka daisy, gloriosa daisy, butter daisy, Livingstone daisy, Dahlberg daisy, tatarian daisy, African daisy, blue daisy, Shasta daisy, crown daisy, Nippon oxeye daisy, ox-eye daisy, sunshine daisy, Transvaal daisy, and gerbera daisy.

Among the daisy family there are three types of daisy, which are more popular than other types and these are -

• Shasta daisy - This flower has its origin in California and is hybrid type of flower. It is large in size and has individual petals. This flower does have only white color. it available only in early summer to mid summer. If you are getting married in summer season, then your florist could provide it to you or of if you want to save money you can get it from a wholesaler. One important thing is that this flower lives only for 10 days after it is cut from the plant, if you maintain it very well.

• African daisies - This flower belongs to the continent of Africa. African daisy is a medium to large size. This flower has center of various colors like orange, blue, red and black. This flower comes in various colors like yellow, red, orange, blue, white, purple and pink. This flower is available during whole year.

• Gerbera daisies - You can get medium to large sizes of gerberas. It has black, green and white colored centers. Gerbera comes in many colors like yellow, orange, red, purple, pink, blue and white. This flower has exotic colors than other type of daisies Gerbera daisy has high prices than other types of daisy. You can make various combinations of gerbera daisy by using two or three colors of it. Single colored wedding bouquets of gerbera also look awesome. You can get this flower at any time of the year, just you have to place the order at least one month advance to your florist.

You can have simple one type of daisy wedding bouquets by using one type of daisy. You can use two or three types of daisies with two or three colors of the same. Alternatively, you can make a combination of roses and daisies. It also looks good. You can make combination of calla lilies with daisies. It also looks awesome.

These simple, dainty flowers can be combined with a lot of other flowers to make beautiful round wedding bouquets either for the bride or bridesmaids. You can combine the simple white mum daisies with peach or baby pink gerbera daisies, lavender iris and peach of baby pink roses. This makes an exclusive bridal bouquet.

Another good combination would be to mix small white daisies with white gerbera. You can add blue delphimium, white or pale yellow roses, and light colored carnations. This bouquet looks absolutely stunning and suits a typical simple summer bride.

You can also combine asters with white daisies and gerbera daisies. All white or slightly creamy or pale yellow gerbera with white asters and simple white daisies looks beautiful. You can add pale yellow or white roses and Asiatic lilies to this bouquet. Tie this with an organza or satin ribbon preferably white in color.