Best Boutonniere Flowers | Groom Boutonnieres (2024)

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Bou­ton­nières and cor­sages fall under the cat­e­go­ry of “Per­son­al Flow­ers” since they are worn on your per­son. In order to cut down on the bulk of flower stems, we remove most of the stem of a flower and then replace it with wire and flo­ral tape to cre­ate abou­ton­nière or cor­sage. Per­son­al Flow­ers are the ones you give to those who are rep­re­sent­ing you at your wed­ding includ­ing friends who are stand­ing up for you, par­ents, grand­par­ents, read­ers or ush­ers. Of course, grooms usu­al­ly wears a lit­tle some­thing extra spe­cial to set himapart.

Rules for When to Wire Flowers

• Only wire a flower if it can’t be used sat­is­fac­to­ri­ly with­outit.
• Wire flow­ers to sup­port weak­enedstems.
• Wire to hold flow­ers and foliage in a desired position.
• Replace flower stems on cor­sages so the cor­sage stem is notbulky.
• Use wire to add acces­sories to cor­sages and arrangements.
• Use the bestbou­ton­nière flow­ers for wiring. These are flow­ers that do well out ofwater.

What are the Best Boutonnière Flowers?

These days in wed­ding design, any­thing can be used as the focal fea­ture of a bou­ton­nière. The star fea­ture on some­one’s dress, lapel, vest or sus­pender is not always a flower. Some­times it can be feath­ers or suc­cu­lents or a col­lec­tion of but­tons art­ful­ly placed. What fol­lows is a list of flow­ers and green­ery that are great choic­es for any type of per­son­al flower that will be worn and need to stay fresh look­ing out ofwater.

Com­mon Flowers:

• Car­na­tions
• Chrysan­the­mums
• Cym­bid­ium Orchids
• Mini CallaLily
• Stan­dardRoses
• Spray Ros­es

Unusu­al Flower & Plant Choices:

• Bru­nia Berries
• Berzil­lia Berries
• Cras­pe­dia (Bil­lyBalls)
• Hyper­icum Berries
• Sea Hol­ly
• Scabiosa Pods
• Suc­cu­lents

Accent Flow­ers:

• Baby’s Breath
• Misty Blue
• Sol­ida­go
• Wax Flower

Green­ery:

• Camel­lia Leaves
• Ital­ian Ruscus
• Ivy
• Seed­ed Eucalyptus

We show you what tools you’ll need to cre­ate a bou­ton­niere and how to make one. Check out our how to wire flow­ers instruc­tions along with a how to wire flow­ers video that demon­strates the technique.

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5 Comments

1. 

   Charlene May 15, 2014 at 2:24 am

   Thanks for this very help­ful arti­cle! I’m writ­ing about wed­ding flow­ers today so adding this kind of infor­ma­tion ia a goodidea.😉

   More pow­er!

   Best,
   Charlene

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     Kit Wertz May 15, 2014 at 6:57 am

     Hi Char­lene, That’s great! So glad you found some good ideas. Here is a link to anoth­er page we have on our site that is about wiring flow­ers. Hope it helps, too! http://flowerduet.com/floral-trends/diy-flowers/make-boutonniere/ —Kit

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       Charlene May 18, 2014 at 6:14 am

       I’ll check itout.😉

       Thanks!

2. 

   Emme April 6, 2017 at 8:09 pm

   Hi! I am prepar­ing for my senior prom and we are look­ing to save mon­ey this year. Prom is very pricey and I was want­i­ng to save $40 or so on a cor­sage and bou­ton­nière. My dress is pur­ple and white and was won­der­ing which flow­ers would bebest?

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     Kit Wertz May 7, 2017 at 6:24 pm

     Hi Emme, Pur­ple and white Den­dro­bi­um orchids would work well and you could just buy one stem to make both the bou­ton­niere and the cor­sage. These are con­sid­ered a bi-col­or flower, so you get both col­ors in one. If that col­or clash­es with your dress, then it’s best to go neu­tral with white flow­ers and green­ery. You could also use a suc­cu­lent bloom to look mod­ern. Good luck! —Kit