I Heart Anemones

I Heart Anemones

August 20th, 2010 @ 9:48 am by Mrs. Glasses
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I love October. In California, the weather is not too hot, not too cold. October has Halloween, and it’s just before the madness of November and December, and it has World Series baseball! This October is extra special because we are celebrating our marriage—I get to dress up as a bride!

But I really think us October brides get the short end of the pretty-flower stick. We get the oranges, browns, and sharper looking flowers like the dahlia and chrysanthemum. Of course, we also have the normal flowers available all year round, like roses, carnations, and orchids.

What I really want, though, I can’t have. I was Skyping with my mom, the florist, about flowers:

Me: “What about ranunculas?”

Mom: “NO RANUNCULAS!”

Me: “Peonies?”

Mom: “NO! NO PEONIES IN OCTOBER!”

Me: “… anemones?”

Mom: “DEKINAYO! DAME!“

Dame means YOU CAN’T DO THAT in Japanese, just in case you didn’t see where that was going.

I really love anemones. They’ve got a personality all their own, don’t they? In bouquets and centerpiece arrangements, they just seem to pop! These babies make me want to push our celebration back into Spring.

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I am bumming hard about all the spring flowers that aren’t in season for our October wedding. Are you/did you experience serious wedding envy? What are your favorite things that you can’t have (I have tons!)?

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28 Responses to “I Heart Anemones”

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Miss Hippo (message) 1,008 posts, Bumble bee

Hydrangeas are in season in the fall, and I heart them! Not an option for our March wedding. Sadness.

8/20/10 @ 10:03 am (reply)

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ktbrady (message) 1,054 posts, Bumble bee

I’m having an October wedding as well, and love peonies and all fluffy flowers. What about cabbage roses? Those are fluffy. I tried to do a google search to see when they bloom but couldn’t figure it out….

8/20/10 @ 10:11 am (reply)

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shaydenise (message) 1,151 posts, Bumble bee

looove both peonies and anemones! We’re using both of them in October - but our florist is having them shipped to her. Surprisingly enough, having her get them shipped in and everything is LESS expensive then using boring season flower I don’t want from another florist who wouldn’t even offer to having them shipped in. Funny thing is, she’s having them shipped in from California. I have no idea about flowers but I guess I assumed that was because they were fine there in October apparently I was wrong lol.

8/20/10 @ 10:13 am (reply)

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Miss Starry Night (message) 422 posts, Helper bee

I’m Oct too, but as we’re doing it in Mexico, I DO have some extra leeway. I settled with white, ivory, light yellow flowers and some green hydrangeas.

However, I really wanted blue hydrangeas which they don’t have in MX in the fall (green and white only). I also would have loved Lilacs. I could have flown in blue hydrangeas but it would have been silly expensive

8/20/10 @ 10:14 am (reply)

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hilsy85 (message) 3,680 posts, Sugar bee

I’m having the same problem. As a Sept. bride, peonies were not available for me…tear. I drool over every spring wedding that has peonies in it!

8/20/10 @ 10:15 am (reply)

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coffeekitty (message) 973 posts, Busy bee

i don’t get it…i’m getting married and november and using anemonies…they just have to ship them in…at least i assume that’s how my florist is getting them. am i going crazy?

8/20/10 @ 10:21 am (reply)

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Julefay (message) 41 posts, Newbee

I diy’d all our wedding flowers with roses and blue irises from fiftyflowers.com. I just checked their website and it says that their white anemones are available year-round! I would definitely check out the bulk/online options before you give up on them!

8/20/10 @ 10:22 am (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

@ktbrady: Cabbage roses are in bloom and if we can find them we are definitely using them!

@coffeekitty: I am clueless about flowers. All my mom, the florist, said was that they weren’t available around our area. But, at the risk of sounding blunt, isn’t it crazy expensive to ship them in for a wedding? And aren’t they slightly flimsier? The peonies around here started looking weak towards the end of their season. Sorry if that is a little forward but I am genuinely curious as to how people are shipping them in!

8/20/10 @ 10:24 am (reply)

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mjchexum (message) 485 posts, Helper bee

I’m thinking about either doing clay flowers or going the silk route so I’m going to do whatever I want for my fall wedding darnit!!

8/20/10 @ 10:27 am (reply)

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Moose1209 (message) 1,992 posts, Buzzing bee

@Miss Hippo: Ask around a little bit! Are you sure you can’t get them? My wedding was in March in Massachusetts and we had LOTS of hydraenga.

8/20/10 @ 10:45 am (reply)

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Tiffany

I love anemones too and am determined to have at least a few them in my bouquet at the very least. I’m getting married in late May, but I don’t want to take any chances, so I plan to sew three or four of them (I can’t sew but with so many tutorials out there, I’ll figure it out!) Why don’t you do that? You could slip the silk anemones in with your other real flowers, and no one would ever know they aren’t the real thing. Then you could save them as a memento!

PS Off topic: Buy the gorgeous knock-off dress you love. It is so beautiful! The few hundred euros it would cost to cover the difference in what your parents will spend will mean nothing in the long run, but you’ll have your dream dress!! (my 2 cents…)

8/20/10 @ 10:49 am (reply)

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pb and j (message) 1,212 posts, Bumble bee

i LOVE anemones, but flowers are one thing we are trying not to splurge on (since before this whole wedding thing i didn’t care about or notice flowers), so i figured shipping them in would be out of the question, price-wise. i’ll definitely ask some florists though…it sounds like some of you have gotten good deals, even with shipping.

8/20/10 @ 10:53 am (reply)

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mrsbonejangles (message) 7 posts, Newbee

I’m using silk eggplant anemones and white silk peonies in my bouquet I understand the heart-age

8/20/10 @ 10:55 am (reply)

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crayfish (message) 4,844 posts, Honey bee

If you were willing to go non-local for your flowers, i’m sure you could get some of those flowers. My wedding is in mid-September, and we’re getting our ranunculus through fifty flowers. I think I remember them saying they were available in October, too (they just come from South America).

8/20/10 @ 11:25 am (reply)

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Mrs.MedinaJr (message) 1,613 posts, Bumble bee

Yes I want a picasso Calla Lily in November and the florist want to charge me both arms and one leg to fly them down and have them in my wedding. My budget for flowers is like 500 bucks so there is nooo way they can be fresh. The Dollar Tree actually carries them they arent as pretty as the real ones but they could work.

8/20/10 @ 11:26 am (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,312 posts, Bee Keeper

I love anemones too but didn’t use them bc they are not very hearty flowers! They wilt pretty easily, sadly…But still, so very beautiful!

8/20/10 @ 12:08 pm (reply)

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Jennifer

Our wedding was last October and we had anemones, ranunculus, peonies, etc. Pics here: http://www.melissarobotti.com/blog/?p=1261

8/20/10 @ 12:18 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I could have written this post myself. We booked an October wedding and when I got around to looking for floral inspiration I was bummed to find out that EVERY SINGLE flower I liked was out of season. Lame! I am hoping cabbage roses will be a good substitution.

8/20/10 @ 12:21 pm (reply)

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