If you are searching for summer wedding flowers, rest easy and know that you have a world of options open to you. From traditional favorites to exotic tropicals, the summer season offers a huge selection of colors and flower varieties.

Every wedding has some amount of flowers; whether the bride carries a huge, trailing bouquet or a simple single stem. The tradition of carrying flowers in a wedding had an ignoble beginning. Around the 1500s when individuals bathed once a year for Easter, many weddings were held in June when the weather was nice enough for people to celebrate outside. Baths were recent enough that people were just beginning to smell again, so brides carried bouquets of flowers to mask the smell. Another part of the symbolism of flowers is even older, from Ancient Rome. Brides there carried bouquets of herbs in order to ward off evil spirits and signify their purity.

Are you a bride with a green thumb, or maybe just one who loves to take on do it yourself projects? Well, if you are getting married next year, you still have enough time to grow some of your own wedding flowers. These are some suggestions on how to grow the blossoms you will want for your wedding, as well as some potential pitfalls of which you should be aware.