Should you use silk flowers for your wedding?

If you’ve decided to take the leap into artificial wedding flowers, one of the best options on the market right now are silk flowers. This product has come along leaps and bounds in the last few years.

High quality silk flowers

Good quality silk flowers can be soft and smooth to the touch just like a real flower, to the extent that it might be difficult for your guests to realise that they are fake!

While florists are often divided on the question of whether it can be acceptable to replace fresh flowers with artificial flowers for wedding arrangements, it is now agreed that a mix of silk flowers and real flowers can work beautifully for your event.

This is even easier if you opt for a selection of realistic-looking silk flowers – but remember, too, that silk flowers can be useful when you want something that may be out of season during the time of your wedding.

Your wedding bouquet will last forever

Silk flowers have the advantage of not being alive, and thus will not wilt if your wedding is during a hot summer day or freeze if the event takes place in the winter. You will be able to keep your silk wedding bouquet and table arrangements as mementoes of your big day for years to come, and they will still look as perfect as the day they were made. They don’t need to be watered or fed, and they won’t cause anyone in the vicinity with allergies to start sneezing!

Love the fresh, floral smell of authentic flowers? Well, they’ve even thought of a solution to that too, as most silk flowers can be sprayed with a perfume to mimic that classic scent.

Endless possibilities with silk flowers

Although the name suggests something different, most silk flowers are now made of either nylon or polyester fabrics. In recent years, silk flowers have caught the attention of wedding planners as they can be modified to create flowers in any shape, size or colour: yes, the options really are endless.

You can pick up silk flower versions of almost all popular wedding flowers, including bridal staples such as peonies, roses and lilies.

Silk flowers are still a great option for your wedding, especially considering the sheer variety of options they will afford you. Plus, you can think of it as an investment into something that you will be able to keep for years to come, unlike fresh flowers which will soon die after your wedding day.

And, if you’re a fan of the recent rainbow roses trend, you could jump on this bandwagon for your big day by creating your own version out of – you guessed it, artificial silk flowers.