09/14/2008
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Wedding Flowers
An Alternative To Peonies?

After visiting with a friend over the weekend who recently got married herself, I was pretty bummed to hear that Peonies are only in season from May-June.

After doing a little research, I found that there are lots of alternatives to Peonies, most of them being in the rose family. Let me also explain to you that I HATE typical roses, but these are absolutely gorgeous!

Photos to the left are: Peony, Cabbage Rose, Abraham Darby Rose, Juliet Rose, David Austin Rose

Decisions, decisions!
peony, rose, bouquet
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michellelynn's Black wedding
michellelynn
 |  Calgary, AB, Canada  |  09/15/2008
WOW! i love the cabbage rose, it totally looks like a peony. The peony is my flower of choice for my bouquet also, but depending on what month we get married in i might be out of luck also. my first choice for wedding month is september, and then i wont be able to get my peonies...good to know that i could just go with the cabbage rose. Thank you so much for posting that!!!
mrsb2b's White wedding
mrsb2b
 |  Bedford, USA  |  09/15/2008
You're very welcome!
I'm in love with the Cabbage Rose now too! I still can't believe how much it looks like a peony...I just hope they aren't too expensive!
scheri's Chocolate wedding
scheri
 |  Edmonton, AB, Canada  |  09/15/2008
Peonies are my favorite flowers and in the spring I have (5) different colors.  Unfortunately I had to have my wedding after Brian's niece Deana.  So I had a August wedding.

Check out my flowers had the same soft flowy feel as peonies.
soontobemrss's Pink wedding
soontobemrss
 |  Tipton, IA, USA  |  09/24/2008
When I went for my 1st appt. with my florist she explained the same thing. I love the Cabbage & Garden roses. Another flower she showed me that I want to incorrporate into them is the cymbidium orchid, they are sooo pretty!
madamedeficit's Blue wedding
madamedeficit
 |  Auckland, Greenwich, New zealand  |  03/18/2010
Thankyou so much for this, I was kind of.. devastated when I found out I couldn't have Peonies in my bouquet - because they're so lovely! Now I can ask if they perhaps stock these alternatives :)
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Simon
 |  London, H9, United kingdom  |  12/09/2010
Peonies are irreplaceable :)
www.peonyplants.net
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