One of our favorite things about working with flowers is seasonality. This may seem obvious but flowers have specific conditions they need to grow in and that means sometimes they aren’t available. Sometimes it’s easy to forget when you’re saving wedding flower inspiration on Pinterest that some of those flowers might not be available when you’re getting married.
That doesn't mean you have to completely change your vision or limit you. We are fortunate enough to work with wonderful wholesalers year round that are able to source beautiful flowers for your wedding, even if it’s snowing outside in Colorado.
Understanding what's naturally available during your wedding season simply gives you more options for creating flowers that feel beautiful, intentional, and realistic for the time of year.
Knowing what’s in season during your wedding can also open up a host of options that you didn’t know what possible. So while we might not be able to get you peonies in September, there is a whole host of other flowers we would love to use to bring your vision to life.
Spring Wedding Flowers in Colorado
Spring is a beautiful time for soft, romantic flowers.
Depending on availability, spring weddings may feature flowers like:
Tulips
Sweet peas
Anemones
Ranunculus
Lilacs
Peonies later in the season
Flowering branches
Narcissus
Spring is especially well suited to garden-inspired designs with soft colors, delicate textures, and lots of movement.
Summer Wedding Flowers in Colorado
Summer gives us a huge range of options.
Depending on the timing of your wedding, you may see:
Dahlias
Garden roses
Cosmos
Delphinium
Lisianthus
Zinnias
Yarrow
Queen Anne's lace
Seasonal grasses and greenery
Summer is a great season for couples who love a wild, colorful, garden-inspired look.
And because Colorado has such a distinct landscape, summer flowers can look especially beautiful paired with natural textures and locally inspired colors.
Fall Wedding Flowers in Colorado
Fall is one of our favorite seasons for rich, textural floral design.
Depending on availability, fall weddings may include:
Dahlias
Garden roses
Cosmos
Chrysanthemums
Amaranth
Scabiosa
Strawflower
Seasonal foliage
Grasses and pods
Fall doesn't have to mean orange and rust.
You can create a timeless fall wedding with soft neutrals, muted blush, deep burgundy, earthy greens, or almost any color palette you love.
Winter Wedding Flowers in Colorado
Winter weddings can be incredibly beautiful and don't have to feel limited. Winter floral design often leans into texture, shape, and seasonal elements. And while we love the timeless feel of a white and green wedding in winter, you don’t have to limit your color palette either. There are so many options to create your colorful winter wedding.
Depending on availability, designs may include:
Roses
Anemones
Ranunculus
Fritallaria
Hellebore
Evergreens
Winter can also be a great time to create something more minimal and architectural, or to lean into a cozy, layered look.
What if my favorite flower isn't in season?
This is where working with a florist can be really helpful. If you love dahlias, for example, but your wedding is outside their typical season, let us know and trust our expertise.
Rather than simply saying "no," we can talk through what you love about that flower. Is it the shape? The softness? The color? The full, garden-like look?
Once we know what you actually love about it, we can source flowers with a similar feeling that may be more realistic for your wedding date.
You can still bring your Pinterest inspiration
You don't need to stop pinning flowers just because some of them may not be available.
Save everything you love.
Your florist can help you look at your inspiration as a whole and pull out the common threads—color, texture, movement, shape, and overall feeling.
Sometimes the final design won't contain every flower from your inspiration board, but it can still capture exactly what you loved about those images in the first place.
That's one of our favorite parts of the design process and your trust in us means everything!
Planning your Colorado wedding flowers
Your wedding date doesn't have to dictate your entire floral vision. Seasonality simply gives us a starting point and if you trust us, can open up a whole collection of flowers you didn’t even know existed!
At Fable House, we create romantic, organic, and timeless wedding flowers for couples celebrating in Denver and throughout Colorado. We'll help you figure out what flowers make sense for your date while keeping the overall feeling of your wedding at the center of the design.