Winter flowers?

You're not a dork for your wedding planning binder - cause I have one too! ;-)Or ... I'm just a dork too which is quite possible.

Your pics don't work. And I have a wedding binder, too. I just updated it yesterday with pics I've pulled out of magazines and ones I've printed off the internet. Nothing wrong with that!

Wikipedia says early spring to late autumn on the hydrangeas. FreshRoses.com has them available until October but they've got a list of flowers commonly available in Jan: http://www.freshroses.com/jan.html

I think white callas would look beautiful for a winter wedding :)

1. You aren't a dork for having a wedding planning binder. I don't know a bride who doesn't have one.

2. Now, for what flowers are available.... I am Jan. 2007 and I've done my research.... and it seems like each list I looked at of flowers was different. The best advice I can give is go as a florist that you are planning on going to, or a few that could be options to do your flowers... here is why: Just because an internet list or one florist's list says a certain flower is available doesn't mean they will carry it!

For my BM and MOH they will have a bouquet of white Cala Lillies.... mine will be a mixture of white flowers.

You're probably aware of the trend of adding crystall and beads to bouquets, but a particularly wintery bouquet I saw had pearls and white feathers in it.

fyi- there's jan08weddings out there (i maintain it). relatively inactive right now, but then again, we're all more than a year out right now :) when's yours?

no shame in binders. i totally have mine with me wherever i go.

i'm thinking callas and ranunculus for my own jan 08 wedding. depending on where you live vs. where you're getting your flowers from, prices can be all over the place; obviously, it's more expensive to get flowers from farther away (holland, for example, as compared to california). it all depends on what your local growers have in stock compared to what you need to have shipped.

hydragena is usually pretty pricey either way you could do blue or green hydrangea with green roses and green viburnum there are also really pretty green and white parrott tulips (they are kind of pricey too). i suggest calling a few florists and asking them if those flowers are available in december and then asking how much they are per stem. don't mention its for a wedding! you'll get a more honest answer this way. i'd call a few places too. if they ask what its for you can say a party you are throwing or something

oh and i would recommend the blue hydrangea with the green everything else that would look so pretty and then handtied in black satin ribbon

Flower ideas

I am pretty sure that delphinium is available for most of the year, as are dendrobrium orchids and belles of ireland. Delphinium is a LOVELY cool blue, the belles of ireland are green, and the orchids come in different colors (including a pale blue, I believe) These three flowers are really rather unique, and decently cost effective (this variety of orchid is easier to grow and less delicate, making it cheaper than the larger and fragile ones) I am rather fond of delphinium, and it looks great when mixed with anything white (including stephanotis, which can be decorated with snowy pears or crystals in it's centers)

Also very wintry: baby's breath. I saw a bouquet entirely of baby's breath with crystal stems scattered throughout, and it looked like snow. Also, baby's breath comes in shades of pink and purple, so it may be avaiilable in a blue also (a lot of breeds available in purple also are bred in blue)
(if not - there is a trick that anyone including florists can do with baby's breath and queen's anne's lace wherein you put it in a vase of colored water overnight or so, and it soaks up the color and dyes the blooms. I used to do this when I belonged to a horticulture club)

There are several varieties of roses out there, including a a blushing blue color (I know of one variety called "blue girl" and I don't recall the names of any other breed, but they've had more and more in the past several years) Roses are so widely bred for commercial purposes they are available at ANY time of the year, and have gotten far more cost effective (they ship pretty easily as well)

There is a magazine that comes out a few times a year simply called "Wedding Flowers". You can find it at Barnes and Noble, and likely at Borders. It's a little expensive, but it is just dedicated to bouquets and floral decorations, and has great ideas.