Have you picked out a florist yet? Do you know what kind of bouquet you’d like? Nosegay? Pompander? Cascading? Am I speaking a foreign language? Ha! No worries – we are going to break it down to simple terms that we can all understand!

Bouquet Shapes

Composite

Made up of different petals or buds – wired together on a single stem

Cascade

A waterfall-like spill of blooms either anchored in a holder or hand tied

Pageant

Similar to Cascade, but slightly more compact and pulled together

Round

The more buttoned-up version of the hand-tied bouquet, tied with a ribbon

Hand Tied

A classic choice, its simply a dense bunch of flowers loosely tied together

Posy

One of the more popular options, its a small, round bouquet tied with ribbon

Pompander

A flower covered ball shape tied with a ribbon

(this is perfect for flower girls!)

Nosegay

A compact, cluster of flowers, wrapped tight and cut to one uniform length.

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