If you’re ordering flowers for a Mother’s Day brunch (or any other special occasion this spring), sticking to seasonal blooms will keep your costs down and give your event a lovely, natural feel. Here are 15 spring flowers to start with, excerpted from Mindy Weiss’s newly revised nuptial bible The Wedding Book. 

15 Spring Flowers

• Cosmos
• Flowering branches such as apple, cherry, dogwood, forsythia
• Hyacinth
• Hydrangea
• Jasmine
• Lilac
• Lily of the valley
• Mimosa (acacia)
• Muscari (grape hyacinth)
• Peony
• Poppy
• Sweet pea
• Tulip
• Viburnum
• Violet

About the Book:

Everything you need to make the wedding of your dreams come true, no matter what your vision, taste, or budget.

Written by Mindy Weiss, the “megastar wedding planner” (People), The Wedding Book is the most comprehensive wedding guide published, and is now revised and updated for a new generation of brides- and grooms-to-be.

The Wedding Book is your fashion consultant, etiquette expert, menu planner, floral designer, and shoulder to lean on with advice if sticky family issues turn up. It’s an insider source for contract negotiation and budget-stretching tips. It explains how to get the most out of Etsy, Pinterest, Instagram, and other social apps and websites—including how to use Uber for guest transportation. Whatever the subject—cakes, stationery, video (including drones!), lingerie, tents, insurance, port-a-potties, party favors, the toasts, looking great in photos, tipping, thank-you notes—The Wedding Book has the answer.

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