Mum’s the word…

For those of you looking for flower ideas for your wedding perhaps you might like to celebrate the Birth Flower of the month in your forthcoming nuptials by incorporating them into your theme.

For November, the birth flower is the Chrysanthemum (sometimes called mums or chrysanths). Chrysanthemums come in a various forms such as daisy-like, decorative, pompons or buttons and are available in a vast range of colours from the traditional yellow to other popular colour choices of white, red and purple so they would blend nicely with most wedding colour schemes. You could use the flowers to adorn the tables at the wedding breakfast and the pews in the church or you could use them more subtly perhaps as the usher’s buttonholes or as part of the main bridal bouquet.

The meaning of the Chrysanthemum flower is ‘With Love and Cheerfulness’ and symbolises fidelity, optimism, joy and long life.

• A red chrysanthemum conveys love.
• A white chrysanthemum symbolises truth and loyal love.
• A yellow chrysanthemum means slighted love.

Birthstone: Topaz
Astrology Sign: Scorpio