Advice please: white flowers for April wedding.

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Hi all; DS is getting married in mid April next year. I have somewhat rashly agreed to decorate long tables for the reception. They want lots of greenery in swathes with white flowers. To save money I’m thinking of growing the flowers… but what to grow? I have three sunny veg beds I can use, and a greenhouse which can be heated. We are in Warwickshire in case that makes a difference temperature wise. I won’t be doing bouquets, might be doing some at the church, possibly pre ends.
Any suggestions gratefully received!

An obvious suggestion is to put in a lot of white narcissi - maybe a few different types with a bit of a spread of predicted flowering date? My favourite is Thalia which is graceful, pure white.

I got married in April and had white tulips and white hyacinth for my reception flowers.

I think I might have also had some flowers that are white/green - Bells of Ireland and some hellebores,I think

We had ivy and lots of bunches of gypsophila. Cheap but effective?

Thank you! I was thinking Hellebores. The tulips etc sound lovely.
Any more ideas for flowers to go into garlands along the middle of the long tables, along with lots of greenery?

Weigh up the cost of buying loads of tulip, hyacinth and narcissus bulbs (in the hope they will be in flower at the right time) with the cost of just buying flowers. To be honest, your best bet is shedloads of greenery - including variegated & silver leaved varieties, with ribbons etc - and fewer flowers.

I used to help my mum do church flower arranging years ago, and it is amazing just how few flowers you can actually get away with!

I’d bulk out the previous great suggestions with a few white spray carnations, as they’re always available. You might be able to get some white roses in the supermarket.

Good points about the cost of bulbs and timing of flowering! I could indeed spend more than I would buying flowers. I ‘m inspired by a friend who fid flowers for her son’s wedding using greenery from her (extensive) garden and flowers mainly from the supermarkets.

I agree with the narcissi, but I'd avoid paperwhite narcissi, to some people ( including me) they smell like cat wee!

You can get white forget me nots which would flower around then

Thank you!

I agree about just buying flowers rather than risk things not being ready in time . My tulips were out in April last year but not til mid May this year. For greenery I’d recommend buying some small eucalyptus gunni and planting in now - very expensive to buy and grows fast.

I grow my own flowers for fun but actually once you’ve bought the seeds/bulbs/compost etc buying them from a supermarket would be much cheaper..

Just a thought that hellebores don't last long cut (for me anyway) and also hard to see their beauty from above.
I'm wondering about white anemones?

Hesperis (Sweet rocket) flowers around that time and has a lovely scent.

Although I agree that supermarket flowers may well end up being cheaper and you can't guarantee that home grown flowers will bloom in time but, if you would like a garden full of white narcissus and hyacinth, why not try growing a few? The bulbs will come back year after year. You can usually pick up big mixed sacks of bulbs themed by colour on offer for not too much money from places like Wilko or B&Q or wholesalers like Brookside nursery.

You could also try growing a fast growing white clematis or winter flowering Cool Wave pansies that bloom pretty much all year round. Table arrangements are best kept low so they don't get in the way. Ivy and clematis intertwined could look good or little pots of pansies.

I agree with @chesirecat99 with the pansy suggestion , white pansies or violas would be lovely in a little vintage pot , or a plastic pot covered ( hidden ) with fabric
Add some Ivy leaves trailing along .. perfect
I did my nieces table flowers , which were small blue bottles with lisianthus and gypsophila ( from Tesco ) green leaves from the garden and then a white ribbon tied in a bow round the neck of the bottle

I really don’t like carnations , ( not my wedding though ! ) but supermarkets usually have good flowers , white roses , tulips , also have a look at the small potted plants , I bought some Flaming Katie’s , which are fab , and would look good in a pot , or a tea cup / jam jar etc depending on their theme