Nowadays, many wedding flowers are now available all year round, including such favourites such as roses, carnations and orchids. However, many other floral favourites have a limited season, among them some of the most beautiful summer wedding flowers. From dainty little blooms such as sweet pea to primadonnas such as peonies and dahlias, summertime's sunshine brings with it a plethora of beautiful varieties. Excited about summer blooms, we've put together an essential guide to what wedding flowers are in season for summer.
We are big fans of using flowers when they're naturally in bloom or locally-grown as it makes them a more sustainable choice, it's more likely that your florist will be able to get a hold of them and they will be good value for your money. Today we're sharing our essential guide to summer wedding flowers, a list of what flowers are in season in summer in both Ireland and the UK and some sample bouquet recipes to help you make the most of what nature has to offer this time of year. Don't forget to pin your faves to take to your wedding florist, and scroll to the end for our list of what wedding flowers are in season in summer!
Summer Bouquet Inspiration
One Fab Day bride Brooklynne's bouquet is a soft, romantic, and elegant creation that leans heavily into a classic, feminine aesthetic. Featuring roses, sweet pea and lisianthus, it's ideal for a refined, modern bride who loves timeless beauty with a gentle, airy feel.
An assortment of garden roses and blousy peonies take centre stage in this dreamy summer bouquet by Kristine Hayes Wedding Design.
Bride Evie's bouquet by Myrtle and Thorn featured a romantic collection of summer wedding flowers in various shades of pink and burgundy alongside orchids and anthurium and a little 'something blue'.
This The Florist on the Hill bouquet for bride Sarah is delightful mix of roses, gerbera daisies, lisianthus, scabiosa and peony.
This Your Bloom drop dead gorgeous oversized bouquet filled with roses, sweet pea peonies and more, is giving us all the heart eyes!
A tisket, a tasket, a bridesmaids floral basket! We're head over heels for this summer wedding flowers idea that Maite Mach created for One Fab Day couple Emma & Ciarán's bridal party.
One Fab Day bride Megan's summer wedding bouquet by Infusion Wedding Concepts was a soft, romantic mix of seasonal flowers in pastel and warm tones and featured dahlias, roses, zinnias, bellflowers (Campanula), sweet pea and white cosmos.
What a dreamy summer bouquet by Flora Nova Design! This bouquet which embodies classic elegance features white peonies, blush and pale pink roses, Italian ruscus and jasmine vine.
Oh hello gorgeous summer blooms! Flowers from the Secret Garden dreamt up this freshly picked style bouquet featuring peonies, poppies, roses, stock, scabiosa and phlox.
Yesca's Flowers created this jaw-dropping summer wedding flowers bouquet full of garden roses and darling white blooms for bride Michelle.
Emily's bridal bouquet by Amy Annand Flowers is a vibrant and joyful explosion of both late spring and early summer blooms, bursting with colour and playful charm. Featuring ranunculus, peonies, sweet pea and daisies, it's ideal for a cheerful, whimsical, or garden-themed wedding.
Yesca's Flowers designed this dreamy all-rose creation in cerise, peach, and coral tones for an outdoor summer wedding in Ireland.
This bright and bold beauty by Kristine Hayes Wedding Design features a gorgeous array of roses and clematis hand tied with a trailing silk ribbon.
This peachy perfect bouquet by A Room in Bloom is filled to the brim with coral gerbera daisies, peach roses and ranunculus, lilac stock, sweetpea and scabiosa, and sweet daisies.
Beach Plum Flowers created this utterly swoon-worthy bouquet for One Fab Day bride Marguerite featuting an array of peach and cream-toned roses and dahlias.
Perfect for our colour-loving bride, Flowerpop designed this epic colourful creation filled with peonies, roses, snapdragon, stock and anthurium.
The happiest little posy! We've all the heart eyes for this sunny wildflower summer wedding flowers creation which featured sunflowers, Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia), Strawflowers (Helichrysum) in orange and red hues, mini white daisies and Queen Anne’s lace.
This lush and garden-inspired bouquet by Blooming Fern Co. boasted a colour palette that spans from peachy corals to purples, lavenders, and pops of yellow—perfect for a whimsical, summer wedding. It featured an array of gorgeous summer wedding flowers including; dahlias, ranunculus, scabiosa, clematis, yarrow (Achillea), snapdragon and Grevillea to name but a few.
This gorgeous creation by The Flower Witch with sweetpea, peonies, daisies, Queen Anne's Lace, trailing amaranth and strawberry branches for One Fab Day bride Lorraine is summer garden in a bouquet!
This striking red bridal bouquet was created by Bella Botanica using peonies, bouvardia, beech foliage and roses.
This unashamedly pretty summer wedding flowers bouquet by Flowers by Darlo is made up of the peonies, cosmos, stock amaranth and the daintiest sweet pea.
This pretty in pink bouquet by Petite Fleurs features two summer primadonnas, peonies and roses.
Clean, refined, and slightly modern while still romantic, this elegant summer bridal bouquet by Statice features a soft, romantic palette of yellows, whites, creams, and blush tones, and features yellow garden roses, white anemones, blush roses, white ranunculus, astilbe, and various leaves, including ruscus or gardenia foliage.
Hello fun! This colourful creation by Wild Feather Event Styling is bold, avant-garde, and full of personality—perfect for a modern or disco-inspired summer celebration! It features purple anthuriums, dyed baby's breath in various pastel and neon shades: pink, orange, lavender, and white, as well as dyed asparagus fern in a neon chartreuse or yellow-green tone.
Thought wine was more of an Autumnal colour? Think again. This summer bride held a deep-hued bouquet featuring in-season blooms like cosmos, dahlias, scabiosa, clematis, Queen Anne's Lace, and phlox by Blume Studio for her beachy wedding.
Bride Jenny's summer wedding flower bouquet is elegant, airy, and romantic, evoking a timeless and luxurious feel with its soft, muted color palette and delicate textures.
The soft, muted colours of this rose, ranunculus and sweet pea ombre bouquet by Nava Florals are reminiscent of the limpid light of long summer evenings.
For a more moodier summer bouquet, we adored One Fab Day bride Jet's late summer Wallflower creation which featured bold pink dahlia, blousy white roses, chocolate cosmos, love-in-a-mist sweetpea, lunaria and springs of lavender to name but a few.
Having a late summer wedding? How about this beauty? The mix of fresh blooms and dried stems makes this otherwise classically romantic bouquet so chic and modern. We love the texture Fleur Weddings brought in by the poppy seed pod, pampas grass and oat stalks.
Perfect for a mid to late summer wedding, bride Louise's bouquet has a beautifully wild, garden-inspired look with a soft but richly varied colour palette. It blends classic blooms such as dahlia, hydrangea, snap dragon and cosmos with foraged, organic textures.
A pretty pastel summer wedding bouquet by The French Touch for bride Katie filled with roses, lisianthus and sweet pea.
To match their sunny country house celebration, Mary Kathryn's blue-hued bouquet by Cleggan Farm Flowers was filled blue and white Hydrangeas, chrysanthemums and campanula.
This summer bouquet by Vintage Rose Company is a textural, romantic blend of pink tones with a wild, foraged twist—perfect for a modern, slightly boho wedding look. The seed pods add an extra level of texture.
For her summer celebration, One Fab Day bride Kristina carried a posy of white cosmos, feverfew, ammi and eryngium. A gorgeous example of “wildflower chic”—it’s effortless yet intentional.
This joyful dahlia, ranunclus, yellow yarrow (Achillea) and sweet pea bouquet by Floralearth for One Fab Day bride Rebecca has an air of informality and uncontrived natural beauty.
This richly coloured bouquet by Wisteria Florist filled with coral charm peonies, ranunculus, roses, and mixed textures of greenery is sophisticated in mood and grand in scale.
Soft, romantic, and elegantly vintage in style, bride Delani's bouquet by Ashley Fox Designs featured summer wedding flowers in muted, pastel tones with a slightly antique feel. That lisianthus, warm caramel rose and delphinium combo is giving us serious heart eyes!
Bold, vibrant, and full of personality, this fun bouquet by Flowerpop was perfect for our fun-loving, bride Jessica. It featured an array of roses in peach and lilac, dahlias, clematis and campanula.
We've got serious heart eyes for bride Danielle's coral charm peony and rose bouquet by Richard Haslam!
A-Z of Seasonal Summer Wedding Flowers
- Achillea (Yarrows)
- Alchemilla Mollis (Lady’s Mantle)
- Alliums
- Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas)
- Amaranthus
- Ammi Majus (Queen Anne's Lace, Cow Parsley)
- Anemones early summer
- Antirrhinum (Dragon Flowers, Snapdragons)
- Agapanthus (African Lily)
- Aruncus (Goat's Beard)
- Astilbe
- Astrantia (Hattie's Pincushion)
- Aquilegia (Granny’s Bonnet or Columbine) early summer
- Avalanche Roses
- Bachelor’s Button
- Bouvardia
- Bupleurum (Hares ear)
- Californian Poppy (Iceland Poppy)
- Campanula (Bell Flower)
- Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse)
- Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)
- Chamelaucium (Waxflower)
- Cornflower (Bachelor's Button)
- Clematis
- Cornflower
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Daisies
- David Austin Roses
- Delphiniums (Larkspur)
- Dianthus (Pinks)
- Digitalis (Foxglove) June/July
- Etlingera Elatior (Torch Ginger, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger)
- Eremurus (Foxtail Lilies or Desert Candles)
- Eryngium (Thistle)
- Flowering Mint
- Freesia
- Gardenia
- Garden Rose
- Geum (Avens)
- Genista (Broom) late spring to early summer
- Gladiolus (Sword Lily)
- Heather late spring to early summer
- Honeysuckle
- Hydrangea
- Iris late spring to early summer
- Larkspur
- Lavender
- Lilac late spring to June
- Lily of the Valley
- Limonium (Sea Lavender)
- Lupins
- Lysimachia
- Mentha (Mint Flower)
- Mock Orange Blossom
- Nigella Damascena (Love-In-A-Mist, Ragged Lady)
- Oregano flowers
- Origanum
- Orlaya grandiflora (White lace flower)
- Peonies
- Plox
- Ranunculus
- Rudbeckia (Coneflowers, Black Eyed Susan)
- Saponaria
- Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
- Stachys (Betony, Purple Betony, Wood Betony, Bishopwort)
- Stock
- Sunflowers
- Sweet William
- Sweet Pea
- Tanacetum (Tansy or Feverfew)
- Verbena
- Veronica (Speedwell)
- Weigela
- Zinnias
For more wedding flower ideas check out all our floral inspiration archives here.
You can also find our hand-picked selection of recommended florists in Ireland here.
