6 Wedding Flower Trends That Will Take Over in 2025

Regardless of whether you want a minimalist or an opulent aesthetic for your wedding day, your flowers can make or break a celebration’s overall vibe—and budget. The average couple typically spends between eight and 10 percent of the money they’ve earmarked for their nuptials on blooms. It makes sense: Florals are usually incorporated into every aspect of your ceremony and celebration—from your bouquets and boutonnières to ceremony arches and table arrangements. 

While flowers may be a wedding constant, floral trends come and go, and while it’s important to stay true to what makes the most sense for you and your partner when it comes to selecting your blooms, looking to forthcoming trends can oftentimes help you discover new possibilities that you may not have previously considered. Here, we tapped expert florists and designers and asked them to share all of the flower trends they’re anticipating for 2025. From bold colors to unexpected placements, the pros are sharing what you can expect to see at any ceremony or reception. Their ideas just might give you a much-needed spark of inspiration. 

Integrating New Shapes and Movement

For some couples, traditional floral installations, such as a ceremony arch, are a necessity on their big day—but more florists are fielding requests to add in unexpected elements to these timeless fixtures, like an off-center design or a brand-new shape. “Asymmetrical arch designs have been trending for a few years and will continue to in 2025,” says Rachel Cho, a luxury florist and the CEO of Rachel Cho Floral Design. “Couples are also looking for a design with a lot of movement to create that ethereal look and feel for their wedding, and asymmetrical arrangements nail that.” 

Ashley Mueller and Katie Reisman, the team behind Ash + Oak, a contemporary floral design house, also anticipate seeing more unique installation structures—rather than the traditional arch or circle in the coming year. “[We see more couples] moving towards curved shapes that create modern silhouettes with expansive coverage,” they say. 

Embracing One Flower Type

More isn’t necessarily better, and that’s true even when it comes to your wedding flowers. While there’s nothing wrong with integrating many different varieties into your décor, bouquets, and centerpieces, florists anticipate more couples sticking to just one type in 2025. “Using one type of flower to create an impactful moment either as a centerpiece or a bridal bouquet creates a simple but very impactful look,” Cho says. “This was a trend in past years, however the difference in 2025 is the designs are not tight and compact. Instead it will be one type of flower that is designed in an artful, loose, and an organic way to create that impact.”

This trend may also appear in the flowers of the wedding party. Lauren Anderson and Rachel Bridgwood, co-founders of Sweet Root Village, a floral design and installation company, predict seeing even more monotype bridal-party bouquets. “One variety in a bouquet lends itself to a modern twist on classic blooms and is far more impactful,” they add. 

Bold, Unexpected Colors and New Varieties

While bright colors aren’t necessarily a new trend when it comes to wedding flowers, florists say unexpected shades and combinations will dominate in 2025. “We have been seeing a lot of new colors and varieties in various types of flowers such as roses, carnations, lisianthus, and more,” Cho says. “This allows us as designers to create a palette and combine colors in a way that can be unique to a particular couple.” 

Rather than muted tones, designers and florists expect more couples to gravitate toward primary colors (yellow, red, and blue) that are impossible to miss or ignore. “[We’re seeing] bold color palettes composed of high-contrast colors. We’re moving towards embracing different shades of primary colors as well as electric greens and saturated tones, and moving away from softer color palettes like blush, mauve, and white,” Mueller and Reisman say. Anderson and Bridgwood have a similar prediction: “We’re still seeing a lot of interest in bold color palettes featuring unexpected color combos and we love it,” they add. 

Centerpieces With “Residential” Vibes 

In lieu of formal arrangements that scream “wedding,” more couples are embracing cozier, more relaxed floral styles, just like the ones you might see in a well-appointed home. “For table centerpieces, we’re seeing less classic, tall, ballroom-style arrangements (unless they’re more sculptural) and more of a curated ‘residential’ vibe that includes lamps and styling elements,” Anderson and Bridgwood say. These additional elements may come in the form of added greenery, plants, or rocks rather than more flowers. 

Potted Plants on the Aisle

Another wedding flower trend that will bloom in 2025? Expect to see echoes of the cottagecore trend that defined 2020: Mueller and Reisman anticipate seeing potted vignettes throughout the aisle and at the altar. “[They may use] multiple sizes, shapes, and textures of pots with florals instead of plants to create visual interest,” they explain. 

Leaning Into Flowers as Art

Beyond adding color or texture to your wedding day, flowers are now often viewed as an artistic endeavor—with some couples choosing to have their blooms reflect the style of a dramatic painting or sculptural design. “Arrangements in the Dutch Masters style are being more widely implemented at weddings and we love seeing that,” Anderson and Bridgwood say. “It’s so encouraging when clients view flowers as more of an artistic element rather than just a pretty accent (although they’re certainly that, too!).”

Florists also see this trend reflected in the rejection of expected combinations and formulas. “Couples are moving away from the traditional one table, one centerpiece formula,” Mueller and Reisman say. Rather than the predictable prescription for wedding blooms, they’re expecting to see more couples curating smaller, more artistic pieces that focus on unique, texture-forward flowers, such as oncidium orchids, and combining them with other elements, such as plants, rocks, and even edible ingredients. 

Rather than limiting flowers to table arrangements and bridal party bouquets, we also may see more couples place pockets of blooms in unexpected places throughout their ceremony and reception to create a museum-like feeling. “We expect to see floral installations in unusual places, such as bathrooms, around the tables, within reception seating with the intent for it to feel more like an artistic installation,” Mueller and Reisman say. “[By doing so, they’ll] create a full and robust installation between tables for guests’ viewing pleasure and to surprise and delight.”