Colour: You can generally see the flashes of colour in a diamond when it is exposed to sunlight. A diamond’s colour is judged according to a grading system which determines its value. This is how the grading system works.
D, E, F = colourless
G, H, I, J = near colourless
K, L, M = faint yellow
N, O, P, Q, R = very light yellow
S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z = light yellow
Grade D is the most expensive, and as you work your way down to grade Z the prices drop.

Cut: The accuracy of how well the diamond is cut will determine the brightness of the colour and how well it sparkles, so it is vital that the diamond is cut accurately. Still, the cost is mostly determined by the portion and the finish. Diamonds can be cut into a variety of fancy shapes; common ones include pear, marquise, emerald, and oval shapes.

Clarity: Clarity refers to the amount of flaws a stone has. An inclusion is an internal flaw, while a blemish is an external flaw. Of course, you will be hard presses to find a flawless stone, so this is how clarity is judged:
FI = flawless
IF = internally flawless
WS1/WS2 = very very slightly imperfect
VS1/VS2 = very slight imperfect
SI1/SI2 = slightly imperfect
I1/I2/I3 = imperfect
If a stone is rated as I1/I2/I3 that means the imperfections are visible to the naked eye. If possible, avoid buying these diamonds.

Carat: When people ask what size a diamond is, they are generally referring to how many carats it has. A carat defines the weight of the stone. Slight changes in size can affect the price tremendously.

Sometimes a fifth C is added, referring to a diamond certificate. A diamond certificate provides you with the 4Cs – colour, cut, clarity, and carat – and, therefore, the diamond’s value. Get one – it’s a small price to pay for peace of mind.

Mail-Order Brides

This is a label that is considered offensive by some definitions because of the negative stereotype mail-order brides have received. A mail-order bride is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another country, which is usually more financially developed. Often brides come to Canada, the USA, and Australia from the Philippines, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, and to a lesser extent Latin America.

Historically, mail order brides were women who listed themselves in catalogues and were selected by men for marrying. Sometimes the men and women were citizens of different countries (i.e., a women from a European country moving to the United States), and sometimes they were citizens of the same country. Usually, however, the women were from different, developing countries.

In the past, international marriage agencies allowed women to sign up to be listed in picture magazines and catalogues, but the Internet has largely eliminated this. Now women are able to register on websites, have their picture and biography posted, and contact men interested in them via email. In the past, these women would move to a country to marry a man without even meeting, or talking to him, but now she is able to talk to him, and a courtship process is possible. Normally, a man who is interested in finding a mail-order bride will buy a membership to one or more agencies that allow him to meet and communicate with potential brides. He is able to travel to the country where the agency is based, and meet many of the women there. He is able to go on private dates with the women that he is interested in, and is even able to propose marriage. Women are able to be selective and do not have to marry the first man who is interested in them, but many do because they are desperate to leave their homeland. Leaving with any man is better than living in poverty and despair.

The term mail-order brides originated during the colonial period when men travelled through various empires for financial gain. After they had established themselves in their new colony and began to generate an income they faced three choices: 1. Stay single, 2. Marry a local indigenous women, or, 3. Seek an available women to come from the metropolitan centre or their mother country. Many chose the later option. Often the marriages were arranged by members of the immigrant’s family back home and the relatives picked and negotiated amongst available women to find the one that would suit their family member. The women were often willing to travel because there was limited opportunity for marriage where they lived.

Nowadays, the men who are interested in mail-order brides are often relatively wealthy and have been divorced, or have not had success with women in the past. In many cases, they decide to pursue a woman from a less developed country because they believe that such women will be submissive to them, as opposed to the more independent women from their home country. They see such women as being more appreciative of them than others. These men also choose brides that are significantly younger, often by 20 or 30 years.

In recent years, in the United States, there have been several high profile murder cases, which have drawn a lot of attention to mail-order brides. Three separate cases in the past twenty years have resulted in a mail-order bride being murdered by her husband. In 2002, a mail-order bride was charged with poisoning her husband.

However, the success rate of these marriages in the United States is actually quite high. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reported that “…marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages have lasted over the years…” The report continues that mail-order brides and email correspondence services result in 4000 to 6000 marriages each year between American men and foreign brides.

Arranged Marriages

An arranged marriage is often a perplexing thought to many of us living in the Western hemisphere since we have accepted love and traditional marriage as the norm. But as more and more people immigrate to North America, more and more arranged marriages are occurring here – families that immigrate want their children to remember and embrace their culture, and one way of doing this is by selecting their spouse for them, often from their home country. An arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by someone other than the couple getting wed, curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship.

Arranged marriages have deep roots in royal and aristocratic families around the world. Today, however, arranged marriages are commonly only found in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and India. Arranged marriages are also found in cultures where dating is not prevalent; they are able to bring people together who may have otherwise not met. In these cultures, arranged marriages are seen as the norm and are accepted by young adults. Even where courtship practices are becoming fashionable, young adults tend to view arranged marriages as an option to fall back on. In these cases, the parents become welcome partners in a hunt for marital bliss.

Arranged marriages are generally passed down as a tradition throughout some cultures through generations. Parents who take their son or daughter’s marriage into their own hands have themselves been married by the same process. If their child chooses a love marriage or even courtship over an arranged marriage it is seen as a failure on the part of the parents to maintain control of their child. Denying an arranged marriage is seen as a sign of disrespect toward the family.

Usually the most important aspect of choosing a suitable spouse is the bond between the two families, not the relationship between the couple being wed. Other factors the families consider are: his/her economic status, family reputations, education, vocation, looks, religion, and sometimes, the dowry. Property or land sometimes seals the marriage agreement.

When an arrangement is made, if both people are of age, the wedding should occur as soon as possible; engagements are not lengthy like they can be in the Western world. Sometimes, the couple will marry within two weeks of the proposal. Even with this short preparation period, and marriage to sometimes a complete stranger only 5-7% of arranged marriages end in divorce, compared to 50% of traditional American marriages. However, you must take the cultural norms of such marriages into account – usually cultures that practice arranged marriages see divorce as bringing disgrace to their family and therefore remain in the marriage even if they are not happy. They stay together because it is what is expected of them.

Online Marriages

Online dating or Internet dating is a dating system which allows individuals, couples, and groups to make contact and communicate with each other over the Internet, usually with the objective of developing a personal romantic or sexual relationship, with marriage becoming a common outcome after courtship. Online dating services provide unmoderated (usually) matchmaking over the Internet, through the use of personal computers or cell phones.

Initially, online dating and matchmaking sites had a negative stereotype attached to them – that people who searched online for love were lonely and desperate. However, over time public attitudes toward online dating are becoming more positive, and people are more comfortable talking about it, as the volume of online daters has grown in recent years. In the United States residents spent $469.5 million on online dating and personals in 2004, and over $500 million in 2005. Online dating is the largest segment of “paid content” online other than pornography. The US dating market is expected to increase spending to $932 million by 2011.

People who are investing so much into online dating sites, to find “the one”, are seeing positive outcomes. About one in ten Internet-using adults or roughly 16 million people have visited a dating website or another site where they can meet people online. Thirty-one percent of all adults say they know someone who used a dating website. Forty-three percent of online daters, nearly 7 million, have gone on dates with people they met through the sites, and 17 percent, or 3 million, started long-term relationships or married their online dating partners. Seems like the Internet is a pretty good matchmaker!

When it comes to marriage, everyone is an expert with opinions aplenty on whom to marry, when to do it, and how to keep it going once the last of the confetti has fallen. Getting married is often the biggest event of a person’s life, with the entire process being a whirlwind for many – from meeting their future spouse through to the honeymoon, with countless dramas and surprises occurring along the way. Getting married has become even more complicated in the 21^st century with many couples opting NOT to marry for reasons ranging from the expense, fear of commitment or losing oneself in the tradition. These are all reasons to not get married, but there are many reasons FOR marriage, even if it’s just to have someone always tell you when you have toilet paper stuck to your shoe!

You’ve found the one for you:
So that’s it. You found the person that you want to share your life with. This person has seen the best and the worst of you and still wants to see more. Knowing you have found the one is a source of countless love songs and bad poetry, yet only the people involved can actually know if marriage is the next logical step.

You are ready to commit for life:
Many people choose to live in de facto relationships with their partners, but being married is not just a religious ceremony, but a legally binding contract that offers protection and legal requirements for both parties involved. For many people, this represents the ultimate commitment.

Someone to blame when stuff goes missing:
Always cursing yourself when you have misplaced your keys or the remote? Well one of the beauties of marriage is that you now have a built-in blaming system for which you can blame your spouse for whatever idiotic behavior has lead to a missing item, even if the accusations are unjustified; it is a well-known fact that yelling about a missing object immediately makes it appear.

A great party thrown in your honour:
Unless you are the shy type who does not enjoy being the focus of the attention, the wedding ceremony and its subsequent lead up events can be reason enough for marriage, not to mention the events that follow. From your first night together to your first anniversary, marriage provides an excellent foundation for quality gifts and experiences for the starring couple.

You can stop getting fixed up:
Almost reason for marriage alone after any particularly bad date, marriage does provide the perfect excuse for letting down those interested parties who may not return the affection. “Dinner? Oh, I’m sorry, I’m married”. Sounds far better then: “I think I’m busy that night doing anything else in the world”. Of course the trade off is that you no longer get to experience the hilariously diverse world of the modern dating scene, having to live vicariously through friends.

Always have a +1:
Being married can have many significant advantages, if not only for the wingman at family and friends events that can fill an awkward silences, save you from strained conversations and provide a reason to leave early. “Oh we would love to stay but unfortunately (spouse) is just not feeling well”.

Someone contractually obligated to care when you get the sniffles:
Often the forgotten vow in many marriages, being there in sickness and health can sometimes be the clinchers for many successful marriages as who can you love more than the loving hand that provides aspirin or soup when you’re sick?

Improved chance of getting lucky without need of alcohol:
While certainly not a guarantee, getting married may certainly improve some people’s chances of a higher strike rate than in their dating years.

Someone to listen to your stories for the umpteenth time:
Yes, you may honestly believe that the story from that day on the lake is the funniest one you have in your entertaining arsenal, so chances are that your spouse heard it on your first date. Of course, the benefits of marriage mean that while they may have indeed heard it before, they may humour you by hearing it again, even with its new exaggerations and plot twists.

Sounding board for life:
Of course, one of the greatest points of marriage can sometimes be the fact that you have found someone who loves you no matter what, even when you are irrational, unpredictable, and completely insane, they can provide either an excellent sounding board or a sparring partner.

Marriage is a great source of amusement and jokes for most people, both those who are living it and those who are mere observers. But all jokes aside, marriage is a serious commitment that people take when they are ready to share their whole lives with one other person, and this means all their lives, the good and the bad.

Play with Shape: Arrangements with a just-picked, unstructured look are replacing the tightly bound bouquet and centerpiece shapes that were previously popular. To ensure that you have a modern look, not messy, make sure you choose the right flowers. Use hearty blooms, like lilies, orchids, and amaranths – they work well in looser arrangements because of the sleek shape of the individual bloom. You can also try including non-floral elements too, like feathers, berries, and crystals to add interest and depth.

Get into Navy: Sophisticated and classic navy is one of the hottest colours of 2009 for weddings. Many brides are daring to think beyond the basic baby blue by incorporating the darker shade into their floral scheme. Naturally, navy flowers may be hard to come by, but there are some options that are a close match: deep blue violets, thistles, and hydrangeas are available in various shades of blue and indigo, while roses are a versatile bloom and can be dyed any colour – including navy. Try pairing these bold navy blooms with white or ivory for a classic look, or yellow for a bright burst of colour.

Think Beyond the Vase: There are many options to consider besides the traditional vase. Consider instead mix and match clusters of unique containers like wood buckets, mason jars, cans, pitchers, antique urns, and uniquely shaped vases to add interest and reflect personality within your wedding theme. Some ideas are to: fill watering cans with wildflowers for a garden celebration, or use apothecary jars filled with sand and sea glass to complement a waterfront wedding.

 Lighten Up: Candles are always a popular choice for centerpieces; they are becoming even more popular as a budget and eco-friendly enhancement to traditional floral centerpieces. Ample candlelight lends the day a romantic, organic feel, while the natural resource saves electricity and drapes the setting with a dreamy, intimate glow.
Another way to enhance your arrangements with lighting and really make your centerpieces pop is through a technique called pinspotting. This advanced lighting design shines tiny beams of light from the ceiling to illuminate the centre of the arrangement.

Get Stoned: Say goodbye to light pastels and muted shades, and seek inspiration from the trinkets on your ears and wrist. Rich gemstone colours like amethyst, turquoise, and amber are hot on this year’s wedding palette.

Go Green!: Going green is easy when it comes to wedding flowers. Consult Mother Nature for inspiration and bring the outdoors inside. Natural objects like stones, leaves, pinecones, even twigs can add an organic aesthetic to your reception décor. Place these items in rustic containers or scatter them amongst pillar candles for added ambiance.

 Make it Personal: Further seeking to personalize their weddings, brides are using their wedding flowers to call out specific interests by incorporating unique items into bouquets and centerpieces and creating a conversation piece for guests.

Tie it Together: The hand tied bouquet continues to reign as the most popular bouquet style as brides opt for a more tailored and natural look to their wedding flowers. A fresh bunch of flowers gathered and wrapped in a wide satin ribbon presents the look of simple elegance, but brides wishing to up the glam of this otherwise simple look can embellish this bouquet with brooches, pins, and crystal picks.

Lose the Corsage: De rigueur brides are foregoing corsages and instead having the Mum’s carry nosegay bouquets or tussy mussy’s down the aisle. Beside the fact that corsages tend to conjure up memories of proms gone bad, there is a practical reason for this trend too – it saves the dress! Often dresses are made of fragile material, so keep from pulling and tearing the dress, just simply skip it!

1. Gardenia: Gardenias are beautiful, sweetly scented flowers that are pefect for corsages or make a beautiful impression when floating in a bowl or dish. These flowers represent purity and sweet love.

2. Freesia: Freesia gives off a sweet, citrus scent. These flowers symbolize innocence and friendship.

3. Jasmine: Sweet smelling jasmine has come to represent folly, glee, and cheerfulness.

4. Lavender: The scent of lavender is able to envelope a room. The tiny, powerful beauty represents admiration, solitude, and devotion.

5. Lilac: These strong scented flowers represent first emotions of love, and youthfulness – depending on the colour.

6. Casablanca Lily: ”I’m in heaven with you” say these stunning lilies.

7. Narcissus: These blooms represent formality and encourage you to stay as sweet as you are.

8. Orange Bossom: These flowers bring wisdom, as well as a beautiful sweet scent.

9. Rose: These sweetly scented flowers have many different meanings depending on their colour. See here for colour explanation.

10. Tuberose: This fragnant flower has been described as having a complex, exotic, sweet, floral scent.

Tying the knot this fall? Want to know what your choices are for the best wedding flowers? Here are the top ten flowers for autumn weddings:

BIRD OF PARADISE
The bird of paradise is an exotic flower that gives you one last glimmer at summertime. These exotic flowers have a green beak, orange and blue crest, and green leaves with a hint of silver. Birds of paradise are perfect for destination weddings, topical themed weddings or for decorating reception tables (they will give your reception a splash of colour). We recommend using these flowers in early autumn if you plan on focusing on a fall themed wedding since they are more tropical and do not play into Mother Nature’s natural colours as well as some other flowers may.   

BOUVARDIA
Bouvardias are loose clusters of starlet flowers that are tubular in shape and have a faint sweet scent. These beautiful flowers are most  popularly used in buttonholes, but they can also be used in low sitting centerpieces. Bouvardias can be found in white, yellow, pink, and red, making them ideal colours for a fall themed wedding.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Chrysanthemums are one of the most popular autumn flowers, although they are available year round, they grow during the fall season. These beautiful flowers come in a variety of sizes and colours, which makes them ideal for any type of wedding, and they can be used as fillers for floral arrangements or bridal bouquets. Don’t pass up the chance to add these stunning flowers to your wedding celebration.

DAHLIAS
Darling dahlias come in vibrant shades of yellow and red – ideal autumn wedding colours. With their multiple petals they can be a wonderful addition to your wedding as a centerpiece or floral arrangement.

DELPHINIUM
Delphiniums, a member of the buttercup family, are most popularly known to be blue, but you are also able to find this flower in gorgeous shades of pink and lilac. Delphiniums are perfect to use during a wedding reception to add height to table arrangement; they create a dramatic touch to your entire celebration.

GERBERA
Gerberas, like delphiniums, will create a dramatic and contemporary look for bouquets. They are available in over a hundred shades and colours, which makes them the most popular choice for autumn wedding since they can easily match any theme. It will not be difficult to decorate your wedding with this wonderful bloom.

HYDRANGEA
Another popular fall flower is hydrangeas. Hydrangeas have full blooms that come in gorgeous pastel shades such as soft white, pink, lilac, and light blue – soft white being the most popular for fall; pink, lilac, and light blue are more popular in the spring. Hydrangeas are great for creating table centerpieces, pedestal floral arrangements, as well as being used in the bridal bouquet.

ORCHID
If you want to add something exotic to your wedding then your best choice is to use outstanding orchids. These beautiful flowers are a staple at many weddings, where couples want to add an exquisite touch. Orchids come in either white or bright pink; they are stunning for modern table centerpieces, and bouquets.

PINK
Don’t let its name fool you, pinks come in other colours too – available in shades of pink to red. You can use these flowers to make beautiful round flower arrangements for the alter or for the bridal bouquet.

ROSE
The top ten autumn wedding flowers would not be complete without roses. Although it is not often associated with fall, you can use roses that are deep burgundy or yellow to add grace and beauty to your fall wedding, plus the strong message of romance and love.  

When you are picking flowers for your wedding you should take plenty of time since flowers are some of the most important aspects of wedding decorations. Hopefully these ten flowers can provide some insight into what flowers are popular for autumn weddings.

10. Iris
Meaning: faith and hope

9. Sunflower
Meaning: adoration

8. Wild flowers
Meaning: whimsical

7. Lilac
Meaning: “do you still love me?”

6. Carnation
Meaning: fascination

5. Orchid
Meaning: love, beauty, seduction and refinement

4. Lily
Meaning: beauty

3. Tulip
Meaning: perfect love

2. Daisy
Meaning: innocence, loyal love, and purity

1. Rose
Meaning: “I love you”

Like all flowers, roses convey specific meaning and symbolism based on their colour – whether they are pink, white, or orange, alone or in a bunch, they express specific meaning. Floriography, the language of flowers, can help explain the different colours of roses in order to understand their true meaning, and as a result, you can add a special message to any arrangement you send or create, plus you will be able to decipher any floral-coloured messages you may receive.

Red Roses:
Represent – love, respect, courage, passion, well-done, congratulations
Red roses have the powerful effect of bringing the idea of passion and true love immediately to mind, with a single red rose declaring “I love you”. Red roses, the rose with the most meaning than any other, are one of the most universal symbols. The colour red evolved from an early primal symbol for life into a metaphor for deep emotion; as a result, the mystique of the red rose has been a source of immeasurable inspiration for many.
Red rose’s history dates back to Roman and Greek mythology, where they believed that the red rose was closely tied with the goddess of love.  Many early cultures used red roses to decorate for weddings – a tradition that has lived on to present day. Through the practice of employing red roses in wedding ceremonies, the red rose has come to be known as a symbol for love and fidelity.
Stemming from weddings, red roses became part of the tradition of exchanging roses and other flowers as gifts of affection since the red rose sends the strongest message of love. This is a tradition that is still practiced today – whether red roses are included in a wedding celebration, sent for an anniversary, or “just because” – all arrangements make the statement of love and passion.

White Roses:
Represent – purity, secrecy, innocence, reverence, worthiness
The definition of what a white rose signifies differs from person-to-person. White roses can symbolize new beginnings, or they can be a sign of farewell (due to their association with honour and reverence they are commonly used at memorial services and funerals). However, they are also able to convey feelings of love, friendship, honour, and respect. But overall, white roses have become synonymous with innocence and purity. Whatever the reason, white roses will be deeply appreciated by the recipient.
White roses are often used in bridal ceremonies due to their wholesomeness and virtue. Varying from almost pure white to shades of ivory, white roses are the perfect choice for bridal bouquets, corsages, and arrangements. The white rose is also known as the bridal flower, making it the traditional wedding flower. Due to their title as the wedding flower, they have come to represent unity, virtue, and the pureness of a new bond of love. White roses are also the sign of young love, which further strengthens their connection to weddings. Bridal bouquets are often comprised of white roses and other white flowers due to their symbolism, which connects strongly with marriage.

Pink Roses:
Represent – happiness, elegance, romance, admiration, sweetness, thank you
Pink roses are another common colour to be included in bridal bouquets and wedding arrangements, in addition to thank you or congratulatory arrangements. There are many different variations of pink, from a pale blush all the way to a bright, vibrant pink, and each specific shade has its own specific meaning.
The palest pink roses are a sign of gentleness, joy, and grace. Light to medium shades of pink can show sympathy or admiration; while deep pink roses are perfect to show someone how grateful you are to have them in your life.
Historically, pink roses have been one of the longest existing roses known to us. Pink roses have even been depicted in some of the earliest known pieces of art. Pink roses have such a strong history because of their many meanings based on the shade. Therefore, pink roses can be used in many ways, due to their multiple meanings, which will maintain their popularity around the world.

Yellow Roses:
Represent – friendship, caring, welcome or welcome back, joy, get well
Yellow roses have a shorter history than most roses, only having been discovered in the 18^th century in the Middle East. Throughout history the colour yellow has been closely associated with the sun as the source of light and warmth, since the sun is integral to life on Earth. Many societies, as a result, have come to worship the sun. Therefore, the colour yellow has come to represent joy, wisdom, and power. But in Europe at the time of yellow rose’s discovery, the colour yellow had a very negative connotation. As a result, yellow roses were used to represent jealousy and dying love. But, over time, the more universal meaning of joy, wisdom, and power has come to be popularized.
Most roses have some connection to the symbol of love, but the yellow rose does not. It is a plutonic rose, purely the symbol of friendship.

Orange Roses:
Represent – desire, enthusiasm, pride
Orange roses are vibrant, cheerful, and express fascination when you give them to someone. They come in a range of shades from bright orange, to softer coral and peach colours. They are often reminiscent of the warmth of a glowing sunset, the sweetness of citrus, or the soft radiance of an autumn sunset which warms and soothes the spirit. The orange rose has also become a popular Halloween flower.  
It was near the 20^th century when orange roses began to be cultivated after the discovery of yellow roses and the advancement in hybridization techniques.
Due to its growing popularity, the orange rose has become the perfect way to represent the heat of passion, burning desire, and the flowers of love. Some argue that the orange rose has the power to send a stronger message of romance than its rival, the red rose. Orange roses can have an intensity that can consume hearts and souls, much like fire, which is associated with them.

Peach Roses:
Represent – admiration, appreciation, sincerity, gratitude, modesty
Peach roses, a subsection of orange roses, are often sent as a gesture of appreciation, rather than a token of love.

Lavender Roses:
Represent – enchantment, majesty, love at first sight
The colour purple has a traditional association with royalty, and due to this association, lavender roses have come to suggest an air of regal majesty and splendor. Lavender roses are also used to express someone’s feelings that have been captured by love and adoration.
Throughout the history of roses, the lavender rose has stood out as one of the most remarkable and engaging varieties available; this probably has to due with its connection to the fabled blue rose.

Blue Roses:
Represent – imagination, something unattainable
Blue roses do not occur naturally. The blue rose is actually a variation of purple and lavender roses, which sometimes look blue in certain lighting.
The quest for a true blue rose continues, but already several meanings have been created, and those meanings have been transposed onto the lavender rose. Therefore, the lavender rose can also represent wonder and impossibility, with a sense of the magical too.

Black Roses:
Represent – rebirth, the beginning of something new, the death of a relationship, the death of an idea
Black roses, like blue roses, also do not exist. These blooms are simply deep red roses than can sometimes look black in certain lighting. Although there is some positive connotations to black roses there are also negative connotations – both representing opposite ends of the spectrum.

Hopefully this has allowed you to have a bit more insight into the meaning and symbolism of different colours of roses. The colourful language of flowers will now allow you to express your message with an added depth of meaning. Whether you are feeling the admiration of medium shade pink roses, or the desire of orange ones, you will be able to communicate your message in this timeless manner. The recipient of any rose arrangement will be pleased.

Everyone should take a moment and stop to smell the roses.

A wholesale retailer is someone who excludes retail markup and sells in large bulk numbers or quantities. If you have made it to this article, you probably know what Bunches Direct is, but for those that do not: Bunches Direct is an American wholesale flower specialist; a sister company to Bloomex, an online floral retailer. Bunches Direct was launched in September 2009 with a warehouse in Miami, Florida, after management at Bloomex noticed the popularity of their Canadian division, Flowers Wholesale. Bunches Direct specializes in wholesale flowers to save you money on your wedding, party, business event, or other special occasion. We offer the lowest prices on grower direct wholesale flowers, with exceptional quality and affordable pricing. As a result, we are a leader among wholesale flower retailers, since most wholesale sellers will not sell directly to the customer, but rather only to florists.

So, you are asking, why should I buy wholesale rather than go to a florist? Let me explain.

When you purchase from a wholesale floral company you will save money; hundreds or even thousands of dollars. With all this saved money you will be able to spend more on other areas of your wedding or save it for other expenses that will arise with married life. Plus, everyone is looking to squeeze each penny given the economic situation, so buying wholesale seems like a logical choice. If you purchase from a florist you will be faced with many extra fees – fees that can be waived through wholesale.

As well, when you buy wholesale you will get fresher flowers since you won’t be waiting for a middleman to ship your flowers. When you buy from a florist there is a long series of events. They have to contact a wholesaler, order the flowers, wait for them to be shipped (this can end up taking an extended period of time if the florist has to order from multiple wholesalers), receive the shipment, and then create your orders, before you can pick them up. Does this seem like a tedious timeline? Well, when you purchase directly from Bunches Direct, a wholesaler, we work directly with growers to ensure that you get the best and freshest quality flowers quickly.

Plus when you order from a wholesaler you get to select the exact flowers you want for your arrangements. Want white calla lilies, red and pink roses, orchids, and yellow tulips? No problem, a wholesaler will have access to all of those flowers without any delay for you, nor will you have to sacrifice any of the flowers you want for your special day.

And tying into the selection of flowers you can choose from, you also have complete control over what your arrangement looks like. You get to let your inner florist/artist shine through.

Therefore, there are many benefits to purchasing bulk wedding flowers:

• You have the potential to save lots of money to go towards other expenses associated with your wedding.
• You will receive fresher flowers since you will not be waiting on a middleman.
• You are able to select the exact flowers you want in your arrangement without fear that the wholesaler will be unable to get them for you.
• You have complete control over what your arrangements and bouquets look like.
• You get to let your inner florist/artist shine through.

So, it seems that buying wholesale is the new wave of floral retail, and it definitely has many perks for you, the consumer. If you are interested in purchasing wholesale make sure to look at the Bunches Direct website to view the large variety of flowers available, or call for a free consultation and quote at 1-866-690-8425.