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Which wedding flowers survive the heat?

Choose the tropics, not the florist at home.

A bouquet that looked perfect at ten in the morning can wilt by the ceremony if it is the wrong flower. The islands grow better answers than an imported rose.

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Tropical wedding flowers and petals arranged on the sand

The honest rule is to marry the flowers to the climate rather than fight it, and since your flowers are ours to arrange, this is really about what we will steer you toward and why. Soft, thirsty blooms like garden roses and peonies struggle in tropical heat and can look tired within an hour of leaving the cool. We can bring roses in if you truly want them, but the flowers that stay beautiful right through a hot Seychelles afternoon are the ones that grow here, and happily they are also the most striking on camera against sand and sea. You choose the look, and we handle every stem.

The island flowers that hold up

The hardy tropicals are the stars here, and they last.

She kisses his cheek under the takamaka trees

Roses and the soft favourites, honestly

We do not forbid roses, and we can bring them in, but we are honest that soft temperate flowers like garden roses, peonies and hydrangea are the first to droop in the heat and rarely reach the golden-hour photographs looking fresh. If a particular flower matters to you for sentimental reasons, tell us and we will find the most heat-tolerant way to include it, usually as a small accent rather than the whole bouquet, with the structure built on tropicals that will not wilt.

Bride at a window while her veil is set in place, in black and white

You do not lift a finger

This is the whole point of a full-service wedding. The bouquet, the buttonholes, the petals for the aisle and the flowers for a ceremony arch are all ours to arrange, cut fresh on the morning and brought to the beach, so you never chase a florist or carry flowers through an airport. Send us a picture of a style you love and the colours you want, and we match it to what is at its best and freshest that week. Because some blooms are seasonal we confirm it all well ahead, and on the day it simply appears.

Good questions

Questions brides ask

What wedding flowers last best in the Seychelles heat?

Tropical flowers that grow here. Frangipani, orchids, anthurium, heliconia, bougainvillea and hibiscus all hold up through a hot afternoon and look striking on camera. Soft temperate flowers like roses and peonies wilt quickly, so we build on the tropicals.

Can I have roses or peonies at my Seychelles wedding?

We can bring roses in if they matter to you, but they are the first to droop in the heat and rarely survive to the golden-hour photos looking fresh. So we include them as a small accent and build the bouquet on hardy tropicals that hold all day.

Do you arrange the flowers?

Yes, entirely. The bouquet, buttonholes, aisle petals and arch flowers are all part of the wedding we organise, cut fresh on the morning and brought to the beach, so you never source a thing. Send a picture of the style and colours you love and we match it to what is best that week.

Send us a bouquet you love and your colours, and we will tell you what will look best and last.

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