Do White Flowers Cost More?

I wanted an all-white bouquet with roses and peonies. Weirdly, my florist said that having an all-white bouquet would cost me more than a colored one. Why is that?

”White flowers bruise extremely easily,” explains floral designer Diane Jamison of Dreakes Florist in in Manchester. ”Your florist will need to buy extra flowers to make up for those that bruise from handling, so he has to charge you for those additional ones.” But if the pure-white bouquet is what you want, why not splurge?

If you decide to stick with all-white flowers, keep the fragility of the blooms in mind—if you intend to preserve it, you’ll want to treat it gently at the wedding. (Order a mini-bouquet of hardier flowers if you’re planning to do the toss.)