Can you use calla lilys for a wedding?

I really love the intense colour of the deep red and blackish purple calla lilys and would love to use them for my wedding. My partner said that lilys were funeral or "death" flowers, but I thought only the white ones were...... please help!!
Can you use calla lilys for a wedding?
No, traditionally it's the other lillies (white Easter or Trumpet Lillies )that are more thought of for funerals in the United States.

Here are some photos of those glorius colors you chose for callas. Just so you know they come in mini callas mostly.

Schwartzwalder calla is the blackish eggplant color.

Flame is the bright red. Deep red is actually more burgundy.

http://www.community.theknot.com/cs/ks/p...

http://images.snapfish.com/3398%3B5:7232...

I thought I saw a bouquet with both those callas in it a couple of years ago, done by a famous wedding planner for a rock n roll type wedding with black magic roses. If I find it I will add it later. Good luck!! :)
Reply:If you like them, then ABSOLUTELY use them!! It's your wedding, use whatever you want to!
Reply:Of course you can use calla lillys on your wedding day, you can use any flower you like if you and your fiance like it and if it's in season for your wedding.

Good luck
Reply:You can use whatever flowers you want! It is your wedding and what makes you happy is all that matters! I love calla lilys my cousin had them at her wedding and they were beautiful! I just went with vilote roses for mine everyone is diffrent! Best of luck and congrads on the wedding!
Reply:I hope so, because I am too! :-D
Reply:Of course you can, there is nothing stating that lillies are only for funerals.
Reply:I had the dark purple mini callas in my wedding flowers and they were gorgeous. In fact they were the flowers the florist picked for the guys boutonnieres. My flowers were shades of purples and whites, so I had both the purples and the whites, along with freesia and roses.
Reply:I, myself, am not a fan of calla lilies. However, they ARE elegant and many people love them.



Get them with long stems, tie a ribbon around them stems and carry them across your arm sort of like how you would carry a baby. A lovely image.
Reply:Hi. No, your partner is completely wrong. Calla lilys are used all the time for weddings. They are beautiful!



Yes, go ahead and use them.
Reply:you can absolutely use them for a wedding. even the white ones. they are very popular.



www.wedideas.com
Reply:Oh yeah. They are in lots of wedding magazines. YOu can get them cheap if you get fake ones. they look just as great as real ones and you dont have to worry about wilting.
Reply:You can absoluletly use calla lillies for your wedding flower. In fact, that is one of the flowers I am using in my wedding. I thing their giant blooms are absolutely georgous.
Reply:see i always see the white ones in weddings.. ive never seen the colored ones but i'd bet theyd lok gorgeous.. however if the flowers remind ur soon to be hubby of a funeral u may want to reconsider lol it's nice that he's even showing interest in the flowers = )



congrats by the way!!
Reply:I have seen lots of calla lillies at weddings. And I think the dark ones are gorgeous!



If you like 'em, use 'em.
Reply:It worked for these brides - check out the pictures and show them to your partner. Apparently even the light-colored ones can be used.
Reply:Very expensive...but pretty. Good luck! KJL
Reply:White calla lillies are SOOOO overdone and have been used at nearly every wedding I have been to in the last two years. That being said, I have not seen them in the colors you describe! That sounds much nicer and far more striking than boring, blend into your dress, white! If you like them, use them! Good luck and best wishes!
Reply:I've seen Calla lilys of all colors including white at weddings. If that is what you really want to use, then use them.
Reply:I have been to two weddings where the bride carried Calla Lilys. Yes the white ones are for funerals the others can be used for anything. They are beautiful maybe you can blend a couple of other flowers in it to "soften" the look for your partner's sake.



Good Luck and best wishes.
Reply:They are one of the BIG wedding flowers. Theknot.com has a big feature on them right now, might give you some ideas :)
Reply:Yes, you can use calla lilies if you want to. They're very popular these days...especially the white ones.



I haven't ever seen calla lilies at a funeral...I've seen a lot of red roses at funerals though...and roses are the popular "wedding flower" How many times have you seen them at funerals?



If you want them, get them...I'm having daisies..the "sympathy flower" lol...



Have your partener read this:

Calla Lilies: Not Just For Funerals

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/news_archive/...