My fiance has a lot of problems with the fragrances in flowers. What types of flowers don’t have fragrance?

3 Responses to My fiance has a lot of problems with the fragrances in flowers. What types of flowers don’t have fragrance?

1. Cymbaline's Journey

   November 1, 2011 at 11:13 am

   Give up on the flowers, try chocolate instead.
2. Caroline W

   November 1, 2011 at 11:29 am

   This is a tough one, I even did some searching myself and came up with nothing.

   Here is my advice, if it’s your wedding you’re concerned with… even if it’s your house or yard, use artificial flowers. There are many beautiful and very realistic flowers available at Michael’s or JoAnn’s that can be used in a natural way. They even have faux curly willow now, and it bends!

   I understand there is a stigma attached to fake flowers, this is because they used to be horrific looking plastic and were usually made in colors not found in nature. Now you can get a really natural look, I promise. I like to call them “Permanent Botanicals”, sounds much better don’t you think? I look for the most real looking ones, nothing with lame water droplets, no blue unless that flower actually comes out of the ground blue! (i.e. Bluebonnets)

   You can put bunches of Autumn colored mums in pots outside and they look gorgeous and real, then you can store them and change them out with poinsettas for the holidays. Centerpieces on tables can be done with faux florals and given away to wedding guests, if they are beautiful your guests will be thrilled. Also you can keep your bouquet forever using this avenue of creativity. A bloom from a silk flower will look very pretty pulled off of it’s stem and floated in water over colored glass stones in a glass container. Simple, elegant, scent-free.

   I do floral design and am very, very picky about arrangements looking lush and natural so I know it can be done.

   Last, real flowers can start off unscented and become scented as they go through the natural pollination process. They all have pollen so that’s probably the thing your fiance’ is actually allergic to.

   Good luck!
3. Plantoneonme

   November 1, 2011 at 12:07 pm

   A great indoor plant is a phalaenopsis orchid. Beauty without the pollen or smell. Surprisingly there are many orchids that have no smell but then there are some that one flower would be enough to make a room smell.