Everyone always says that summer brides have their pick of the best wedding flowers, but we're here to let you in on a little secret: If you're tying the knot between January and May, you'll have easy access to one of our favorite bridal blooms, the ranunculus. While your florist can likely source this layered flower at any point during the year, it's most affordable (and arguably, at its prettiest) while it's in season.
But no matter when you're tying the knot, consider adding ranunculus to your big-day bouquet. Available in a variety of different colors, these delicate crepe-paper thin petals add tons of texture and interest to any arrangement. Statement-making enough to stand out on their own but still complementary enough to pair with bolder blooms (they look great next to a peony or garden rose), the ranunculus is an incredibly versatile bloom that works in just about any arrangement.
That's why it should come as little surprise that this charming flower has become a wedding-day staple in contemporary bouquets. Trying to find the perfect way to add them to your wedding? We give you our full support, plus tons of inspiration to help you find your dream bouquet. Here, 41 of our favorite ways to include ranunculus in your big-day arrangement.
White Ranunculus Bouquet
Only Art put together this largely white wedding bouquet, which featured ranunculus, roses, Queen Anne's lace, and olive leaf greenery.
Romantic Red Ranunculus Bouquet
What's more romantic than a red flower? Not much. This bouquet capitalized on that idea by including plenty of red ranunculus, peonies, and anemones, along with a few white blooms for good measure.
Yellow Ranunculus Bouquet
Is there anything more cheerful than a yellow flower? Sarah Winward made this classic rose and anemone bouquet feel extra special with a few carefully placed yellow ranunculus.
Rose and Ranunculus Bouquet
For her mountaintop elopement, this bride arranged her bouquet herself (she's the wedding planner and florist behind Kasey D Weddings). She went with a simple yet impactful mix of garden roses, ranunculus, and foliage for the big day.
Petite Ranunculus Bouquet
Floraison created this stunning petite arrangement, which was made from ranunculus, roses, poppies, and greenery.
Trailing Ranunculus Bouquet
How cool is this trailing arrangement from Bows + Arrows? The bright orange ranunculus and the fluffy white peonies create a striking (and gorgeous) contrast.
Japanese Ranunculus Bouquet
This all-white arrangement was an ode to the Japanese ranunculus. We love that the bride used it as the primary flower in her bouquet.
Colorful Ranunculus Bouquet
There's no need to skimp on color when you're using ranunculus as one of your main wedding flowers. This bouquet, arranged by Bloom Babes, featured pale orange ranunculus paired with a variety of different blooms in shades of pink, magenta, white, and cream.
Pastel Ranunculus Bouquet
Brand Design Studio helped this bride realize her dream of a mostly ranunculus bouquet. The final product featured the layer blooms in shades of white and orange, plus plenty of sweet peas, stephanotis, and dusty miller.
Loose, Handpicked Ranunculus Bouquet
This Petal Atelier bouquet looks almost as if it were handpicked just before the wedding began. The mix of dahlias, ranunculus, thistle, and eucalyptus was beautiful.
Jewel-Toned Ranunculus Bouquet
Munster Rose created this bouquet of ranunculus, garden roses, Sahara roses, dahlias, astrantia, and clematis.
Ranunculus Bridesmaids' Bouquet
Moon Canyon Design designed the bridesmaids' bouquets for blogger Jamie Chung's bridal party, made up of of ranunculus, dahlias, garden roses, amaryllis, cactus, and mixed foliage. The muted tones of the clutches complemented the bridesmaids' pale blue, cream, and gray custom dresses. Jamie carried a similar, larger version of her 'maids' bouquets.
All-Pink Ranunculus Bouquet
Event planner and designer Gretchen Culver of Rocket Science Weddings & Events put together this all-pink bouquet with garden roses, standard roses, spray roses, ranunculus, and sweet peas.
Muted Ranunculus Bouquet
The oversized ranunculus in this Church Street Flowers bouquet are just as statement-making as the fluffy peonies, and plenty of greenery made each of the blooms pop.
Wintery Ranunculus Bouquet
The clutch Poppy Lane Design made for this Christmas-themed wedding included David Austin garden roses, smilax, ranunculus, festival bush, tulips, poppies, astilbe, peonies, and amaryllis.
White Ranunculus Bouquet
This classic bouquet is made up of white ranunculus in various states of bloom.
Lush Ranunculus Bouquet
Violet Floral Design arranged this bride's ranunculus, dahlias, roses, poppies, thistle, delphinium, and seeded eucalyptus bouquet, and tied it all together with a long double-faced satin and raw silk riboon.
Orange Ranunculus Bouquet
Being friends with your florist definitely has its perks! Rachael Weiner of Stripes & Florals brought the bride, her close friend, with her to the flower market to pick out the blooms for her bridal bouquet: orange ranunculus (the bride's favorite), seeded eucalyptus, astrantia, and sprigs of sage as a nod to the bride's culinary background.
"Hand-Picked" Ranunculus Bouquet
To create the look of a bouquet of wildflowers freshly picked from a nearby meadow, Carolyn's Flowers used ranunculus, clematis, scabiosa, yarrow, lysimachia, seeded eucalyptus, and sword fern for an organic feel.
Pastel Ranunculus Bouquet
The bride at this Chicago wedding held a clutch of garden roses, spray roses, dahlias, seeded eucalyptus, ranunculus, and tweedia, from Life in Bloom.
Shades of Pink Ranunculus Bouquet
This bride's lavender, lilac, sweet peas, clematis, and ranunculus bouquet from the Nouveau Romantics boasted shades of pink and purple.
Natural Ranunculus Bouquet
Sarah's Wedding Garden put together this lovely bouquet of bougainvillea, garden roses, anemones, ranunculus, and peonies. "I loved how our raw ribbon and wild flowers blew in the wind," said the bride.
King Protea and Ranunculus Bouquet
We love how the coral charm peonies, ranunculus, astilbe, and tulips cushion the gorgeous king protea in the middle of this bouquet from Arrangements Design.
Cascading Ranunculus Bouquet
This cascading bouquet designed by Southern Table featured ranunculus as well as peonies, poppies, fritillaria, garden roses, sweet peas, and anemones.
Lush, Jewel-Toned Ranunculus Bouquet
Brown Paper Design created this jewel-toned ranunculus bouquet, also featuring peonies, anemones, jasmine vine, scabiosa, and lavender sprigs for a lush effect.
White-Ribboned Ranunculus Bouquet
Mandy Busby designed this pretty bouquet of ranunculus, roses, dusty miller, and veronica.
Vivid Ranunculus Bouquet
This bridal bouquet from Jaclyn Journey featured peonies, ranunculus, poppies, garden roses, and mock orange. Bay leaves and jasmine vines completed the arrangement.
Pink, Orange, and Green Ranunculus Bouquet
This bride carried a mixed clutch of roses, ranunculus, hellebores, and andromeda by Twigg Botanicals.
Lemon-Hued Ranunculus Bouquet
As a nod to her lemon-themed color palette, this bride carried a bouquet of yellow and white ranunculus, garden roses, sweet pea, hyacinth, and ivy.
Classic Ranunculus Bouquet
This bride carried an all-white clutch from Mindy Rice, featuring ranunculus, peonies, freesia, and maidenhair fern. A swatch from the groom's grandmother's wedding veil, which she gave out to all of her grandchildren and their brides, was tucked inside the bouquet as a sentimental keepsake.
Whimsical Ranunculus Bouquet
This vibrant bouquet, designed by Poppies and Posies, featured peach ranunculus, white garden roses, coral charm peonies, violet cosmos, white andromeda, maidenhair fern, and white clematis—tied together with dusty-rose raw silk ribbon for a whimsical touch.
Lush, Yellow Ranunculus Bouquet
Cool Green and Shady created this cheery bouquet using a mix of yellow ranunculus, white garden roses, dusty miller, white snowberries, yellow oncidium and mokara orchids, cream lisianthus, seeded eucalyptus, and white wax flowers.
Overgrown Ranunculus Bouquet
Saipua designed this lush bouquet of ranunculus, forget-me-nots, peonies, passion vines, bleeding hearts, and delphinium.
