Top 2022 Omaha Flower Trends
2022 flower trends signified the spirit of the year ahead with their color and cheer.
In this article, we review the Top Omaha 2022 Flower Trends.
In 2022, we re-emerged cautiously from home, put weddings back on the calendar, and embraced the critical need for a sustainable future. Looking to 2023, the mood continues to be relatively upbeat, with flowers more than ever providing a simple connection among family, friends, and nature.
Trends and popularity have a way of ignoring timelines. What thrilled us, florally speaking, in 2022 will likely be a popular choice for 2023, with a few exciting tweaks and additions.
“Due to the challenges we have all experienced, trends will not be trends but a compilation of fads, which have a shorter time span,” says Jackie Lacey, past president of the American Institute of Floral Designers and director of education and industry relations at Floriology. “The focus will be on thinking of ways to use what we have to create a new experience or enhance an experience we already have available.”
Blooming trends and floral forecasts
With much of 2022’s events and realities staying with us in the new year, our experts predict a long-term preference for the simple and natural pleasures of garden-style greenery. Here’s how 2023 will build on the current world of flowers, plants, and all things sprouting:
2022 is the year of the tulip
While we may love all things flowers, Orchids will be the most popular in the flower patch. Why? VK Florist of Omaha chose this beloved bloom as the 2023 flower of the year because it’s cheerful, hardy, and optimistic.
Flirty Florals: A 2022 best trend
Combine flowers with ruffled textures (think carnations and roses) and a looser arrangement style and you have a glorious new look for flowers in the coming year. “Feathery flower varieties combined with lacy and airy foliage in loose natural stylings create an elegant yet comfortable and laid-back style that has a positive and calming effect on our environment,” notes Valerie Ghitelman, 1-800-Flowers.com Vice President of Product Development, Sourcing, and Design. Ideal choices for the flirty floral look range from carnations to hydrangea, lisianthus, ranunculus, roses, and chrysanthemums.
Dried flowers
Dried and preserved flowers are truly having their day. Low-maintenance and long-lasting, dried flowers not only appear as flowers but also grasses, branches, leaves, and even weeds. With appealing shapes, colors, and textures, dried flowers are a huge hit and are as much an interior design element as they are a welcoming gift for friends and loved ones.
Sustainability and making do
“There are so many ways to celebrate what we have and what is around us,” says Donald Yim, member of the American Institute of Floral Designers and Professional Floral Communicators International and a Certified Floral Designer. “Now is the time for us to be creative with what we have, instead of looking for something new.”
Sunflower, last year’s pick for “Flower of the Year”
Does this eternally cheerful flower ever go out of style? This year country-fresh arrangements got a big boost from a few sunflowers tucked in. Sunflowers can also put on a more sophisticated look when paired with roses and Athos poms.
Cosmos, another flower with meaning
Daisies was voted the most popular garden flower in 2022, lauded for its graceful petal structure and luminous colors. The daisy flower symbolizes new beginning and hope. In floral arrangements, the ever-popular daisy is a close cousin to the cosmos and adds a similarly dazzling look to arrangements.
Bright colored flowers
Profusions of color made the clouds of a pandemic year disappear. No need to be shy; burgundy wine, chartreuse, deep purple are all fair game either separately or all together. This Sunshine and Be Happy bouquet is quite literally the face of optimism (right down to the Smiley Face vase) in a world that sometimes feels overwhelming and scary.
Small blooms and unique textures
Brides were so joyful to get their weddings back on the calendar and they showed it in 2022 with an adventurous approach to flowers. Instead of large, round traditional bouquets, many brides opted for a more playful bent. Quality beat out the quantity and each bloom was carefully selected for the 2022 nuptials. Blooms like orchids, stock, lilac, and lisianthus are turning heads as they walk down the aisle, both this year and next.
