• PROTEAS

Whilst originally from South Africa, proteas have been heartily embraced in Australia and it is in the same family as a lot of our native plants like banksias and grevilleas. It looks beautiful in any native boutique, providing both unique floral shapes and a palette of tones from rosy pink to deeper reds and browns.

It's spiky petals also look great when represented with simple lines for those who want to reference florals on their wedding invitation cards but prefer a more clean, minimal look.

• SUNFLOWERS

Nothing says summer like sunflowers! Their use in weddings is probably not as widespread as other flowers as the flower head size can dwarf everything else, so they can be a great choice for those after a unique spin on wedding floral arrangements. The fact that they turn towards the sun has such a positive meaning for a day that's supposed to convey joy. For those having weddings in country or farm settings, they would make a great decoration for something like a rustic barn.

Sunflowers can be both rustic or elegant when it comes to invitations as well. Their colour is naturally golden and can be great for real foil invitations.

If you're wanting to go super custom and have the flowers incorporated into your dress itself, Etsy could be a great place to find a dressmaker who can work with that vision. Those styles of custom made dresses would definitely suit more rustic floral arrangements like sunflowers.