The winner: Carnation, 89/100. Runner-up: Alstroemeria at 82. Lowest upkeep of the qualifiers: Marigolds at 64.
Every flower here is scored by the same 6 published rules, using one open table of 85 flowers. No taste, no sponsors: tap any score and it unfolds into the lines that made it.
The picks
The flowers that won
The top score, plus the qualifier that asks least of you.
Vase-life staying power: 14 to 30 · Out-of-water endurance: fair · Available when weddings happen: 12 months
Flaws, not dealbreakers:asks for some seasonal upkeep; toxic to cats
Not for cat households
77/ 100tap for the breakdown
Vase-life staying power25 / 2514 to 30
Out-of-water endurance12 / 20fair
Available when weddings happen15 / 1512 months
Budget kindness6 / 15T4
Fragrance for the aisle4 / 10no published rating
Palette range for arrangements15 / 155 documented
The protocol
How the score is built
6 rules, 100 points, no opinions. Every line reads one field of the table.
Vase-life staying power25 pointsa documented floor of 14+ plain-water days scores 25; no published vase record = not ranked Read from: days it holds in plain water.
Out-of-water endurance20 pointsboutonnieres and arches spend hours dry: documented good 20; fair 12; poor 4; no record 8, never 0 Read from: how it survives out of water.
Available when weddings happen15 pointsorderable year-round 15; the page itself carries a month switcher on the same data Read from: florist availability months.
Budget kindness15 pointsa T1 budget stem lets the couple triple the arrangement; T5 luxury per-bloom 3 Read from: what a stem costs wholesale.
Fragrance for the aisle10 pointsdocumented scent 10; sources silent 4, never 0 Read from: how strong the scent is on record.
Palette range for arrangements15 pointsdocumented in 3+ colors 15 Read from: flower color.
Not ranked here: not in the florist trade: a wedding florist cannot reliably source it. Scores are never sponsored
and never sold. The full method ↗
The leaderboard
The top ten
The 10 highest of 36 that qualified. Tap any score to open the lines behind it.
Not qualifying is a verdict too: the table simply says this job is not theirs.
not in the florist tradeHydrangea macrophylla, Lavender, Aster and 36 more
no published data for vase-life staying powerIrises, Chrysanthemum, Bearded Iris and 7 more
The winner's badge
Generated by the ranking above, and re-scored whenever the table changes.
Carnation
The badge is generated by this ranking, not awarded by hand. When the
table changes, it re-scores itself.
How we rank
We keep one table of 85 flowers,
with 25 documented facts each, drawn from university and extension sources. Every ranking is
a published formula worth 100 points; tap any score and it unfolds into the lines that made
it. A flower that does not fit a job is not scored lower: it is excluded, and the reason is
named. Nothing here is sponsored, and no score can be bought. When the table changes, every
score and stamp updates itself.
The full method ↗
