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Who is supposed to pay for the wedding flowers?

By Nina Callaway, About.com

Question: Who is supposed to pay for the wedding flowers?
Answer: Although there are no longer any hard and fast rules about who pays for what in a wedding, tradition dictates that the groom pays for the bride’s bouquet, boutonnieres for groomsmen and/or ushers and for the fathers, and corsages for the mothers. If grandparents are present, the groom pays for boutonnieres and corsages for them as well.

The bride's family pays for all reception and church flowers, bridesmaid bouquets, and flower girl flowers.

As traditionally, the groom's family pays for the rehearsal dinner, they pay for any flower arrangements they decide to have there.
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