Alarming aerial pictures show the devastating effects of the rain-soaked spring washing out a field famous for its confetti flowers.
The 14-acre field in Worcestershire featuring six rows of coloured flowers is only open for a few days each year.
The Real Flower Confetti Company has opened the fields until July 10 for budding brides and grooms to pick their perfect blooms.
Startling photos taken two years apart show the dramatic change in the flowers with this year’s wet spring causing many to fail to bloom.
A spokesperson said: “I would imagine that from above the field is not looking as colourful as it has done in the past.
“This is because of the wet weather we had all last year and into this spring, young plants don’t like it too wet, and so they didn’t all survive.
“There are areas of ground that hold more water, and in these parts the flowers didn’t grow so thickly.
“From ground level, looking across the flowers, it still looks fabulous, but I imagine that from above it is much easier to see where the seedlings failed.
“It is visible with our other crops on the farm too – we are right next to the River Avon and flood water lay on the ground for so long in some places, that nothing grew at all.
“If we are going to get wetter and wetter conditions, we will have to find ways to adapt.”
Thousands of couples usually flock to the floral hotspot in Wyke Manor Estate site in Pershore, Worcs., ahead of their nuptials.
The natural confetti is sold by the pint and costs £12 each which is enough for around ten handfuls for guests to throw over newlyweds.
Customers can choose from a range of flowers including delphiniums, roses, hydrangeas, lavender and bougainvillea.
The flowers are handpicked, before being dried and packaged for a personal service.
Workers at the Real Flower Confetti Company then pick the flowers before boxing them off for weddings around the globe.
Their bespoke service has been used by various celebrities including Madonna and Guy Ritchie and Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.
Prince Harry also chose the firm’s pale pink delphinium confetti to throw over Princes Charles and Camilla at their wedding in 2005.
The 14-acre field in Worcestershire featuring six rows of coloured flowers is only open for a few days each year.
The Real Flower Confetti Company has opened the fields until July 10 for budding brides and grooms to pick their perfect blooms.
Startling photos taken two years apart show the dramatic change in the flowers with this year’s wet spring causing many to fail to bloom.
A spokesperson said: “I would imagine that from above the field is not looking as colourful as it has done in the past.
“This is because of the wet weather we had all last year and into this spring, young plants don’t like it too wet, and so they didn’t all survive.
“There are areas of ground that hold more water, and in these parts the flowers didn’t grow so thickly.
“From ground level, looking across the flowers, it still looks fabulous, but I imagine that from above it is much easier to see where the seedlings failed.
“It is visible with our other crops on the farm too – we are right next to the River Avon and flood water lay on the ground for so long in some places, that nothing grew at all.
“If we are going to get wetter and wetter conditions, we will have to find ways to adapt.”
Thousands of couples usually flock to the floral hotspot in Wyke Manor Estate site in Pershore, Worcs., ahead of their nuptials.
The natural confetti is sold by the pint and costs £12 each which is enough for around ten handfuls for guests to throw over newlyweds.
Customers can choose from a range of flowers including delphiniums, roses, hydrangeas, lavender and bougainvillea.
The flowers are handpicked, before being dried and packaged for a personal service.
Workers at the Real Flower Confetti Company then pick the flowers before boxing them off for weddings around the globe.
Their bespoke service has been used by various celebrities including Madonna and Guy Ritchie and Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.
Prince Harry also chose the firm’s pale pink delphinium confetti to throw over Princes Charles and Camilla at their wedding in 2005.
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