A tradition that is as old as the ceremony itself, flower giving is an important part of a wedding ceremony.
Normally used as ornaments, good luck charms and even as part of the outfit itself, flowers carries with it, tons of symbolisms and meanings.
Originally given to guests as wedding gifts due to it's cheap nature and ready availability in large amounts, flowers have now become an important and pricey gift that should be involved in any major wedding ceremony.
The first form of flowers as gifts would be in a simple form of pin-ups, in which a guest is given a small pin with live or fake flowers to pin up on their outfit to mark them as guests.
Some weddings would even go to the extent of purchasing bracelets of live flowers to be used by the lady guests.
Then comes the bouquet in which the bride would throw backwards towards the lady guests in hopes that whosoever catches it is blessed with happiness and a prosperous wedding in the near future.
The origin of this custom is unknown and could date back to the early days of wedding ceremonies in where royalties would throw flowers to commoners as a sign of political status and power.
In some eastern countries, such as Malaysia, another form of flowers is given out as gifts, the 'Bunga Telur' which literally means flower and egg.
This is is usually given out after the wedding as a sign of perfect fertile unison.
So, flowers in general, holds it's place in wedding ceremonies as gifts of love and good fortune to the receiver.