It's a controversial one this afternoon.

A post that hopefully will stir up a bit of debate and discussion amongst you and get you chatting about your likes, dislikes and pet hates.

2014 is apparently the year of the flower...at weddings that is. Where questions such as ' how many tiers should my wedding cake incorporate?' and ' where shall I seat Great Aunt Mabel? ' once ruled supreme now it's all about which flowers to use, how many and what your wedding flower theme should be.

Yep folks, all things of the floral variety are getting a serious upgrade.

In my opinion this is no bad thing. I confess I'm somewhat biased when I say this given that I am a self-professed frustrated wannabe-florist but I've an inkling that many of you will agree with me. In fact I'd be interested to hear how many of you are considering weaving blooms and foliage into your wider wedding decor. Floral arch anyone? How about an elaborate flower installation over your dance floor? Or a wall full of blooms for your table plan or escort cards?

Which got me a-thinking about wedding flower trends in general. What's popular right now, what isn't, which styles and themes are still in vogue from last year and the new predictions for 2014 and beyond.

Which led me to the title of this post this afternoon...is the 'handpicked' wedding bouquet trend over?

Is it? I don't know.

There was a huge focus on traditional hand-tied wild flower bouquets in 2012 which continued well into the back end of last year. Over-sized and wispy, 'handpicked' bouquets have an ethereal, just picked from the hedgerows quality about them. I even opted for such a style on my big day and I still get those fluttery excited butterfly feelings when I look at photos of my bouquet as I did on the morning of my wedding.

But it seems lately that you lot have fallen out of love with them.

In fact some of you have indicated that you never liked the hand-tied wild flower bouquets much anyway - ' too much foliage and not enough blooms'. Instead you're lusting after tightly packed heads of larger blooms if likes on our Facebook page and on our ' Wedding Bouquet ' pinterest board are anything to go by.

Of the hundreds of wedding submissions we receive on Rock My Wedding daily, we're seeing bucketloads of beautiful brides choosing larger posies of single blooms over and above wild bouquets of meadow flowers. If I was a numbers man (I'm not but I'll give it a go) I'd say there was a clear split of 70/30 in favour of big-headed blooms such as peonies, garden roses and dahlias rather than arrangements of those smaller florets that were previously in vogue.

So long cornflowers, daisies, forget-me-nots and sweet peas!

So I guess the question that remains is...are you over the 'handpicked' trend? Does it bore you to tears? Are you looking for something new?

Larger more structured bouquets are for me at least a bit like a sensory explosion but in a totally good way. Remember the 'You've Been Tangoed' adverts? Yep it's a little bit like that. The rich hues and luxurious textures remind me of an oil painting by one of the Old Masters so it pleases me to see that they're making a bit of a resurgence.

That's not to say that I don't miss the wild bouquets full of trailing foliage, jasmine and clematis and the odd fern or too. But I'm confident that they'll come back round again...after all isn't that the nature of trends.

So I leave it to you to continue the discussion...

Have you had your fill of wild asymmetrical bouquets tied with twine? Or are you still head over heels for them?

Is it a structured bouquet of garden roses all the way for you?

Perhaps you're not really a fan of either. After all life isn't black and white is it.

What's your flavour?

All my love Lolly xxx