Floral Backgrounds

What is in this collection

Floral wallpapers and prints include large blush and coral peonies on dark navy, small fern sprigs and white flowers on sage, an Arts and Crafts vine and bloom design in olive, ochre and deep red, magnolia branches on duck-egg blue, cream chintz with pink cabbage roses, a blush ditsy print and a retro 70s daisy print in tangerine, hot pink and mustard. Painted and pressed designs include loose watercolour roses on white paper and pressed wildflowers on cream paper. Flower fields fill the frame with no horizon: cherry blossom against blue sky, pink and red tulips, sunflowers, lavender stems in a soft purple haze and a white daisy meadow. The dense flower walls, from roses to hydrangeas, are included here too.

Flower field and floral wallpaper backgrounds

Each of the popular spring and summer flowers comes in two looks. For a cherry blossom background, choose the branches against blue sky for an outdoor feel or the pale pink blossom wall for a softer, denser one. The tulip field and the pastel tulip wall suit Easter and Mother's Day. The sunflower field and the sunflower wall carry summer birthdays and harvest festivals, and the lavender background comes as upright stems in a purple haze or as a wall of dried lavender bundles for Provence-style weddings.

The wallpapers and prints are the most template-friendly designs, because the pattern is even across the frame. The cream chintz and blush ditsy print suit tea parties, baby showers and vintage layouts, the sage sprigs suit garden parties, and the Arts and Crafts and retro daisy prints suit vintage and 70s themes. For dense real-looking blooms instead of a pattern, see flower wall backdrops; for painted looks, see watercolor backgrounds.

Tips for using these backgrounds

• Pick the pattern size for the frame. The blush ditsy print and pressed wildflowers have small motifs that still read in each narrow frame of a 2x6 strip. Large-scale designs like the navy peony and magnolia wallpapers need the room of a 4x6 print or a full-frame portrait.
• Match outdoor light on the field images. The flower fields are lit by the sun: from the left on the lavender, the right on the sunflowers and from above on the cherry blossom and daisies. Pair them with subjects lit the same way; the flat wallpapers and prints have soft light and suit studio shots.
• Choose the ground for your text. Light grounds, such as the cream chintz, watercolour roses and pressed wildflowers, take dark text. The dark navy peony wallpaper takes white or gold. On busy fields, put text on a solid panel.

See photo booth backgrounds for strip and print sizes.