CON-WETTI - Rain-soaked spring cause washout for this year's confetti fields from floods Watch Video

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Alarming aerial pictures show the devastating effects of the rain-soaked spring washing out a field famous for its confetti flowers.<br/><br/>The 14-acre field in Worcestershire featuring six rows of coloured flowers is only open for a few days each year.<br/><br/>The Real Flower Confetti Company has opened the fields until July 10 for budding brides and grooms to pick their perfect blooms. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>A spokesperson said: “I would imagine that from above the field is not looking as colourful as it has done in the past. <br/><br/>“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. <br/><br/>“There are areas of ground that hold more water, and in these parts the flowers didn’t grow so thickly. <br/><br/>“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. <br/><br/>“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.<br/><br/>“If we are going to get wetter and wetter conditions, we will have to find ways to adapt.”<br/><br/>Thousands of couples usually flock to the floral hotspot in Wyke Manor Estate site in Pershore, Worcs., ahead of their nuptials.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Customers can choose from a range of flowers including delphiniums, roses, hydrangeas, lavender and bougainvillea.<br/><br/>The flowers are handpicked, before being dried and packaged for a personal service. <br/><br/>Workers at the Real Flower Confetti Company then pick the flowers before boxing them off for weddings around the globe. <br/><br/>Their bespoke service has been used by various celebrities including Madonna and Guy Ritchie and Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas. <br/><br/>Prince Harry also chose the firm’s pale pink delphinium confetti to throw over Princes Charles and Camilla at their wedding in 2005.