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Arena Flowers
Buy direct from Dutch auction. Also sell plants, teddies, drink & chocolates. Free hand delivery within M25 or post to other areas.
Blooming Direct
Small nursery in Jersey. Hand select flowers and send them by royal mail. Also sell plants, seeds, tools and gifts. Free delivery on everything.
Bunches
Flowers, house plants, chocolates and balloons posted direct from Bunches. Bouquets from £9.99 including delivery by first class royal mail.
Clare Florist
Flowers usually sent by courier from their premises in Edinburgh, but they use local florists for hospitals etc. Next day delivery included in prices.
Flowers Direct
Work with a network of local florists to arrange deliveries of flowers and gifts in the UK and abroad. UK delivery £3.99.
Flying Flowers
Bouquets and plants, gifts and hampers. Wine and more expensive bouquets delivered by courier: 'value' flowers and gifts by post. All deliveries free.
Imogen Stone
Flowers (some Fairtrade) plants and gifts, available for next day courier delivery or post (you choose). Standard UK delivery £3.95
interflora
One of the best known relay florists. Choose online and flowers will be made up and delivered by a florist close to the recipient. Same day and international delivery possible,
Jersey Plants Direct
Only a small selection of bouquets, grown and delivered by post direct from the nursery. Also sell plants, bulbs, herbs etc. Free delivery.
Marks & Spencer
Bouquets, vase arrangements, indoor and outdoor plants, wine and gifts. Prices include next day (order by 5pm) and nominated day delivery.
Post a rose
Fresh Flowers Direct from the British Grower. Free delivery in the UK on all orders.
Teleflorist
A 'relay' florist - pick your flowers online and they will get them made up and delivered by a florist local to the recipient - worldwide. Delivery usually £4.95
Valueflora
Bouquets from £9.95. Deliver by post direct from farms in England or via a network of florists. Free UK post or charge for hand delivery.
Dozen roses

A dozen red roses
and free chocolates
£29.99
including delivery
from Bunches

This page is mainly about flowers and floral gifts for all occasions. Some of the companies also sell other small gifts and things related to plants, such as tools, seeds and even therapeutic products to soothe you after a day in the garden.

When you order flowers for delivery to someone who lives in a different town, there are two main ways the order can be handled. One way is known in the trade as 'relay'. Florists that use this system include Interflora and Teleflorist. What happens is that you place your order with one florist and they send your request to another florist, in area closer to the delivery address. The second florist makes up the bouquet and delivers it.

An advantage with this system is that the flowers are delivered by a local florist who be may be known to the person receiving the bouquet. You can also specify the delivery day. People who do not favour this system might say that there are also disadvantages. They might say that as two florists are involved, there are two lots of costs and two lots of profits, so you might not get such a good arrangement for the amount you pay. They might also argue that it is a disadvantage for you not to have any say in choosing the florist who is preparing and delivering the flowers. The florists involved in this way of working are usually local shops, who probably buy their flowers from wholesalers, who in turn get them from the growers or from auction, so they may have been handled a few times and may be a bit less fresh than the ones that come direct from the grower.

The alternative system involves one company either growing the flowers, or buying them from a grower (direct or through an auction) and sending them out. Examples of companies who do it this way are Blooming Direct, who grow a lot of their own flowers themselves, and Arena flowers who buy flowers at an auction in Holland.

The main advantage with this arrangement is that the company you deal with themselves grow or buy the flowers, prepare them and send them to the person you want to receive them. So there are fewer 'middle men' involved. This should mean that the flowers are fresher. It should also make them better value, because fewer people have to be paid along the way. On the other hand, unless the person receiving the flowers lives close to one of these sorts of florists, they will probably be delivered in a box, possibly by the postman, which isn't quite the same as being handed a bouquet by a specialist, and if they are coming by post you can't be certain they will arrive on the right day.

If you can't decide on the system you prefer, you could visit the Valueflora web site. They offer both systems. They send flowers from their own farms in England, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands and they will also make relay arrangements with local florists not only in the UK but in 120 other countries.

At the end of the day, what matters most is that the flowers give great pleasure, that they are received in good condition and that they last well. Click on a few of the links in the boxes on the right and choose yours!

 


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