Sending flowers via the internet.

DD2 sent me a Bloom and Wild letter box bouquet for my birthday last Wednesday. Arrange it yourself with instructions and information in the box. I was disappointed when I opened them as some blooms although well packed and protected, looked rather limp. But I picked some greenery from the garden for support, cut their stems and arranged them in two vases in the hope they'd pick up. Next morning they were perkier and by evening had completely recovered and looked wonderful. They still do.

There was quite a lot of information in the box which I didn't read, so perhaps, hidden in the blurb it did say that they will pick up once in water.

I get flowers from my son (they include a card) but I've never sent any myself for years until during the first lockdown, It was my daughter's 50th birthday. Thought M+S would be good quality and reliable.

Ordered tulips. There were a choice of three different bunches. I chose the pastel shades. Did the card to be added.

The delivery day arrived. I wept when I saw her photo of them when they arrived. They must have been without water and in a hot van for ages. Very wilted. Colours were everything under the rainbow including a lot of orange and red. They'd recovered slightly the next day after she put them in some fizzy water.

I will never use M+S again. Left a one star review.

I send flowers to the other end of the UK and also to USA.
Easiest way is to google florists in the local area and then phone them. Not expensive to phone USA these days and anyway it’s only a few minutes. You get full value flowers and are supporting a small business.

I have used bunches on three occasions but the flowers that were received were half the size that's shown on the website so i probably won't use them again.

Does anyone send flowers to Europe?

The gift card option on some sites is difficult to find, often its at the payment stage of the transaction. I have had problems with this as well Howjado I've had to back track sometimes to find it.

I also endorse Bloom and Wild. My DD sends me them every month. They look sad to begin with but after they have been in water overnight they soon perk up. My DS sent me some over two weeks ago and they are still alive!

I had a bouquet of dried flowers which were actually from Moonpig. I was so pleased with them because they will last for at least a year. Generally I would not recommend Moonpig for flowers.

I recently had some flowers from friends in Australia, an absolutely gorgeous and unusual bunch. They found out the name of a florist near to me and rang them and gave a specific order including a message.

I agree re Bloom and Wild .
They look sad at first but soon perk up.
Clever idea.

Bloom & Wild are great. Be aware that they can look a bit sad when they first arrive. But within 24 hours the do ‘bloom’. Each time I have recieved or sent them they have lasted a good 3 weeks.

May I suggest that rather than sending flowers you buy a plant?
I have orchids which were sent to me years ago that re flower .
Even the first flowers last much longer on plants than cut flowers do.
If you do send flowers please do not send tulips .
They definitely do not last.

jayt I used BLOOM and WILD just once and it wasn’t good at all admitted I bought the lower price bunch because they not cheap but it was very weak and wishy washy and didn’t improve with keeping it was about £20 and I expected better

I get much better if I ring through to a proper florist (who are working for deliveries throughout lockdown)

We frequently use Bloom & Wild letter box flowers.

I sent some to my cousin’s daughter a couple of weeks ago. They looked quite pretty on arrival but were partially closed. Within a couple of days, when they opened up, they were beautiful.

A friend sent me Morrison’s letterbox flowers, again they looked pretty on arrival but after a couple of days they were really lovely. They lasted about 3 weeks.

I would recommend Bloom and Wild and Morrison’s (see photo).

Another fan of Bloom and Wild here and there is a choice of card. The flowers do look tired ( or sleeping as they call it ) when the box is opened but they soon perk up after a few days and look lovely.

I have sent and received flowers from Bloom and Wild and always had lovely flowers the ones I received for my birthday lasted a good 10 days they came with a gift card and small chocolate's the last ones I got from M&S where awful.

Angel Strawbridge (Escape to the Chateau) has a range of flowers with Next.

DD sent me some for my birthday and they were beautiful and long lasting.

I received flowers from Bloom and Wild. They were dreadful. The picture on their website was beautiful but the reality was a flat box of very tired flowers. I sent them photos of what I’d received and they sent some more, which were almost as bad. Maybe I was just unlucky - twice- but I’d never use them.. Stick to M&S or contact a florist local to the recipient and cut out the Interflora middleman

I've used LetterBox flowers and the recipients have always been pleased .........and known they were from me!!

I have used Mark's and Spencer many times and have been very pleased with them. Easy to add gift tag

I've sent and received flowers using Bloom and Wild; also Zing Flowers. Very happy with both. As others have said, Bloom and Wild's letterbox packaging is great; while I've found Zing good for plants in pots. Both firms offer personalized cards for messages.

Bloom and Wild as others have said. I use them frequently and ?never been a problem

One of my sons sent me some letter box flowers after I had an operation. Thing is the message was lost so I had to text all three children to find out who had sent them!

Also recommend Bloom and Wild. They do postbox flowers that fit thru the letterbox too.

The company I use I Prestige. Never been disappointed.

I frequently send flowers on line. They are usually very good quality, but I do steer away from M&S and Next.

At the moment I’m into letterbox flowers, their lasting quality and bloom quality is very good.