The Best Flower (and Plant) Delivery Services for the Holidays
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022We found the best flower and plant delivery services so your holiday gift will be fast and fabulous.
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Send Flowers and Plants for the Holidays
Send flowers! If you’re not sure what to get your mom, grandma, significant other, spouse or another special person in your life for the holidays this year, you really can’t go wrong with a flower or plant delivery. A pretty poinsettia or potted green plant is sure to brighten their day. And that special feeling can last weeks if you choose the right flower and plant delivery service that provides healthy and beautifully arranged stems. Here are our favorite ways to send flowers. Psst – this is December’s birth flower.
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Send Flowers: Urban Stems
Whether you’re looking for red roses, a minimalist white bouquet or a potted Blue Bell Fern (known as the Love Fern), Urban Stems has a wide selection with prices starting around $35. Next-day nationwide delivery is available (phew). The company also offers a subscription service if you want to regularly treat yourself or your beloved with fresh flowers to make any day special.
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Send Flowers: Pro Flowers
Send flowers on a budget with Pro Flowers. This floral and plant company has a selection of high quality goods for under $40. We’re partial to the pumpkin allspice mixed bouquet that consists of marigolds, calla lilies and roses.
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Send Flowers: The Bouqs Co.
Looking for an eco-friendly way to send flowers? The California-based Bouqs Co. is on it. They source their stems from eco-friendly farms that recycle water, minimize waste and use sustainable growing practices while ensuring the freshest blooms. Shopping the site is easy. You can browse by cost or delivery time, and the farmers and farms are highlighted for each product.
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Send Flowers: 1-800-Flowers
In business for over 40 years, 1-800-Flowers always has some sort of sale or promotion discount going on. You can shop for flowers and plants by type (such as this tabletop Norfolk pine), and add on all sorts of goodies like balloons, stuffed animals and edible treats. It’s also one of the most creative online florists with a huge array of vases and arrangements.
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Send a Wreath: Terrain
If you’ve got a gardener in your life, they might like a floral bouquet but LOVE a delivery of garden seeds or a mushroom growing kit that will grow as a reminder of your love. Terrain also has fragrant wreaths and garlands to deck your halls.
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Send Plants: Costa Farms on Amazon
Yep, you can get live plants delivered through Amazon. Costa Farms, headquartered in Miami, is one of the largest horticulture growers in the world. With just a few clicks on Amazon you can send succulents, snake plants, cactuses, blooming house plants, bamboo and bonsai straight to your loved one’s door. Some (but not all) of the plants are available with Prime shipping, so you can get them where they need to go fast and free.
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Send Flowers: BloomsyBox
Go big and send flowers to Mom every month with BloomsyBox! Gifting a loved one with a regular flower delivery is a fantastic way to fill their space with a rotation of gorgeous fresh blooms. All bouquet subscriptions are sourced from sustainable farms and come with free delivery. Choose from weekly, biweekly or monthly subscriptions from $44 per month and up. There’s even a rose subscription. Perfect!
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Send Flowers: FTD
Send flowers with FTD if you’re looking for something highly specific, like a bouquet of sunflowers. FTD also has reliably good sale prices, with big markdowns on gorgeous arrangements. Same-day delivery is available on certain bouquets, so your loved one will never know you forgot to plan ahead.
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Send Plants: The Sill
Indoor plants? Check. White orchids? Check. The Sill sells every type of houseplant, from trendy to classic. You’re bound to find the perfect gift for the plant parent in your life. P.S. don’t forget to add a “You Make Me Merry” plant stake.