Flower baskets in Berlin: Ecuadorian roses, lilies and a handle, no vase
Germany grows too few roses of its own and buys many from Kenya, yet the largest flower baskets in Berlin are counted in Ecuadorian roses, 51 or 101 stems at a time. The first choice is the flower, the second is how many stems it takes, and for an ordinary visit a smaller basket does the job just as well.
Ecuadorian rather than Kenyan: the rose a large basket is counted in
Germany grows too few roses of its own, and because more than four in five cut flowers enter the country through the Dutch auction system, a good share of what reaches Berlin starts out in Kenya. Ecuadorian stems are the exception worth knowing about: grown at altitude, they run from around 70cm to well over a metre. Kenyan stems are usually shorter than Ecuadorian ones.
A basket like this is counted by the stem, not judged by eye. The 51 Ecuadorian Roses in a Basket suits a birthday or an ordinary visit, fifty-one stems in one basket. The 101 Ecuadorian Roses in a Basket is built for an occasion that calls for more. The same count comes in white, for anyone who wants the volume without the colour, and in red, for a hundred stems rather than fifty.
Lilies in a basket come two ways: the 51 Lilies in a Basket holds nothing else, while the Giant Mixed Basket with Lilies is a mixed basket with lilies among other flowers. Once a lily opens, the anthers are lifted out with tweezers or fingers before the pollen can fall and mark anything nearby; pollen that has already landed on fabric comes off with sticky tape, never by rubbing, which only grinds it in further.
Every part of a lily is poisonous to cats, the petals, the pollen and even the water left standing in a vase, so a lily basket has no place in a home with one. Worth knowing too: some people in Germany read a basket of all-white flowers, lilies included, as something sent for mourning, so a happier occasion is safer with a second colour mixed in rather than white alone.
Daisies or the florist's own mix when a hundred stems is too much
Not every visit calls for a hundred roses. A basket of daisies is the more modest format. The florist also builds designer baskets to order: describe the occasion and the budget, and photos with a price come back before any payment is taken.
Colour and size are the other two ways into the range, for when the shade or the scale matters more than the flower itself. Whichever basket is chosen, how long it lasts depends on its shortest-lived flower, not the sturdiest stem sitting next to it.
A waterproof liner sits inside the wicker, packed with floral foam, so the basket needs no vase: the recipient lifts it by the handle and sets it down wherever it suits the room. The foam wants watering every day, a thin stream over the whole exposed surface rather than a jug tipped in one spot, and the basket should never be tilted once it is filled. Keep it away from radiators, direct sun and a bowl of fruit, all of which shorten how long the flowers last. Berlin's own seasons, along with deliveries to hotels and offices, are covered in the flowers in Berlin hub.
JFLOO photographs the finished basket before the courier sets off, a card is included at no extra cost, and most orders are handed over on the day they are placed. The exact delivery window shows on the basket's own page, while full details sit on the delivery zones and timing page.
The easiest way into the range is to start with the flower: baskets sorted by flower cover roses, lilies and the rest in one list. Where the shade matters more than the species, baskets chosen by colour group baskets by colour rather than by flower type, and baskets by size move from compact to the largest weave on offer. For roses bought by the single stem rather than by the basket, the roses section covers them separately.