Mixed bouquets in Boston: the Miami road and the stems that share a wrap
About 90% of the cut flowers flown into the United States clear inspection in Miami, with Colombia sending more than half of that import and Ecuador around a quarter. Most mixed bouquets in Boston reach the city by that same road, through wholesalers rather than straight from a farm. One wrap often holds flowers grown a continent apart, and the choice here starts with which bloom leads the mix. For other ways flowers travel into the city, and for a format that suits a hotel room or a hospital visit, see flowers in Boston.
A broad hydrangea head or a spray of small flowers: the Boston mix
The section puts stems together two ways. One way sets a single broad head at the centre and gives it a light companion: hydrangea with statice Misty, or a lily paired with a gerbera. A hydrangea head is dense enough on its own that a few stems already read as a full bouquet, so the companion flower has little to do beyond filling the gaps around it.
The other way builds the bunch from many small flowers rather than one big one: roses with lisianthus, a bouquet with Misty Bubbles and chamomile, or a delicate mix built around lilac. Statice earns its place here as filler, its small clustered heads closing the spaces between the larger blooms instead of competing with them.
Which style to choose comes down to how the bouquet will sit in the room. A broad head catches the eye from across a lobby or a hallway. A spray of small flowers reads softer, closer to something cut from a garden, and suits a bedside table or a narrow flat better than a bouquet built around one big vase-filling head.
Lilac for May, a Massachusetts peony for June, greenhouse stems after
Lilac belongs to May. The Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain grows more than 400 lilac bushes across 173 forms, and a lilac mix on the order page is one of the clearer signs the month has turned. Lilac also has its own place among the mono bouquets, for anyone who wants the flower on its own rather than mixed in with others.
Peonies follow, grown on small farms around Massachusetts from late May into June; peonies has its own entry, though a mixed bouquet can't be counted on to carry one in every order that month. For the rest of the year the mix leans on greenhouse flowers, lily, gerbera and lisianthus among them, because those are cut all year round whatever the season is doing outside.
Mixed bouquet delivery in Boston: describe the mix, then see it
Mixed bouquet delivery in Boston starts with a conversation, not a form. Describing the occasion and the budget in chat brings back a few options, each with a photo and a price, before any payment goes through. A photo of a bouquet seen elsewhere works the same way, and the florist matches it as closely as the stems on hand allow.
One flower needs a warning first. Every part of a lily is toxic to cats, pollen and the water left standing in the vase included, so a home with a cat is better served by a bunch of roses and lisianthus, or one built from chamomile and Misty Bubbles. Pollen that lands on fabric should be lifted off with tape rather than rubbed, which only pushes it deeper into the weave.
The order itself follows a short routine. The flowers are bought once the order is paid. A photo goes to the sender before the courier leaves, so a correction can still be asked for. Any substitution keeps close to the original in colour and price, and shows up in that same photo. Most orders are delivered the day they are placed, and the bouquet's own page shows how soon; delivery to the centre costs nothing, details on the delivery page.
The starting point is the address and the month. Designer bouquets suit a bunch built to order rather than picked from a fixed list, roses are enough on their own when one flower will do, and a lilac mix is the surest sign that May has arrived.