Gifts to Go With Bouquets in Hong Kong

Gifts to go with bouquets in Hong Kong: a banquet, a party, a home

Gifts to go with bouquets in Hong Kong often follow the wedding calendar: couples set their date by the Chinese almanac. From October to December many land on the same "good" Saturdays, so in those weeks a bouquet and its gift are often bound for a banquet rather than a door. A card, a toy or a box of chocolates is picked by where it is going next: a banquet, a children's party or a home where it stays after the flowers have gone.

A bear, balloons or a booked act for a Hong Kong birthday party

A birthday bouquet reads better in pink or peach than in white, since white is not the colour for a birthday here.

A latex balloon is good for roughly half a day, and Hong Kong's summer heat, covered on the flowers in Hong Kong page, shortens that further. A foil balloon stays inflated for several days and suits a gift sent ahead of the date.

A soft toy or a bouquet of marshmallow stems is built for the child who opens the door, something to hold once the flowers are set down on a table.

A booked act is ordered rather than carried. For a party held in a restaurant, the timing is worked out with the venue beforehand, so a booked act can arrive for dessert or for the toast rather than at the door.

A bouquet bound for a wedding banquet table usually goes with words: a card or a topper. A card written in your own words goes in free, and ready-made cards are also on offer, among them one called "You're Magical". A topper does the same job on a stick: a short line that stands up among the stems instead of lying flat on the table.

A wedding is another occasion that keeps away from white, and the number four is avoided too, so no bouquet of four or fourteen stems — more on flowers in Hong Kong.

University graduations in Hong Kong cluster in two windows, October to December and May to July, and a card or a topper suits a graduate better than a toy does.

Chocolate sits well beside a banquet bouquet: Belgian Chocolate Lips is one box to add.

A card can carry a signature or go without one, exactly as the sender decides.

A diffuser or a candle for the home, ordered with the flowers

Roses last about a week in a vase; a diffuser runs for weeks or months more. The reeds are turned every few days so each fresh end releases the scent again. Reed Diffuser "Rozzo" is one to look at. A decorative candle does the same job, staying on the shelf long after the bouquet is thrown out.

A card, balloons or chocolates for a bouquet order are added to the same cart: flowers and gifts are delivered together, not as separate parcels. The courier hands over everything in person, card included, and a photo of the finished bouquet is sent before the courier sets off. Delivery is free in the central zone and charged at a flat rate elsewhere, and both are set out on the delivery terms page.

Picking gifts to go with bouquets in Hong Kong starts with the address they are travelling to. Greeting cards made for bouquets and a topper suit a banquet table, marshmallow bouquets suit a child's party, and reed diffusers outlast the flowers at home.