Flower baskets in Madrid: Andean roses, lilies and the flower to skip
Several flower baskets in Madrid are built on Ecuadorian roses. Ecuador is one of Spain's three main flower and plant suppliers, alongside the Netherlands and Colombia, and Madrid's rose baskets of 51 and 101 stems rely on that Ecuadorian stem. Choosing a basket here starts with the flower itself, then the shade and the size.
Ecuador, Colombia, the Netherlands: whose roses fill the basket
Spain imported more cut flowers in 2025 than the year before, up by sixteen and a half per cent, and roses made up a sizeable share of that total. The Netherlands leads flower and plant suppliers to Spain, Colombia follows, up by almost a quarter year on year, and Ecuador completes the trio. The Ecuadorian stem travels well because of the geography: Andean farms sit at 2,800 to 3,000 metres, where day length near the equator stays close to twelve hours year-round.
Flower baskets in Madrid built from this rose come in two sizes: fifty-one stems or a hundred and one, sold as 51 Ecuadorian Roses in a Basket. The 101-stem basket also comes in white as 101 White Ecuadorian Roses in a Basket. The largest red basket instead uses French roses: not a different variety, but one where the florist folds back the outer petals by hand. Picking the stem count is simplest by size.
Lilies by the fifty or a designer's mix when roses are not the point
Lilies answer a different question: a greenhouse flower cut all year, so a lily basket suits any month. The Madrid section has one basket built from fifty lily stems, and a giant mixed basket built around lilies.
One caution matters more than the colour: every part of a lily is toxic to cats, so a home with one is the wrong address for this flower. A visit calls for something gentler: a modest basket of daisies.
Where neither rose nor lily fits, a designer basket skips the catalogue: describe the occasion and budget in a chat, and the florist builds it from scratch, sending a photo and price before payment. The range sits sorted by flower, roses and lilies included.
The chrysanthemum Madrid leaves out of a birthday basket
One flower is worth naming first. In Spain, the chrysanthemum is associated with 1 November, and many people read it as an odd birthday or thank-you gift. The rest of the dates a basket gets ordered for follow Madrid's flower calendar and its weather.
For a mixed or designer basket meant as a gift, it's worth telling the florist to leave chrysanthemums out. Anyone choosing a basket with 1 November in mind is doing it on purpose, and the florist can include chrysanthemums deliberately.
Shade can be settled before the flower is: a basket chosen by colour narrows things to white, pink or red before a single stem is picked.
Flower basket delivery in Madrid is free within the centre, the delivery window shows on each basket's product card, and most orders go out the same day. The courier photographs the basket before setting off, and any change requested then gets made. The recipient isn't called unless asked, and skipping the address is fine: a phone number is enough.
The simplest start is the rose itself, Ecuadorian and French roses on their own page, or a basket chosen by colour when shade matters more than the flower.