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Flowers in boxes in Paris: a jute pot, a hat box or a handbag
Flowers in boxes in Paris are not always cardboard under a lid: the section keeps its own line of compositions in jute pots, alongside crates and hanging baskets. Which shape to pick depends first on whether the arrangement will be carried, stood on a table or hung from a hook, and only then on which flowers sit inside it.
When jute replaces cardboard: pots and crates for a Paris flat
Three shapes in this section are built to stand or hang rather than be carried about: a jute pot, a wooden crate and a hanging basket. Inside each one the stems sit in wet foam, so whoever receives the arrangement does not need to go looking for a vase. One example is the Jute Pot "Piero", part of the compositions in jute pots line.
When the address turns out to be a hotel, or nobody is home to take delivery, a concierge can accept the box with the sender's consent, and the hotel's own rules decide whether it goes up to the room. The details for that sit on the flowers in Paris hub, not in this section.
Jumilia is one of the roses that turn up inside these boxes: a bud up to seven centimetres across, pale at the base and pink towards the edge, holding for up to two weeks in water with reasonable care. A "French rose" is not a variety at all but a technique, the florist turning back the outer petals by hand.
Hydrangea needs different handling when it sits beside the roses. It drinks more than most cut flowers and takes in water through its petals as well as its stem, so the foam under it is watered across the whole surface every day in a thin stream rather than tipped in from one side.
About eighty per cent of the cut flowers sold in France are imported, and most of that supply is routed through the Netherlands. That is one reason why roses are on offer here in every month of the year, not only in a short local season.
A handbag for a visit, macarons for a sweeter box in Paris
A handbag is carried by its own handles straight to a table or a doorstep, while a hat box is meant to be set down and opened once it arrives. Which one suits a visit depends on who is handing it over and where it will land.
For a sweeter gift beside the flowers, the section keeps a separate line of macarons in boxes, ordered alongside a bouquet rather than in place of one. French tradition keeps grandmothers' day on the first Sunday of March and mothers' day on the last Sunday of May.
Flower box delivery in Paris starts with a photograph of the finished box, sent before the courier sets off. Most orders reach the recipient on the day they were placed, and the exact time slot shows on the bouquet's own page, with more detail on the delivery page.
