UAE National Day in Sharjah

UAE National Day in Sharjah: red and white roses for homes and offices

UAE National Day in Sharjah brings roses in two colours to the top of the selection: half of the first twenty bouquets are red, running from fifteen tall stems to a bunch of 101. The rest are white roses and lilies, with one bouquet, 51 Red and White Roses, holding both in a single wrap. The choice, in practice, starts with colour and moves to the address: a home gets whichever shade fits the room, and an office suits red or the mixed wrap for a business thank-you. Form follows from there — kraft paper, a cylinder, a box or a loose bunch.

What the UAE National Day selection holds

Red carries the section. Fifteen tall stems open the range, and it climbs through a bunch of 21 in kraft paper, 19 in kraft, and 19 in Lady Kraft styling. From there it rises to 51 tall stems, a cylinder of red roses, a boxed 21, and two ways of reaching 101: a bouquet and a looser bunch.

White answers with its own spread: French roses, Dutch roses, a light wrap, a powder-toned bunch of fifteen, thirty-nine stems, and, apart from roses, seven white lilies as a bouquet on their own. Eucalyptus runs through several of the red and white wraps alike, and one bouquet sets both colours side by side rather than choosing.

Every bouquet in the section is made to order, and the flowers are bought once the order is paid, not before.

French is a finish, not a variety: the florist turns the outer petals back by hand, which opens the head into a looser, fuller shape than the rose left as it grew. Dutch roses are the classic greenhouse varieties, upright and even, the kind most bunches are built from.

In a bunch, eucalyptus works as filler around the flowers rather than as the point of the piece; the roses carry the weight and sit at the centre. Lilies work differently again. A lily has a large head, so seven stems already make a full bouquet rather than a handful of flowers. Worth knowing before a lily goes near a cat: the plant is toxic to cats, and its pollen marks fabric, so it suits a desk or a hallway table better than a spot pets can reach.

Roses in water tend to last about a week, sometimes closer to ten days, with an ordinary vase routine of clean water and a fresh cut on the stems.

Flowers for the office, the team and partners

A bouquet reads as a straightforward gesture of thanks between colleagues or partners, without needing much explanation beyond the card. Several bouquets can go out in one order to different offices, and delivery is counted separately for each address they travel to, as explained under how delivery works.

An office delivery needs the company name and the floor rather than a personal address. Where a building runs a pass system, the courier leaves the flowers at reception and the sender is told who took them in.

Companies ordering this way can ask for an invoice made out to the business, with supporting documents provided on request, and can set up flowers on a recurring schedule under an agreement rather than placing each order separately.

Flowers are commonly offered with the right hand, or with both hands together, and the person receiving them will often set the bouquet aside rather than open the wrapping in front of the giver. The card that comes with the order costs nothing extra, and it can carry a signed message or stay anonymous, whichever the sender prefers.

The courier working the delivery knows only the recipient's name and address, nothing about who sent the flowers or why. Balloons and sweets can be added into the same order alongside the bouquet, as with other occasions.

UAE National Day flowers delivery for a set date

The holiday falls in early December, when a fixed date and time slot can be booked well ahead. Delivery for a set date and time reaches any zone, and booking early leaves more time slots open to choose from as the date approaches.

Before the courier leaves, the finished bouquet is photographed and sent on, and that photo is the point to ask for any change to the flowers. Beyond that, the exact delivery window is shown on each bouquet's own page rather than promised here, since it varies bouquet by bouquet; the how delivery works page covers the rest of how it runs.

Payment is taken by Visa or Mastercard, and the total shown in the cart is final. No account or registration is needed to place the order.

Colour is usually the easiest place to start, whether that means red, white or the one bouquet that mixes both. From there, the full range of roses covers the rest of the section, and other occasions is worth a look for anything beyond National Day itself.