# Custom flower orders in New Jersey?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-flower-orders-in-new-jersey/706229>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 3, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-flower-orders-in-new-jersey/706229 "2014-12-03T15:40:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-flower-orders-in-new-jersey/706229/1 "2014-12-03T15:40:27Z")

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I want to send a nice floral bouquet to my female relatives in NJ for Christmas-one girl is named Daisy so she’ll get daises, natch, likewise with the other 5 ladies in question. So the store/service in question needs to have a fairly wide selection…

Should I do this via a national chain, or choose one more local to them? Appreciate advice from those with experience ordering such things.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-flower-orders-in-new-jersey/706229/2 "2014-12-03T15:49:46Z")

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My theory is that if you call a national chain, they’ll take a cut of whatever you pay. So if you’re paying a hundred bucks, FTD or 1-800-FLOWERS is going to give the local florist only $80 or so. So I think you’re better off calling a good local florist directly. And what I’ve done in the past is to find the local alternative newspaper’s website. Many of them have a “Best of” issue annually that rates local businesses based on a reader poll. So I’ve called whichever florist won the last poll.

BTW, the other thing I did was to ask the recipient to send me a photo of whatever I received. (Frankly I was disappointed in what $150 bought for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.)