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Blue is the hardest colour to get honestly in flowers, and this collection is built around the ones that are genuinely blue rather than made to look it. Around thirty blue bouquets, orchids, baskets and boxes sit here — a small collection on purpose, because the alternative is filling it with tinted white flowers and not saying so.
Which Flowers Are Genuinely Blue
Very few, and it is worth knowing which before you order. Hydrangeas are the real thing — they turn blue in acid soil and pink in alkaline, which is why the same variety appears in both colours on this site. Delphinium, muscari, nigella, cornflower and anemone give true blues and blue-violets. Irises sit on the border between blue and purple, and most of what people picture as a blue iris is closer to violet in daylight.
Almost everything else sold as blue is not. Blue roses, blue orchids and blue chrysanthemums are white flowers that have been tinted by the grower, either by standing the cut stem in dye or by watering a potted plant with it. That is not a trick as long as it is declared, and we declare it on the product page.
Blue Flower Bouquets: What Actually Works
Blue on its own reads cold, and a bouquet of nothing but blue is rarely what someone actually wants when they ask for one. White and green rescue it every time — a blue hydrangea head with white lisianthus and eucalyptus is the arrangement people are picturing, and it is the one we build most often. Our white collection is the natural place to look if you want to see the other half of that combination.
Blue and pink is the second request, usually for a new baby or a christening; new baby flowers covers both. Blue with cream and a little navy ribbon is the version that suits a man, and it is why a blue flower bouquet is one of the few genuinely good Father’s Day options — most of the rest of that day’s florist offering is a red and yellow bouquet with a card attached. A blue orchid in a pot is the longest-lived thing on this page by a wide margin and travels better than a cut arrangement.
Blue Flower Delivery Across London and the UK
Order by 10 PM and we deliver blue flowers the same day across London and Greater London, seven days a week — Mayfair, Chelsea, Kensington, Notting Hill, Fulham, Southwark, Islington, Canary Wharf and the surrounding areas. Orders placed after the cut-off go out the next morning. Blue flowers delivery to the rest of the UK takes two to three working days, and those arrangements travel upright with the stems in water rather than flat through a letterbox.
Blue is the colour most likely to be out of stock at short notice, because the honest blues are seasonal and the dyed ones are made to order rather than held. If you need blue flowers in London today and the piece you wanted has gone, tell us in the order notes what the blue is for — a baby, a Father’s Day, a corporate table — and we will build to the same brief with what is genuinely in the studio that morning.
Looking After Blue Flowers
Hydrangeas are the one flower on this page that drink through their heads as well as their stems: when a blue hydrangea flops, submerging the whole head in cool water for half an hour usually brings it back, which almost nothing else will do. Cut two centimetres off every stem at an angle before the first drink, change the water every two days, and keep the vase away from a fruit bowl. Tinted flowers do not run or stain the water. Our vase-life table gives realistic day counts for each of these, and the flower care guide covers the rest.
Blue Flowers — Questions We Are Asked
Which flowers are actually blue?
Hydrangeas, delphinium, muscari, nigella, cornflower and anemone are genuinely blue or blue-violet. Irises straddle blue and purple. Blue roses, blue orchids and blue chrysanthemums are white flowers that a grower has tinted — the colour is real for the life of the flower, but the plant never produced it.
Are tinted blue flowers a problem?
No, as long as you know. The colour is genuine for as long as the flower lives, and a tinted blue rose is a real rose. What it will not do is come back blue — a tinted orchid’s next flowering opens white. We say which is which on the product page, because a tinted flower sold as natural is the kind of surprise nobody wants.
What goes well with blue in a bouquet?
White and green, almost always. A blue hydrangea with white lisianthus and eucalyptus is the arrangement people actually want when they ask for blue. Blue and pink is the other combination we are asked for constantly, usually for a new baby or a christening, and blue with cream reads more masculine than either.
Where can I buy blue flowers in London?
Here, and same-day if you order by 10 PM — but it is worth saying that blue is thin on the ground across London generally, and a shop that always has a full blue shelf is almost certainly working with dyed stock. Our studio is in Bermondsey and we deliver across London and Greater London seven days a week.
Do you deliver blue flowers the same day?
Yes. Order by 10 PM and a blue bouquet goes out the same day across London and Greater London, including Sundays and bank holidays. Anything ordered after the cut-off is delivered the next day. If it has to arrive within a particular window, put the time in the order notes and we will confirm it before we cut.
Can I send blue flowers outside London?
Yes — we send blue flowers to addresses across the rest of the UK, where delivery takes two to three working days. Hydrangeas travel less well than most flowers over that distance; for a long journey a blue orchid in a pot or a boxed arrangement is the safer choice, and we will say so if you ask.
Are blue flowers a good Father’s Day gift?
They are one of the better ones, and it is the day this collection is busiest. Blue with cream, navy ribbon and no pink in it avoids the two things men most often say about flowers they have been sent — that they are too sweet and too obviously a default gift. A blue orchid in a pot works even better if he is not the sort to change vase water.
How much is a blue flower bouquet?
Blue bouquets start at £39, and a blue orchid plant at £25. The middle of the collection sits near £74, and the largest baskets and structured arrangements run to just over £400. Delivery is charged at the flat rate shown in your basket and is free once the order passes the free-delivery threshold.
What if a bloom arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph within three days at info@floritta.uk and we will replace the arrangement. Hydrangeas are the usual culprit — if the head looks limp on arrival, try submerging it in cool water for half an hour before you write to us, because that revives it more often than not.
