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Purple is the colour people come to when they want something less expected than pink and warmer than blue — and it covers everything from pale lilac to a near-black burgundy. This is a deliberately small collection of around fifteen pieces: lilac and violet bouquets, lavender hydrangeas, purple orchids and a few large statement arrangements.
Lilac, Lavender, Violet, Plum: They Are Not the Same Order
Half of what goes wrong with a purple bouquet is a vocabulary problem. Lilac is pale and grey-toned, and reads soft and slightly nostalgic. Lavender is lilac with more blue and is the shade most people mean when they ask for a lavender rose. Violet is saturated and close to blue. Plum and aubergine are dark, warm and almost brown in low light — that is the shade that works with rust, copper and cream, and the one to ask for in autumn. Saying which of the four you want costs one line in the order notes and changes the result completely.
Which Flowers Are Genuinely Purple
Lisianthus and eustoma in lilac and deep violet, delphinium for the blue-purples, purple phalaenopsis orchids, anemones with their dark centres, tulips in the cool months including the near-black Queen of the Night, and matthiola, which brings scent that most purple flowers do not have. Chrysanthemums and carnations give warm, dusky purples and hold them for a fortnight, which is what makes a large purple arrangement affordable.
Hydrangeas deserve their own line: the same variety flowers blue in acid soil, pink in alkaline and lands on lilac-purple in between, which is why lavender hydrangeas come and go with the growing conditions rather than with our ordering. Lavender roses are real — bred, not tinted — but they are a soft mauve rather than a strong purple, and anyone expecting violet from a rose will be disappointed by the honest version. Purple blue-toned stems sit next door to this collection, and irises straddle the two.
What Purple Is Good For
It reads as considered rather than romantic, which makes it a good choice for a colleague, a thank you, a housewarming or a birthday where red roses would say too much. It is also the safest colour for a man who has said he does not like flowers: deep purple with burgundy and eucalyptus has none of the sweetness people object to.
Two palettes do most of the work. Deep purple with burgundy and rust is one of the strongest autumn combinations there is and looks expensive in a dark room. Lilac with white and grey-green foliage is the opposite — light, quiet and the version that suits a spring table or a new mother. Purple with yellow is the third and the most divisive: it is the highest-contrast pairing in flowers and either lands beautifully or looks like a school crest, so ask for it deliberately rather than by accident.
Purple Flower Delivery Across London and the UK
Order by 10 PM and we deliver purple 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. Anything after the cut-off goes the next morning. Purple flowers delivery to the rest of the UK takes two to three working days, and those arrangements travel upright with the stems in water.
Purple is a smaller shelf than red or white on purpose, and the honest consequence is that a specific purple piece can sell out at short notice. If you need purple flowers in London today and the arrangement you wanted has gone, say in the order notes what the purple is for — a birthday, a thank you, an office reception — and we will build to the same brief from what is genuinely in the studio that morning rather than substitute silently.
Looking After Purple Flowers
Purple fades rather than browns: lilac and lavender lose saturation in direct sunlight within two or three days, and a bouquet kept on a windowsill will look grey by the end of the week while the same one in a hallway holds its colour. Cut two centimetres off every stem at an angle before the first drink and change the water every second day. Hydrangeas drink through their heads as well as their stems, so a flopping lavender hydrangea can usually be revived by submerging the whole head in cool water for half an hour. Our flower care guide covers each flower type, and the vase-life table gives realistic day counts.
Purple Flowers — Questions We Are Asked
How much are purple flowers?
Purple bouquets start at £29 and a purple orchid plant at £25. The middle of the collection sits near £149, and the largest arrangements — hundred-stem tulips, big hydrangea and rose builds — run to around £300.
Do you deliver purple flowers the same day in London?
Yes. Order by 10 PM and a purple bouquet goes out the same day across London and Greater London, seven days a week, including Sundays and bank holidays. If it needs to arrive in a particular window, put the time in the order notes and we will confirm it before we cut.
Where can I buy purple flowers in London?
Here, with same-day delivery if you order by 10 PM; our studio is in Bermondsey and we deliver across London and Greater London seven days a week. It is worth knowing that purple is thin on the ground across London florists generally, because the genuine purples are seasonal — a shop with a permanently full purple shelf is usually working with dyed stock.
Can I order purple roses?
Lavender roses, yes — they are bred that colour and are a soft mauve. A strong violet or deep purple rose does not exist naturally; what is sold as one is a white rose that has been tinted. We will do it if you ask, and we will say so on the order rather than let it arrive as a surprise.
Do you have purple orchids?
Yes, and purple is the shade of potted phalaenopsis we sell most of. A plant flowers for eight to twelve weeks rather than days and will flower again the following year, which makes it the better choice for an office, a hospital room or someone who already has enough vases. See the orchid collection.
Which purple flowers last the longest?
A potted orchid, then chrysanthemums and carnations at ten days to a fortnight, then lisianthus. Hydrangeas give around a week in the vase and then dry well — a lavender hydrangea head left in an empty vase keeps a muted version of its colour for months. Anemones and tulips are the shortest at four to six days.
Can I send purple flowers outside London?
Yes, to addresses across the rest of the UK, with two to three working days for delivery. For a long journey a purple orchid in a pot or a boxed arrangement travels better than loose hydrangeas, and we will say so if you ask.
What does a purple bouquet say?
Less than red and more than white. It is the colour for thank you, congratulations, a promotion, a housewarming or a friendship that is not a romance — warm without being a declaration. For an anniversary or a proposal, red still does the job better.
