For our hands-on 1-800-Flowers review, we ordered one of their best-selling arrangements - the Floral Embrace which was produced by a local florist in their network and hand-delivered on the day promised. Our flowers arrived fresh and arranged in a glass vase, but built it from different flowers than the listing. It came without the listing's sunflowers and orange Asiatic lilies, with small orange roses in the mix, and Larissa still scored the design 5 of 5. It looked tired from day 5, and no flower food or care card came. Below: our photos, the receipt, and the code we used.
Petal TestedMixed3.9 of 5Tested and scored by Larissa RunklePhotographed on delivery by Larissa Runkle. See how Petal Tested works
Our 1-800-Flowers Order: Key Takeaways
Our Score
3.9of 5
Mixed
Arrived on the day, fresh and in a vase, but not the pictured bouquet.
Earlier order: 4.5 (2023), before the 2026 criteria
Our Order Highlights
Delivered on the day, by a local florist
Every stem fresh on arrival
A balanced design: 5 of 5
Arrived arranged in a glass vase
What to Watch For
No sunflowers or orange lilies
Tired from day 5
No flower food or care card
Our Order, Start to Finish
On October 25, 2026, we ordered Floral Embrace in the Medium size, and a local florist made and hand-delivered it to Larissa Runkle in Colorado two days later. She received, photographed and scored it, and the steps below run from the listing to day 7 of vase life.
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October 25, 2026
Step 1: What We Ordered
The listing photo · 1-800-Flowers, its photo of the Extra Large size
The listing photoDay 1, on arrivalDay 1, from above
Larissa scored the photo match 3 of 5
No sunflowers or orange lilies
Small orange roses in their place
Half open, every stem fresh
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Photographed on days 1, 3, 5 and 7
Step 5: Vase Life, Day by Day
Day 1
October 27, 2026
Day 3
October 29, 2026
Blooms opening
Blooms opening, looking lovely
Day 5
October 31, 2026
First looked tired on day 5
Some roses drooping, withering
Day 7
November 2, 2026
Done by day 7, Larissa felt
Most blooms drooping
3.9of 5
Larissa’s 1-800-Flowers Scorecard
Mixed Petal Tested
Average of 9 criteria, each out of 5, equal weight.
On-time delivery
5/5
“Delivered on the promised day, handed over to my husband”
Freshness on arrival
5/5
“Every stem was fresh, nothing was bruised”
Floral design
5/5
“Some substitutions but the colors and design still look well balanced”
Matched the photo
3/5
“Same idea but noticeably different color scheme, possibly because it was fulfilled locally/based on what they had?”
Substitutions
2/5
“Several swaps that drastically change the overall look”
Flower health and care
3/5
“Flowers looked wonderful upon arrival but were very tired by day 5 and completely withering/trash status by day 7.”
Longevity
3/5
“The blooms looked very tired by day 5 and were completely ready to be tossed by day 7.”
Presentation and packaging
4/5
“No wrap or anything (which I actually think was kinder to flowers ultimately, but I wonder how they would have fared if no one was available to retrieve them right away (would have been exposed/left to the elements unwrapped).”
Value for money
5/5
Scored by us
$78.93 delivered, about $15 less than our typical order
Vase included
15% off the bouquet with SHOPSALE
Made and hand-delivered by a local florist
Arrived arranged in a glass vase
Worth it, at the price we paid?
About right
Petal TestedMixed3.9 of 5
Yes, about right for the price. That’s not a steep price for such a beautiful bouquet but I would be frustrated by their lack of longevity.
Yes, very happy with the reservation that they were done by day 7.
Our Verdict on 1-800-Flowers
Our bar: arrive on the day, fresh, well made, in a vase, and look like the listing. This order cleared the first four but missed the last, and looked tired from day 5. At $78.93 on October 25, 2026, 16.0% below the $93.99 median of our twelve 2026 orders and fourth lowest, value scored 5, lifting the average to 3.9, Mixed. In February 2023, two bouquets by two routes arrived on time, and Larissa scored 4.5 before the 2026 criteria. Order it for a gift that needs to arrive arranged and on a set date; look elsewhere for the photo match or week of freshness.
Before You Order
Who will make it?
A local florist, or a shipped box
Ours came from a local florist in Colorado; the listing allows either, by date and place
Will it arrive on time?
Yes, on the date promised
Delivered October 27 at about 1:30 PM, handed over · on-time delivery 5 of 5
Will it match the photo?
Not closely: the florist swapped flowers
No sunflowers or orange lilies; small orange roses in their place · matched the photo 3 of 5, substitutions 2 of 5
How long will it last?
Tired from day 5
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Looked greatTired
Some roses drooping on day 5, most blooms on day 7 · longevity 3 of 5
Is it good value?
Below the median from our orders
$78.93, ours$93.99 median
$78.93 delivered, 16.0% below our $93.99 median · value 5 of 5
What comes with it?
A glass vase with water
Glass vase, included
Water in the vase, included
Flower food, not included
Care card, not included
Wrap, not included
No flower food, care card or wrap came with it
Order It If
You want it arranged in a vase, by hand
You need it on a set date
The exact flowers matter less than the look
It only needs to shine for a few days
Look Elsewhere If
You want the bouquet in the photo
You want it fresh for a week
You want flower food and a care card
It may be left outside, unwrapped
Head to Head With BloomsyBox
I would rather receive the Bloomsy Box. These ones lasted much longer and still look great on day 7, I can see them lasting another few days no problem. I also like the color scheme of the Bloomsy slightly better.
Floral Embrace's list prices were $49.99 Small, $64.99 Medium, $79.99 Large and $99.99 Extra Large on October 19, 2026, and we bought the Medium on October 25, 2026. SHOPSALE took 15% off the bouquet only, $9.75, leaving the $18.99 service fee undiscounted. The order email calls that charge shipping. A $0.31 Colorado Regulatory Fee and $4.39 tax brought the total to $78.93.
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Amount
Note
List price
$64.99
Floral Embrace, Medium, arranged in a glass vase
SHOPSALE, 15% off
−$9.75
1-800-Flowers’ own sitewide code, bouquet only
Service fee
$18.99
Not discounted; “Shipping” in the order email
Regulatory Fee (Colorado)
$0.31
A Colorado state fee on deliveries
Tax
$4.39
Colorado
Delivered
$78.93
What we paid
Without the code, the bouquet line is $64.99. SHOPSALE rises to 20% off at $89 and 25% at $129, so a larger size takes more off; the $18.99 service fee stays the same. The checkout’s “Taxes” line read $4.69, tax and the Regulatory Fee together, a cent under the order email’s two lines; the email’s $78.93 is what was charged.
SHOPSALE15% off orders of $49 or moreapplied in our order, October 25, 2026
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1-800-Flowers offers same-day delivery when you order by a time in the recipient's time zone, but its own pages don't agree on what that time is. We've listed each statement with its date below, and we recommend ordering ahead of the earliest time shown to be safe.
The site’s homepage as archived October 26, 2026; its product-page phone widget as archived October 19, 2026; our order October 25, 2026.
Sets each round’s median from our orders ($93.99 in 2026)
Reviews every scorecard, note and photo
Checks receipts, fees and codes in our own carts
Compares 13 services from our own orders and carts
Scores value for money from the order data
Edits each page and signs it off before it publishes
How 1-800-Flowers Compares
What each service is known for, what its best sellers cost before delivery, the delivery fee as our carts paid it, or as published where no cart has been run, weekday same-day cut-off and the best working code for each service we have tested.
Fees last paid in a cart October 25, 2026. Every fee below is drawn on one scale from $0.00, with the bar for $35.00 running the full width.
$90.00 to $220.00before delivery; 48 listings, captured November 3, 2026, with BHBLOOM
Delivery fee
$35.00one cart, a Tennessee address
Same-day cut-off
Not yet checked
Best code
BHBLOOM
Our score
4.1 / 5
Q&As: Ordering at 1-800-Flowers
Answered from what we tested, and when.
Orders received February 2023 and October 2026. Same-day times as the site stated them, archived October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026.
Is 1-800-Flowers Legit?
Yes, 1-800-Flowers is legit. We paid $78.93 on October 25, 2026, and a local florist hand-delivered a fresh and arranged bouquet to Larissa Runkle in Colorado on the promised day.
Larissa Runkle, who received our October 2026 order, asked whether she would have been happy to receive it as a gift: “Yes, very happy with the reservation that they were done by day 7.”
Does 1-800-Flowers Deliver by Hand or Ship?
Either, depending on the date and location, as its listings say. Our October 2026 order in Colorado was made and hand-delivered by a local florist, and in February 2023 one of our two bouquets came shipped in a box.
Does 1-800-Flowers Deliver on Time?
On our October 2026 order, yes: a local florist delivered at about 1:30 PM on October 27, 2026, the day promised. February 2023: “Despite using two different delivery methods (snail mail and hand delivery), both bouquets arrived in flawless condition and on time.”
What Is the 1-800-Flowers Delivery Fee?
Our October 2026 order paid a $18.99 service fee (the order email calls it shipping), plus Colorado’s $0.31 Regulatory Fee and $4.39 tax.
That is one order, to Colorado: observed, not a national rate. The code did not reduce the fee.
Does a 1-800-Flowers Arrangement Come With a Vase?
Floral Embrace is sold arranged in a glass vase, and ours arrived in one with water. No flower food or care card came with it.
Is There a 1-800-Flowers Discount Code?
SHOPSALE, 1-800-Flowers' own public sitewide code, took 15% off our bouquet on October 25, 2026, and not the service fee. Its tiers rise to 20% off at $89 and 25% off at $129.
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