FTD's Sweet & Pretty arrived on the chosen day and stayed healthy to day 7, but came bagged and a little crushed, plainer and smaller than its photo. Larissa preferred the UrbanStems bouquet, delivered the same day, on looks at first, and FTD's by the end of the week. Below: our photos, the receipt and the DAISY15 code from October 4, 2026.
Petal TestedMixed3.9 of 5Tested and scored by Larissa RunklePhotographed on delivery by Larissa Runkle. See how Petal Tested works
Our FTD Order: Key Takeaways
Our Score
3.9of 5
Mixed
Arrived on the chosen day, healthy for a week, plainer than its photo.
Our Order Highlights
Delivered on the day we chose
Clean cuts, healthy stems
Good to day 7, a few roses drooping
Glass vase included in the price
Below our 2026 median price
What to Watch For
Arrived bagged and a little crushed
No flower food
Plainer than its photo
Our Order, Start to Finish
We ordered the Sweet & Pretty Bouquet, Deluxe, at the $60 list price, on Sunday, October 4, 2026. Larissa Runkle received, photographed and scored it in Colorado after a local courier delivered it on the Tuesday we chose, and the steps run from the listing to day seven of vase life.
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October 4, 2026
Step 1: What We Ordered
The listing photo · FTD, its photo of the Deluxe size
Sweet & Pretty, Deluxe, $60.00 list
The listing’s default size
Florist Crafted & Delivered: made locally
What the Listing Promised
Hot pink roses
Pale pink alstroemeria
White and pink carnations
White accents
A glass cylinder vase
About 15 by 15 inches
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October 4, 2026
Step 2: Checkout With DAISY15
Our checkout, with DAISY15 applied · Petal Republic (screenshot, delivery address removed, cropped above the cart ID)
Our link applied DAISY15; nothing typed
$19.99 delivery plus a $1.99 date fee
$77.60 delivered, tax included
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October 6, 2026, 1:30 PM
Step 3: Delivered
Left by the gateIn its bag
On the day we chose, by a local courier
Left in a safe spot by the gate
Bagged, the flowers a little crushed
Vase water inside the bag
flowers were placed in a plastic bag and are a little smooshed
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October 6, 2026
Step 4: Against the Listing
The listing photoFrom aboveUnwrapped, two vases
Roses, alstroemeria and carnations, as listed
The photo’s green button mums did not come
16 by 9 inches; the listing says 15 by 15
Less full than pictured
Larissa scored the photo match 3 of 5
Clean cuts, trimmed stems
Does not look as large or as vigorous as product photo
5
Photographed on days 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7
Step 5: Vase Life, Day by Day
Day 1
October 6, 2026
Day 2
October 7, 2026
Photographed outdoors from day 2
Day 3
October 8, 2026
Same spot as day 2
Holding up well
Day 5
October 10, 2026
The alstroemeria fully open
Still looking good
Day 7
October 12, 2026
Some roses drooping
Still good overall
Some roses drooping but overall still good
3.9of 5
Larissa’s FTD Scorecard
Mixed Petal Tested
Average of 9 criteria, each out of 5, equal weight.
On-time delivery
5/5
“Delivered on time and in a safe spot near gate”
Freshness on arrival
4/5
“Very minimal bruising on arrival due to plastic packaging”
Floral design
3/5
“Felt like a typical bouquet, a bit boring and grocery-store like”
Matched the photo
3/5
“Some variations, less interesting/unique than the photo”
Substitutions
4/5
“A few substitutions”
Flower health and care
5/5
“Clean cuts, trimmed stems”
Longevity
4/5
Adjusted from 5 by James Sinclair, Editor: Larissa recorded Monday, October 12, day 7, as the day it first looked tired, and our longevity band scores day 6 or 7 as 4.
“Looked tired by day 7”
Presentation and packaging
3/5
“Adequate but not dressed up like a gift”
Value for money
4/5
Scored by us
$77.60 delivered, about $16 less than our typical order
Vase included
Third-lowest total of our 2026 orders
Brought by a local courier
Worth it, at the price we paid?
About right
Petal TestedMixed3.9 of 5
Feels a tiny bit steep based on presentation and how well the flowers held up, but mostly about right
I’d give this a solid 5 for what it is. I tend to prefer less generic looking bouquets but this one was very healthy and held up well throughout the week. The packaging at first gave me pause (some of the flowers looked squished) but they actually all recovered and continued to look good throughout the week.
Our Verdict on FTD
Our bar for a florist-made bouquet: arrive on the chosen day, healthy, last about a week, look like its photo, and feel gift-ready. This one cleared the first three and missed the last two, arriving bagged and a little crushed, plainer and smaller than the listing. At $77.60, charged October 4, 2026, the third-lowest of our twelve 2026 totals and below our $93.99 median, the order scores 3.9, Mixed. This is our first FTD order. It suits someone wanting a dependable florist-made bouquet with a vase, not a stylish or gift-wrapped one.
Before You Order
Will it arrive on time?
Yes, on the day we chose
A local courier left it by the gate at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, October 6 · on-time delivery 5 of 5
Is it good value?
Below our median; plainer than its photo
$77.60, ours$93.99 median
$77.60 delivered, 17.4% below our $93.99 median · value 4 of 5
How long will it last?
A week, some roses drooping
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5
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7
Holding upRoses drooping
Some roses drooping on day 7, the rest still good · longevity 4 of 5
Will it match the photo?
Not quite: smaller and plainer
9 inches wide against the listing’s 15; the photo’s green mums missing · matched the photo 3 of 5
Will it arrive gift-ready?
No: bagged and a little crushed
In a plastic bag on a box; the flowers recovered · presentation 3 of 5
What comes with it?
A glass vase, but no flower food
Glass vase, included
Vase water, included
Clean-cut, trimmed stems, included
Flower food, not included
Clean cuts, trimmed stems, vase water inside the bag
Order It If
You want it there on the day you chose
You want a vase included in the price
Lasting a week matters more than style
The recipient won’t compare it with the photo
Look Elsewhere If
You want a stylish, modern bouquet
You need the bouquet in the photo
You want it to arrive gift-wrapped
You want the lowest total we paid
Head to Head With UrbanStems
I tend to prefer more interesting flower arrangements like the UrbanStems but this one held up much better. At the beginning of the week my answer would have been UrbanStems, which was much more visually interesting to look at, but after seeing how both held up I think I actually prefer this one for how healthy and long-lasting it was.
The Sweet & Pretty lists at $45 Standard, $60 Deluxe and $75 Premium (read October 25, 2026), and we bought the Deluxe on October 4, 2026. Our link applied DAISY15 for $9.00 off the bouquet only; the $19.99 standard delivery on our order matched FTD's published floor and was not discounted, and a $1.99 "Same Day/Weekend/Holiday Delivery Fee" was added on our Tuesday delivery, booked two days ahead. Tax was $4.62, for $77.60 delivered.
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Amount
Note
List price
$60.00
Deluxe size
DAISY15, through our link
−$9.00
“Code Applied Successfully!”; nothing typed
Standard Delivery/Shipping Fee
$19.99
Not discounted
Same Day/Weekend/Holiday Delivery Fee
$1.99
Charged on a Tuesday, booked two days ahead
Tax
$4.62
Colorado
Delivered
$77.60
What we paid
Without our link, the bouquet line is $60.00. A glass vase came in the price.
DAISY1515% offtested in our own paid order, October 4, 2026
We may earn a commission when you buy through a link on this page. It does not change the price you pay or what we publish.
Same-day orders need to be in by 2 p.m. in the recipient's time zone in most areas, and most of FTD's city pages give 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (read September 17 and 27, 2026). No delivery time of day is guaranteed.
Cut-off checked September 17, 2026 in FTD’s delivery policy; weekend times September 27, 2026 on its city pages; date fees in our carts.
Day or Line
What We Found
Checked
Same-day cut-off, weekdays
2pm, recipient’s time zone, in most areas
FTD’s delivery policy, September 17, 2026
Same-day cut-off, weekends
1pm on most of FTD’s city pages; earlier on holidays
Most ftd.com city pages, September 27, 2026
Time of day
Not guaranteed
FTD’s delivery policy, September 17, 2026
Shipped bouquets
Monday to Saturday, US only
FTD’s delivery policy, September 17, 2026
Date fee, same-day
+$4.99 (New York)
Our cart, September 23, 2026
Our order, two days ahead
+$1.99 date fee, on a Tuesday
Our paid order, October 4, 2026
Every Photo We Took
16 photographs and our receipt, from 1 order, each dated and credited.
2 of the 2026 photographs are as shot; the rest are corrected for brightness and white balance across the whole frame. Nothing retouched, added or removed; the originals are archived.
Left by the gateOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
In its bagOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Unwrapped, two vasesOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 1, on arrivalOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 1, close upOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
From aboveOctober 6, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 2October 7, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 2, beside UrbanStemsOctober 7, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 3October 8, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 3, from aboveOctober 8, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 5October 10, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 5, close upOctober 10, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 5, beside UrbanStemsOctober 10, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 7October 12, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 7, from aboveOctober 12, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Day 7, beside UrbanStemsOctober 12, 2026 · Larissa Runkle
Our checkout, with DAISY15 appliedOctober 4, 2026 · Petal Republic
Every Order We’ve Placed With FTD
1 bouquet in 1 order since 2026, latest first, each dated, credited and kept.
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
Prices every best seller (20 here) and compares 13 services
Scores value for money from the order data
Edits each page and signs it off before it publishes
Cheapest Bouquets to Order at FTD
FTD's 20 best sellers, each tile showing the smallest-size price with DAISY15 off beside the $19.99 standard delivery fee, cheapest first (captured September 17, 2026).
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Prices before delivery; a service’s fee is the one it publishes. Cheapest delivered first.
On September 16, 2026, we captured ProFlowers' 20 best sellers; on September 17, 2026, we found 13 of them on FTD as the same product at the same price to the cent, on one shared store. On those 13 shipped bouquets, nothing separates the two on price: same list price, same $19.99 published delivery floor (read September 17, 2026), and 15% off through each of our links, DAISY15 at FTD and LILY15 at ProFlowers. The florist-made range, including our Sweet & Pretty, is not shown to be shared.
Checked September 17, 2026 against our ProFlowers capture of September 16, 2026; prices move, so we recheck.
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.
FTD
wire service, florist or box by the bouquet
No. 1 best seller: Clear Skies Bouquet
You’re reading this review
Best sellers
$38.25 to $72.25before delivery; 20 best sellers, captured September 17, 2026, with DAISY15
Order placed October 2026. Cut-off time checked September 17, 2026; weekend times September 27, 2026. Best sellers captured September 17, 2026. DAISY15 confirmed in our paid order, October 4, 2026.
Is FTD Legit?
Yes, FTD is legit. It has delivered flowers for over a hundred years and remains one of the largest US wire services, and our October 2026 order arrived on the day we chose, made by a local florist, and lasted the week.
Larissa Runkle, who received our October 2026 order: “Yes. Fragrant, beautiful, if not a bit generic but still lovely overall.”
Does FTD Use Local Florists?
FTD splits by listing, not by order: some bouquets are marked "Florist Crafted & Delivered" and arranged and delivered by a local FTD florist, while others ship in a box by carrier. Ours was the florist-made kind, and it came by a local courier.
Does FTD Deliver on Time?
On our October 2026 order, yes: a local courier left it in a safe spot by the gate at 1:30 PM on the day we chose.
Same-day orders need to be in by 2 p.m. in the recipient's time zone in most areas, and most of FTD's city pages give 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (read September 17 and 27, 2026). No delivery time of day is guaranteed.
What Is the FTD Delivery Fee?
Our October 2026 order paid $19.99 standard delivery plus a $1.99 “Same Day/Weekend/Holiday Delivery Fee”, on a Tuesday delivery booked two days ahead.
Our September 2026 same-day cart in New York paid the same $19.99 plus $4.99 on that line: observed in 2 carts, not a national rate.
Does an FTD Bouquet Come With a Vase?
The Sweet & Pretty listing includes a glass vase, and ours came with one. No flower food came with it.
Are FTD and ProFlowers the Same?
ProFlowers is an FTD brand, and on shipped bouquets the two sold the same products at the same prices in our September 2026 capture. The florist-made range was not shown to match, and our tested bouquet sits in that range.
Is FTD Plus Worth It?
FTD Plus is $39.99 a year for free standard delivery, so at $19.99 a delivery it pays for itself on the third order: two deliveries cost $39.98, one cent under the annual fee (pricing read September 17, 2026). It cannot be combined with any code, including DAISY15, which our link applied on October 4, 2026.
Does the DAISY15 Code Work?
Our tracked link opens ftd.com with DAISY15, confirmed October 4, 2026, already applied, taking 15% off the bouquet only and never the delivery fees, with nothing typed at checkout.
Confirmed in our paid order on October 4, 2026: $9.00 off the $60.00 bouquet. It is carried on our link, not typed at checkout.
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Who Did What
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Petal Republic, October 4, 2026, $77.60 with DAISY15 through our link