Best Same-Day Flower Delivery Services We’ve Tested, With Today’s Cut-Offs

Among the florist-network services, the latest weekday cut-off is From You Flowers' 3pm, where a local florist is available. Some of its city pages show noon instead, in Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Ode à la Rose runs later in New York, where you can order by 5pm for delivery by 9pm, one of six cities it serves same-day.

Same-day flowers reach the door one of three ways. Most often, a florist network passes your order to a local florist near the recipient, which gives the widest reach. Some services use their own couriers or local partners in certain cities only, so coverage is narrower and cut-offs can be later. Flowers shipped from a farm in a box arrive next day at the earliest, so they are not same-day.

In practice, order before the cut-off in the recipient's local time, and earlier on weekends and around holidays. Look for the service's own same-day mark on a bouquet and check the delivery date at checkout. No delivery time of day is usually promised.

Yes, where a local florist works Sundays. The florist-network services list Sunday cut-offs from 11:30am at 1-800-Flowers, the earliest of three times its pages give, to 1pm at From You Flowers, FTD, ProFlowers and Floom. Teleflora sits at noon. Ode à la Rose delivers in New York on Sunday if you order by noon. Sunday cut-offs run earlier than weekday ones.

In our New York same-day carts, delivery ran from $19.99 at ProFlowers to $25.00 at Ode à la Rose and The Bouqs Co. Published fees go higher: Roses Only lists $27.50 in Los Angeles and $30 on Saturday, and FLOWERBX publishes $25 for Manhattan. Discount codes in our orders came off the bouquet, never the delivery fee.

Not usually. FTD and ProFlowers do not promise a time of day. From You Flowers delivers between 9am and 6pm at homes, and until 5pm at business addresses, with a $4.99 option for delivery within four hours. Ode à la Rose is the exception, with delivery windows you choose, such as delivery by 1pm, 5pm or 9pm in New York.

Yes. Weekend cut-offs are earlier for most services in the table, and FTD and ProFlowers publish that earlier times may apply at holidays and weekends. Around Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, check the time at checkout before you count on same-day delivery.

The recipient's local time. Teleflora, FTD and ProFlowers each publish their cut-offs that way, so a 2pm order-by means 2pm where the flowers are going, not where you are. A sender in an earlier time zone has longer: a 2pm Pacific cut-off is 5pm Eastern.

First, check the recipient's time zone: a sender east of the recipient may still be in time (2pm Pacific is 5pm Eastern). If you've missed it, a local florist or florist marketplace may offer a later same-day option. Floom says you'll be notified of a later cut-off if the florist you selected offers one. Our city pages list each local florist's own cut-off. Otherwise, order now for next-day delivery. Teleflora says orders after the cut-off may be delivered the following day. Floom's regular delivery arrives next day at the earliest.