Sympathy Flowers

Flowers for Sympathy

At these moments, we need compassion and sympathy from the people in our lives who mean the most to us. Choose from dozens of floral arrangements for expressing sympathy to the ones you care about. Browse through our sympathy offerings by category: Sympathy Flowers, plants, and Funeral gifts. If you are having a hard time deciding what is appropriate to send please read our sending sympathy flower etiquette resource and our guide on the different types of funeral flowers.

What are appropriate Sympathy Gifts to send?

Deciding on the most appropriate sympathy gift to have delivered can be hard, but there are many options that are appropriate and easy to have ordered. You have a choice of a sympathy plant, flower arrangement, gift basket or wreath. All of the choices are ideal for different reasons, so let's walk through them.

• Sympathy Plant: Sympathy plants are a wonderful gift to send to a home. At times family will choose to have a small memorial or no service at all, in those cases sending a plant to their home is a wonderful way to say that you are thinking of them. Sympathy plants that are classic choices are the Peace Lily, a dish garden which has a mix of green plants or an Orchid.
• Sympathy Basket: Sympathy gift baskets are a good choice to send to family of a co-worker or friend. Sympathy baskets are artfully arranged by a local florist partner with fresh fruit, crackers, dried meats and cheeses. It can be nice for the family who are going through a hard time to have something in their house to snack on during this time.
• Sympathy Wreath: Sympathy floral wreaths are always sent directly to the funeral home for the memorial service and are often sent from a whole family. Sympathy wreaths are created by a local florist with fresh flowers, you are able to choose the flower colors or types.

How do you send sympathy flowers?

To send sympathy flowers you first need to decide what type of arrangement you'll gift to the family: a sympathy bouquet, a standing spray or a flowering sympathy plant. Then pick if you'll send it to the funeral home or their own personal residence. You'll need the address and the time of the funeral if you are going to send them for a service. And last write a note of sympathy to be included in the delivery.

What is a sympathy bouquet?

A sympathy bouquet is a flower bouquet arranged by a local florist partner to honor the life of a friend of loved one. Often created with lilies and other white floral stems a sympathy flower bouquet is delivered to a residence or funeral home with a note written by you.

When should you send sympathy flowers?

If you are sending sympathy flowers to a home, feel free to send them in the first few days the family is grieving. If you are sending flowers to a funeral home, it is important that the flowers arrive prior to the service so place your sympathy flower order for delivery the day before the service, or the morning of the service.