How much would you pay for this bouquet?

I'd say £35 for that.

I wasn't boasting @umberelladay - I was pointing out that the OP had been ripped off! And you don't know that it was prepared any more lovingly than that Sainsbury's bunch I linked to. You can order a bunch of flowers off the internet and have absolutely no idea where they come from. The OP said I ordered a bouquet online so she could've ordered them from Amazon!

My point is why boast about buying a cheap product, that literally cost the earth.
Some of the florists flowers and foliage will probably be uk sourced, the delphiniums will probably be as they don't travel.

You can never compare buying a cheap mass produced bunch with a florist offering. The florist has hand crafted the flowers, that's a skill you pay for. The Lisianthus were cut, bundled, wrapped and shipped.
Op's flowers arrived as individual stems, were selected, conditioned, hand arranged, wrapped, delivered etc.

It's like saying why did my handmade dress cost more than the Shein offering.

Looks like a £15 Tesco bunch to me (no insult meant to you personally OP, you've clearly been ripped off).

@umberelladay all good points, but were the Lisianthus in the OP's bouquet grown in the UK and definitely not imported and exactly the same ones as I have? If they're organic ones from the UK - mea culpa - if not then I'm not sure what your point is.

Lisianthus are very hard to grow, they are one of the slowest flowers to get going, they are annuals.
I you bought 5 stems for £5.00 you need to ask yourself why, how or at what cost?

Supermarket flowers are usually imported, they are coated with heavy metals and pesticides. The workers (usually women) are subjected to handling these all day long, at extreme cost to their health.

If they were Uk sourced, the farmer has been badly ripped off, that's months of work in heated greenhouses, plus all the plastic they came wrapped in, shipping etc.

Foliage is not cheap, it takes years to grow, it's bulky to cut, requires conditioning and skill.

It's similar to boasting about buying a £1.99 chicken.

Oh sorry ! I’m late to the party …

Yes I’d have expected about that but that’s because I know florists are expensive.

I often buy from M and S as they make their margins on the food not the flowers and work out better value. They can be a bit recognisable but that is ameliorated by buying two smaller bunches and combining to make something more bespoke. They last ages too.

Look at this @DaniMontyRae . A much bigger bunch of flowers, inc. lilies, which are more expensive, and it's £15.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/cosmopolitan-bouquet

It also depends on length of stems when they're bought in- longer cost more etc.

Those white ones are called Lisianthus and they come with about 10 flowers on each stem. I bought a bunch in Sainsburys yesterday with about 50 flowers in total and they cost me £5. Foliage is cheap and costs very little. Florists buy wholesale too, so they don't pay supermarket prices for flowers.

Hard to say if it’s been partially dismantled but it’s clearly been a “large scale” bouquet which you don’t really get for under 60.

To be honest I like a good bit of foliage and I love a hydrangea. With delivery ( and in its original state) I’d expect probably about 70 quid.

I think the problem here is in the word 'send'.

That's always going to be a rip-off. You can't choose or see the flowers yourself, and few recipients are going to complain to the sender, so it's really open to sloppiness and poor service. I've been embarrassed on the few occasions when I've sent flowers, just like you, to see what actually arrived!

I try to take flowers myself if at all possible - much better quality flowers and nowhere near as pricey. I do know that's not always possible.

The white ones are lisianthus and they often don’t all open.

Leaving aside whether OP’s mum is any good at flower arranging, I think £70 seems a lot. Obviously there should be some foliage, but I dislike the stuff they often put in with hard stems that make it difficult to trim.

Roses are very costly as they are usually imported from Costa rica/ Ecuador and cost over a pound a stem from the wholesalers.
Hydrangeas are usually individually wrapped, with water, so also costly.

(I work for a farm shop, I see the invoices for cut flowers)

She’s taken out the hydrangea and some greenery? I reckon £65.

It probably has potential to have been lovely but the arrangement and vase and removal of the best but has made it look naff.

If I buy my mother in law flowers, I arrange them and use one of my vases because she’ll arrange them exactly like this.

Where are you getting flowers from where you can get approx 24 for a tenner? Plus the foliage (lots of which has been thrown away) plus delivery, I wouldn't be complaining.

I was going to say this as well, if there was alot of other stuff and foliage.

Shit vase, badly arranged with a centre piece flower and foliage missing. Of course they're gonna look crap

£70? Bloody hell! I'd be complaining. Those flowers cost no more than a tenner and probably to a florist a hell of a lot less than that.

I've been sent flowers twice recently. The first lot were appalling. They were from either M&S or John Lewis, can't quite remember which, and were really poor value for money. Not a very big bunch, too much foliage and not enough blooms. Didn't last long either.

The second lot apparently cost roughly the same and they were absolutely fantastic. They were from Bloom and Wild. My opinion is based on one experience only, admittedly, but I can't recommend them highly enough.

However I'm sure there will be people who will say B&W are rubbish and M&S are great and I think it's often down to luck of the draw on the day. If at all possible I'd always rather go into a local florist and get it made to order because they are unlikely to give you something shoddy if you are collecting it in person.

£70! That's terrible. I would have said 1/2 that price.

That's a pretty and small bunch of flowers. Lisianthus seems to make up most of it and they're cheap - a bunch is about £5. Three roses, two dahlias and three blue things (not sure that they are, but they don't look expensive). I'd say anything more than £20 with delivery is a rip-off tbh.

I think ALL flower deliveries are a rip off.
(the only ones I've ever received that were nice were Bloom & Wild, still £££££)
So if I were local I would go to Morrisons (who have good bouquets for £25)
If not, I'd send a plant or bulbs (or a tea & biscuits hamper tbh)

You're not going to get any sensible answers.
Its like posting a plate of half eaten food and asking what it should cost.
As a pp said your mums at fault not the florist.

Sorry, just read they are Lisianthus not cream roses so in that case I would have thought £40 maximum. They are pretty crap for £70.