How much would you pay for this bouquet?

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I ordered a bouquet online to be sent to my DP's and my DM sent me a picture of them to say thank you.
I was extremely disappointed considering what I had spent and said so. Only then did my DM say that she hadn't thought they weren't all that thinking I had probably spent £x amount to which I then said I spent considerably more.
She did say that there was also a hydrangea head that didn't really go with the rest of the arrangement, so she put that elsewhere, and a ridiculous amount of foliage, some of which she used in another bunch of flowers she received and the rest ended up in the green bin as it was too much.
I'd really appreciate some thoughts from you lovely bunch (see what I did there! 😜) as to what you think I should have been charged for these flowers? 🙏🏻

I don't think it's fair to try to value a bouquet that's had the centrepiece and the foliage taken out. I always try to put the bouquet in the vase as close to the original tied arrangement as possible. I also wouldn't value it on the first day when the buds haven't opened - lots of buds are what you want for longevity but it's hardly going to look its best on the first day.

If it was put together nicely it would have looked like a bigger version of this.

I wouldn’t pay more than £35 for that. Would cost maybe £25 in Tesco. When I’ve received flowers I try to pick the most appropriate vase I’ve got and follow any instructions. It annoys me if there is more foliage than flowers though. I do try to maintain them over the course of their life. Warning - I got some beautiful lilies recently and they nearly killed our cat. Didn’t know they were poisonous to cats and she spent 2 days at vet hospital on drip and medication for breathing probs!

Are Tesco selling long stemmed bouquets with delphiniums and hydrangea where you are?!

That's a beautiful display-{Pic in post I am quoting} the ''foliage'' that was chucked would probably have made everything look much better - the vase and flowers absolutely look wrong in OP's pic- - but live and learn- Flowers by post are never going to be good.

Lilies really are toxic to cats- and unlike dogs, cats can reach flowers up high and nibble on them.

Many garden plants are toxic to dogs and cats, too...Wolfsbane, henbane, anything with ''Bane'' in the name...poppies, foxgloves - be careful with these.

I can take a £60 bouquet and make it look like it cost £8 in Aldi. Some people are crap at flower arranging and I'm sadly one of them.
DH does amazing things with wildflowers from the garden and a few roses.

sixty quid

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I'd say up to £50?
I was thinking that anyway before twigging that she's farted about with it taking bits out moaning about hydrangea heads and foliage.
Then again if you're going to message her with negativity, in my experience that only invites whinging back lol so no sympathy 😁

I think 70 was about right. They look pretty, bet they are nice in the vase.

I think £70.

If you ever buy your dp’s mum flowers again, I’d pay for them to be delivered in a hat box so they’re pre arranged and don’t need a vase. They look terrible because the vase is way too small and she’s removed half the bouquet. Presuming they arrived in cellophane with a bulb of water at the bottom and a cardboard carrier, she’d have been better to have left them in that.

This, its not a fair question when a lot of it has been removed.

Green is really "in" at the minute in horticulture/gardening/flowers so it's not a surprise there was plenty of foliage. We'd also need to see the hydrangea to see whether or not it looked right in the bunch.

It looks to me as though she's dissected it and rearranged it significantly including cutting things to funny lengths (as well as removing too much of it) so my feeling is she may have ruined a stunning modern arrangement and made it look like something a bit dated that you could have bought at a supermarket.

I think it's also worth getting a vase that suits that hand-tied shape - I've got a big fishbowl type vase for bunches like that, so once you've trimmed the stems to the right length, the narrow opening keeps the arrangement in the right place.

£65

Seriously? Some of the guesses on here are mad. I sent my friend roses from M and S. 20 quid, inc delivery. Masses of them. She sent me a pic A WEEK LATER saying "look how lovely these still are". I think it must have been 20 or so, pastel, big fat ones. They were gorgeous.

£6.99 from the range or b&m

Hi
these types of bouquets are more popular now as they look classier than just loads of cheap brightly coloured flowers like I’d buy my Nan in the 90s 😂 they look good quality I’d say £50

I think it’s hard to make a proper judgement using the photo you provided in your original post, as it’s not showing us the bouquet as it was when it was delivered.
I haven’t RTWT before someone has a go at me, so if someone has already said this, then apologies (though if someone has, then it proves my point, I think, that a proper judgement regarding value can’t be given).

This is why I don't use florists anymore, sadly. So few flowers for so much money and then a delivery charge. Supermarket flowers waaay better or a plant,

Online flowers are hit and miss, in my experience always better to use a local florist and discuss what you want, appreciate that’s not always possible! My guess would be £30 but you probably paid £40??

I've been disappointed so many times that now I try to find a florist local to the recipient and order via them. It's supports a small biz, too.

i had a florist shop for 11 years, last week I was asked to do some funeral work so I went to the local flower wholesaler. The lisi were a fortune, you would probably be talking nearly £1.50 per stem to buy trade. You have 3 in that vase. The roses were working out around £1.20 stem. Add into that the Delph and hydrangea it wouldn’t be cheap to produce the arrangement, plus wrap and delivery. I also suspect a few stems may have been placed elsewhere because those together don’t flow? Also she has said to you she put some foliage in the bin bless her. It’s more than likely a bouquet of quality than quantity so don’t be too upset.

Id have thought £50 + postage with the extra foliage and hydrangea. Foliage isn’t just filler,
in a descent vase in nice light with a decent photo it could look much much more like the £70 it was, maybe. 🤔

Ex-florist - think taking in to account what has been removed, that's about right - larger flowers between £2.50 - £4 a stem, lisianthus is also not cheap, depending on variety and size hydrangea can be £5+ a stem. Foliage isn't to be underestimated - it isn't "free" as a lot of people assume, it's flipping expensive but really adds to an arrangement. The raw materials plus packaging, overheads, paying a florists wage (and let's face it, no local florist is taking home a fortune) all easily take you to what you paid.

Flowers are expensive, even more so since Brexit, and the cost of running a shop and holding stock are astronomical (whichbis why so many business have been forced to close). Also, people have economic accustomed to supermarket flowers, which has distorted what people think flowers actually cost and are "worth". If you pay supermarket prices, expect supermarket quality.

The issue is largely that your mum has removed half of it!