How To Custom Order Flowers

The easiest way to place a custom order over the phone with your local or a long distance florist is:

Find a bouquet you like on the FTD and/or the Teleflora website. Write down the name and item number of the bouquet and then tell this information to the florist. Most florists are members of either the FTD or Teleflora Networks. Some florists are members of both.

Or find a picture of a bouquet you like on any florists website and write down the type and colors of the flowers used and tell this to the florist.

Or if your not fussy about what type of arrangement or flowers you want sent, you can place what is called an "open order".  This allows the florist to create whatever type of arrangement they like within your set price limit.  The benefits of this type of order is that it allows the florist to take advantage of the best flowers available to them within their local market and use their artistic creativity.  That's why they call it the art of floral arranging.  

Or use the following 5 step process to make up your own bouquet.

• Step 1:  Choose a type of bouquet
• Step 2:  Choose the types of flowers you would like included in your bouquet
• Step 3:  Choose a color scheme for your bouquet
• Step 4:  Choose the shape for your bouquet
• Step 5:  Set your price

Picture	Flower Name	Availability	Approximate Price Per Stem *Stem has multiple flower heads
	Alstromeria*	All Year	$2.50
	Anthurium	Tropical	$10.25
	Bird Of Paradise	Tropical	$7.75
	Carnation	All Year	$2.50
	Mini Carnation*	All Year	$2.50
	Daisy*	All Year	$2.00
	Delphinium or Larkspur	All Year	$4.00
	Freesia*	All Year	$2.50
	Gardinia	Spring	$20.00
	Gerber Daisy	All Year	$3.75
	Ginger	Tropical	$11.00
	Gladiolus	All Year	$3.25
	Heliconia	Tropical	$11.25
	Hydrangea	June - Nov	$12.50
	Iris	All Year	$2.50
	Liatris	Spring/Fall	$3.25
	Lily*	All Year	$7.25
	Lily - Stargazer*	All Year	$7.50
	Lily - Calla	Spring/Summer	$6.75
	Chrysanthemum	All year	$2.00
	Button Pom*	All Year	$2.00
	Daisy Pom	All Year	$2.00
	Football Chrysanthemum	Summer - Fall	$4.25
	Spider Chrysanthemum	Summer - Fall	$3.50
	Orchid - Cymbidium	Tropical	$12.50
	Orchid - Phalaenopsis	Tropical	$15.00
	Rose - Long Stem	All Year	$5.25
	Rose - Sweetheart/Tea	All Year	$4.00
	Rose - Spray*	All Year	$5.50
	Snapdragon	All Year	$3.00
	Stephanotis	All Year	$3.00
	Stock	All Year	$4.50
	Tulip	Spring	$6.50

Color Groups		1 - Red 2 - Red Orange 3 - Orange 4 - Yellow Orange 5 - Yellow 6 - Yellow Green 7 - Green 8 - Blue Green 9 - Blue 10 - Blue Violet 11 - Violet 12 - Red Violet
Warm or Cool Color Scheme		These schemes uses colors that are in harmony with each other  All colors are either warm like combining yellow lillies with orange and red carnations or cool such as lavendar roses with blue larkspur.
Monochromatic Color Scheme		This scheme uses the shades and tints of a single color. (Like combining dark pink roses with light pink snapdragons)
Complimentary Color Scheme		This scheme uses shades and tints of colors directly opposite of each other on the color wheel.  (example: violet roses cominded with green button poms)
Analogous Color Scheme		This scheme uses colors that are beside each other on the color wheel and are very harmonious. Much like using either a warm or cool palette.
Pastel Color Scheme		Pastels are the softest of all the color palettes.