When the time comes that you want to send flowers to someone across the street or across the country, we can help make your decisions easy.  Our national directory of local flower shops and florists gives you all the information you need to be able to contact the people who will actually make and deliver your floral gift.  By ordering direct from local flower shops and florists, you save money because there are no middlemen charges.  Also by ordering direct, you will know exactly what is available and in season.  If no florist is located in the city or town you want, we also list flower shops and florists in cities and towns that are near and close by.

Locate-A-Flower-Shop.com® is a directory of FTD and Teleflora flower shops and retail stores.  We help you find the florist shop that meets your exact needs.  It doesn't matter if you want to send flowers, roses, plants, orchids, fruit baskets, gifts, candy, balloons or silk arrangements, local flower shops have the expertise to guide you to make the correct flower selection.

Flowers convey the thoughts and feelings words cannot.  From a birthday, wedding or anniversary gift to a loved one's funeral or memorial, local floral shops can help you say it with flowers.

Please place your order as early as possible from the florist to be sure of same day delivery.  If you so choose, you can enter your order online through the flower shop's Internet web site or if you want help, use the toll free telephone number of the floral shop.  For those florist shops in Tuscola, IL not having a toll free telephone number, a local telephone number along with area code is listed.


Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers? ~ Maurice Maeterlinck

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~ Chinese Proverb

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Carnation:
Common Names: Carnation
Description: Flowers are 2 to 3 inches wide on 1- to 2-foot stems. Miniature carnation varieties feature several small flowers on one stem. Colors include white, yellow, pink, red, salmon, fuchsia, deep purple, light green, bi-colors and flecked. The fragrant cut flowers live up to three weeks. Carnations are also popular as potted plants because of their long blooming season.

Orchid:
Common Names: Orchid, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Oncidium, Cattleya, Phalaenopsis
Description: Throughout the world, more than 17,000 species are known, and varieties vary in size and shape. Oncidium blossoms are 1 1/2 to 1 inch and are usually yellow with orange-red markings. Cattleya blossoms are large, ruffled and usually 5 to 6 inches across in white or purple with contrasting throats. Phalaenopsis have moth- or butterfly-shaped flowers in colors such as white, pink, purple and bicolors. Cymbidium and dendrobium flowers have a butterfly-like shape and are 3 to 4 inches acress. The larger of the two, cymbidiums are white, yellow, green or lavender with pink or red lips, while dendrobiums are often white or lavender.


Ordering Advice:
Floral designers are very creative individuals.  Rather than specifying the precise location of every flower in the arrangement, tell them the overall "look" you want (e.g., round arrangement, loose flowers in a vase, etc.) and let them use their creativity to do something spectacular for you!
Not all colors are available for all types of flowers.  While you can specify the overall color or colors of the arrangement (e.g., spring colors, fall colors, pastels, etc.), it again is wise to allow the florist to pick the individual colors and flowers so they can give you the best quality.