Flower Delivery in France - Plants, Gift Baskets, Chocolates and Cakes

Pick a date the florist can work to

Deliveries run Monday to Saturday, so the real question is which day suits the person receiving them: the morning of a birthday, the evening someone gets back from a trip, the Friday before a family lunch. The date you choose at checkout is the date the shop works to, which is the dependable way to handle a fixed occasion weeks out. Arrangements are made with what's freshest, and if a flower isn't available the florist substitutes one of equal or greater value in a matching style, so the bouquet that arrives holds the shape and the colouring you picked.

What else can go with the flowers?

Over 700 gifts are ready to send, over 400 of them flowers: hand-tied bouquets, single-variety bunches, plants for something that stays after the blooms go. Over 100 gift baskets sit alongside them, and so do dried flowers, silk flowers, preserved roses, chocolates, perfumes, wine, champagne and cakes. A bouquet with champagne beside it is a different gift from a bouquet on its own, and both go out on the same delivery. Add the second item as you order and the florist brings them together. Arrangements here tend to be natural and asymmetrical, seasonal, hand-tied and wrapped in paper, greened with eucalyptus, ruscus, ivy, ferns or olive, and smaller bouquets are traditionally made up in odd numbers.

The flowers France grows, and the ones it brings in

Peony is the most produced cut flower in France at 18.8 million stems, ahead of anemone at 16.8 million, gerbera at 12.2 million, rose at 8.8 million and ranunculus at 8.6 million, as counted for 2026. Close to 85% of the cut flowers sold in the country are grown abroad, and the sector's stated aim is to move domestic supply from 15% to 20% by 2030. Growing is concentrated in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with wholesale trade running through the Marché International de Rungis and the Marché aux Fleurs d'Hyères. Home-grown stems are most abundant from spring through autumn, and winter leans harder on greenhouse production and imports. Florists themselves are largely organised under the Fédération Française des Artisans Fleuristes.

Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and the dates a florist plans around Valentine's Day, 14 February, and Mother's Day (Fête des Mères), the last Sunday of May or the first Sunday of June when it coincides with Pentecost, are the exception to the usual schedule: florists open for the big flower days, so your order can arrive even when the date falls on a Sunday. Order at least 48 hours ahead. On Labour Day (Fête du Travail), 1 May, lily of the valley is the established good-luck gift. Chrysanthemums belong to remembrance, placed on graves for All Saints' Day (Toussaint) on 1 November and kept clear of celebratory gifts. Saying goodbye from far away, flowers stand in for you at the service: white lilies and roses are the usual choice, in wreaths, sprays and formal pieces that need 24–48 hours' notice.

Add a phone number and a door code at checkout

Include the recipient's local phone number, because florists use it to confirm availability and the exact address before they set out. Apartment deliveries often need a door code - added at checkout, at no extra cost. Someone mid-journey, at an airport or a railway station, is almost impossible to reach with a delivery, so send to their hotel, office or home address instead, timed for after they arrive. And if nobody answers at home, the florist will typically call the recipient or arrange a redelivery. If you are sending to Lyon, our Lyon page covers the same ground for that city.