
A continent away, and the flowers are still made up the same afternoon. Flower delivery in Senegal comes down to one clock: order before 14:00 local time and they can be at the door today. Someone went out of their way for you, and a thank-you that turns up in person carries further than a message on a screen. You pay in the currency you hold, the order is placed and settled online, and a card message comes with it at no extra cost, printed word for word.
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We deliver Monday to Saturday. In practice, that is the week the florist works to, and the day you have in mind should sit inside it. Bouquets are put together from what came in fresh that morning. If a particular flower isn't in that morning, the florist swaps it for one of equal or greater value that keeps the same look, so what arrives holds the look you chose, whichever stems carry it. That call is made on the morning of the delivery, not weeks earlier when you ordered.
Senegal uses no postcode — a BP box number, the Boîte Postale that stands in for a street address, is what the florist navigates by, as in BP 5005 Dakar. In most areas there is no standardised street addressing either, so the box number and the town do the work an address line would do elsewhere. Then add the recipient's local phone number: florists use it to confirm availability and the exact address, which on a delivery like this is the difference between arriving and circling. Apartment deliveries often need a door code — add it at checkout, at no extra cost.
Flowers are the core of it: hand-tied bouquets wrapped in cellophane or paper, bright and colourful, pairing imported roses with tropical foliage — palm fronds and bougainvillea foliage doing the green. Alongside them sit plants, gift baskets and chocolates, which suit the moments when flowers alone are not quite the whole gesture. A new baby is one of those: flowers for the parents, timed for when they are home to enjoy them, and something sweet to go with them.
Local horticultural output is stronger in the cooler dry season, roughly November to May; the humid rainy season from June to October limits field production and increases reliance on imports. The Niayes is the growing area behind what does come from the fields, where bougainvillea, hibiscus, anthurium and heliconia are among the cut flowers grown. Roses, gladioli, chrysanthemums and carnations are the stems most often seen. Bright, festive colour combinations — reds, yellows, oranges — are generally favoured over pale or muted tones. Flower gifting is a growing urban custom for weddings, birthdays and Valentine's Day, more than a deep-rooted tradition. At funerals, elaborate floral tributes are uncommon in the majority-Muslim culture, where modesty is preferred; among the Christian minority, floral wreaths are used at funerals and burials.
Eid al-Adha (Tabaski), on the 10th day of Dhul Hijjah in the Islamic lunar calendar, and Eid al-Fitr (Korité), on the 1st day of Shawwal, both bring family gatherings, home decoration and gift-giving, with a modest place for flowers. International Women's Day on March 8 is the clearer flower date: bouquets are commonly gifted to women. Christmas on December 25 brings home decoration and gift-giving among the Christian minority, and Independence Day on April 4 is marked with official ceremonies and wreath-laying. Around Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, order at least 48 hours ahead.
If you are sending to someone who is travelling, think again about the address. Someone mid-journey — at an airport, a railway station or a cruise terminal — is almost impossible to reach with a delivery. Their hotel, their office or their home address works instead, timed for after they arrive. And if nobody is in when the florist calls, the florist typically calls the recipient or arranges redelivery.
Most orders for Senegal are placed from abroad, and the mechanics are the same whichever country you are sitting in and whatever hour it is there. Ordering from another country takes a few minutes online, and a local florist handles the delivery — there is nothing to arrange at the other end. The border is a fact about you, not about the flowers.
Yes — order before 14:00 local time and your flowers can be delivered the same day. Orders placed after the cutoff are delivered on the next available day you choose at checkout.
Yes. You can pick any future delivery date at checkout, which is the safest option around busy periods. The calendar only offers dates that are available.
You can request a preferred time slot, but exact times cannot be guaranteed — deliveries follow the local florist's routes and workload for the day.
Acceptance depends on the hospital and ward — check before ordering; otherwise delivery goes to reception. Use the hospital's own city and full address, with the patient's full name and, where possible, the ward or room.
Yes. Reception will ask for the reservation name and room number, so include the guest's full name and, if you can, their arrival date or booking reference.
Yes — include the company name and, if you know it, the floor or department, and the delivery goes to reception. Choose a day the recipient is in, within office hours.
Wreaths and formal funeral pieces need 24–48 hours' notice, so order as soon as the date and place of the service are known.