02/24/2025
Ok ladies, let's talk about the elephant in the room!!! The teeniest tiniest elephant ever.... Lily of the Valley.... oh I know, you want that delicate, lacy, iconic bouquet of royalty and status!!! It also smells lovely and sweet!! What's not so sweet is the price-tag that goes along with it.... I'm sure you're thinking "but it's so small how could it possibly be expensive?!" Well let me tell you!! ***Lily of the Valley has an extremely short growing season, pair that with having extra needy plants to care for to get them to bloom, top it off with them being fragile, delicate and a little finicky after harvest you have the recipe for $$$$!!!! ***This little baby is one single little perfect stem! And each stem can be anywhere between 4-6 inches long The next slide is a bouquet of about 20-25 stems... that bouquet, will run you $700-$850 and that's a petite little bouquet. *** also keep in mind that wholesalers do not guarantee the condition of blooms like these because they are so expensive and finicky in transport so even if they come in not looking so great, wilted, turning brown, they're yours and you're paying for them AND whatever you can find to replace them and if you're not in a major flower market area (New York, LA, San Francisco) you're going to be limited to what your local wholesaler has on hand! All this to say, I'm sure your florist would be happy to do this for you... just be aware of these challenges you and your florist will face, also talk to your florist and they should be able to provide you with some options that have that similar lacy delicate feel for a fraction of the price!!!