Sympathy Flowers

About sympathy flowers

These are for the bereaved rather than for the service — arrangements sent to a family's home, where somebody has to find room for them among everything else arriving that week. Tributes designed for the funeral itself are on the funeral flowers page, and the two are genuinely different things.

What these cost

Estimated delivered totals in this category run from $94.94 to $334.94, with a median of $124.94 — 64 of the 137 cost less than that. Across 137 arrangements there are 22 distinct totals, so the range is genuinely continuous rather than a few price points repeated. By band: under $119.94, 63; $119.94 – $154.94, 30; $154.94 and up, 44. Every one of those figures already includes Florist One's flat $19.99 delivery and service charge.

Delivery

• These go to a home, where somebody is in and deliveries are being taken all week. That is a much easier delivery than a funeral home with a fixed service time.
• There is no deadline to miss. If the first week is crowded, choosing a date a fortnight out is a deliberate and often better choice.

How to choose

• Send to the home, not the funeral home, unless you have been told otherwise. Anything delivered to a service is handled by the funeral director and seen for an hour.
• Arrangements that arrive in their own container are kinder than a wrapped bouquet. Most of this category is exactly that — table arrangements and baskets — so nobody is hunting for a vase during a bad week.
• The larger pieces here reach about 45 inches. For a side table or a kitchen counter, something nearer the 20-inch median is easier to place.
• Put your full name on the card. In a week of deliveries from people the family only half knows, “with love from Jane” is a puzzle nobody has the energy to solve.