After watching many, many comparison shopping clips on tv and the internet on where to buy flowers for Mom, I was always perplexed that they never included flowers from a local florist. You would always see flowers from the big drop ship companies but, never a hand delivered gem from a Real Florist. Not until this Mother’s Day, that is!

This video shows 5 spring bouquets purchased for around $50.00. One bouquet was purchased from ProFlowers, FTD.com, 1800Flowers.com, Organicbouquet.com and Greenworks, a Real Local florist. Not surprisingly, the local florist Greenworks, smashed the competition!

Since we are on the topic of drop ship bouquets…

Make sure you don’t leave mom with a wilted bouquet. Some drop ship companies give the shipping companies explicit orders just to leave the bouquet on the porch/at the door if someone isn’t home. 80 degrees plus, flowers in a box with no water. You can guess what the results would be and, up until recently, you could see the results until Proflowers issued a cease and desist order against a local florist.

The video illustrated the opening of a box of roses left on the front porch of two Philadelphia florists. The roses were frozen solid and even made a loud “thunk” when knocked on the table.

And in the, I couldn’t have said it better myself file, we find this beauty. Score One for the Little Guy!

Just remember to call your local florist when sending flowers to Mom this year. Aside from the hassle of having to fight to get your money back if you should need a replacement you’ll also have to worry about fried flowers arriving at her door. Skip the drama and order some beautiful, hand delivered, flowers for your momma!

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