Alma Florist: Flower Delivery in Alma, MI

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Alma and Gratiot County, Michigan, through vetted local florist partners: you order online, a florist near your recipient designs the arrangement from fresh stock, and a real person hand-delivers it in water. We have delivered to Alma 6 times in the last two years.

Delivery availability for Alma is confirmed after your order is received. Where a partner florist can accept the order it is hand-delivered; otherwise we offer direct-shipped gifts, and if no florist can fill your order you are refunded in full. Every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

Delivery availability for Alma is confirmed after your order is received; if no partner florist can accept it, you are refunded in full.6 deliveries to Alma in the last two yearsGratiot County · ZIP 48801100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent gifts for Alma

Gift baskets, plants and boxed flowers ship directly to Alma; arrangements are made by a local florist partner where one can accept the order.

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Alma

Common delivery destinations in and around Alma, with the details our partner florists need to get an arrangement to the right place. For a funeral service, put the service date and time in your order notes; for hospitals, include the patient’s name and unit.

Funeral homes we deliver to

Add the funeral home name, the service date and the start time to your order notes. Standing sprays, wreaths and baskets are delivered ahead of the visitation; smaller arrangements can go to the family home instead.

Hospitals & medical centers

Include the patient’s full name and, if you know it, the room or unit. Many ICU, cardiac and oncology units do not allow fresh flowers, so a plant or gift basket is the safer choice for those units; add a phone number so the florist can check with the desk if needed.

  • Mymichigan Medical Center Alma 300 E Warwick Dr, Alma, MI 48801(989) 463-1101
    1.1 mi

Senior living & nursing homes

Add the resident’s name and, if you know it, the wing or apartment number. Deliveries go to the front desk and staff bring them to the resident.

  • Michigan Masonic Home 1200 Wright Avenue, Alma, MI 48801(989) 463-3141
    in Alma
  • Riverside Healthcare Center 1149 West Monroe Road, St. Louis, MI 48880(989) 681-3852
    3.1 mi
  • Schnepp Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center 427 East Washington, St. Louis, MI 48880(989) 681-5721
    4.3 mi

Colleges & campus deliveries

Campus deliveries go to a residence hall desk or department office, not to a dorm room. Include the student’s name and a phone number. The weekday cutoff for school and campus addresses is 1:30 PM.

Churches & places of worship

For a service or event, include the event name and start time; deliveries are accepted at the church office during its hours.

Verified Facility list checked by James Cress Florist delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, Overture Maps Foundation. Addresses come from public records; if a facility has moved or closed, tell us and we will correct it.

How delivery to Alma works

How delivery works here

Delivery availability for Alma is confirmed after your order is received. When a partner florist near Alma can accept the order, they design it from fresh stock and hand-deliver it. When none can, we offer gift baskets, plants and boxed flowers that ship directly to your recipient. If no florist can fill your order and no alternative suits you, you are refunded in full.

Because availability is checked once we have your order, this page does not quote a same-day cutoff for Alma. We contact you promptly if anything about your order needs to change.

What happens after you order

  1. We look for a vetted florist partner near Alma who can accept a delivery on your date, one of 10,000+ shops in our nationwide network.
  2. If one accepts, they design your arrangement from fresh, in-stock stems and a real person hand-delivers it. If a stem is unavailable, they substitute one of equal or greater value in the same style.
  3. If no partner can take the order, we contact you with direct-shipped alternatives (gift baskets, plants, boxed flowers) that reach Alma by courier.
  4. If nothing suits, you are refunded in full, and every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

ZIP code we deliver to in Alma: 48801.

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Which Alma funeral homes do you deliver to?

Lux-Moody Wolfel Home , Dewey Funeral Home , Brewer-Bouchey Monument Co and Smith Family Funeral Homes are within our partners’ delivery area for Alma. Add the funeral home, the service date and the start time to your order notes and the delivery is timed for the visitation.

Can you deliver to Mymichigan Medical Center Alma?

Yes. Mymichigan Medical Center Alma is about 1 mile from Alma. Include the patient’s full name and unit. Some units restrict fresh flowers, so a plant or gift basket is the safer choice for intensive-care or oncology patients.

Delivery and the weather in Alma

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Alma, average lows fall to freezing or below in January , February , March , November and December . When it is colder than about 34°F or hotter than about 90°F, the delivering florist hands the flowers to a person or leaves a note and re-attempts rather than leaving them outside.

SeasonAvg lowAvg highDelivery rule
Dec – Feb 17°F 32°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 35°F 56°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 58°F 80°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Sep – Nov now 40°F 60°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Alma

Alma, MI · Gratiot County Alma Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Alma is in Gratiot County, Michigan, part of the Alma metro area. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Alma (ZIP 48801) and to nearby Elwell, Saint Louis and Riverdale.

What James Cress Florist customers say

Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 1,461 published customer reviews, collected by Judge.me after delivery. We show reviews for a specific town only when the order was delivered there, so this page carries our store-wide reviews.

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