Fort Scott Florist: Flower Delivery in Fort Scott, KS

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Fort Scott and Bourbon County, Kansas, 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 Fort Scott 3 times in the last two years.

Order by 2:00 PM Monday–Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Central time) for same-day delivery to Fort Scott. There is no Sunday delivery through the florist network except on select major holidays. If no partner florist can take your order, which is rare, you are refunded in full, and every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

Same-day by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri · 12:45 PM Sat (Central)3 deliveries to Fort Scott in the last two yearsBourbon County · ZIP 66701Designed near the recipient by a vetted local florist partner100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent flowers in Fort Scott

Our best sellers, plus the designs Kansas sends most this time of year, designed by a local florist partner near your recipient.

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Fort Scott

Common delivery destinations in and around Fort Scott, 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.

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.

  • Medicalodges Fort Scott 915 S Horton, Fort Scott, KS 66701(620) 223-0210
    2.5 mi
  • Guest Home Estates at Fort Scott 737 Heylman St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    2.3 mi
  • Horton House Senior Living 1126 S Horton St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    2.5 mi
  • Credo Senior Living - Fort Scott 820 S Horton St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    2.5 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.

  • Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene 1728 Horton St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    2.6 mi
  • First Presbyterian Church 308 S Crawford St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    2.8 mi
  • Margrave church of Christ Fort Scott Kansas 1900 S Margrave St, Fort Scott, KS 66701
    3.4 mi

Hotels

Include the guest’s name and check-in date; the front desk holds deliveries for arriving guests.

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 Fort Scott works

Same-day cutoffs (Central time)

Order byHomes & businessesSchools & campus
Monday–Friday2:00 PM1:30 PM
Saturday12:45 PMNo school delivery
SundayNot available*Not available*

All times are your recipient’s local time (Central). *No same-day delivery through the florist network on Sundays except on select major holidays; orders placed on Sunday are delivered Monday. After the cutoff, choose the next available date at checkout.

What happens after you order

  1. We route your order to a vetted florist partner near Fort Scott, one of 10,000+ shops in our nationwide network.
  2. The florist designs your arrangement from our recipe with fresh, in-stock stems. If a stem is unavailable, they substitute one of equal or greater value in the same style and color palette.
  3. A real person hand-delivers it to the door, the funeral home or the hospital desk, in water rather than a shipping box.
  4. If no partner can take the order (this is rare), we refund you in full and tell you right away. Every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

ZIP code we deliver to in Fort Scott: 66701.

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Which Fort Scott funeral homes do you deliver to?

Geneva & Son Monument Co. , Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home and Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel are within our partners’ delivery area for Fort Scott. Add the funeral home, the service date and the start time to your order notes and the delivery is timed for the visitation.

Is same-day flower delivery available in Fort Scott?

Yes. Order by 2:00 PM Monday–Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday in Fort Scott’s time zone (Central) and a local florist partner delivers the same day. There is no Sunday delivery through the florist network except on select major holidays.

Delivery and the weather in Fort Scott

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Fort Scott, average lows fall to freezing or below in January , February and December , and average highs reach the upper 80s or above in July and August. 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 25°F 45°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 46°F 67°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 68°F 89°F Above about 90°F: shaded drop or hand-off, stems in water tubes.
Sep – Nov now 47°F 69°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Fort Scott

Fort Scott, KS · Bourbon County Fort Scott Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Fort Scott is in Bourbon County, Kansas. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Fort Scott (ZIP 66701) and to nearby Redfield, Garland and Prescott.

What James Cress Florist customers say

Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 1,265 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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