Lancaster Florist: Flower Delivery in Lancaster, SC

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Lancaster and Lancaster County, South Carolina, 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 Lancaster 3 times in the last two years.

Order by 2:00 PM Monday–Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern time) for same-day delivery to Lancaster. 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 (Eastern)3 deliveries to Lancaster in the last two yearsLancaster County · ZIP 29720, 29721, 29722Designed near the recipient by a vetted local florist partner100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent flowers in Lancaster

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

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Lancaster

Common delivery destinations in and around Lancaster, 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.

  • Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center 800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC 29720(803) 286-1481
    3.3 mi
  • Rebound Behavioral Health 134 East Rebound Road, Lancaster, SC 29720(803) 313-3700
    9.3 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.

  • Lancaster Health and Rehabilitation 2044 Pageland Hwy, Lancaster, SC 29720(803) 285-7907
    1.8 mi
  • White Oak Manor - Lancaster 253 Craig Manor Road, Lancaster, SC 29720(803) 286-1464
    2.0 mi
  • Lancaster Grove 1004 Hardin St, Lancaster, SC 29720
    2.8 mi

Hospice care

Deliveries are accepted at reception. Compact, low-fragrance arrangements and plants are the usual choice for hospice rooms.

  • Hospice of Lancaster & the Piedmont 901 Meeting Street, Suite 104, Lancaster, SC 29720(803) 286-1472
    3.5 mi

Cemeteries & memorial parks

For a graveside service, order the day before where possible and note the section or plot and the service time; the cemetery office sets where arrangements may be placed.

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.

Hotels

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

  • Super 8 1201 SC-9-Byp W, Lancaster, SC 29720
    3.6 mi
  • Quality Inn Lancaster 114 Commerce Blvd, Lancaster, SC 29720
    3.7 mi
  • Travelodge 1100 N Main St, Lancaster, SC 29720
    2.4 mi

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 Lancaster works

Same-day cutoffs (Eastern 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 (Eastern). *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 Lancaster, 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 codes we deliver to in Lancaster: 29720, 29721, 29722.

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Which Lancaster funeral homes do you deliver to?

Lancaster Funeral Home & Cremation Service , McCray Funeral Home , McMullen Funeral Home and Jerry L. Hartley Funeral Home LLC are within our partners’ delivery area for Lancaster. 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 Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center?

Yes. Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center is about 3 miles from Lancaster. 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 Lancaster

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Lancaster, average lows fall to freezing or below in January , 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 34°F 55°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 49°F 73°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 67°F 89°F Above about 90°F: shaded drop or hand-off, stems in water tubes.
Sep – Nov now 51°F 73°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Lancaster

Lancaster, SC · Lancaster County Lancaster Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Lancaster is in Lancaster County, South Carolina, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Lancaster (ZIP 29720, 29721, 29722) and to nearby Van Wyck, Fort Lawn and Catawba.

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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