Floral Embrace

Like a warm embrace, our vibrant flower bouquet delivers your sentiments to someone special. A rich gathering of yellow and orange blooms with bright pink and purple pops, it's more than a gift - it's a way to express how you feel inside. Designed by James Cress Florist.

• All-around arrangement with hot pink roses and carnations; orange Asiatic lilies and Peruvian lilies (alstroemeria); yellow sunflowers; lavender stock; purple monte casino; green Athos poms; accented with assorted greenery
• Extra-large arrangement measures approximately 16"H x 12"W
• Large arrangement does not include monte casino; measures approximately 15"H x 11"W
• Medium arrangement does not include monte casino; measures approximately 13"H x 10"W
• Small arrangement does not include roses; measures approximately 12"H x 9"W
• Artistically designed in a clear glass cylinder vase; large vase measures 6"H; medium/small vase measures 5"H
• Our florists hand-design each arrangement, so colors, varieties and container may vary due to local availability
• To ensure lasting beauty, lilies may arrive in bud form, and will fully bloom over the next few days
• Sunflowers may arrive with light or dark centers

Floral Embrace started with wanting something warmer than plain yellow sunflowers on their own. Roses brought softness, lilies brought scent, and the sunflowers kept the whole thing from feeling too delicate. This sunflower bouquet has become a regular pick whenever someone wants a big, warm gesture, the moments where color like this feels exactly right.

Here's what's gathered inside this sunflower bouquet, the colors, and how fast we can deliver it.

Sunflowers, Lilies and Roses: Sunflower stems make up the base, with lilies for fragrance and roses for softness, artfully arranged together with greenery into one full bouquet. The lilies arrive as buds, so the fragrance builds gradually over the first day or two rather than all at once.

Warm Orange and Yellow: Expect warm orange from the roses and lilies against bright yellow sunflowers, a combination that reads more like a sunset than a single bold color, with dark centers on the sunflowers keeping it from reading flat.

Sizing It Up: Small works for a simple gesture; Extra Large fills out a whole table. Every size keeps this sunflower bouquet in the same orange-and-yellow mix, just fuller as you go up, so either size makes a great option depending on the space.

Who Sends This: There's rarely a bad reason to send sunflowers like these: a loved one who needs a lift, a plain thank-you, or just wanting color in the room. It also holds up well as a hostess gift, since the warm color reads thoughtful without needing a specific occasion attached to it.

Same-Day Sunflower Delivery: These flowers usually go out via same-day sunflower delivery in most areas nationwide, as long as the order's in by 2 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday in the recipient's time zone.

• The flowers arrive fresh, and since sunflowers and roses are thirsty, refresh the water often, recut the stems, and keep the bouquet out of direct sun.
• The lilies will keep opening for several days after delivery.

• Lilies and roses get checked for quality before they reach the design table, but nature has the final say sometimes.
• If we do substitute, it's always for something of equal or greater value, and the warm color palette stays put, the same as it does across our other arrangements.

Do the lilies open right away?

Not quite; expect buds at delivery that open fully over the next day or two, which actually extends how long the bouquet looks fresh, typical of our lily-forward arrangements.

Is this better than a straight rose bouquet?

Better is personal, but yes, it's one of the ones we get asked for by name. The mix of sunflowers, lilies and roses reads warmer than our straight rose bouquets, the kind loved ones remember getting.