Post-a-Rose Flower Review

As the name suggests, this is mainly a website more dedicated to roses although you can buy other varieties of flowers as well. You can shop using the browser for different occasions, types of flowers or selected price range. The pictures on its home page are all rather small. You will need to click into it to see a slightly larger version of the selection.

Once you selected the category, I like the way that you can view all the options on offer just on the one page (some websites have pages meaning you have to keep selecting ‘next’). This makes it that much quicker to see at a glance and make easy comparisons between the choices available. I also appreciate their description of what goes into each selection (the types of flowers used). I would give this website marks 4/5.

Its 'Easter Flowers' selection gives 10 different options starting at just £18.00 for 20 stems of assorted colours Dutch tulips or choose its 'Spring Flower Basket' for £32.90, a delightful wicker basket arrangement filled with roses, chrysanthemums, gerberas and carnations in shades of peaches and cream, complete with assorted foliage.

To ensure delivery, all orders for Easter must be placed by 4pm Wednesday 19 March.

The many add-on options include balloons (£2.99), variety of bears (from £5.99), chocolates (£5.50) or champagne (£20.00).

Where 'Standard' delivery is indicated, it means delivery is via Royal Mail 1st class post (approximately 1-2 working days) whilst 'Express' delivery usually means next day courier delivery although orders must be received before 3pm. Saturday delivery could also be arranged with extra charges starting from £4.50.

You could type your own message or simply pick from an excellent list of 60 suggestions (extremely helpful for people with limited poetic creativity!).

On 6 March 08 at 3.30pm, I placed an order for the ‘Yellow Roses and Lilies’ bouquet at £34.50 (delivery included). According to its system, the earliest date for delivery would be Saturday 8 March (although it could not be guaranteed) so I was very impressed that my order was successfully delivered on the Saturday at 7.30pm by a ‘Royal Mail’ delivery van. What a lovely start to the weekend to be greeted by a beautiful gift of flowers!

The large-sized bouquet was stood inside a sturdy box and nicely gift-wrapped, complete with large golden bow and ribbons. There were 10 yellow roses, 3 white Oriental lilies, 5 hard ruscus and 4 palm leaves as complementary foliage.

The yellow roses were long-stemmed and appeared to be very well-conditioned. The lilies were all still in bud to extend its vase-life. Together with the greenery, the flowers made a lovely and generous arrangement in the vase, as cheerful as the picture that I first saw in their website.

I like the italic font of the message card which was printed on its standard delivery card and you just have to turn it over to read it. As an experience on the whole, I really like the simplicity and ease of its ordering process from start to the end. The flowers are of high quality, especially the roses. 4 days on, the display is in full bloom and still going steady and the room is gently perfumed with the scent of the majestic lilies.

 

 

	Website & Ordering	Delivery	Mum's Impression & WOW factor	Overall
	The best we found. Excellent photographs	Great attention to detail	Classy and beautifully arranged	Definitely an impressive experience
	Quick and easy to use	Arrived on time and safely. Well packaged.	Great presentation	The best choice for roses.
	Wide choice, easy to use and great photos	Couldn't be bettered	Great looking flowers, just as promised	Sending flowers online as it should be
	Great website, photography and description	Well packaged, good printed gift card and delivered on time	Great bouquet with good mix of blooms all working well together	As charming as your favourite ice cream sundae!
	Fast, easy to use. Minor problem with typing gift message	Great packing, delivered on time	Beautiful roses, excellent condition	Brilliant blooms and fantastic value
	Unusual colours and interesting range.	Arrived safely, and the tissue paper was a great touch	Excellent impact	Overall a very positive transaction
	Worked well, but did not inspire	Missed delivery date, but kept me updated	Fresh, contemporary bouquet	The flowers were the best part of the transaction
	Adequate, but did not excel	Good same day service	Ordinary, plain, uninspiring	Only let down where it really counts - with the flowers
	More descriptions would be appreciated	Well protected and delivered on time	Not the 'ultimate' which was described	Average service and flowers
	Limited photographs and descriptions	Packaging could be improved and flowers delivered with no water or moisture container	Leaves much to be desired	A bad experience all round