When the time comes that you want to send flowers to someone across the street or across the country, we can help make your decisions easy.  Our national directory of local flower shops and florists gives you all the information you need to be able to contact the people who will actually make and deliver your floral gift.  By ordering direct from local flower shops and florists, you save money because there are no middlemen charges.  Also by ordering direct, you will know exactly what is available and in season.  If no florist is located in the city or town you want, we also list flower shops and florists in cities and towns that are near and close by.

Locate-A-Flower-Shop.com® has the best FTD and Teleflora flower shops and retail stores for you.  We want to help you select the right florist shop to meet your needs.  If you wish to send flowers, roses, plants, orchids, fruit baskets, gifts, candy, balloons or silk arrangements, local flower shops will be invaluable in helping you make the best flower selection.

Flowers convey the most inner thoughts and feelings words cannot.  From a birthday, anniversary or wedding gift to a loved one's memorial or funeral, local floral shops can help you say it with flowers.

Place your order as early as possible from the florist if you want same day delivery.  You can enter your order online through the flower shop's Internet web site or if you want personal assistance, use the toll free telephone number of the floral shop.  For those florist shops in Springfield, IL not having a toll free telephone number, a local telephone number with area code is listed.


Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~ Henry Beecher

Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his buttonhole. ~ Mark Twain

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~ Chinese Proverb


Carnation:
Common Names: Carnation
Description: Flowers are 2 to 3 inches wide on 1- to 2-foot stems. Miniature carnation varieties feature several small flowers on one stem. Colors include white, yellow, pink, red, salmon, fuchsia, deep purple, light green, bi-colors and flecked. The fragrant cut flowers live up to three weeks. Carnations are also popular as potted plants because of their long blooming season.

Gladiolus:
Common Names: Gladiolus, Glad, Gladioli
Description: Tall, tightly packed spikes of six to eight blossoms open in sequence from the bottom. The 2- to 8-inch-wide florets bloom in one direction with sword shaped foliage on stems. Gladiolus lend itself to almost any type of style from the use of a full stem to provide height to a tall arrangement or individual florets for corsage and wedding work. Gladiolus last seven to 10 days and are available in a wide variety of colors including white, green, cream, yellow, buff, orange, salmon, pink, red, lavender, purple, blue and terra cotta.


Ordering Advice:
If possible, have the telephone number of the recipient.  In a worst case scenario, it might be necessary to contact the recipient to get further directions.  While it may "spoil" the surprise of getting the flowers, it is usually better than not getting the order delivered at all.
Not all colors are available for all types of flowers.  While you can specify the overall color or colors of the arrangement (e.g., spring colors, fall colors, pastels, etc.), it again is wise to allow the florist to pick the individual colors and flowers so they can give you the best quality.