Freshly Cut Flowers
You may wish to ensure that the grave is looking its best with the addition of a choice of freshly cut flowers which our specialist grave carers will hand deliver to your loved one's final resting place. The cost of this service starts at just £1.50 per month or £17 per annum (including the cost of the flowers).
Here are our favourite choices:
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Tulips: Available Spring
From the Turkish for turban, after its rounded form. Botanical name Tulipa. In the Victorian language of flowers red tulips are a declaration of love.
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Daffodils: Available Spring
First cultivated by the Romans. there are over 25,000 varieties in shades of yellow, white, orange and peachy pink.
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Chrysanthemums: Usually Available All Year
Comes from the Greek "krus anthemon" meaning gold flower. However nowadays they come in many colours.
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Freesias: Usually Available All Year
Almost unknown until the 1950s, Freesias are now among the most popular and widely grown cut flowers in the world.
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Iris: Usually Available All Year
Iris means "rainbow" in Greek. Garden irises come in a broad spectrum of colours, but cut flower irises are mostly blue, white and yellow like the summer sky.
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Carnations: Usually Available All Year
The UK’s most popular cut flowers. Very long lasting. Dianthus, its botanical name, means divine flower.
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Seasonal availability of UK flowers may require our grave carers to substitute flowers which are similar in style and quality.