Florists in San Francisco

Wondering what to give your mom on Mother's Day? While it may seem overdone and too common, flowers can still be your best, especially if they are arranged in a unique and exquisite way. If you live in San Francisco, you are in luck as there are dozens of florists around. Here are some of the florists you might want to check out:

1. Church Street Flowers. The floral designers at Church Street Flowers are very passionate to their craft, and you can definitely see it in their arrangement. Located at 212 Church Street, Church Street Flowers feature three styles of arranging flowers: lush, modern, and seasonal. Their lush arrangements have a traditional, full feel to them, with different floral variants carefully bunched up together to create lovely, coordinated arrangements. The modern arrangements, on the other hand, are more structured and - as the name implies - more modern than traditional arrangements. Seasonal arrangements present diverse floral types, depending on what's available and blooming. On their Order page, customers find out that there is a $40 minimum for deliveries and an additional $12 fee for deliveries within San Francisco, and $25 for those outside the city. For Mother's Day, I suggest contacting one of the designers and customizing an arrangement with your mother's favorite flowers or colors.

2. Rossi & Rovetti Flowers. Offering a wide price range, Rossi & Rovetti Flowers have a variety of styles and arrangements you can choose from. The cheapest arrangement you can give your mom on Mother's Day costs $39 and looks elegant and eclectic, The Vodka Tulip in their Cocktail Series. For something shorter, at a higher price of $119, you can also get your mom the Stimuli Fiori Arrangement. They also have a featured "This Week's Sale" which costs $65, and includes roses and orchids. It's very easy to navigate their web site, and you can browse through different arrangements by price range via their left sidebar. Located at 555 California Street, you can visit their store or order an arrangement online. Other ways to reach them are on their About page. Same day service is available online.

3. In Water - flowers with attitude. In Water seems like a very design-focused floral shop, with much attention given to detail, as one can sense in their quite unique About page. Successfully transforming floral arranging as a work of art, In Water creates arrangements such as this and this bunch of dark burgundy calla lilies (creative names would have been great for these masterpieces!). For Mother's Day, you can choose an arrangement from their Orchids section where they feature exotic flowers in lovely structures; you can choose from simple and sleek to a more intricate arrangement. In Water shops are located at 2132 Fillmore and 2078 Chestnut Streets. They also make it easy to contact them through their web site.

4. Bo's Flowers. Located at 1520 Market Street, Bo's Flowers boasts of having been in existence since 1984, with local delivery as well as anywhere in the world! They also offer their creative expertise in arranging flowers if you need more input. Bo's Flowers has a page especially for Mother's Day where one can find arrangements priced as low as $40 and as much as $80. You can also choose from their Spring Flowers Collection under their Seasonal Arrangements for more options for your mom; prices in this collection range from $40 to $60. If you want a truly unique, one-of-a-kind arrangement for your one-in-a-million mother, feel free to call them and place a custom order (allow 3 to 7 days lead time). For their delivery areas, check out this page.

5. Beautiful Orchids. I haven't met a mother who doesn't love orchids. Beautiful Orchids, located at 3319 Sacramento Street, houses a rich variety of orchids you can choose from to suit your mom's style and personal preference (favorite color, for example). This arrangement of loose Cymbidium orchids is just visually stunning, and is offered at a price range from $80 to $315. For a more classic (and less expensive) option, there is the loose Dendrobium orchids, which is just as beautiful, with a price range of $45 to $130. Loose orchids present more creative options as a gift to your mom. For more traditional floral arrangements, Beautiful Orchids offers potted orchids in a wide variety as well.

And on a special note, Branch and Small Stump offers this special Mother's Day Extravaganza! - a floral arrangement with more goodies. The entire package include delivery costs $100.

Remember, whatever floral arrangement you choose to surprise the woman in your life with, it really is the thought that counts and a simple card can make the whole arrangement as unique and lovely as your mother only deserves.