GIFTED | If you’ve read any of my gardening posts or follow my Instagram, you’ll know how much I LOVE fresh flowers, particularly cutting my own. Sadly, at this time of year, my cutting garden is rather lacking in both colour and fragrance. So when Prestige Flowers * offered to send me one of their Christmas bouquets, how could I resist?
Who are Prestige Flowers?
Prestige Flowers are UK based online flower delivery service who offer next day delivery in the UK, with an all important 100% satisfaction guarantee. They have an extensive range of bouquets, wreaths, potted plants, and even gift hampers too, so something for everyone. The online ordering process is really easy and once you’ve chosen your flowers you can add any optional extras like chocolates, a vase, a candle, a toy, some wine, and a personalised message card.
What did I receive?
My Noel bouquet is a beautiful mix of blues, purples, whites, and greens, with just the right foliage to flower ratio:
- White roses and chrysanthemums
- Blue eryngium (sea holly) that has been lightly sprayed silver
- Green palm leaves
- Silver sprayed leaves
- White tipped pine cones
- Purple artificial sparkly stars and berries
Also included were not one but two (!) boxes of Belgian chocolates, a vase for my flowers, a £5 voucher for more Prestige Flowers, £10 gift voucher for a Prestige Hamper, a £60 wine voucher for Naked Wines, a flower care guide, and a personalised card.
Overall verdict
I love the colour scheme, it goes perfectly in our conservatory and against the backdrop of our garden. The conservatory is also a good place to keep the bouquet as it’s cool (freezing actually!) and cut flowers do not like warm rooms. I’m writing this post nearly two weeks after the bouquet arrived and the only flowers that are drooping are the roses (no surprise there), everything else is still looking very lovely.
I’m slightly disappointed about the lack of fragrance but also relieved that we didn’t get any lilies because lily pollen is poisonous to cats (I would have had to cut all the stamens off). A fragrant (but safe) bouquet would have been the white, red, and gold Rose & Freesia choice, also from the Christmas range. But the lack of fragrance is only a small niggle, so a big thank you to Prestige Flowers for sending me such lovely flowers (and chocolates), lucky me, Christmas has come early!
* I was gifted these flowers for review but all opinions and photos are my own and this is an honest, unbiased review.
Who do you know that would love some beautiful fresh flowers this Christmas?
This is a lovely winter bouquet – I love the blues. I absolutely adore blue flowers! I worked with Prestige a little while ago too on a Mother’s Day bouquet which which loved 🙂 great post!
This colour combination is my favourite, I love cool toned flowers. I’ve just looked at your Mother’s Day post – what beautiful flowers you had too! And I don’t have to say this but I will, Prestige were lovely to work with 🙂 x
Oh how delightful, flowers AND chocolates! And you’ve managed to teach me something yet again- I had no idea cut flowers fared better in cold rooms. I actually prefer the less scented bouquets so I will keep these particular flowers in mind, and I’m so glad they sent you a puss cat friendly selection. Lots of people don’t realise that kitty’s and lilies don’t mix!
The chocolates were a lovely surprise, haha! And I didn’t mention my cats so actually I was lucky to get cat-friendly flowers. I really do love this bouquet, they are such a beautiful mix and colour combination X
This is so pretty!!! Xx
They are indeed, the perfect colour combination for me! x
Wow they look beautiful! And so many amazing extras! Incredible that they’re lasting such a long time too. How lovely of them to send them to you x
Sophie
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I’m still pinching myself, I think I was really lucky 🙂 And they’re still going strong apart from the roses, which I’ve had to take out today. But everything else still looks beautiful! X
Hi, I love the blue theme to these flowers a great alternative to the traditional festive colours. I know that my mother in law would love these as a gift.
Blue and silver are a great alternative to red and gold, that’s one of the reasons I love these so much, they fit my colour schemes! I think they are a great gift 🙂
This bouquet looks lovely! i love the color scheme too! lucky you! xx corinne
Aren’t they beautiful? Yes, indeed, lucky me, haha! X
This is so lovely! It’s not easy to find the perfect bouquet for winter time but you really did! I agree that I love fragrant bouquets, but it’s always easiest to play it safe! Thanks for reviewing!
Thank you 🙂 I love this colour combination and TBH I really don’t miss the fragrance, it just looks so beautiful!
This is an absolutely gorgeous bouquet of flowers Lisa! The colours are perfect for winter. I love the snow covered pine cones and sparkly stars, what a beautiful touch! Your photos are awesome too! Great post xx
Aw, thank you, Bexa, that’s so kind! It’s the loveliest bouquet, and I feel very lucky to have received them. I love that they’re not traditional red and gold, it makes such a refreshing change 🙂 xx
Great pictures as always Lisa I’m not really a flower ? person but mainly because I don’t look after so they don’t last long! They do look gorgeous though ?
Thank you and haha! They don’t need much really, just somewhere cool and water but thank you for the lovely compliment! X
Aww that is lovely! I love the pine cones, makes the bouquet feel a little festive! I’d be happy receiving flowers at any time of year haha.
Claudia xo
Flowers and chocolates are always welcome for me any time of year too! X
Oh my! These flowers are exquisite…the colors are bold and vibrant. What a beautiful arrangement and great pics btw ???
xx Lena
Thank you very much, they are gorgeous, it makes such a lovely change from red, white, and gold too! x
I absolutely LOVE bouquets of flowers, and these are stunning. There’s nothing better than fresh flowers to add a bit of atmosphere to a room, and this colour combination is a gorgeous and unusual wintery selection. Beautiful!
Beth x
They are beautiful, in retrospect I’m really glad they sent me this bouquet and not a fragranced one, these colours are so much more unusual and lovely 🙂 x
So pretty! I really love the Pine Cone in the middle.
Jennifer
The artificial bits really add to the overall effect, don’t they? I do love this colour combination, it’s so unusual.
This is such a lovely bouquet and the blue is really unique for the flowers. There were chocolates too that is the interesting part. 🙂 Have a nice vacation Lisa.
Blue is really unusual at Christmas, isn’t it? And I was so chuffed with all the chocolates too, haha! Thank you, I wish the same to you and your family X
These are so lovely, I love the colour scheme and the little pine cones!
Ellie x
I love all the artificial bits too, I’ve been reusing them with bits from the garden! X