Rose & Stem
Twelve long stems, cut long and tied clean. The rose, edited.
No online checkout — your order list becomes an enquiry, and a florist confirms flowers, price and delivery window in person.
What's in it
- long-stemmed roses
- raleigh garden rose
- ruscus
Wrap, ribbon and a hand-written card included. Contents follow the week's market — we confirm the final list before tying.
Caring for it
Garden roses are conditioned head-down in deep cool water for two hours before tying.
Recut 2cm off each stem at a steep angle and stand them in 8cm of cool water for two hours before arranging.
Garden roses drink fast. Top the vase daily rather than moving the bouquet; the heads last longest where the air is cool.
Remove any head that fades before its neighbours — the rest will follow the week, not the weakest stem.
Pet note. No lilies in this bouquet. We still keep bouquets out of reach of pets who chew — ask the bench for a fully pet-safe build if yours is a chewer.
Getting it there
Hand-tied at the bench, wrapped in the collection's paper, and delivered by our own van in New York same day when you order by 2pm ET. Nationwide, it travels next-day in a fitted box, stems in water pods, and never sits in a depot overnight.
Pair it with
A weighted footed bowl or a short cylinder — garden rose heads are heavy and will buckle in a tall thin vase. Pairs well with a candle rather than other flowers: this is the one bouquet that doesn't want company. If the room runs warm, ask us to send the buds half-closed; they open over the second and third day instead of peaking in the first evening.
When to send it. For anniversaries, put the date in the enquiry; we build in a day of margin.
Good to know
Rose & Stem runs Petite, Classic and Grand at $58, $88 and $142; the ladder buys stems, wrap and the hand-written card, and the difference between sizes is stem count, not flower grade. If the market runs short of long-stemmed roses that week, we name the substitute before tying and you can say no — we never swap quietly. Colour in life sits a shade warmer than on a screen; screens lie cool.
For the purist: one variety, one gesture.
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