Sorry to beat this dead horse, but can someone with experience please tell me if I should ask Giant for 3 regular size roses or ??? I am one of the PP where I got a corsage last year from a fancy shop and it was four tiny spray roses. This is just for a friend but I do not want to get anything garish or too small.

Anonymous wrote:That’s not a terrible price. But most girls don’t want a corsage - it’s uncomfortable. They just want a small bouquet for pictures they can leave in the car.

At our school, it's both. The dates give the small wrist corsages and the girls make little bouquets for pictures.

That’s not a terrible price. But most girls don’t want a corsage - it’s uncomfortable. They just want a small bouquet for pictures they can leave in the car.

Had a very bad experience with Company Flowers in Arlington - my son picked up his date’s corsage and it was unfinished! No wristlet or pin or anything, and just blank space with staples showing in the center (no flower). He brought it home and I drove it back, and they tried to tell me it was fine. The young teen working the store took me aside and apologized for her bosses and took it from me and had it fixed quietly. Strange. Stopped using the store for anything.

Anonymous wrote:My son is headed to prom in NOVA. Last year, I ordered from a place in McLean and I ended up with a very pretty but TINY corsage made of spray roses. So it was expensive and embarrassingly small (and it was too late to fix even after they added one more rose!). If I order from Safeway or Giant, what do I ask for? 4 white roses with some ribbon in the right color? This is just for a friend of DS, but I want it to be nice.

Corsages are tinier now to match the skimpier dresses, lol. And they are all on the wrist now (unless they are given as a bridesmaid style freestanding bouquet).

I would base the corsage color on the dress if that works. We went with white spray roses but that's because the selection of purple flowers available clashed with the right shade of purple for the dress. I had them add some crystals on picks to jazz it up a little bit. That looked nice.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all. I ordered from Parks Florist Takoma Park. The one ordered has orchards. It looks gorgeous online. OP.

Like apple orchards or peach?

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all. I ordered from Parks Florist Takoma Park. The one ordered has orchards. It looks gorgeous online. OP.

It's insane that you drove that far. Literally any florist will do this for you.

Anonymous wrote:My son is headed to prom in NOVA. Last year, I ordered from a place in McLean and I ended up with a very pretty but TINY corsage made of spray roses. So it was expensive and embarrassingly small (and it was too late to fix even after they added one more rose!). If I order from Safeway or Giant, what do I ask for? 4 white roses with some ribbon in the right color? This is just for a friend of DS, but I want it to be nice.

Plants & Flowers?
Giant has done thousands - yes, roses with a coordinating colored ribbon

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all. I ordered from Parks Florist Takoma Park. The one ordered has orchards. It looks gorgeous online. OP.

Great pick! The orchards will really stand out.

My son is headed to prom in NOVA. Last year, I ordered from a place in McLean and I ended up with a very pretty but TINY corsage made of spray roses. So it was expensive and embarrassingly small (and it was too late to fix even after they added one more rose!). If I order from Safeway or Giant, what do I ask for? 4 white roses with some ribbon in the right color? This is just for a friend of DS, but I want it to be nice.

Thanks all. I ordered from Parks Florist Takoma Park. The one ordered has orchards. It looks gorgeous online. OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not accept "spray" roses in place of better quality roses. Ask. They often try to make the substitute.

That sounds awful. Like the color is sprayed?thanks for the tip. Would like something a bit more interesting than roses I’d possible.

No, spray rose is a smaller rose variety. The carnations of roses, if you will.

Johnson’s in Kensington does a nice job. They use small spray roses. I think they were $35 last year.