What's the CHEAPEST, & best whole sale site to use for ordering flowers?

What kind of flowers are you thinking?

colored roses?

Costco does 80 spray roses for $95.61 with tax $1.19 per rose

50 cm - colors only pink, white, red, and assorted (can't pick - get what you get)

or 100 - 60 cm / 24 in Premium WHITE Roses for $79.68 - $.80 per rose.

(only red or white) 200 = $159.36

so 400 would be $318.72 (if you are doing bouquets and other centerpieces)

If you plan to do your bouquets too, and want the filler and an accent flower (and more color choices in roses) try http://flowersandfreshness.com/

$482.96 tax included gives you... ($.86 per rose)

400 Premium COLORED roses, 60 stems (6 bunches filler flower) Pick your filler flower

and then Choose your greens -

example Greens 1: Green Cordyline 60 stems Green #2: Israeli Ruscus 50 stems or 200 would be $172.99 = $.86 per rose - $13.63 more than Costco (but more color options)

Greenery $70

Filler flowers $64

I used www.theflowerexchange.com for my best friend's wedding.

She spent $315 for 100 roses, 60 gerbs and 10 hydrangeas plus greenery. We had to put together the bouquets, bouts, centerpieces, etc. But we had a ton of flowers...and from experience they were GORGEOUS! We received the flowers Thursday evening before the wedding, put them together the Friday before and the day of the wedding the flowers were just starting to open up and looked fantastic!

Just remember that with a cut in price you may also be facing a cut in quality! One of the reasons bridal bouquets are more expensive is because of the care and quality that goes into selecting the flowers. They dont just grab whatever. With a wholesaler, they grab whatever. You may get flowers that are wilting, uneven colors, and not properly cared for during shipping...

Best reviews I saw (prices are competitive, but not super cheap) were for fiftyflowers.com and wholeblossoms.com. Agree with Meghan, beware the "cheapest" price b/c you may get dead flowers.

Info of the company

Founded : FlowersandFreshness LLC

Location : Miami, FL 33166

About : Wedding Flowers US - Wholesale Flowers Directly from Farm in Ecuador South America

review from a real bride on her experience

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/flowersandfreshnesscom-038-fifty-flowerscom-review

some bad, some good, but I'm going to guess you get that with everyone

http://www.weddingbee.com/reviews/flowersandfreshness-com

fiftyflowers.com gets some good reviews too

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-flowerswhere-to-get-them-how-to-begin

this one compares calla lilies

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/where-did-you-order-your-diy-flowers

I used Fiftyflowers for Super Gerberas. The prices were reasonable (I think I paid about $170), they arrived on time and customer service was awesome. They were a little limp when they arrived, but perked up when put in a bucket of water (and they came with instructions).

What about whole blossoms?... just compared to fifty flowers, they are cheaper. Thank you for the help!

I'm wanting garden roses, and Queen Anne's lace.

Depends on what type of flower you are looking at

just open 3 different windows and put in the order at all 3 and see what the bill comes up to. Maybe order different stuff from different sites...

this one compares all 3

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/where-did-you-order-your-diy-flowers

reviews

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/wholeblossomscombigrosecom

52 reviews

http://www.weddingbee.com/reviews/wholeblossoms-com