Potted Poinsettia in Black Wrap
A red poinsettia in a white polymer pot wrapped in black paper with a red ribbon, a graphic take on a familiar winter plant.
The poinsettia is known in Turkey as the Atatürk flower, and it is the plant people reach for from late autumn onwards. What looks like a red flower is actually a crown of coloured bracts, which is why it holds its look for weeks rather than days. Wrapping it in black paper instead of the usual gold or red is what makes this version worth sending: the contrast is graphic and modern rather than festive. In a white polymer pot with a red ribbon. It is a good new-year or new-office gift, and an easy one for someone who does not keep houseplants, since it needs warmth and light more than attention.
What is actually in it
One red poinsettia in a white polymer pot twelve centimetres high and thirteen and a half wide, wrapped in black paper and finished with a red ribbon. Stem count, exact wrap and pot finish can vary slightly with seasonal availability.
What it looks like on day four
This is a living plant rather than a cut arrangement, so it does not have a vase life. Kept in the right light and watered properly it stays with the recipient for months or years, and the decorative pot remains long after that. Leaf size and the exact number of open flowers vary from plant to plant.
We photograph every listing on the bench under daylight. The image you are looking at is the arrangement, not a mood board.
The poinsettia wants bright but indirect light and steady warmth between fifteen and twenty-four degrees. It dislikes sudden temperature changes and cold draughts more than anything else, so keep it away from an opened window and from a radiator. Let the surface of the soil dry before watering again and never leave it standing in water. Handled this way the coloured bracts hold for weeks.
The five things that actually matter
- Recut the stems. Two centimetres off at a 45° angle, under running water if you can. Air locks in the stem are the main cause of early droop.
- Strip leaves below the waterline. Submerged foliage rots and turns the water bacterial within a day.
- Change the water, do not just top it up. Every two days, with the sachet we include.
- Keep them away from fruit. Ripening fruit releases ethylene, which ages cut flowers dramatically faster.
- Cool and out of direct sun. A radiator or a sunny windowsill will halve the vase life of anything.
Do all five and you should see nine days from this bouquet rather than five. The long version is in the journal.
Delivery
Same-day delivery is available across all 39 districts of Istanbul, on the same nine daily delivery windows from 09:00 to 22:00. Delivery is always free, on every order, everywhere we deliver in Istanbul, no threshold, no surcharge.
We deliver in our own vans with our own drivers. That is more expensive than handing it to a parcel courier, and it is the reason 98.2% of orders land inside the window you chose.
Substitution policy
Fresh flowers are an agricultural product. Occasionally the market does not have what we planned for, especially with seasonal stems like peonies. When that happens we do one of two things, and never anything else:
- Substitute a stem of equal or greater value in the same colour family, and email you a photograph before dispatch so you can approve it or cancel for a full refund.
- If no acceptable substitute exists, we call you. We will not quietly send something different and hope you do not notice.
Cancellations
Change or cancel free until 18:00 the day before delivery. After that the flowers are cut and conditioned specifically for your order, so cancellation is not possible — this is the perishable-goods exception under distance-selling rules, and it is stated again at checkout before you pay.