45 Red Roses and Eucalyptus Funeral Wreath on Gold Stand

At funerals in Turkey, wreaths on stands line the mosque courtyard and the path to the grave, each one carrying the name of someone who sent their condolences. Forty-five red roses, silvery eucalyptus and clouds of baby's breath form a generous round head, finished with a red satin wrap at the neck and raised on a gold-toned wrought-iron stand. It is the fuller of our two red rose stands, chosen when you want the tribute to be seen from across a mosque courtyard or a funeral hall. It stands 98 cm tall and 34 cm wide. Your condolence message is written on the ribbon sash, so the family knows who sent it. We deliver to mosques, cemeteries, funeral homes and family homes across all 39 districts of Istanbul, same day for orders placed before 18:00 Istanbul time. Add the ceremony time and venue in the delivery instructions and our team plans the drop-off around it.

What is actually in it

Exactly forty-five red roses with eucalyptus, baby's breath and a red satin wrap, arranged in a round head on a gold-toned wrought-iron stand about 98 cm tall and 34 cm wide, with a ribbon sash for your message. The greenery can vary slightly with what is freshest on the day.

What it looks like on day four

The roses are cut fresh for each order and look their best on the day of the funeral. Set in floral foam, the arrangement usually holds its colour and shape for three to five days, which covers the ceremony and the first days of condolence visits.

We photograph every listing on the bench under daylight. The image you are looking at is the arrangement, not a mood board.

This arrangement is set in wet floral foam on its stand and needs no vase or water. Keep it out of direct sun and away from heaters. If it stays at the family home after the ceremony, a light mist of water over the flowers each morning helps them stay fresh.

The five things that actually matter

1. 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.
2. Strip leaves below the waterline. Submerged foliage rots and turns the water bacterial within a day.
3. Change the water, do not just top it up. Every two days, with the sachet we include.
4. Keep them away from fruit. Ripening fruit releases ethylene, which ages cut flowers dramatically faster.
5. 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.

Related reading: Sending Sympathy Flowers to Turkey: What to Say, What to Send, From Abroad

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.