9 Lilac Roses in a Green Striped Vase

For a gift that needs no further arranging, nine lilac roses stand together in a green-and-white striped vase, tied with a ribbon for a fresh, playful finish. The soft lavender tone of the roses plays beautifully against the vase's graphic stripes, making this as much a piece of decor as it is a bouquet. Because it arrives already arranged in its own vase, there's nothing to unwrap or style, just place it down and enjoy. It suits a birthday or a romantic gesture equally well. After checkout, use the gift note page to add a few words of your own.

What is actually in it

This arrangement is built from exactly nine single lilac roses, presented in a green-and-white striped cardboard vase 25 cm tall and 11 cm wide, tied with a ribbon. Overall size is 25 to 30 cm. Stem count and exact styling can vary slightly with seasonal availability.

What it looks like on day four

Freshly cut roses keep changing after they arrive. Expect the outer petals to relax and the blooms to open a little wider over the first two to three days, when the arrangement often looks its fullest. With regular water changes and a fresh trim, this arrangement typically holds its colour and shape for six to eight days.

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

Remove any wrap or ribbon from the vase as soon as it arrives. Trim two to three centimetres off each rose stem at an angle under running water, then strip any leaves that would sit below the waterline before returning the stems to the vase. Top up with room-temperature water, add the flower food sachet provided, and keep the roses away from direct sun, heating vents and draughts. Refresh the water every day, trimming the stems by half a centimetre each time, and remove any rose that starts to fade so the rest stay fresher for longer.

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: What Red Roses Really Mean (and When Yellow or White Says It Better)

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.