What type flowers do you send to someone who has lost their wife? like..roses..umm tulips what??

i need some ideas i dont wana give incorrect condolences
What type flowers do you send to someone who has lost their wife? like..roses..umm tulips what??
My grandmother's favorite color was blue, so when she passed away we gave my mom a beautiful blue Wisteria, which she planted outside the kitchen window. She had loving memories of her mom every day.



I like giving living plants as memorials unless someone doesn't care for gardening or taking care of houseplants. In that case, we donate a tree in the deceased person's name. Check with your local recreation or park department or library to see if they accept donations. Many also will let you put a small plaque there.



No condolences are incorrect if they are sincere.
Reply:Another idea is sending a nice dish garden. It's a grouping of assorted plants in a ceramic container or basket. Some fresh flowers can be added.
Reply:An arrangement of several different types of flowers. Where are the people from? You might ask a florist to make an arrangement of flowers from their own area.
Reply:Did the wife have a fave flower?

The nicest one we got when my grandmother died was an African Violet. Her favorite. We only got the one and it was so neat that the sender knew these were her favorite.....
Reply:Calla Lillies. Expensive, but beautiful, tasteful, and usually a favorite. Nobody hates callas, and they are a lot nicer than the typical roses and carnations that everybody else sends.
Reply:There is no right or wrong, unless you use a novelty container or something strange like that. Believe it or not I had someone request an arrangement to go to their mother's funeral made up in a smiley face mug. That was a weird one. Any nice mixture in a vase is appropriate if you are sending it to his home. If it's going to a funeral, the traditional fan shaped mache arrangement (it's in a mache container) is appropriate as well, though not something the family will take home. A nice blooming plant that can go in the yard later is, in my opinion, the nicest thing you can send, as the family can plant it and have it come back year after year as something of a remembrance of their loved one. Just make sure you choose a blooming plant that can be planted outside....hyacinth, tulip, iris, daffodil, are all fairly readily available this time of year.
Reply:skip the flowers and send a nice card with a check made out to a charity that the deceased supported.