i'm wondering about traveling with flowers via car?

Question

i'm going to visit my boyfriend and his family and want to take flowers. it's a 7 hour drive, and by the time i get there- all the local flower shops will be closed. any advise on traveling with flowers... because i need to purchase them where i live and travel to where he lives. thanks!

Answer 1

if you dont get any ideas of how to travel with them..... try placing an order the furthest city away, before they close... .then pick them up there.... not as long as a drive =)

OR Order them in the city where they live, and have them delivered =)

Otherwise... florists keep flowers pretty chilled... so try keeping them out of the sun, and have the AC on, with enough water...Although, you could buy like a piotted Mum, and she could plant them in her garden and have them forever =)

I am sure his family will love you..... dont strees about the flowers =)

Best of Luck

Answer 2

What a sweet gesture!! OK, a few thoughts -- first, if you are traveling during the day, you want to have the flowers precooled, so buy them from a shop where they are stored in a cooler and keep them in your fridge if you don't leave right away. Precool your car, as well. Heat will wilt the flowers immediately. If you have a large enough cooler, use it! Place cooler packs (not ice, though!) to keep the flowers cool but not frozen in there and place the flowers in as well. If you can get an arrangement that is stuck into green Oasis foam, that would be good, because then you can be sure that there is water for the stems. You can stand the cooler on its end if you have to. If you do not have a cooler or don't want to run the AC, be sure that you do not let the wind blow on the flowers!! Wrap them in paper.

Here's another hint from Telegraph.co.uk:
"She has herself used the legs of tights to transport bunches of long-stemmed flowers in the car and prevent them from being damaged. She wraps the cut stems in damp newspaper first."

Hope you and your flowers make the trip safely!! Have fun and good luck!!

Answer 3

wrap the bottom of the flowers in a bunch of wet papertowels, stick in a zip lock bag and then gently wrap the entire bouquet in news paper.

For such a long travel I suggest you buy the flowers on the way somewhere as late as possible, or maybe choose a nice flowering Plant instead.

I suppose you could also stick them in a vase, in a cardboard box. Wine boxes have the section inserts (for bottles) to hold the vase in place. But remember the warmth inside the car will open the buds fast.
Good luck!

Answer 4

Ok, keep the windows closed!

Dont subject them to a lot of wind, (I will treat these as I do trees, and I know, if you get a lot of wind on a tree with leaves, it usually, for some reason dies!).

I would cover the windows with some type of tint, so that you dont get a large amount of heat transfer from the windows to the plants themselves. (Heat destroys plants! Unless they are the desert varieties).

Cover the plants with a film of some sort, so that its tinted and will not get harmful rays and fumes from the car. Water them before you go, so they are not dry..(not to much, just enough to get the soil moist).

A bit of miracle grow in them will not hurt either.

After that, have a great safe trip.

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 5

The local flower shop should provide more info, but I would keep them in a vase of water in the vehicle. NOT in the trunk.