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Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery to Hamilton, NSW 2303
We deliver flowers to Hamilton in Newcastle the same day: order before 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and they're at the house, ward or church that day. Pick the Florists Choice Birthday Bunch or anything in our range below and pay securely online. For a morning funeral at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Hunter Street, order the day before and add the funeral director and start time to the notes. Rather talk it through? Call us, and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will put the order in while you wait.
“From start to finish easy to deal with... the flowers were delivered exactly 60 minutes after I placed the order” Mark
“I live in WA and required a Vic flower delivery for a birthday. Panic. They lived up to their promise of same day delivery” Julie
“I made my order at 1.50pm on a Wednesday... my daughter received the flowers that afternoon” Maria
“I ordered late and the flowers were delivered same day... I received a photo from the recipient and they were beautiful” Bee
“I am in Canada... I ordered during NSW night time, my day time. Delivered same day. Still looked fresh after a week” Chris
“I tried ordering from the UK... had no joy at all with another florist. Lily’s came through like champs” John
“I live in England and wanted to send flowers to my daughter... she was over the moon with them” Cheryl
“My go to for interstate floral gift shopping... not a single issue in over 10 years” Marcia
“Always fresh, beautifully arranged and delivered on time. They even write my silly messages on the card” Kelly
“They know the stress of ordering flowers for interstate people when you don’t have the details or times right. They get it” Britta
“A bouquet sent to a friend two days away from a family funeral I could not attend. Thank you for being there when I could not” Julie
“Really grateful for the flowers they put together for my friend’s funeral... easy to pick during a stressful time” Viv
“The flowers I ordered were out of season. Lily’s sent me an email to advise me of this and let me choose again” Dee
“They weren’t home at delivery, so they were very appreciative to get a call letting them know where the flowers would be left” Sara
“Beautiful bouquet that looked exactly like the photo on the website. Perfect gift to send to a patient in hospital” Heeni
“Our very ill friend received her flowers the morning after I ordered them after hours, even though we didn’t know which ward” Geoff
“She especially mentioned the bright pink gerbera in the centre. Perfect size for the shelf at the hospital” Janice
“They made an effort to deliver on the day of my sister’s birthday rather than the day after. The teddy was my hug for her” Liz
“I’ve ordered from several florists in the area over past years and Lily’s has been the best” Kate
“I typed a message for a card in German. The card was handwritten with the words I typed in German. Mum was so happy” Stig
“My mother cried all day. A photo would not do justice, she informed me. Very happy with the outcome” Helen
“Promptly sent to celebrate the birth of my friends’ new baby... a florist I can rely upon” Kathryn
“Ordered for my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary. My aunt sent me photos, they were absolutely stunning” Karyn
“They were beautiful, even better than the photo we chose them from. The flowers were so fresh and vibrant” Tina
“Still in great condition, which is fabulous given they were delivered 8 days ago. Still holding shape, and have not wilted” Peter
“It is now 9 days later and the rose is still beautiful and has not lost a single petal” Edel
“Recipient said flowers were beautiful and still very good 10 days later. Delivery person was very polite” Denise
“I do not like to order online so will only do phone orders. I spoke to Louisa, who was friendly and helpful” Toni
“The staff member was so helpful to me over the phone, I think her name was April. My sister was overjoyed” Thalia
“You didn’t have the flowers I selected, so you contacted me to advise. The replacement was loved by the recipient” David
“I was very impressed that you communicated about the different flowers being changed. They arrived on time” Serena
“I was concerned the gift would not reach its destination, being rural. It arrived within the promised time” Robby
“Great care shown to ensure they were delivered to the correct student in a large UQ College” Nicole
“A special thankyou to the delivery man for ringing my daughter to let her know he had put the flowers in the shade” Suzette
Sending birthday flowers around Beaumont Street? Check for chrysanthemums first
Anna, qualified florist | on one stem with two meanings
A disbud chrysanthemum, one big bloom to a stem with the side buds pinched out, is about the toughest flower in the cool room. It goes two weeks and more in an ordinary lounge room, and the leaves yellow before the bloom gives up. For most birthdays that's a hard-working, good-looking choice.
In a lot of Italian families the chrysanthemum is the cemetery flower, the one that goes to the graves on 2 November, All Souls' Day. It's one of those things you learn early on the bench. If the person you're sending to grew up in one of those families, ask for no chrysanthemums, which matters most on a florist's choice bunch where the florist picks the stems, and let roses, or lilies in pink, say happy birthday. At a funeral, the same stem is exactly right.
Flowers Here Go to Birthdays, Services and Care Homes
Birthdays are the biggest reason people send flowers through our network, and sympathy flowers come next. Hamilton became the centre of Newcastle's Italian community after the Lettesi arrived from Abruzzo in 1947, and in those families the choice of stem matters at both. Then there's aged care, on Lindsay Street, which needs its own kind of order.
Birthday Flowers for Nonna, Minus the Chrysanthemums
It's her eightieth, the house will be full of family by lunch, and you're the one who can't get there. Send 80th birthday flowers to the house that morning, with a mobile in the notes, and "no chrysanthemums" if she's from one of the Italian families. If she's out, the driver can ring the mobile.
I learnt about chrysanthemums on a doorstep off Kennedy Drive in Tweed Heads West in 2007. An eightieth in an Italian family, and I turned up with a big yellow bunch of them, because that was what the cool room had. The birthday girl took one look and crossed herself. Siobhan explained it to me in the van.
Anna, on what says happy birthday instead
Roses and pink lilies read as a birthday in an Italian house; white lilies belong at a funeral. The Pastel Pink Lilies & Roses Arrangement has the right two. It comes boxed, so nobody goes hunting for a vase with the cousins in the kitchen.
Order Funeral Flowers the Day Before a Morning Mass
The notice says Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hunter Street, ten o'clock, and you can't be there. Send a wreath or a sheath for the service, or flowers to the family's home after it. For a morning service, order the day before with the funeral director and start time in the notes; in our experience the director has the flowers in place before the family arrives. "Thinking of you all, with love" is enough on the card. You won't be in the pew. Your name will be up the front, on the card.
Anna's call: white. It's the safe colour across nearly every tradition, and white lilies are the classic for an Italian service, so I'd go the White Lily & Rose Sheath, which lies flat on the casket. A funeral is also where chrysanthemums belong.
If They're in Aged Care on Lindsay Street, Keep It Small
Mum's at Uniting Lindsay Gardens now, and the weeks between visits are long. Thinking of you flowers don't need a reason. Put her full name and room number in the notes; from what we've seen, reception takes the flowers and the staff carry them through. "Thinking of you. See you Sunday." says plenty.
Aged-care rooms are kept warm, and warm air ages any flower faster, so something small that carries its own water beats a big loose bunch. The bedside table is usually taken anyway, with the reading glasses and the photo frames. A boxed flower arrangement is its own vase. The Blush Pinks Arrangement With Chocolates is a low, compact dome that sits on a chest of drawers out of the sun; top up its foam every couple of days, or the foam dries from the top down and the highest blooms wilt first.
Natives Are the Safe Bet When You're Stuck
Plenty of orders fit no heading: the neighbour who fed the cat for a month, a cousin just moved into a terrace off Tudor Street. The Australian Natives Bunch has been our bestseller for more than a decade, and Anna has a view on why native flowers suit those orders.
Banksia and leucadendron carry no awkward meaning at a birthday or a funeral, and they last. Leucadendron, the leafy one with the cone in the middle, goes a fortnight and more in a vase, and the banksia dries where it stands and sits on the sideboard for months.
Or browse by colour and occasion
Order before 2pm on a weekday and Mum's birthday flowers go out this afternoon.
Shop birthday flowers for MumSame-Day Delivery Times, and What the Notes Need
When to order
Before 2pm weekdays for same day, so the order can be made up for the afternoon run.
Before 10am Saturday, when the run finishes earlier.
Miss either cutoff and you choose the delivery day at checkout.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
Sacred Heart Cathedral or Holy Apostles on Steel Street: funeral director and start time. Uniting Lindsay Gardens: name and room. Calvary Mater, John Hunter or Lingard Private: name and ward. A birthday in an Italian household: "no chrysanthemums". A house: a mobile.
Who takes it
In our experience, the funeral director running the service (Picaluna, on Beaumont Street, is one near Hamilton), Lindsay Gardens reception, the ward desk, or whoever answers at the house. Order before 2pm on a weekday and it's on today's run.
One Email Now, and a Phone Number If You Need It
The confirmation email comes straight away, and one of our partner florists near Hamilton makes up the flowers on the delivery day. Changes go to [email protected]. If something's not right, ring 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays, and we'll fix it and send you a photo the same day.
Siobhan, on the thank-you that turns up a week later
I took the calls myself from 2006 to February 2011, and the worried one always came the next morning (usually before I'd had a coffee). Did they get there? Mum hasn't rung. She nearly always had them, and had already shown them to everyone who came through the house, the neighbour, the cousins, the lady from church, before she thought to pick up the phone. People ring when they're ready, the older ones especially, and sometimes that's a week later. Now and then a flower in the website photo is out of season, and people have said in reviews that we emailed before swapping it. That's how it should go.
Most flowers last a week or two. The card ends up in the drawer with the others.
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