Flower delivery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is the seat of Broward County and the center of a dense stretch of South Florida coast. Flowers here go to waterfront condos, office towers, family homes and two large hospitals that handle deliveries in very different ways.

At Broward Health Medical Center, a public hospital and Level I trauma center, the hospital publishes no rule on sending flowers in. At Holy Cross Hospital, outside delivery drivers are stopped at the entrance and the recipient has to collect the delivery from the lobby welcome desk. If your patient cannot walk down, someone else has to.

Same-day delivery in Fort Lauderdale

Expect a 2 p.m. Eastern time cutoff on weekdays for same-day delivery. Saturday, Sunday and holiday deliveries close earlier and are not guaranteed.

For offices and high-rises, add the company or building name, floor, suite and a phone number. Reception desks accept flowers, but many close at five, so a late-afternoon delivery to an office can end up locked in for the night. Send to a home if the recipient leaves early.

Condo buildings along the beach often hold deliveries at the front desk. Ask the desk to call up, and remind the recipient to collect it. Flowers last longest when they leave the florist's cooler and go straight into someone's hands, not into a warm lobby or a parked car.

Flowers for every occasion in Fort Lauderdale

For a patient at Holy Cross, a card or a small gift that a visitor can carry up may be easier than a florist delivery. For Broward Health, call the main number first, since some units, like intensive care or the children's hospital on campus, usually have tighter limits. See the get-well guide.

Birthdays in an office: a low arrangement fits a desk; see birthday flowers. Anniversaries: romantic flowers. A thank-you to a colleague or client: thank-you flowers. For a family in mourning: sympathy flowers. Card wording: what to write. Nearby: Hollywood and Weston.