Sending flowers to Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital is at 4000 Lakeland Highlands Road in south Lakeland, Polk County. It holds a state license for 278 beds.

The hospital doesn't publish a flower rule on any page we could reach. So the first step is a phone call: (863) 680-7000. Ask whether your patient's unit takes flower deliveries.

The long name trips people up. Some call it Lakeland Highlands, some call it the Orlando Health hospital in Lakeland, and the state record uses the full name with Watson Clinic in the middle. On a florist order, use the full name and the street address so it doesn't end up at another Lakeland hospital.

If you are not sure which hospital your patient is in, ask the family before you call. Lakeland has more than one large hospital, and the switchboards can't transfer you between them.

We will add the hospital's own flower rule here if it is published where we can read it.

What Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital allows

All we have for Lakeland Highlands is the state's record of its address, phone and licensed beds. There is no posted rule about flowers in rooms, balloons or plants.

Hospitals across the country tend to follow a similar pattern, which may help you plan the call. Standard rooms often take flowers. ICU, cancer and transplant units are stricter. Latex balloons are often off the list, and foil is usually preferred. Ask the staff on the unit, since only they can tell you the rule here.

Where the delivery goes

After the hospital confirms flowers are OK, put this on the order:

• the patient's first and last name
• Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital, 4000 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland, FL 33813
• room number, if you have it
• (863) 680-7000

No delivery hours are published. Ask for daytime delivery early in the week, and check whether discharge is coming soon.

If flowers aren't an option

If the answer is no, a card, a word-search book or a small plush toy will usually be fine. A bouquet sent to the home after the stay is a nice follow-up.

What to send to a patient here

Go small and simple: a few stems of roses or alstroemeria in a short vase, light on fragrance. Skip anything with a lot of loose pollen. More in our get-well flowers guide. Lakeland's other big hospital, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, has its own page.

Sending somewhere else in Lakeland? See flower delivery in Lakeland for cutoff times and other local hospitals.