1. McQueens - £170
McQueens has established itself as one of London's most fashionable florists, famous for creating modern, sculptural floral designs. They deliver throughout London.
www.mcqueens.co.uk; 020-7251 5505
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2. Spriggs - £50
Spriggs is a family-run business that prides itself on contemporary style. Thistles, brassicas, sweet-smelling freesias and pretty waxflowers make for a lovely Christmas bouquet.
www.spriggs-florist.co.uk; 01798 343 372
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3. Scarlet & Violet - £45
Vic Brotherson’s recently opened North London shop is my favourite. The retro enamel jug (included) is crammed full of cow parsley, hydrangea, roses and lilac.
www.scarletandviolet.co.uk 020-8969 9446
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4. Marks & Spencer - £35
As well as selling a wide variety of flowers from 586 stores, M&S also has a great online service that delivers orchids, bonsai trees and beautiful bouquets like this one.
www.marksandspencer.com
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5. Paula Pryke - £85
With books and a respected flower school to her name, Paula Pryke’s blooms are never less than perfect. Her Willow Cube is sumptuously seasonal.
www.paula-pryke-flowers.com; 020-7837 7336
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6. Wild at Heart - £65
Nikki Tibbles set up Wild at Heart in 1993, and turned traditional floristry on its head. This concoction of ivy, hypericum berries, tulips and roses get even better when the tulips open.
www.wildatheart.com; 020-7221 6434
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7. John Lewis - £35
The orange roses and blood-red alstroemeria will brighten up the greyest day. John Lewis sources flowerswherever possible from the UK and Fairtrade flower farms in Kenya.
www.johnlewis.com/flowers; 0845 604 9049
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8. The Real Flower Company - £75
Rosebie Morton set up the company in 1995 from her garden in Hampshire, to bring scented roses back to the floristry market. This heady bouquet contains roses and herbs.
www.realflowers.co.uk; 01730 818 300
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9. Moyses Flowers - £75
London’s oldest florist and a firm favourite. This graphic bouquet is filled with dusky pink Fairtrade roses, organic amaranthus and seasonal British-grown foliages.
www.moysesflowers.co.uk; 020-7501 0550
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10. Jane Packer - £50
Jane Packer Delivered offers an on-line nationwide next day delivery service, so you can have fabulous flowers wherever you are.
www.janepackerdelivered.com; 0845 974 6000
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19 November 2007, Chosen by Beth Dadswell
