List of local florists in Americus
| Name | Address | Phone |
| Dill's Florist & Gift Shop | 1600 E Forsyth St | (229) 924-8171 |
| Gatewood's Flower Shop | 304 W Lamar St | (229) 924-8126 |
| His & Hers Flower & Gift Shop | 501 W Forsyth St, #A | (229) 928-5661 |
| Dave's Floral-Gift & Limousine | 607 N Lee St | (229) 928-0905 |
| Margie's Florist & Nursery | 1603 Crawford St | (229) 924-1798 |
| Americus Florist | 125 Rainbow Ter | (229) 924-3572 |
| Gerris Retail & Wholesale | 201 Mayo St | (229) 928-0676 |
| Flowers Baking Company | 300 Sandstone Dr | (229) 924-6020 |
** Florist doesn't have to be a member of FTD or Teleflora to be listed here.
Cut flower care instructions
Ensure that the liner, vase or container are filled with fresh water. For better results, it is better to use floral preservative, if you have it. Combine the preservative with room temperature water, in the proportion recommended on the box. Even if the box has floral foam, you ought to keep the water level high to encourage long lasting flowers.
Substitute all leaves and foliage that would otherwise be submerged under the water in the vase that they will not rot. Leave the thornless roses packed in bunches and cut about one-half of an inch off of the bottom of the stems and afterwards put them in water. When you arrange the pink roses, trim the stems over again and carefully remove any loose or discolored petals.
Wedding flowers
Modern wedding centerpieces are a creative way to establish the theme of your wedding. The solution that works well for tall modern arrangements is to submerge the whole flower in water. This can be tried with tulips, roses and cymbidium orchids.
When you are visiting the wedding florist, look the items in their display cases. If the products in the display cases look of good quality it is usually a good indication that they take pride in providing high quality products and services.
Sympathy flowers
Sympathy roses and sympathy flowers are traditionally sent to the mortuary, funeral home or church. Most funeral homes, mortuaries and churches have a viewing, visitation or wake where friends and associates come to pay their respects. Suitable sympathy flower protocol to send Sympathy plants or sympathy baskets to the funeral home, mortuary or church prior to the initial visitation hours.
Sympathy Sprays are Appropriate for delivery to the funeral home, mortuary or church. These a spectacular specialty arrangements are displayed on an easel and make a spectacular presentation.
Upcoming Holidays
- Father's Day - Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Delivery Information
Delivery Times: Average delivery times are 9am-5pm daily for business orders, 6:00 pm for orders to a hotel, hospital, or residence, and 2:00 pm for orders going to a high school. Near holidays such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day their florists have longer opening times and delivery is from 8. 00 am till 8. 00 pm. Disclaimer: Delivery times are averages only.
Mother's Day Delivery: Deliveries are available in almost any major city on Saturday and Sunday in the US. If they cannot make your Sunday delivery and if it is not too late, they will deliver the gift on Saturday. If both Saturday and Sunday are not available, then the order will be rescheduled for Monday
Hospitals in Americus
Sumter Regional Hospital, 100 Wheatley Dr
Sumter Regional Hosp Oncology, 2001 S Lee St
Sumter Regional Hospital Outpatient Accounts, 100 Wheatley Dr
Funeral Homes in Americus
Hancock, Greg - Greg Hancock Funeral Chapel, 142 Southland Rd
Sabbs, Lorena - Barnum Funeral Home, 217 Ashby St
Hancock, Mary Louise - Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S Lee St
Thomas Memorial Funeral Home, 612 Reese Park
Barnum Funeral Home, 217 Ashby St
ZIP codes in Americus
31709;