Can you deliver at a specific hour so it is there when they get home?
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Yes, and it is the request this page exists for. Say the hour in the order rather than the date. A lot of this borough commutes into Manhattan on the Route 17 buses or the Bergen County Line, so the usual target is late afternoon or early evening, before the returning trains and buses come back up the hill. Height's Flower Shoppe at 209 Boulevard is inside the ZIP, which means the shop can build in the morning and hold the arrangement rather than gamble on traffic. A timed delivery is a different promise from same-day and the shops treat it as one.
Can you make sure the delivery stays a surprise?
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Within reason, yes — and be aware of the local arithmetic. This is a borough of about twelve thousand people in a square mile and a half, so the van gets noticed and the neighbour on the next porch will mention it. If the surprise has to hold until the evening, ask for a timed delivery and a handoff to a named person rather than a step drop. In a two-family house, say which unit and which entrance, because the wrong door opening first is how these come apart. The shops will leave the card unsigned, or write only the message and no name, if you ask.
What does a romantic arrangement cost here?
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The listed arrangements in this selection start at $32.49. Delivery charges, taxes and optional extras are confirmed for the selected florist and recipient before payment.
Do I have to send roses?
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No, and for a non-occasion Tuesday you probably should not. Red roses announce a date; a garden-style mixed vase in soft colours says somebody was thinking about you on an ordinary afternoon, which is a different and often better message. Ask the shop for whatever came in fresh that week and let them build to it — these are counters that buy what is good rather than what is on a national list, and Starbrightnyc in Chelsea sits two blocks from the wholesale flower blocks on West 28th Street, which shows in what it puts in a vase. If the recipient keeps plants, a phalaenopsis orchid lasts months and beats a week of roses.
Can you deliver to a workplace around Teterboro or the warehouse belt?
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Yes, but know what kind of publicity you are buying. The corporate-aviation terminals at Teterboro Airport, immediately south of the borough, run badge-controlled ramps, so flowers go to a staffed front desk with a named recipient and get collected there. The freight and light-industrial buildings through Moonachie, Carlstadt and South Hackensack often have a dock and a dispatch window rather than a reception area, which means a delivery is handed over in front of whoever is standing there. If the gesture is meant to be seen, those places do that beautifully. If it is meant to be quiet, send it to the house instead.
How far ahead should I order for Valentine's Day?
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Days, not hours. Every shop in this radius is oversubscribed across the three days around the fourteenth, and because only one of the fourteen sits inside 07604, the in-town cooler is the first to empty. Practical approach: order the week before, accept a delivery window rather than demanding an exact hour, and let the shop choose the flowers from what actually arrived that morning instead of specifying a photograph. If you need a fixed hour on the day itself, say so when you place the order early — a shop that has known about it for a week can plan around it, and one told at noon on the fourteenth cannot.
Why does an address a few streets away sometimes take so long?
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Because of jughandles. Route 17 and Route 46 are old-style New Jersey highways with no left turns, and the interchange where Route 17, Route 46 and Interstate 80 come together at the Lodi line sits between this borough and everything to the west. An address that looks five hundred yards away on a map can be a mile and a half of driving to reach from the wrong side, and in the late afternoon that mile and a half is slow. It is the single best argument for ordering in the morning rather than paying more in the afternoon, and for using the shop that is already on the hill.