Florist Sunday Delivery: Ordering Flowers for a Sunday in Saint Petersburg and Russia

Yes, you can have flowers delivered on a Sunday. In Saint Petersburg our delivery runs around the clock, so Sunday is an ordinary working day for our couriers, and in large cities across Russia you can order express delivery or book a precise time or window in advance. The simplest way to secure a Sunday bouquet is to pre-order it a few days ahead and choose the exact time or time window.

Customers in our shops ask about Sundays more often than any other day, because so many birthdays, family lunches and anniversaries fall on the weekend. Pyat Tsvetov has run its own flower shops in Saint Petersburg since 2011, on Ilyushina Street, the Obvodny Canal Embankment and Srednerogatskaya Street, and the questions below are the ones we answer at the counter and on the phone every week.

Sunday in Saint Petersburg: an ordinary delivery day

The first thing people ask is whether a Sunday order costs more or takes longer. In Saint Petersburg delivery works around the clock, every day of the week, and city delivery costs 500 RUB whether it is Tuesday or Sunday. For remote districts and suburbs, the operator confirms the price when confirming your order, so the full amount is clear before the bouquet leaves the shop.

Sunday has its own rhythm, though. Mornings are quiet and many recipients are still at home, which makes 09-12 a good window for a birthday surprise over breakfast. Early afternoon is the busiest stretch, because people order for family lunches and visits. Evenings, 18-21, suit a romantic gesture or a bouquet that should be waiting when someone returns from a weekend away.

Because delivery runs around the clock in Saint Petersburg, we can also handle late-evening and night orders. Customers use this for flowers that must be at the door first thing on Sunday, or for an apology that cannot wait until Monday. If you are unsure which time works for the recipient, choose a window rather than an exact hour.

Sunday delivery elsewhere in Russia

We deliver flowers across Russia, and in large cities express delivery takes 1-2 hours after the order is confirmed. For a Sunday in another city, the most reliable approach is to pre-order: you can book delivery 1-30 days ahead, at an exact time accurate to about 30 minutes or in one of the windows 09-12, 12-15, 15-18 or 18-21.

Pre-ordering matters more for smaller towns and suburbs than for big cities. The operator confirms the delivery price for remote districts when confirming the order, and confirming a few days in advance leaves time to settle the address and the timing calmly. Customers sending flowers from abroad tell us this also takes the time-zone stress out of it: you place the order on a weekday evening at home, and the bouquet arrives on Sunday without you needing to be awake at the right moment.

If the occasion is a holiday that falls on a weekend, book as early as you can. Mother's Day in Russia is always the last Sunday of November, and 8 March lands on a Sunday in some years. Those dates bring a wave of orders, and an early booking is the easiest way to get the time window you want.

Bouquets we can deliver

Bouquet of 3 white lilies

$50

★ 5.0 · 80 reviews

Mixed bouquet of 7 red roses and 8 alstroemerias

$87

★ 4.8 · 50 reviews

Bouquet of 11 red roses, Ecuador, 50 cm

$84

★ 5.0 · 42 reviews

Bouquet of 7 alstroemerias mix

$43

★ 4.9 · 40 reviews

What to check before a Sunday order

Most failed weekend deliveries come down to the address and the phone number, not the flowers. On Sundays people go to the dacha, visit parents or leave for a walk, so give the recipient's mobile number rather than a landline. The courier calls about 15 minutes before arrival, and that call is what makes a weekend delivery work. Our florist's checklist for delivery instructions lists every detail worth adding.

Include the entrance number, floor, flat and intercom code if you know them. Many Saint Petersburg buildings have courtyards and several entrances, and a courier with full details reaches the door minutes faster. If the recipient lives in a gated complex, mention it so the courier can plan the call ahead.

If the recipient turns out not to be home, we agree a second delivery the same day or hand the flowers to a neighbour or concierge, but only with your consent as the sender. Decide in advance which you prefer, and say so in the order comment. That way nobody has to wait for an answer while the bouquet sits in the car.

Choosing flowers that suit a Sunday

Customers often ask what to send for a Sunday family lunch, and our answer is a bouquet that can stand on a table without blocking the view. Low, rounded arrangements of spray roses, chrysanthemums or seasonal flowers work better than tall stems. For a birthday on a Sunday morning, bright and sunny colours set the tone for the day; our article on yellow flower delivery explains how to use yellow without sending the wrong message to older relatives.

For a romantic Sunday, classic roses or a bouquet in soft pinks and creams is a safe choice. Remember the Russian rule for celebrations: an odd number of stems, because even numbers are reserved for funerals. Browse the bouquets catalogue and pick the size by the setting: a compact bouquet for a flat, a larger one for a house or an event.

Think about where the flowers will spend Sunday. If the bouquet is for a lunch at a restaurant or at someone else's home, it will travel again after delivery, so a compact arrangement in a box or with a water reservoir copes better than a loose armful of long stems. If it goes straight into a vase at home, you can be more generous with height and volume.

Keeping a Sunday bouquet fresh into the week

A bouquet delivered on Sunday should still look good on Thursday, and that depends mostly on the first hour. Ask the recipient to trim the stems by 2-3 cm at an angle, remove leaves below the water line and put the flowers in a clean vase with cool water. Changing the water every two days adds several days of life.

Keep the vase away from radiators, sunny windowsills and the fruit bowl, since ripening fruit speeds up wilting. In winter, let a bouquet that arrives from the frost rest in its wrapping for 15-20 minutes before unpacking, so the petals warm up gradually. Our guide on keeping a delivered bouquet fresh for 7+ days has the full routine.

Ordering a Sunday bouquet from abroad

You choose a bouquet on the site, enter the recipient's details, write the card text and select Sunday with an exact time or a window. The card is free, and delivery is anonymous by default: the courier does not name the sender, so the card says only what you write. Many customers abroad use this for a surprise, signing the card with a hint instead of a name.

Plan the time zone carefully. Saint Petersburg runs on Moscow time, and customers in Europe or North America sometimes book a Sunday window based on their own clock. Check the window against local time in the recipient's city, and for a morning surprise, remember that many people sleep late on Sundays, so 09-12 is often kinder than an exact 9:00.

Payment is online on the site by bank card, SBP or Yandex Pay, and foreign bank cards are accepted, with payment processed through Robokassa. If you have a question about a Sunday order, the address or the timing, call us on 8 (812) 507-67-05. Full conditions are on the delivery and payment page. We deliver bouquets across Russia in 1–2 hours.