Flowers from Spain to the UK: How to Order and Pay from Abroad
If you live in Spain and want flowers delivered to someone in the UK, you can place the whole order online with us: pick a bouquet for the British city, enter the address and the card text, and pay. We deliver to 157 cities in the United Kingdom, from London and Manchester to Bath and Barnsley, and the price on the page already includes delivery.
Since 2011 we have run three flower shops of our own in Saint Petersburg, and many of our regular customers live abroad and send flowers in several directions at once: to parents in Russia, to friends in Britain, to colleagues elsewhere. Their questions about the UK are remarkably consistent, so this guide is built around them, in the order people usually ask.
Paying from Spain with a Spanish bank card
The first thing customers in Spain ask is whether their card will work, and the answer is yes: we accept foreign bank cards, with payment processed through Robokassa. Bank card, SBP and Yandex Pay are all available on the site, but from Spain a regular Visa or Mastercard is usually the simplest route. The price is shown in rubles, so your bank converts it into euros at its own rate, and the final figure on your statement may differ slightly from a rough mental conversion.
For orders abroad there is no separate delivery line in the basket. The bouquet price for a UK city already includes delivery, while the 500 RUB fee you may notice elsewhere on the site applies only to Russian cities. If your bank sends a confirmation code or asks you to approve the payment in its app, keep your phone close: an unconfirmed payment is the most common reason an order stalls at checkout.
Which UK cities we cover and how to fill in the address
We deliver to 157 cities across the United Kingdom, including London, Manchester, Ashford, Aylesbury, Barnsley, Barrow in Furness, Basingstoke and Bath. The full list sits on our Flower delivery to United Kingdom page; choose the city there first, and the bouquets shown will be the ones available for that place. If a small town is not listed, check whether it is part of a larger city nearby, as many British addresses carry both a town and a post town.
British addresses have their own logic, and the postcode does most of the work. Write it in full, for example in the format SW1A 1AA, add the flat number or house name if there is one, and give the recipient's mobile with the +44 code. A phone number matters more than people expect: it lets the courier reach the recipient at the door of a block of flats or a shared house, where buzzers are often unlabelled.
Bouquets we can deliver
Choosing a bouquet for British taste and the British season
Customers who have lived in Spain for years often pick bright, dense bouquets with strong reds and oranges, which look superb under Mediterranean light. In a British sitting room in October or February the same colours can feel heavy, and softer palettes tend to be better received: blush and cream roses, white with plenty of greenery, lilac and dusty pink. For a man, a colleague or a neutral thank-you, white and green or a single-variety bouquet of roses is a safe, elegant option.
Spring is the easiest season to please someone in the UK, because tulips are what British people associate with the end of winter. In summer, peonies and garden-style mixes match what recipients see in their own gardens. For Christmas, deep red with white or a winter bouquet with conifer greenery fits the mood of the house, and it also lasts longer in a warm room than delicate spring flowers.
Two practical exclusions apply whatever the season. Lilies are poisonous to cats, and cats are common in British homes, so leave them out unless you know there are no pets. For someone in hospital, ask first whether flowers are allowed on the ward, because many UK hospitals do not permit them.
Getting the date right: Spanish and British calendars
The calendar catches many senders out. Mother's Day in Spain is the first Sunday of May, while Mothering Sunday in the UK falls in March or early April, three weeks before Easter, and its date changes every year. Valentine's Day is the same in both countries, but in Britain it is a much bigger flower day, so plan that order well ahead.
Mainland Spain is one hour ahead of the UK all year round, and the Canary Islands share British time. When you write the delivery preferences, give times in the recipient's local time and say so explicitly, so nobody has to guess which clock you meant. The express windows and exact-time options described on our site are conditions for Russian cities; for a UK order the sensible move is to order a few days before the date and call us at 8 (812) 507-67-05 if the timing is critical.
What the recipient gets and how to make the card work
The card with your text is free, and for a delivery from abroad it does most of the emotional work. Delivery is anonymous by default and the courier does not name the sender, so the card is the only place where the recipient learns who thought of them. Mention where you are writing from, for example "With love from Seville", which instantly explains why a bouquet has arrived unannounced.
Write in the language the recipient reads easily. If they are British, English is obvious; if they are a Spanish or Russian friend living in the UK, a line in their own language followed by a line in English works well, because flatmates and family often open the door and read the card too. Keep it to two or three sentences: a short card is read and kept, a long one is skimmed.
A brief care note on the card is a thoughtful addition when the recipient is not used to receiving flowers. British flats are well heated in winter, and a bouquet placed on a radiator shelf or a sunny windowsill fades in a few days. Suggest recutting the stems at an angle, using a clean vase with room-temperature water, changing it every second day and keeping the flowers away from the fruit bowl. With that routine, roses and chrysanthemums easily last a week, and alstroemeria often longer.
Sending to more than one country from Spain
Many of our customers in Spain have relatives in Russia and friends in Britain, and they find it convenient to use one site for both. Orders abroad are placed exactly the same way as in Russia: country or city page, bouquet, address, card text, payment. All 53 countries and more than 1640 cities are listed on the Flower delivery abroad page, so you can arrange a birthday in Manchester and a Mother's Day in Saint Petersburg in the same evening.
If the second bouquet goes to Russia, our guide Sending Flowers to Russia from Spain covers the local etiquette, which differs from both Spanish and British habits. For Saint Petersburg itself, delivery runs around the clock, which helps when you want flowers waiting at a door early in the morning or late in the evening. We deliver bouquets across Russia in 1–2 hours.
Frequently asked questions
Can I pay with a Spanish bank card?
Yes. We accept foreign bank cards, and payment goes through Robokassa. The price is shown in rubles, and your bank converts it into euros.
Does the UK price include delivery?
Yes. For UK cities the bouquet price already includes delivery. The 500 RUB delivery fee applies to Russian cities only.
Which UK cities can you deliver to?
We cover 157 cities in the United Kingdom, including London, Manchester, Bath, Basingstoke, Aylesbury and Barnsley. The full list is on our United Kingdom delivery page.
Will the recipient see my name?
Only on the card, if you sign it. Delivery is anonymous by default, and the courier does not name the sender.
Who can I ask if something about the order is unclear?
Call us at 8 (812) 507-67-05. We can help with the choice of bouquet, the address details and the card text.
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