Are any national florists worth a damn?

I have used 1800 flowers and been pretty satisfied

They will ship SOME orders across country but it's for the very exotic flowers and it's extremely well packaged and prepared and will be over nighters

Most orders get filled by a local florist and are done very well

They usually send a confirmation email and if you want to double check or specify things with the florist doing your order you can call them

I order my wife flowers once a week so I've spent obscene money with them and they have pretty good rewards program

Most of those services don't actually make arrangements. They just bid out the job to a local florist in the area of delivery. They take a cut of your money, so you get less product than if you spent the same amount directly with the local shop.

You are better off to find a local florist and call them.

I have had good results with Larry's National House of Flowers and Floral Arrangements. Larry personally handcrafts all the orders and adds his touch to each bouquet. I ordered my wife flowers for our anniversary back in 2012 and they should look great when they get here! Hoping sometime next spring! She's going to be thrilled like always. They will add a vase for an extra 350.00. So Larry's is my recommendation.

Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, and Zion are certainly worth a damn

Most of them just have contracts with local florists and pass the order on to them.

Proflowers is my go to.