Can I Send Flowers Anonymously in Los Angeles?

Yes. Leave the sender line blank at checkout and Adore Flowers delivers your arrangement with the note written by hand and no name on it, anywhere we serve in Los Angeles. We never tell a recipient who placed an order.

Anonymous orders are ordinary work at a studio. What people get wrong is the message rather than the mechanics: a gift with no name and no words leaves the recipient guessing at everything. This post covers how to place the order, what we say if the recipient asks, and what to write instead of a signature.

How do I send flowers anonymously in Los Angeles?

Place the order as normal, write your message in the gift note field, and leave the sender line blank. Those are two separate fields at checkout, and the sender line is the only one that identifies you.

Your own contact details stay with the studio. We do not share the sender's name, phone, or email with the recipient, whether or not you send anonymously. The arrangement arrives with your words in ink and nothing else.

Will the recipient find out who sent the flowers?

Not through us. Recipients do call the studio to ask, and in six years of building arrangements I have never given a sender up. If you leave yourself unnamed, you stay unnamed.

There is one thing worth thinking about before you order. A courier may need to reach someone at the address, so give the recipient's phone number rather than your own. That keeps your number off the delivery entirely.

Should I write a note if I am staying anonymous?

Yes, and the note matters more when your name is not on it. An unsigned arrangement with no message reads as a mystery to solve; an unsigned arrangement with one warm line reads as a gift. Keep it short and let it stay unsigned.

I write these notes out myself, and for an anonymous order I keep the letters plain. A distinctive hand is its own signature, and so is an inside joke only one person could have written.

• "Thinking of you today."
• "You deserve something beautiful."
• "From someone who is glad you exist."

The words do real work. In a 10-month Rutgers behavioral study published by the Society of American Florists, people who received flowers reported feeling less depressed, anxious and agitated afterwards. Our guide to what to write on a flower card has more lines that work unsigned.

Why do people send flowers anonymously?

Most anonymous orders are one of three things: a quiet romantic gesture, a thank-you the sender would rather not make into a conversation, or a kindness that does not want credit. None of them need a reason at checkout.

We run these across the city, to apartment lobbies in Silver Lake and to office towers on Avenue of the Stars in Century City. The courier hands the arrangement over, the desk logs a delivery, and no name goes into the book.

One thing to weigh before you order. A desk or a colleague may ask the recipient who sent it, and an anonymous arrangement at a workplace draws more attention than one at home. If the gesture is meant to stay quiet, send it to a home address.

What should I send if I am not signing my name?

Send something the recipient can read as warmth rather than a puzzle. Garden-style arrangements in soft colour do this better than a dozen red roses, which pushes the guessing toward one answer. Arrangements start at $150, and every one is built from stems hand-selected that morning at the Los Angeles Flower Market.

Our romance collection suits an unsigned note with feeling behind it, and the everyday collection suits a kindness that simply needs sending. Both leave the studio the same day on orders placed before 11 AM.

How quickly can an anonymous arrangement arrive?

Same-day, when the order is in before our 11 AM cutoff, Monday through Saturday. Deliveries run in two windows, 10 AM to 1 PM and 1 to 5 PM, and same-day orders arrive in the guaranteed 1 to 5 PM window.

Order after 11 AM, or on a Sunday, and the arrangement goes out on the next delivery day. Coverage and windows are on the delivery page.

Related reading

See what to write on a flower delivery card, how same-day delivery works in LA, and what happens if no one is home. More on our policies is on the FAQ.