Sending flowers to Shanghai from another country is easy with abcFlora: a Shanghai-based florist arranges your bouquet fresh and hand-delivers it across the city, typically within 1-2 business days. You pay in USD with a single flat $14.95 service fee, no matter where you order from.
Shanghai is enormous — from the colonial facades of the Bund and the plane-tree streets of the former French Concession to the towers of Pudong across the Huangpu River — but flowers are woven into daily life here, sold on street corners and gifted for every imaginable milestone. A local florist who knows the difference between delivering to a lane house in Xuhui and a high-rise in Lujiazui makes all the difference.
Which dates should I know before sending flowers to Shanghai?
China effectively has three Valentine's Days, and Shanghai celebrates them all: Western Valentine's on February 14, 520 day on May 20 (the numbers sound like "I love you" in Mandarin), and Qixi, the traditional lovers' festival in August. Add Mother's Day, Teachers' Day on September 10, and Chinese New Year, and the flower calendar is one of the busiest in the world. Red roses dominate the romantic dates; for elders and CNY, warm and auspicious tones are the safer choice.
Are there color or flower taboos I should avoid in China?
A few, and they matter. Avoid all-white or all-yellow chrysanthemum arrangements for celebrations — chrysanthemums in those colors are associated with mourning and funerals in China. Even numbers of stems are considered luckier than odd, and anything referencing the number four is best skipped. Our partner florists in Shanghai navigate this instinctively, so if you choose a bouquet from this collection it will read as festive, not funereal. Your card message is delivered exactly as written, in whatever language you choose.
Is paying from overseas complicated?
No — that is largely the point of using abcFlora. You avoid Chinese payment apps entirely: checkout is in US dollars with cards, PayPal, Shop Pay, or the option to pay with Bitcoin through our native OpenNode integration. Bouquets start around $55, same-day delivery is often available when you order before noon Shanghai time, and we carry a 4.8/5 rating from more than 377 verified reviews.
Sending to other Chinese cities? Explore flower delivery across China, our Beijing collection for the capital, or Guangzhou in the south — a city that takes its flower markets very seriously.
