The Average Cost of a Dozen Roses
The average cost of a dozen roses depends on several factors. Where you buy the roses can mean you pay more or less. When you buy the roses can result in a variance of ten, twenty or more dollars. How you buy them affects the average dozen roses cost as well. Even the container you choose for your arrangement can contribute a variable cost to the total arrangement. Whether you pick up your roses and hand-deliver them yourself or have them delivered also impacts the cost. Finally, what kind of roses you buy affects the price, too.
Availability of a Dozen Roses
Roses are available in grocery stores, florists, and online. Grocery stores often have at least a flower and plant shop in the produce section if not a full-time florist. You may be able to find a dozen roses in a plastic wrap for an average of about $1.00 per stem ($12.00 per dozen) at your grocer's.
Florists offer a dozen roses in a box or wrapped in tissue for around $30. Online florists offer roses at slightly less than those purchased at the neighborhood florist. Flowers shipped directly from the grower cost less than those purchased from online florists, but sometimes a minimum purchase of several dozen roses is required.
Seasonal Demand Affects the Cost
Roses are one of those flowers that are always in season somewhere in the world. Costs don't vary much whether you buy the flowers in the spring or dead of winter. What does affect the cost is the demand for roses. Mother's Day creates a huge demand for flowers in general and that includes roses. The average cost of roses will be closer to $30 at the grocer's and $50 at the florist's.
Valentine's Day is second when it comes to the increase in the average cost of a dozen roses and prices are about the same as those for Mother's Day. Finally, June roses are more expensive because brides favor the month of June for weddings and roses are a favorite for wedding bouquets and arrangements.
The Presentation Affects the Cost
How you buy roses affects the costs. A dozen roses wrapped in cellophane costs less than a dozen roses arranged in a vase. Add greenery and baby's breath and the price increases again. Roses in a table arrangement require time and effort by the florist and that means the price goes up.
Delivered roses amp up the price even more. While the price of a dozen roses with standard-cut stems delivered in a table arrangement may range from $60 to $100, the price of long-stemmed roses delivered in a vase starts at $75, notes FTD. If you choose to have your roses arranged in, for example, a Waterford crystal vase, the cost may increase from around $125 to $190, according to 1-800-Flowers.com.
Type of Roses and Cost
The kind of roses you buy will have an impact on the average price. A mixed-color standard-stem vase arrangement may be as low as $35. Red roses are most in demand. Growers know this and grow more red roses to meet the demand. Exotic colors such as purple or almost black cost more, with a price tag between $150 to $300 than standard colors of red, pink, and white. Highly scented roses or very large blossomed roses cost more.
How Much is a Dozen Roses?
Providing dozens of roses as gifts covers a large price spectrum from suppliers. The average cost of a dozen roses varies from about $12 to several hundred dollars depending on where and when they're bought, what kind of roses you purchase, the type of container you choose, how the roses are arranged, and whether you pick them up and hand-deliver them or have them delivered.
