Valentine's Day: Puget Sound's Best Flower Shops

MERCER ISLAND, WA - Tuesday will likely be the busiest day of the year (with the exception of Mother's Day, perhaps) for flower shops around Western Washington. If you're aiming to get your special someone the best - or largest - bouquet money can buy, check out our list of top-rated flower shops from cities around Puget Sound.

These rankings are based on Yelp reviews, but if you have a favorite flower shop that we missed, email neal.mcnamara@patch.com, and we'll add it to the list.

• Bellevue: The Finishing Touch Florist | 1645 140th Ave Northeast. Reviewer says, "Hands down the BEST florist experience and results!"
• Bonney Lake-Sumner: Windmill Gardens & Nursery | 16009 60th St East. Reviewer says, "Fabulous local nursery, gift, and floral shop! I thought that the prices were actually very reasonable (especially compared to what prices you would see at comparable specialty nurseries up north in Seattle like the West Seattle Nursery! )."
• Enumclaw: Paisley Petals | (206) 948-6185. Reviewer says, "We couldn't have had more beautiful flowers at our wedding! The flowers completely exceeded my expectations - I'm not too knowledgeable about flowers and couldn't provide that much detail or clarity on what I was picturing but somehow, Paula nailed it!"
• Edmonds: Regina the Florist | 622 5th Ave South. Reviewer says, "A great experience ordering with Regina the Florist. Left a brief message and got a call back very promptly."
• Gig Harbor: The Floral Reef | 7716 Pioneer Way. Reviewer says, "I've had a great experience. Molly was very professional and went above and beyond to make sure my next day delivery request was taken care of. She even sent me a picture of the flowers before they went out and worked to figure out an address error from the one I sent her."
• Issaquah: Countryside Floral and Garden | 1420 Northwest Gilman Boulevard. "Always reliable, never disappoints. Great quality and everything is extremely timely. I'm a regular!"
• Kirkland: Fena Flowers | 12815 NE 124th Street Ste K. Reviewer says, "Words hardly do justice as to how amazing Fena Flowers is. I've seen them at weddings. Beautiful! I've used them to send flowers to my wife. Then her whole office is jealous!!"
• Lakewood: Crane Creations Florist | 8207 Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest. Reviewer says, "Cranes creations made an awesome bouquet for me. I went in, showed them exactly what I wanted and got just that. I was stunned to see blue roses."
• Mercer Island: Mercer Island Florist | 3006 78th Ave Southeast. "I gasped when I walked in and saw my Mother in law's Mother's Day bouquet. It was perfect just what I asked for, lovely peonies and roses with a beautiful scent that filled the room."
• Puyallup: Benton's Twin Cedars Florist | 724 East Main Street. Reviewer says, "I stopped in yesterday, I was a introduced to the designer, walked back into the cooler and asked about what I liked. Within 2 hours my husband was surprised with an absolutely beautiful bouquet of flowers that surpassed my expectations. "
• Redmond: Redmond Floral | 16336 NE 81st Street. Reviewer says, "This was a great experience. Did the order online, found what I wanted, and did the order very easily. I realized I hadn't specified a time to deliver in my notes, so I called into Redmond Floral, and they made a note to deliver as early as possible for me."
• Renton: The Original Renton Flower Shop | 120 Union Court Northeast. Reviewer says, "My boyfriend's mom had received some bad news today. This was super last minute cause I wanted them delivered today. Roxanne was SUPER nice over the phone. I had no idea what to get my boyfriends mom so Roxanne offered to arrange something nice within my budget. They got them delivered today and the flowers were BEAUTIFUL! "
• Seattle: Buckets | 655 S Orcas St #203. Reviewer says, "Love this place! The bouquet was stunning. I called day of for a last minute flower delivery, and they were very accommodating. Will definitely use them again."
• Shoreline: Golden Bow Gifts and Flowers | 1502 Northeast 179th Street. Reviewer says, "Francesca is wonderful! She helped me do a custom arrangement for Mother's Day that involved "icing" my mother - hiding a bottle of Smirinoff Ice in the bouquet."
• University Place: Summit Floral | 1905 Bridgeport Way West. Reviewer says, "The owner Mary Anne is amazing. I had no idea what to get my wife for our anniversary so she asked me what color my wife likes and what kind of flowers. I had no idea what kind of flowers my wife liked but when the flowers showed up my wife was amazed."
• Woodinville: Woodinville Florist | 12601 NE Woodinville Drive. Reviewer says, "I love using a local small business when I can. Prompt phone pick up quick understanding of what I needed. Was able also to have delivered to Marysville same day. Just received a text from my daughter about the beautiful flower arrangement. She loves it!!"

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