Pink Lily Funeral Spray

A pink lily funeral spray made with one flower

Keeping to one bloom gives this design a calm, classic look. Each pink oriental lily is beautifully complemented by the one beside it, so the spray needs nothing else, and the large, star-shaped flowers have a gentle scent. The florist sets the stems into a hidden base so that they fan out from one end to a soft point. The colour has a warmth that an all-white design does not, and many families feel it suits a mother, a nan, a wife, a sister or a dear friend. It makes a quiet tribute of love when words are hard to find.

Where the funeral flower spray is placed

This is a single-ended tribute, so the funeral director can lay it on the coffin, set it beside it, or place it with the other flowers at the church or crematorium. After a burial it is often laid at the graveside. In America a piece like this is called a casket spray. It covers only part of the lid, so it is much smaller than a blanket of pink oriental lily stems laid over the whole coffin, and it is not a double-ended coffin spray that runs the full length of the lid; you will find those in our coffin sprays. We don't give an approximate height, and it isn't sold by length like a pink 4ft coffin spray; the size names tell you how full it will be.

One flower, or roses as well?

If you would like roses too, a rose and lily funeral spray may suit you better. Our Pink and White Funeral Spray brings together pink roses and carnations with white lilies and lisianthus in the same teardrop shape. For a full-length rose casket spray, look through our coffin sprays, or see every colour in our funeral sprays. If you would rather keep the spray pink and simple, with one flower repeated, this design is the gentlest choice.

Sizes and prices

There are three sizes: Standard £76.99, Preferred £87.99 and Elegant £98.99. For the larger sizes the florist adds more stems of the same flowers, so the design keeps its shape and simply looks fuller. If a stem is not available that week, the florist may use a flower of the same colour and style, of equal or greater quality and value.

How to order, and local flower delivery

Choose a size, write your card message and give the address and the date of the funeral. We send the tribute to the funeral director or the family's home before the service. Delivery is one charge of £12.49 per order to one address, added at checkout. Flower delivery runs Monday to Saturday, from tomorrow onwards, with no deliveries on Sundays or bank holidays, and we cannot deliver to AB10 postcodes.

Sympathy flowers for the family home

Many people also send something to the house in the days after the funeral. A bouquet is a gentle choice, and a sympathy plant such as a phalaenopsis orchid keeps flowering for weeks and is generally considered safe around cats and dogs.

Questions about this spray

Is this a suitable choice for a funeral?

Yes. This flower is one of the most traditional funeral flowers in the UK, often linked with peace and a soul at rest, and the shade feels a little warmer than white.

Is this the same as a lily casket spray?

Very nearly. Casket spray is the American name; in the UK most people say funeral spray.

Can the pollen stain?

Yes. The pollen can mark clothes and fabric, and it leaves a stain if it is rubbed in.

Is it safe to take home if there is a cat?

No. All parts of these flowers, pollen included, are toxic to cats, so if the spray is going to a home with a cat, choose a different tribute.

Will a message go with the flowers?

Yes. You write it when you check out, and it goes with the spray on a card. A few words of love are enough.