Where to buy blue iris (a kind of flower) in Zurich?

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Dear EFers,

I had a trouble finding a florist or shop that sells a specific type of flowers in Zurich. Browsing online, I found that they just sell a bouquet and you cannot choose a specific type of flowers.

Specifically, I would like to buy blue iris. The only shop I found online is Tom Flowers ( https://www.tomflowers.ch/products/iris-blau ) but they only sell in 50+ pieces, which is too many. I saw it once in Migros also, but never saw it again afterwards, so I am not sure where to find it.

Perhaps I am looking at wrong places, so I would really appreciate if anyone could kindly point me to the right place

Thank you very much!

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Online you will only find ready to order bouquet. But walk into any flower shop and you can pick and chose, and say what you want. If they have it. If not, they can order it from Holland.

If you do not like to visit a shop you can also call them.

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Shame it is the wrong season- I have loads of blue sibirica iris in the garden- but will be in flower in June.

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I don’t think this place sells iris, but in June it is a delight: The Belvoir Park in Zurich.
https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/…lvoirpark.html

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You're not looking in the wrong place but the wrong season (as others have written).

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Flowers are nearly always "in season". Blue iris are currently sold in batches of 300 for less than €0.30 per piece by Dutch flower exporters.

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But not in the Netherlands.

Buying flowers out of season in the Netherlands either means they have been force-grown in heated greenhouses or they have been transported there from warmer countries by airplane and then distributed on.

And it's not as if you can even eat flowers like strawberries sold in winter!

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Or tomatoes, or broccoli, or haricots, or nearly any other flower you can buy at the florist shop right now.

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You can buy them but they are not in season.

At least (most) Swiss seem to understand what "seasonal produce" is more than many countries - especially the U.K.

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Just to update everyone:

Indeed I was able to order blue iris from this shop: Stil und Stiele (Forchstrasse 130, 8032 Zürich). It requires 3 days in advance and costs CHF 4 per each stem The contact person is Ms. Evelyn Krebs, whom I emailed and swiftly got the order placed.