Current ranking based on review analysis and technical signals.
How we chose: 10 places selected by rating and number of reviews. Source — Google Places. Updated 11 August 2026.
At a glance
| # | Place | Score | Reviews | Stands out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvest and Green | ⭐ 9.9 | 368 | Editors' pick |
| 2 | Flowers by McDowell | ⭐ 9.7 | 267 | — |
| 3 | Nikkis fleurs | ⭐ 9.7 | 252 | — |
| 4 | Garlands Florist | ⭐ 9.7 | 226 | — |
| 5 | Snapdragon Edinburgh Florist | ⭐ 9.9 | 198 | — |
| 6 | Rose & Ammi Flowers | ⭐ 9.9 | 157 | — |
| 7 | Pollination | ⭐ 9.9 | 141 | — |
| 8 | Fioritalia | ⭐ 9.7 | 107 | — |
| 9 | The Stockbridge Flower Company | ⭐ 9.9 | 104 | — |
| 10 | Lily West Florist | ⭐ 9.5 | 89 | — |
Highlights
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Editors' pick:
Harvest and Green
Opening hours
Open early, from 8am or sooner: Nikkis fleurs.
Check the hours before you set out — they shift on holidays and out of season.
Full ranking
1. Harvest and Green · ⭐ 9.9
(368 reviews)
+2 photos
58-60 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4BZ, United Kingdom
Two businesses under one roof on the Morningside run of independent shops: a florist on one side, a chocolate counter on the other. This is a gifting address rather than a design studio — the place to go when something has to reach someone in Edinburgh this afternoon. Order before 11am and it leaves the same day.
2. Flowers by McDowell · ⭐ 9.7
(267 reviews)
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556 Gorgie Rd, Edinburgh EH11 3AL, United Kingdom
A family florist in the Gorgie and Chesser part of west Edinburgh, trading since 1931. It is a working shop with its own florists and its own vans, and the practical detail most people need is simple: order by 1pm on a weekday and the flowers go out the same day. The bread and butter is sentiment gifting — birthdays, anniversaries, a new baby, congratulations, get well, thank y…
«Lovely friendly helpful lass on the phone. The flowers they sent to my friend for her 60th…»
3. Nikkis fleurs · ⭐ 9.7
(252 reviews)
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9 Wolseley Pl, Edinburgh EH8 7AD, United Kingdom
An independent shop in Meadowbank, on the eastern side of the city, that designs and delivers its own arrangements in its own vans six days a week. Its strength is reach and speed rather than a curated look: same-day delivery covers a large slice of the Lothians, and the workshop takes on the bespoke, personalised pieces many florists quietly decline.
4. Garlands Florist · ⭐ 9.7
(226 reviews)
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29 Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AH, United Kingdom
A small family-run shop that has spent more than thirty years in Broughton, on the shoulder where the New Town edge slides down towards Leith. Its own summary — "for the usual, or the unusual" — is a fair description of how it works: weddings and corporate contracts are the specialism, but a single bouquet gets the same treatment, and orders placed by 1pm on a weekday are deliv…
5. Snapdragon Edinburgh Florist · ⭐ 9.9
(198 reviews)
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146 Bruntsfield Pl, Edinburgh EH10 4ER, United Kingdom
Snapdragon is the Bruntsfield shop people think of when the flowers have to be good and have to arrive today. It has been open since 2015, works in a loose, garden-gathered style rather than a stiff florist's-window one, and sells the vase, the candle and the plant that go with the bouquet. Most of the traffic is the ordinary business of caring about someone: birthdays, anniver…
6. Rose & Ammi Flowers · ⭐ 9.9
(157 reviews)
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Studio 8, Portland Street Studios, 81-85 Portland St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 4AY, United Kingdom
Flowers here look gathered rather than assembled — loose, seasonal, faintly wild. The important practical fact comes first: Rose & Ammi no longer keep a shop window. The Tollcross shop closed and the whole business moved into a studio in Leith, so this is a place you order from, not one you wander into.
7. Pollination · ⭐ 9.9
(141 reviews)
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37 Ashley Terrace, Edinburgh EH11 1RY, United Kingdom
An independent shop that has been making its own bouquets since 1997, west of the centre and well off the tourist grid. Pollination is the sort of place where the flowers are arranged behind the counter you are standing at, and where a Labrador called Fred is part of the furniture. The everyday case is a bouquet for a birthday, a thank-you or an apology, chosen by season rather…
8. Fioritalia · ⭐ 9.7
(107 reviews)
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6 Rodney St, Edinburgh EH7 4EA, United Kingdom
Three decades in the same trade and its own vans on the road: Fioritalia is the neighbourhood shop you ring when something has to be somewhere in Edinburgh today. It sits at the northern foot of the New Town, in Canonmills, and it trades on Sundays as well — which quietly removes most of the competition when the deadline is a weekend one.
9. The Stockbridge Flower Company · ⭐ 9.9
(104 reviews)
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13 Dean Park Cres, Edinburgh EH4 1PH, United Kingdom
One thing to know before anything else: The Stockbridge Flower Company is a wedding studio, not a shop. There is no window to walk past and no bouquet to carry home this afternoon — what there is, is a florist who has spent more than ten years dressing Scotland's castles and city venues, working to one wedding at a time.
10. Lily West Florist · ⭐ 9.5
(89 reviews)
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143 West Port, Edinburgh EH3 9DP, United Kingdom
A counter shop on the western edge of the Old Town, trading since 2003 and known for hand-tied bouquets put together while you describe the occasion. Lily West covers the whole ordinary range — a birthday this afternoon, an office contract, a wedding next summer — and it will talk the order through with you for nothing before you commit to anything.
Questions & answers
Which place tops the ranking? Harvest and Green — score 9.9/10 (Editors' pick).
How many places are in the list and how were they chosen? The selection includes 10 places chosen by our editors based on rating and reviews.
What is the average rating in the top? 9.8/10 — average score of 10 places in the list.
Which place has the most reviews? Harvest and Green — 368 visitor reviews.
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Sources: Google ratings and reviews, official websites and social media of the places, other open data. Selection and texts by the edinburghname.com editorial team, August 2026.