Amaryllis Inc.

I absolutely loved the floral arrangements Rick created for my wedding. Although we went through numerous proposals, in the end almost everything was perfect. The only thing I didn't "love" were my bridesmaid bouquets, but I think it was a lesson in learning that not every color description is interpreted the same. Everyone thought the bouquets were beautiful, I just didn't expect the color combination we received. Overall, the quality of flower, fullness of the arrangements and attentiveness to detail was amazing. The price of his services is high, but nothing matches what you get for your money. Highly, highly recommend!

My husband and I used Amaryllis for our wedding florist and were very happy with the end result. Our arrangements were beautiful and the bouquets were exactly what we wanted. We wanted the colors to be deep purple, red, and orange and they got our vision perfectly. Christopher was very professional and responsive. I would definitely recommend Amaryllis!

We are very satisfied with the job that Amarillys provided. Beautiful bridesmaids bouquets, low and tall centerpieces and of course, my bouquet was gorgeous and fresh. Thank you Amarillys!

Amaryllis did an amazing job with the flowers. They completely exceeded our expectations! The flowers were breath-taking and the service was perfect!

Amaryllis worked with my mother and me for my September wedding in Virginia. They did fabulous arrangements for the church that really reflected the space and season. They also worked with us to source local flowers for the reception and helped with day of moving around of the arrangements. They were very accommodating and had great knowledge of all things local and in-season.

Loved the flowers that Amaryllis provided for our wedding. They are expensive, but Christopher did an amazing and fabulous job! I told them to be creative and do what they thought would go with our venue and I told them flowers that I liked and they made it happen. And went above and beyond what I could imagine flowers to be! They did different arrangements for each table in multiple vessels. We didn't love our trial but they fixed everything and made it perfect for our wedding. If you can budget it, go with them

STUNNING, STUNNING, STUNNING. Rick exceeded every desire and expectation. The flowers looked incredible and smelled even better. People were tripping over one another to take some home. We had one meeting with Rick 12 months before our wedding and he hit it out of the park. WOW!

Rick and all of the staff at Amaryllis were extremely professional to work with. My daughter was so impressed with Rick's ideas that she asked to cancel all of the other florist appointments that we had set. It was to be Amaryllis and only Amaryllis. On the evening of the wedding everything was in place and more beautiful than any of us imagined and then the flowers at the reception just made the entire decor. It was a magical evening for my daughter and everyone who attended and we appreciate that Amaryllis was a big part of the magic making! Michael

Amaryllis truly went above and beyond... The flowers were sensational and more beautiful than I could have imagined!

Rick is a miracle worker! Everyone at Amaryllis was great to work with. Questions were answered right away. Rick created the most beautiful designs and was always willing to share his experienced opinion for the look of things as well as any other questions we had about planning. Everything was done so beautifully and creatively and Rick was so willing to move things around to work in our budget. Gladys is the nicest woman in the world and is so on top of all the details. We really appreciate everything they did for us!

Amaryllis did an incredible job for our wedding! They provided us with the look we wanted at a reasonable price. They always gave us their honest feedback and input. Specifically, they assisted us with cutting unnecessary cost while ultimately providing the look we wanted. What I especially loved about them is that they will think outside the box and will take creative liberties (if you choose to encourage that), which will exceed your expectations. I initially shared what I was thinking and they came back with concepts I hadn't thought of but that truly made the look of the room. The guests at our wedding raved about the decor! Amaryllis truly transformed the room of our venue.

They also were a genuine pleasure to deal with. They were extremely responsive and catered to our every need. A special thanks to Christopher who I feel very privileged to have worked with. He is a floral genius and I hope other brides have the pleasure to work with him as well.

Amaryllis was absolutely wonderful to work with, and I couldn't have been happier with my wedding flowers. Rick was so great, and incredibly flexible. Our flowers were gorgeous, and we received many complements on how gorgeous our table arrangements were. I highly recommend them!!!

I had a great experience with Amaryllis and Christopher, our POC. I gave general guidance on the flowers I liked, colors I wanted, and amount of flowers, and Christopher was both creative in coming up with answers and he and his team executed beautifully. They had no problems retooling when I gave feedback at the tasting. On the wedding day, they showed up on time, and ensured everything went without a hitch.

Amarylis was amazing. Unique, imaginitive, gorgeous flowers, professional, great to work with, they made the room look spectacular... I could go on and on

Christopher at Amaryllis, Inc. is absolutely fablous!!!!! I would highly recommend them. The flowers - just gorgeous and very artsy and on-time - no complications what so ever. I would like to have more big events just to see more of their work.

I ultimately settled on Amaryllis because they were the only florist still available on our date that was both willing to work with us given our wedding location and willing to provide a line item estimate and work with me to make sure that our floral elements stayed within our budget. Unfortunately, this willingness to essentially negotiate the price of our wedding floral arrangements did not translate into effective communication or any creativity on their part. E-mails would go unanswered for several days at a time, and when they did respond it was only to send me a new proposal - not to respond directly to any of the questions or concerns that I raised in my previous e-mail. I was told on several occasions that something that I wanted "couldn't be done" (despite having seen something similar in other weddings around the same timeframe). At no point during the consultation process did they offer any alternative suggestions, but instead expected me to come up with a new idea alone and get back to them. When I specifically told them that I did not want traditional wedding flowers, i.e. roses and orchids, I received a proposal back that included both roses and orchids.

Despite a very detailed contract that specified the type of flower and greenery to use in each arrangement, I was extremely disappointed by the floral arrangements for our wedding. I provided pictures of both the bridal bouquet and bridesmaids bouquets and asked that our bouquets look like those in the provided pictures. However, Amaryllis appears to have disregarded the photos and essentially threw together some flowers into a bouquet. The bridal bouquet contained greenery that had not been discussed during consultations or included in the contract. The bridesmaids bouquets of white lilacs and tulips looked like clumps of individual flowers, not a carefully arranged bouquet. The ribbon wrapping on all bouquets was sloppy - and Amaryllis did not use a second ribbon that was provided (and personally handed to our floral designer the week before the wedding) as an accent for the bridal bouquet. Amaryllis's sloppiness also translated to the boutonnieres, as Amaryllis mislabeled the boutonniere for the groom's father and caused him not to have a boutonniere for the wedding ceremony.

For the centerpieces, while technically using the flowers specified in the contract, the arrangements were incredibly sparse and unimaginative. Rather than trying to fill out the arrangements with lower-priced flowers (anemonies, sweet peas, and ranunculus) around more expensive flowers (such as peonies), the arrangements only had only a few flowers (perhaps 5-6 max). For other centerpieces, when cream garden roses had been specifically requested and detailed in the contract, Amaryllis provided white/ivory traditional roses. Despite the fact that I had told them during our consultations that I wanted arrangements with a "springtime" feel, at no point in time did Amaryllis warn me that our arrangements would be so small and detract from the decor at our wedding.

Whether it was my modest budget or a general apathy towards wedding floral arrangements on the part of Amaryllis, my entire experience with Amaryllis was disappointing. I would NOT recommend Amaryllis to any other DC-area brides. Amaryllis also seems to have no concern or regard for customer satisfaction, as they have not made any attempt to contact me since our wedding to find out if we were happy with our arrangements. (They dropped off the flowers at our venue before we arrived, so I was not able to raise any of these concerns with them on site.)

This vendor did an exceptional job with our flowers. They were flexible as our details changed over the months and delivered beautifully fresh flowers. The bouquets and centerpieces were gorgeous.

Even though Rick's normal events are way out of our price range, we were upfront and gave him our budget and his first response was, you don't need to spend 50 grand to get a great floral arrangement. He made us feel comfortable and confident. His work is amazing and so unique. I told him what i was looking for and he not only made my image come to life but put his touch and consideration into the arrangement and made it more than i ever could have imagined. Our wedding looked like a million dollar fairy tale due to Ricks unbelievable and simply elaborate centerpieces. We had people asking us where we ever came up with our fantastic creation! I will use Rick for any arrangement I ever need from now on!

Between Amaryllis and Occasions, I don't think we had much to do other than taste food and approve a single flower arrangement, and they went off and made everything come together perfectly. The major guidance to Amaryllis was "hydrangeas", and they came back with a proposal to fill ten thousand square feet of house with a perfect set of arrangements. Rick was great in giving us a few opinions and then just taking what we wanted and delivering an amazing series of bouquets, corsages, arrangements and centerpieces. With everything else going on during the evening, we kept getting pulled aside for compliments on the flowers.

Wow. wow. WOW. The floral and table arrangements that Amaryllis put together for my wedding were simply stunning. Totally unique. I had four-foot trumpet vases with 10-foot bamboo stalks, each of which were decorated with softly lit globes. Really breathtaking (the room was very tall so the centerpieces needed height). On the other tables were pillar vases with floating candles and orchids, exactly as I had requested. Bill at Amaryllis went above & beyond to make our day spectacular.

Rick was excellent at suggesting unique and different arrangements. People are still talking about the flowers at my wedding three years later! However, with this creativity, comes a cost--the flowers were quite expensive.

The cream of crop! Amaryllis is amazing! Their designs are truly pieces of art! They are innovative, unique, cutting edge, brilliant artists, they don't miss a beat. Wonderful team to work with, we have filmed events that they have created for decades now and they still manage to wow us at each and every event we do together, they are unforgettable events!