Roman

Wholesale florists sit just behind the curtain of most bouquets: the designers get the applause, but the real pipelines run through places like Roman. Arrangements for weddings, events, hotels, restaurants, and corporate lobbies all flow from this quiet corridor in the Bronx, where pallets of peonies and buckets of spray roses head out the door daily. Buyers from across the city stop at 5601 Broadway expecting sturdy cardboard flats and precise stem counts—not floral artwork, just product delivered correctly.

A straightforward call can lock in today’s carnations or tomorrow’s garden roses; small shop owners as well as planners use the same line for orders and updates. The map should point you to the plain storefront tucked beside the 240th Street retail strip, where delivery vans idle nose-in along the curb. Once the flowers are loaded and the driver pulls onto Broadway, you’re already heading back to the bouquets that will bow to customers.