Ixia

Elite '08

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Amanda C.

San Francisco, CA

I was pretty down in the dumps a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised when a friend sent me flowers to cheer me up. I was alerted to the arrival of my arrangement by an extremely polite voicemail asking if the delivery driver should wait for me to get home or would it be safe to leave the "package" by my front door. I returned the call and the delivery driver couldn't have been nicer. He offered to wait 20 minutes until I got home to deliver the "package" as he kept referring to my arrangement as. I assured him he could just leave it and was genuinely surprised at the fact the "package" was flowers. The arrangement was beautiful with clean lines and nothing I am allergic to. I have no idea how much it cost but I assure the gift giver their money was well spent.

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Max A.

San Francisco, CA

Love the place.  Very, very pricey but unique, beautiful, and always impressive.  

Ixia sets itself apart from other florists and delivers - literally and figuratively.

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Elite '08

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Olga O.

New York, NY

I AM SO ANGRY

these fkrs "misplaced" the birthday flowers order i placed with them yesterday.

and the kicker is, that being incredibly paranoid, i actually called them yesterday to make sure that they were delivered, and was told that the delivery man had just returned from the delivery!! SO THEY LIED!!

i called today since the flowers, a "happy birthday and welcome to the family" gift for my cousin's fiance, did NOT arrive, and they casually apologized for this, citing the reason being that they placed the order slip in some random pile that did not get looked at.

needless to say i am pissed. now i am going to have to buy him an actual present.. do you know how difficult it is to buy a present for a dude, especially a dude who is marrying your cousin???

this place fkn sux. they didn't even offer any consolation for not sending the flowers yesterday. they just said "sorry".

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Elite '08

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Fong L.

San Francisco, CA

Our company gets an arrangement from Ixia every week, and they're almost always beautiful and creative.  These gay boys know their flowers... the lines are always well put together, and they have great taste in general.  I've now ordered from them for 2 valentine's days and various other occasions, and they haven't missed a delivery yet, and have not failed to impress the recipient yet.  :)

Yes, arrangements are a little pricey, I believe it's a $65 minimum order for delivery, but the quality is worth it.

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Alex T.

San Francisco, CA

On one of my artist's dates while planning my wedding, I stumbled upon Ixia and it's woodsy, ethereal window displays. Walking in, you feel like you have left the city and embarked into an enchanted forest. It is a workshop full of living pieces and the arrangements feel more like a natural occurring phenomena than a humanly constructed piece of art.

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Elite '08

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Nicole G.

San Francisco, CA

Ixia is pure fabulousness.  Their creations are insanely beautiful and seem to come from another planet.  I always go to them when I want to blow someone away with a thank you gift.  I don't like to think about the fact that these amazing organic art pieces eventually end up in the trash.  I guess that's part of the fabulousness factor though.

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miranda caroligne ..

San Francisco, CA

I like things that I've never seen done before, even when it's something completely out of my range of taste (exception being Jackass).
Novelty makes my eyes pop and jaw drop...
...and that is exactly what happened to me today as I walked by IXIA:  a preciseley placed row of sculptures: succulents atop a vertical stalk of dried bamboo atop a cairn of river stones, these elements actually increasing in diameter as they rose!
And there just aren't words to describe the spectacle in the other window...just my jaw dragging along market st and into the shop to express my thanks for their talent and efforts and sharing of their gifts in such a publicly accessible way.
It was a very pleasant experience  inside...very dangerous for me as I adore greenery and just have no time to play with it anymore.  I could have easily walked out of there with an armful of plantlife resembling sea flowers and unusual insects had I not been in such a hurry.
If $65 is the min for delivery, I think that's well worth what they create!  I think I've seen their work in several local restaurants and it DEFINITELY adds MUCH to the ambiance and thus the enjoyment of the dining experience.
for me, at least!

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patrick g.

San Francisco, CA

This used to be the most innovative florist in the city but they have fallen into a very very deep rut of unusual-flowers-and-moss-lashed to-driftwood-in-a-hyper-organic-arrangement. Still a very distinctive style and your mileage may greatly vary. They still win points from me with their Halloween window displays. One year, lots of live spiders.

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Kevin S.

San Francisco, CA

I think their displays are beautiful, even if I have to stand and ponder what sort of apartment I'd need to buy anything here.  Even if they are in a bit of a driftwood-n-kindling rut, as Patrick notes, they still manage to look completely different ,day in and day out, from virtually any other florist anywhere--and it's different in a beautiful way, so I give them an extra star.

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Elite '08

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Sean S.

Oakland, CA

They're contribution to the community is their window displays, its always worth seeing what theyr are doing.
How they stay open? meaning I cant imagine who they sell to, is beyond moi!

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Tom D.

San Francisco, CA

Kick ass florists.  Unique couldn't be a better word to describe their art.  Anytime I see an arrangement from Ixia, I immediately know it.  I recommend them to all my friends and business associates when it comes to a local florist.

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Gourmet G.

San Francisco, CA

They are to floral arrangements what Frank Lloyd Wright is to architecture - attractive, immediately identifiable, and beyond most people's means. Their creations are ideal for marble tables in grand entrance halls, so if your hostess lives in a studio apartment, a bouquet of cut flowers from Safeway will be an infinitely better gift when you go for dinner. As dramatically eye-catching as their window displays are, they probably repel rather than attract potential customers in the market for something simple.

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scatha g.

San Francisco, CA

for the beauty whore, eye candy lover, visual junkie and gardening types, ixia is paradise! my jaw drops every time i go past the windows..... absolute gorgeousness
they make me want to actually take up floral design, which is really strange as i have a very un-green thumb and kill everything except succulents and spider plants
the next time i have a fashion show, i want ixia to make me giant headdresses and meandering backdrops for models to wander through to wispy strains of early 30s burlesque style music......
this place is a treat, top quality style and feel free to order me arrangements for delivery to my atelier anytime!
~i am not domestic. i am a luxury, and therefore, necessary~

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