Flower Display Fridges

While having flowers in baskets can be a beautiful way to display them before purchase, anything that doesn’t get sold will wilt much more quickly. This results in wasted stock or flowers that have to be heavily discounted to be sold. Flower display fridges can solve this problem in one of two ways. The first is that you can allow customers to select their flowers directly from the fridge, or you can keep limited stock out front and replenish it with spare stock kept in your flower display fridge.

These fridges are also ideal for storage pre-event, whether that’s a wedding or a major celebration. You can purchase and prepare your flowers in bulk before the big day and then arrange them when you need them.

While conventional display fridges used for food and drinks have a few things in common with flower fridges, there are a few key distinctions.

Temperature control is essential when it comes to keeping your flowers fresh, though generally, they don’t need to be as cool as drinks or produce. The range of flower display fridges goes slightly higher, ranging up to 15℃ to keep everything consistently cool without damaging the delicate structure of the petals.

Humidity is another important feature of these special-purpose fridges. By contrast, things like dry-age fridges help to keep food fresh without moisture. Plants, even cut flowers, need ambient humidity to retain their shape and quality, not just water in a jar. The design of flower display fridges enhances the humidity to keep flowers looking fresh for up to a week.

LED lighting is another common feature that you’ll find in both standard food storage refrigerators and flower fridges. This helps to attractively display your stock, along with making it easier to identify what you have remaining.

Shelving is often variable across both kinds of refrigerators. When it comes to flowers, the size and volume of them can vary significantly, which is why flower fridges will have a broad variety of shelf adjustment options. This makes it easier to arrange them the way you like, which is especially valuable when you’re stocking seasonal flower varieties that differ significantly in size. 

When it comes to storing food, you generally want dryer conditions to lessen the chances of things going soggy or mouldy in the fridge. By contrast, flowers need a certain level of air moisture. This replicates the natural conditions they’d grow in, helping them to stay fresh, retain their full colour and prevent wilting. Flower fridges are more humid than regular fridges, allowing the cool, damp air to keep your stock in top condition.

Along with keeping them in slightly more moist conditions, the temperature of floral refrigeration units is more variable. In the same way that certain flowers grow at different times of the year, they also need slightly different conditions to retain their structure. Being able to adjust the temperature from anywhere between 1℃ and 15℃ allows more customised control.

They also retain flower freshness for significantly longer than if they were kept in water at room temperature. We recommend storing flowers alone rather than with produce, which can release gasses that cause the flowers to wilt. 

In the same way that you’d use a food display to make it easy for customers to view and select what they’d like to purchase, flower display fridges illuminate and showcase your stock. They come with LED lighting to make it easy to view your flowers at any hour and have single, double or triple doors for access.

With adjustable shelves, you can also stock a range of varieties and sizes, allowing for more dynamic displays and visually impactful arrangements. Whether you cluster flowers alone or create your own mixed bouquets and posies, flower display fridges help your stock stand out to customers. 

We source our floral refrigeration from top manufacturers in the industry. One of the leading brands we stock when it comes to flower refrigeration is Skope. They have high-quality standards and a strong reputation and even offer custom refrigeration if you want something larger, smaller or more unique than their made-to-order options. Along with incredible service and diverse refrigeration options, Skope also has comprehensive warranties, ensuring that you’re covered in the unlikely event that something needs fixing.