Flowers you can pop in the post!

SENDING and receiving gifts through the post is a lovely idea.

But traipsing to the nearest sorting office with several forms of ID to pick up a parcel after finding a ‘sorry we missed you’ card on your doormat is enough to try the patience of a saint.

And waiting in a snuffly queue at the Post Office to weigh and pay for a package you want to send is no less a pain.

Now several firms will send gifts, sweets and even flowers in boxes designed to fit most letterboxes.

Postboxed.co.uk has a huge range of chic gifts for men, women and children, with prices starting at less than £15. Another of our favourites is Bloomand

wild.com which sends flat-packed bouquets of flowers from £20.

Letterboxfriendly.co.uk offers a huge selection of sweet treats, including carefully picked selections that hark back to specific decades from £6.99. Finally Amazebox.co.uk sells a glossy postbox-sized gift box with a fresh bloom, a personalised card and a wide choice of treats from just £9.99.