Little late writing this review, but last February, I ordered flowers from this location and the lady that helped me was the owner of the store.
1) I was informed that because it was so cold out, that she recommended that if I wanted the flowers to last a couple days longer, that I wait until the following week, to have my flowers sent. I was in no rush to get the flowers to the individual I was sending them too, so this was a plus in my books.
2) My only request was that approx half were to be purple and the remaining to be anything else. The resulting bouquet looked amazing, and the recipient loved them. The flowers lasted for much longer than expected and they all looked amazing with each other.
3) I didn't not ask for any specific vase, but the one that was used was light purple and looked great with the flowers chosen for the bouquet.
If I ever have the need to be purchasing flowers in the Pittsburgh area again, I will definitely be using The Botanical Emporium.