I personal pick the 26th of July causes I knew my recipient was going to be out town until today and I had to do a replacement causes they deliver on 20th of July and I do understand how we can't be sure of the delivery time but I personal if a Customer pick the 26th then I would put on are after that date causes there is a reason people pick these dates and there wouldn't be as many replacements that we do at 1800Flowers.com