a shipping and display container for cut flowers includes a stackable box having means for supporting a partly filled bucket of water in which the stems of the cut flowers are placed . the box is formed from a blank which , when folded to the box configuration , effects an improved seal at the lower corner regions of the box to retard leaking of water from the box . a false bottom holds the bucket in place . in an alternative embodiment of the invention , the flower bucket is molded from plastic and has integral side flanges which extend downwardly from the mouth of the bucket in a somewhat pyramid shape to define a self - supporting arrangement for the bucket . the lower edges of the flanges are upturned to provide a water receptive trough to retard leakage of water from the box .