There are several vendors at the market and they all want to sell. I bought flowers on my visit and it is very affordable. However, I don’t know if they can assist you in transporting them to Phuket.

No guide required!

I do not know as we were there on a tour.

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They open pretty early. 5 AM. If you can get there early before the afternoon, before the tourists and the crowds comes.

They say that the best time is at about 4 or 5 a.m. We've only been during the afternoon and early evening and there's always been plenty of flowers to see in the many stalls selling them. Personally, I think that there's an advantage to going at a quieter time - you have more direct access to see the flowers without many people rushing around you making deliveries or trying to make their sales/purchases.

We went there early afternoon and found it lovely. NOT overcrowded.