UK cut flowers fall under the spotlight

摘要

What British flowers will be available for Mothering Sunday (30 March) and Easter (18-21 April), the two biggest flower giving periods of the year after Valentine's Day Following the furore over the ￡195 Interflora/RHS Ultimate Flower Bouquet, wrongly marketed as containing varieties 50 per cent sourced from Britain for Valentine's Day.Growers have said they would like to see a shift in buying trends towards more seasonal flowers than roses on Valentine's Day, which almost inevitably come from Kenya and Colombia. Even English grower David Austin Roses has cut-flower roses grown in Colombia, Ecuador and Kenya.