Posted: Feb 12, 2021 2:25 PM ET | Last Updated: February 12
Duska Maric, owner of Anika Arts and Flowers in Nepean, is recommending customers find alternatives to the 'boring' dozen-rose bouquet.(Francis Ferland/CBC)
Romance may be in the air this weekend, but you might want to reconsider your plan to express your love with a bouquet of red roses.
Florists say a combination of high demand and pandemic restrictions is affecting supplies of the Valentine's Day favourite, creating a shortage in Canada.
A sharp drop in flights from rose-growing South American countries including Ecuador and Colombia is partly to blame, but so is the stay-at-home order that's in place in Ottawa until Tuesday. Because people are unable to visit loved ones or go out on dates, they're sending flowers instead.