FREMONT - While some Ohio mothers hoping for a bouquet on Sunday may be disappointed because of a flower shortage, local florists say they have enough flowers but are facing a different kind of shortage.
Lynn Urban, co-owner of Otto and Urban Flowers & Greenhouse, said her store has all the flowers they ordered for bouquets, but they have had trouble getting house plants.
Claudia Grimes, who owns Green Thumb Floral in Wooster, said many stores have had a limited number of flowers for arrangements.
Florida growers laid off workers
Urban said house plants are scarce right now because many Florida growers have laid off employees.
Florists push through flower shortages ahead of Mother s Day
Some flowers are expected to be in short supply on the second most popular day for floral purchases due to a number of factors, from increased demand during COVID-19 to weather woes. The limited variety means you might have to let your local florist make other arrangements.
The best advice: Order now and don t get too specific about the flowers you want in the vase. Stick to color schemes, not dahlias, daisies and daffodils.
“Leave it open mom loves pink or yellow,” said Claudia Grimes, who owns Green Thumb Floral in Wooster.
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Wooster Floral & Gifts loses lawsuit for website address
WOOSTER Customers seeking flowers from Wooster Floral & Gifts will need to type the business full name into the URL to reach the correct website.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court s decision that Green Thumb Floral, another florist in Wooster, could retain the domain name woosterfloral.com as it did not constitute a deceptive trade practice as Wooster Floral & Gifts argued in a lawsuit initially filed in Wayne County Common Pleas Court in 2016. For Green Thumb s actions to constitute a deceptive trade practice, its use of the domain name must create a likelihood of customer confusion about the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services, according to Justice R. Patrick DeWine, who wrote the court s majority opinion.