Rose Parade
US: Why do so few Rose Parade floats use California-grown flowers?
But it hasn’t been four years of severe drought that has withered reliance on California-grown flowers for Rose Parade floats.
That can be blamed on the global economy.
Simply put, float builders source everything from roses to orchids from growers across the globe. More than 80 percent of the 2016 Rose Parade float flowers were purchased from international farms in Colombia, Ecuador and the countries of Southeast Asia, said executives from several float builders.
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