The supply of fresh cut flowers, especially red roses, for Valentine’s Day remains stable and this will last until Mother’s Day in May, despite the high demand during these occasions, Benguet flower traders assured on Tuesday.
Mary Jane Bahod, a rose farmer and flower vendor from Barangay Bahong in La Trinidad, Benguet, said that although roses took longer to bloom during colder temperature, “there is enough to harvest in time for Feb. 14.”
Bahod, who grows roses and Malaysian mums in a half-hectare flower farm, said she could harvest at least 200 bundles of roses every four months.
“Roses take around four months to bear flowers,” she told the Inquirer.
Bahod said most of her customers bought roses for Valentine’s Day and some ordered mums that were usually mixed with roses for floral arrangements.