Florists have spoken about how cut flowers have reached sky-high prices in the past few years. Andrea Moat, who runs Elizabeth's Florist on Chatteris High Street in Cambridgeshire, said staple varieties were losing popularity due to their price tag.
She said chrysanthemums, traditionally used in floral tributes on graves, had risen up to five times their price post-Covid and post-Brexit, while another florist told the BBC prices for flowers had more than doubled.
The British Florist Association said the price of flowers was in line with other inflation products, with their production reliant on "all the factors that the country has seen price increases on".
Ms Moat, 60, who has been running her shop since 2005, said: "The price of flowers is ridiculous. Previously in the summer-time prices fell, but these days they are just staying the same." She went on to say that many regular customers had turned their backs on flowers like chrysanthemums, which she said were staple blooms to pay tribute to loved ones.
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