Friday Is Flower Day !!!
That’s what they say in Holland.
It’s the day that the public pick up flowers for themselves. Not something that
usually happens in
Britain,
most people buy flowers as gifts but over there its as normal as buying a pint
of milk. Most homes have at least 1 vase full somewhere in the house.
Its also a big day behind the scenes for Florists too, time to order all the
stock for the week ahead and make sure any Friday and Saturday functions are
on track.
Aalsmeer auction was starting to pick up, January is not the busiest time
but they are getting ready for the Valentines onslaught, this is definitely
showing at the moment with the selling prices on the clocks staying high with still
nearly 2 weeks to go. Oh well, we will have to wait and see how
things pan out.
Its looking like the 3 big varieties will be Grand Prix, Passion and I think
El Torro this Valentines the growers seem to have concentrated on them at least
which will give the consumer a well cultivated strong rose.