The Perfect Valentines Gift

Take it from us, you need to get your Valentine's Day roses orders in as soon as possible. According to Miami Herald, freezing temperatures in Columbia have devastated many crops of roses that were destined for the US for Valentines Day.

Felipe Ospina was waiting patiently for his farm's roses to bud and bloom so they would be shipped to the United States just in time for Valentine's Day. But a crippling frost burned almost 40 percent of his crop this week.

And he was lucky.

Columbia supplies around 60% of the roses for Valentines Day, but because many of the greenhouses were hit with low temperatures, in some cases up to 40% of crops have been lost. This means a possibility of both shortages and higher prices this year.

Read the full story at http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1416764.html.