Beyond roses: fresh local flowers for Valentine’s Day
Story Date: 2/6/2019

 

Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 2/4/19

The traditional flowers of Valentine’s Day – long-stem red roses – aren’t commercially grown here in North Carolina, but even in the so-called “dead” of winter, you can find fresh, beautiful locally grown flowers for your sweetheart. Ben Bergmann is part of NC State University’s Cut Flower and Postharvest Floriculture Program, considered the nation’s top research program of its kind. He recently shared several cut-flower pointers for Valentine’s Day:

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