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Flower shops across the Coastal Bend are about to stop taking flower orders, or have already put a halt to it. Debbie Castro with Castro's Flower Shop said that this year, supplies were in short supply.

Flower shops across the Coastal Bend are about to stop taking flower orders, or have already put a halt to it. Debbie Castro with Castro's Flower Shop said that this year, supplies were in short supply.

Castro said that the supply shortage has changed the way her establishment buys in bulk ahead of the holidays.

Local florists speak on Valentine's during a pandemic and last updated 2021-02-07 17:03:03-05 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — COVID-19 has really hit several businesses, local flower shops have had to deal with the pandemic, the increase in the price of flowers and according to Robin Reames, it's because of the novel coronavirus. “Because of the country’s that we get some of the flowers from, for example ecuador, they have been hit hard by COVID and so they don’t have the workers to pick the flowers. Red roses are going to be a little harder to find than in years past."