Indianapolis, Indiana — Local Flower shops are busy preparing orders for Mother’s Day is Sunday.
According to Finance Buzz reports, Americans will spend close to $32 billion on Mother’s Day in 2022. That’s up nearly $4 billion from 2021.
Therese Pircon, the owner of Root and Relic, says her flower shop inside City Market is practically her home and she’s worked overtime filling orders. “I basically live here this week, preparing for Mother’s Day, but it’s all good,” Pircon said. “As long as everyone gets their beautiful flowers and says, ‘We love you, mom,’ it’s worth it.”
According to Pircon, the supply chain issue could snarl the plans of last-minute flower buyers who still need to find the perfect bouquet. “There’s major flooding that happened in South America just this week, so if you’re having trouble finding flowers, a lot of the farmers down there, their fields were just lost. Just take that into consideration when you’re trying to get flowers this year,” Pircon said.
Pircon has a suggestion for those who’re looking for that perfect flower. “The flower that usually is the most sturdy would probably be a rose. That might be stereotypical, but I would say the sturdier the stem, the hardier. The flower will be perfect.”
According to Pircon, when not in the shop she tours the Midwest with clients in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio.
