 Valentine’s Day flowers

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On Valentine's Day, Iowa's flower shops will be a burgeoning — make that booming — business.

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Kelsey Thompson is the vice president of the Iowa Florists' Association and owns a floral store in Algona.

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Thompson explains, "I pre-booked my flowers with the farms as early as October all the way through January.

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" "We're placing our purchases early to ensure that we don't run out of supplies for our consumers."

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She adds not everyone is searching for a dozen long-stemmed red roses, and it will be a long but successful day.

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It will also be more expensive than last year's bouquet for those who desire the standard box of a dozen red roses.

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My costs are up approximately 25-to-30 percent this year," Thompson adds.

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According to a research conducted by the National Retail Federation, Americans spent more than $21 billion on Valentine's Day last year.

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