With Valentine ’s Day , greenhouses and auction companies were filled with activity in Turkey these days . raiser in Izmir , one of the most crucial production cities in the nation , are work diligently to fulfill the orders they have received for Valentine ’s Day .

presently around 27.5 million root of peak are grown p.a. in Izmir in a production area of 162 hectares . Approximately 20 varieties are grown in Izmir , mainly clove pink and roses .

After crop , bloom are sold at Izmir Flora Growers Cooperative Auction . Valentine ’s Day is regarded as a festival for flower grower and most growers seek to arrange their harvest time according to the Valentine ’s Day date . As common , arise is the most in - demand product before Valentine ’s Day and rose cost vary between 1 USD and 3 USD per fore at growers .

Izmir Chamber of Florists Chairman Kazim Kis : “ We are looking forward to Valentine ’s Day as florists . We wait 3 million stem of roses to be sold in Izmir auction bridge for Valentine ’s 24-hour interval . If the weather conditions are good , the volume can go up to 5 million . There will be no shortage of provision of roses on Valentine ’s twenty-four hour period . ”

Source : Yeni Asir

500 million USD deserving of flowersTurkey Florists Association Chairman Ismail Basaran : “ Almost 25 % of all the gifts given during Valentine ’s Day are flowers . We estimate that just about 500 million USD deserving of flowers are sold in Turkey during Valentine ’s Day .

On Valentine ’s Day and during the week leading to it , raiser and florists are working tirelessly to ready themselves for this freehanded day and they expect this day as exciting as buff do .

rosebush are the most sought particular follow by genus Phalaenopsis , lilium and gerbera . 12,000 florist shop across Turkey piece of work from the early time of day of Valentine ’s Day until midnight to action the orders they receive and normally in one Clarence Day the consumer buy as much products as they buy in one calendar month .

The price have increased by 20 % compared to last year and one stem of rose is sold starting from 2 USD . A estimable looking bouquet will be around 20 USD at the very least on this special day . Also florists are designing different product for this special day , such as boxed flowers . ”

Source : Timeturk

florist in Ankara excited about Valentine ’s DayAnkara Chamber of Florists Chairman Metin Aydemir : “ Last year , Ankara market has received around 3.5 million gash peak . This year we require this identification number to be around 4 million stems . The sales of cut flowers ternary during Valentine ’s Day .

Local rosiness are sold between 2 USD – 5 USD whereas phalaenopsis are sold between 20 – 40 USD and a crew of wildflowers are sell at somewhere between 5 – 7 USD . ”

SS Flora Growers Cooperative Ankara Official Sezgin Nargun : “ Main cutting flower production urban center in Turkey are Antalya , Izmir , Yalova , Sakarya , Tokat , Mersin and Adana . wintertime production take places in Izmir , Adana and Mersin where the climate is more tepid whereas summer output take place in cities such as Yalova and Tokat .

The auction hall in Ankara is the biggest sales agreement peak in the Central Anatolian neighborhood and florist came from other Central Anatolia city such Cankara , Corum , Sivas and Nevsehir to buy flower for their shops . ”

Source : Haberturk

200,000 blush wine are expected to be sold in SamsunEverybody is chase roses as Valentine ’s Day is knock on the door . The rose , regard as the symbol of love , is the most popular flower again for consumers and the auction sale mansion house in Samsun , which has been running since 1982 , is ensuring that florist shop can buy flowers for Valentine ’s Day from growers .

The auction sale antechamber in Samsun , situate on northeastern part of Turkey , receives products from growers all around Turkey and the buyers total not only from Samsun but also from neighbour metropolis such as Giresun , Ordu , Samsun , Amasya and Sinop .

blush wine usually come from Adana and Izmir and the sales are about 50 % higher than common . The vendue functionary look around 200,000 rose to be sell on Valentine ’s Day at the auction . The auction bridge also offers dissimilar variety of merchandise such as genus Phalaenopsis and carnations .

generator : Fritz Haber

full of life days at the cut flower auction in IstanbulFlorists are bundle the halls of the auction hall in Istanbul to purchase the best bloom for their customers . florist report that the Price at the vendue are quite high compare to the rest of the year however some of them emphasise that the Price are actually lower equate to previous years ' Valentine ’s years .

The auction Marguerite Radclyffe Hall is run by SS Flora Growers Cooperative and is located in Ayazaga . There are two more other auction bridge halls in Istanbul owned by SS Flora in rules of order to fill the high demand in Istanbul marketplace which is guess to make up half of the demand in Turkey . florist have started buy flowers and keeping descent from a week before .

SS Flora Auction Chairman Muammer Yazici : “ The prices naturally increased due to Valentine ’s mean solar day however the production has also increase by 30 % . Locally produce rose are garner a plenty of involvement in the grocery store and the auction has been work at full capacity in the last workweek . 15 million stems of flowers are sold in our Ayazaga vendue hall within the last week . 6 million of this loudness is local roses . Imported rose wine are too expensive so florist shop prefer domestic roses and we commend our masses to purchase local roses as well . The price increase is only because of how the market and the auction bridge organisation works . When the demand increases , the prices also increase so it is not potential to blame agriculturalist or florist for high prices .

Source : Beyaz Gazete

Busy years in Yalova flower auction thanks to Valentine ’s DayFlower auction bridge officials in Yalova report that in recent days , flower sale have tripled thanks to Valentine ’s Day .

Yalova is an important production expanse for cut flower and Valentine ’s Day have create a lot of activity in the auction domain in Yalova . The auction domain is owned and run by SS Flora Growers Cooperative which has 18 vendue places in Turkey . There are close to 6,000 agriculturalist in SS Flora Growers concerted and the activity in all auction places started to pick up about 10 days before Valentine ’s 24-hour interval .

The monetary value of one gang of roses increased from 16 – 20 USD almost up to 40 – 50 USD . Yalova auction reports that the sales increased from 100 boxes per day to 300 boxes in the last 10 days and that rose is the most popular product for buyers as usual . Growers in the region underscore that the rising prices are a natural result of the increment in demand due to Valentine ’s twenty-four hour period and that they have no control over prices .

Source : Ekonomi 24