A worker carries brightly colored hydrangeas into a warehouse at the Flores del Este flower farm. Fifteen years later, the co-owner of Colombian hydrangea farm American Flowers now employs 82, instead of just two, employees. In 2019, according to the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters (Asocolflores), 81 percent of the country’s hydrangeas were exported to the United States. The next most significant destinations for Colombian hydrangeas were Canada, the Netherlands, Japan and Korea. Due to favorable climatic and soil conditions, 99 percent of Colombian hydrangeas are grown in the northwestern department of Antioquia.

Source: Washington Post May 13, 2020 09:56 UTC