That Mother’s Day bouquet could be getting pricier this year | CNN Business

Mother’s Day expenses can pile up fast. There’s brunch. Gifts. Cards. And, of course, flowers –– which might not break the bank, but are getting pricier because of higher costs along the journey from garden to table. Flowers delivered to loved ones on Mother’s Day travel through a fine-tuned supply chain before being arranged in a bouquet. A rose picked in Ecuador is flown to Miami by cargo plane and then distributed via refrigerated trucks to wholesalers or grocery stores across the United States. But this season, the flower industry is grappling with added supply chain headaches, as higher fuel prices weigh heavily on flowers flown in from Central and South America and delivered by truck across the country. The cost of importing flowers, vases and ribbons has also increased because of tariffs. Flowers can generally rise around Mother’s Day because of higher demand. But businesses are grappling with higher costs, and it could mean a pricier bouquet for everyone else buying in turn. Indoor plant and flower prices rose 7.5% year-over-year in March, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, outpacing the 3.3% rise in overall inflation. Mother’s D