Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A freshly harvested Hearts rose in the hands of a worker on a farm in Guasca, Colombia. (Ivan Valencia / For The Times) For the ...

BOGOTA — Millions of Colombian roses arrived in the US just in time for Valentine’s Day, but growing economic challenges are threatening to wilt the romance for the world’s second-largest flower ...

Rose bouquets ready for export at the Belen de los Tejares SA facility in Chia, Colombia. Photographer: Ivan Valencia/Bloomberg In Colombia, the world’s second-largest flower exporter, growers start ...

The Heart rose is grown under carefully controlled conditions in greenhouses outside the Colombian capital, Bogotá, at an elevation of 9,000 feet. For three generations, Mellano & Co., headquartered ...

PASADENA, Calif. – A little more than a week before the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, Bob Mellano was counting flowers and coming up short – 50,000 roses short. Mellano studied his paperwork. A ...

1:38 p.m. Dec. 31, 2024: An earlier version of this story said that Mellano & Co. has played a vital behind-the-scenes role in the Rose Parade for two generations. The company has played a role in the ...