Flowers are stored prior to their destruction at the flower auction in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, on March 16, 2020. Lex Van Lieshout/ANP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption ...

The Netherlands has long been famous for tulips, and flowers remain a vital part of the Dutch economy, with seven billion euros a year in sales. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images) ...

Women prepares flowers to be shipped for Mother's Day from Turkey in 2016 (Credit: Getty Images) Top importers are almost exclusively developed countries: the US, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands ...

Tourists take selfies among Tulips at the Keukenhof garden in Lisse on March 25, 2018. This year’s theme of the tourist attraction floral park is Romance. / AFP PHOTO / ROBIN UTRECHT AND ANP / Robin ...