Workers tend to carnations at Asami Green Plants in Konosu, Saitama Prefecture, ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday. In addition to standard red and pink colored flowers, the firm grows other varieties, including one it named "Strawberry Soft-serve Ice Cream," which gradually changes color from white to pink. Preorder offerings sold out due to an increase in online purchases amid the coronavirus crisis. The firm plans to ship a total of about 70,000 pots in various colors. "We hope people will send carnations and express gratitude to their mothers, all the more so because it's hard to see each other right now," the firm's president said.
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