By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 17:30 EST, 11 February 2013 | UPDATED: 19:57 EST, 11 February 2013 It's the one day of the year when receiving a dozen red roses or a bunch of her favourite flowers as a romantic surprise is an expectation for any woman with a man in her life. So it's little wonder that florists in Amsterdam are working flat out to ensure that the UK's florists are well stocked in time for Valentine's Day and that millions of men spend the most romantic day on the calendar smelling of roses and not stuck in the doghouse.
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Staff at FloraHolland have been working flat out to ensure that florists around Europe are well stocked
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A staggering £17million worth of a variety of 20,000 flowers will be exported to the UK alone
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But the trucks carrying the special cargo could now face an uncertain journey with snow blanketing much of the UK
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