Florist struggles to keep up with demand in Windsor
A florist says its been the busiest she's ever known
More than 50,000 stems have been sold by a Windsor flower shop since the Queen's death, with a florist describing the period as "Christmas, Valentine's and Mother's Day all wrapped into one".
Natalie Prince, 35, who works at family-run Darling Buds of Windsor, said the most popular blooms had been royal purple hydrangeas, sunflowers and stocks, which were thought to be among the late monarch's favourites.
"Sunflowers because I think she was a bit of a ray of sunshine to most people, but also stocks and other bright flowers, because she was so famous for wearing her brightly coloured clothes," Ms Prince, from Windsor, told the PA news agency.
"Also a lot of purple because of the regal symbolism - violets, and purple royal hydrangeas, which we have now sold out of and can't get any more from the supplier."
Ms Prince said she had tried distributors across the UK and Netherlands, but could not find any more purple hydrangeas because of the surge in demand in pockets of the country like Windsor and London.
"It's been Christmas, Valentine's and Mother's Day all wrapped into one - I've never seen, in 13 years of being a florist, a demand this high," she said.