Those Valentine flowers might come with a bit more than vivid colors and a nice scent. France’s oldest consumer group is reminding people that any imported cut flower likely also contains pesticides -- even those banned in Europe.

Flowers — especially roses — are for sale everywhere, from gas stations to grocery stores to floral shops. The Pioneer Press stopped by Bachman’s Maplewood on Wednesday to ask CEO Susan Bachman West what to know about flowers ahead of this day that celebrates love,

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the United States.