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Border guards put petal to the metal on imported flowers

Border inspections seek to safeguard agriculture ahead of Valentine's Day

Marla Tenkley looks over the flowers and plants as others look at their own collection.
Marla Tenkley, who has been working in the industry for 28 years selects flowers for a Valentine's Day bouquet Feb. 13 at A New Leaf Flower Shoppe in Bellingham. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
By Jenelle Baumbach News Intern
Those dozen roses you received for Valentine’s Day may have spent some time detained at a bord
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