The acre of dahlias was waist high but patterned with bare spots. Dust rose easily from under Kou Lor's feet as she deftly cut the strong-stemmed flowers with a handheld razor.
"These are my favorite," she said.
Each dahlia plant produced about 20 flowers last year, Lor said. Her family could come out to the farm on the outskirts of Auburn and collect 20 buckets of flowers every day. But each bush now only has a couple of flowers. She filled two buckets before moving on.
"This year is the worst year ever," Lor said. "Everything's not going well."
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