There is a risk Brexit could seriously disrupt London’s supply of flowers, causing delays in the supply chain and rising prices – or there’s a possibility it could make absolutely no difference at all.

In fact the contradicting views of flower sellers at London’s famous New Coven Garden Market seem to reflect the confusion and disparity of views on Brexit that seem to have so massively divided the UK.

The market in Nine Elms supplies 75% of all London’s florists, and many of the wholesalers there are entirely reliant on imports from places like the Netherlands and Belgium.

But traders there have mixed feelings about whether or not leaving the EU will be bad for business. The one thing they all agree on is that politicians in Westminster don’t seem to have a clue how to find a solution to the Brexit problem

Dennis Edwards, president of a firm that shares his name, said frankly that Brexit is becoming a “pain in the a***”.

He said: “Following what’s going on in Parliament is like watching comedians. Politicians couldn’t organise a pi**-up in a brewery.”

But in terms of his business, he feels things are looking rosy.

He said: “Our biggest suppliers are Dutch. We’ve already got things in place – processes for if we leave.

“We will still get the flowers. We’ll carry on as best we can, exactly like we’re doing at the moment.

“[People in the EU] will still want our trade. I think the potential impact is a bit overblown.”

Mr Edwards has been in the flower trade for 53 of his 69 years, and his colleague, Edwin Martin, agrees with him.

He said: “I don’t think it will affect us. This country is probably one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

“Are [European companies] not going to serve us? We sell £3 to 4 million of flowers a year, just this firm.”

The flower trade is “thriving”, Mr Martin said, even though it is a luxury.

And the uncertain future relationship with the EU does not phase him.

“I don’t worry about anything,” he said. “When it happens, I will deal with it.

“Nothing’s happened. You can’t do anything until things happen.”

But as is so typical with Brexit, not everyone agrees.

For some traders, Brexit began to affect them as soon as the UK voted to leave.

Trevor Bray, from Arnott Mason, said: “Some suppliers are using it as an excuse to raise prices. The very next day after the referendum, prices went up.

“Businesses are cutting their budgets, and it’s hard explaining to people that even when they’re paying the same amount they’re getting less.”

He pointed to the problems with French customs officers in Calais, who are protesting that they are not ready for Brexit, causing delays in getting goods over the Channel or through the tunnel.

Because of the huge reliance on imports from the Netherlands and Belgium, this could mean stock arriving at the end of the trading day.

But he said the uncertainty is the worst thing.

“There’s no decision been made – no plan,” he said.

“Politicians haven’t got a clue what’s going on, so neither have we.”

For Anthony Clear from A. Goodchild, the trouble in France has also been “particularly bad”.

He said: “Brexit would hurt my business. I deal exclusively through the Netherlands. Logistically it’s already getting more difficult.”

But, despite voting to remain in 2016, he said if the UK does not leave the EU it will be a “betrayal of democracy”.

Helping him is Liam Weller, who was 16 at the time of the referendum.

He said: “A lot of people want to stay because of business or the economy, but I wanted to because I like Europe. It’s a cultural thing.

“If you were to let people in my age group vote, we would have voted to stay.”

So it seems traders at New Covent Garden’s flower market are as divided in their opinions over Brexit as the rest of us. But if the people who provide us with the very flowers that are meant to make us smile don’t seem certain about the future, perhaps it doesn’t bode well for the rest of us.

The market is in the borough of Wandsworth, which voted by an overwhelming 75% to remain in 2016.

And since then Wandsworth Council has been holding regular meetings with the borough’s EU citizens to help guide them through how Brexit will affect them.

Some of these sessions are incredibly popular – more than 100 people turned up to February’s meeting.