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The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd announces new company name...Evergreen Garden Care UK Ltd
Wyevale Marlow closed after field fire
June up 14% on last year as plants and growing media star
Smart Garden Products win Supplier of the Year in France
In the pink as Rose Festivals continue
GIMA Awards decided: find out who won on July 12
Businessman rescues two garden centres facing closure
Homebase to cut over 300 head office jobs and reports emerge of 40 store closures
Greenfingers Charity bags cash from Squire’s
Hot weather helps sales bloom for garden centres in May
Interest in SOLEX up by 35% for 2018
National Survey shows we’re wild about wildlife in our gardens!
Meet GES – the Retail Lab @ Glee stand contractors
Gift wrap goes green at The Gardens Group
Klondyke Rose Festival in full blooom
Nursery offers solution to help staff beat the heat
Six staff members clock up 195 years of service
Brookside celebrate 50 years in style
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Growing garden centre business appoints Commercial Director
Huge rises for plant feeds
Fryer’s Roses to Launch Two New Roses at RHS Hampton Court 2018
Salad days for veg sales
Osteospermum Purple Sun wins FleuroStar Award
Bumper Summer sales boost for growing media
Steve Millington joins Tom Chambers
Gardman back on track with wild bird care sales
Firefighters tackle blaze at garden centre
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Seven Homebase stores to close
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Roses lead the way as plant sales grow to 6% up on last year

Rose Festivals across the country have provided a boost to sales and in the second week of June Roses climbed to No 3 in the GTN Bestsellers plants chart on the back of a 35% increase year on year.

 

The UK Garden Centre Plants Bestsellers Chart
       
Week Ending Sunday 17th June 2018
       
This Week Last week Plant genus Volume Sales Change
1 1 Pelargonium  
2 3 Begonia  
3 5 Rose  
4 2 Petunia  
5 8 Bellis Increase
6 6 Dianthus  
7 4 Fuchsia  
8 10 Tomato  
9 7 Agapanthus  
10 9 Osteospermum  
11 20 Lavandula Increase
12 17 Dahlia  
13 11 Bacopa  
14 19 Salvia  
15 15 Cosmos  
16 23 Argyranthemum Increase
17 18 Impatiens  
18 21 Calibrachoa  
19 16 Nemesia  
20 13 Verbena  
21 24 Tagetes  
22 12 Lobelia  
23 30 Alstromeria Increase
24 32 Lathyrus Increase
25 25 Hydrangea  
26 33 Coleus Increase
27 Re-entry Penstemon Highest Re-entry
28 22 Geranium  
29 Re-entry Orchidaceae  +100% Increase
30 31 Heuchera  
31 29 Antirrhinum  
32 39 Cucumber Increase
33 35 Pepper  
34 36 Hebe  
35 27 Campanula  
36 49 Festuca Highest Climber
37 28 Diascia  
38 14 Alyssum  
39 Re-entry Courgette  +50% Increase
40 26 Lupinus  
41 Re-entry Gazania Increase
42 44 Hedera Increase
43 Re-entry Celosia  +50% Increase
44 34 Digitalis  
45 Re-entry Gerbera Increase
46 37 Strawberry  
47 Re-entry Veronica Increase
48 Re-entry Helianthus  
49 41 Brachyscome  
50 Re-entry Astilbe Increase

 

That growth in sales of roses helped deliver another week of plant sales increases, up 21% on the same week last year.  Plant sales volumes are now up by 6% cumulative for the year to date.

Peter Seabrook, who led the call for Rose Festivals to be held in garden centres was seen out at Millbrook Gravesend last week, helping sell some plants while he was there.

 

Prettiest rose competitions have been held at many centres including Scotsdales in Cambridge.

 

And at Baytree in Spalding they had over 350 entries for their Rose Queen competition, see our gallery of pictures below...

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