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Significant boost for growing media
Anchorfast gets the Kelkay treatment
Plastics and Green issues on agenda for Cultivating Retail
Autumn Garden Product sales up 7%
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Instant Autumn colour continues to sell well
All Plants volume sales change: Week on week DOWN 2.9%. Year to date UP 8.3% on 2017
 

Christmas roses, Helleborus and Roses saw the biggest sales growths last week in the GTN Bestsellers Plants Chart. 

 

Instant Autumn colour continues to sell well with Cyclamen almost outselling Pansies 2 to 1.

  • Helleborus climbed 21 places up the chart to No 13.
  • Rose sales more than doubled to move up to No 17.
  • Tillandsia, air plants, proved popular with sales increasing to re-enter our Top 50 at No 31.

The UK Garden Centre Plants Bestsellers Chart

       

Week Ending Sunday 14th October 2018

       

This Week

Last week

Plant genus

Volume Sales Change

1

1

Cyclamen

 

2

2

Pansy

Increase

3

3

Calluna

Increase

4

4

Viola

Increase

5

7

Primula

Increase

6

5

Dianthus

 

7

6

Erysimum

Increase

8

8

Aurinia

Increase

9

11

Ericaceae 

Increase

10

9

Hedera

 

11

10

Chrysanthemum

 

12

12

Orchidaceae

 

13

34

Helleborus

Highest Climber

14

15

Aster

Increase

15

16

Cupressus

Increase

16

13

Heuchera

 

17

27

Rose

 +100% Increase

18

14

Skimmia

 

19

25

Euonymus

Increase

20

17

Ornamental Cabbage

 

21

21

Cineraria

Increase

22

18

Bellis

 

23

29

Hebe

Increase

24

22

Anemone

Increase

25

23

Saintpaulia

 

26

30

Solanum

Increase

27

20

Gaultheria

 

28

28

Festuca

Increase

29

19

Azalea

 

30

24

Calocephalus

 

31

Re-entry

Tillandsia

Highest Re-entry

32

31

Spathiphyllum

 

33

50

Vinca

 +50% Increase

34

35

Buxus

 

35

26

Leucothoe

 

36

48

Salvia

 +50% Increase

37

Re-entry

Fittonia

 +50% Increase

38

39

Kalanchoe

 

39

Re-entry

Prunus

 +100% Increase

40

Re-entry

Carex

 +100% Increase

41

32

Antirrhinum

 

42

Re-entry

Princettia

 +50% Increase

43

Re-entry

Brassica

 +100% Increase

44

Re-entry

Nerine

 +50% Increase

45

44

Adiantum

 

46

Re-entry

Schlumbergera

Increase

47

Re-entry

Nandina

 +100% Increase

48

47

Nephrolepis

 

49

Re-entry

Streptocarpus

 +50% Increase

50

Re-entry

Uncinia

 +100% Increase

 

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