“Penstemons are one of the most valuable late summer-flowering perennials and, in all but the coldest regions, are easy and reliable.” So says the RHS website, and it would appear the search for late summer colour is already starting in garden centre planterias. Sales of Penstemons doubled last week to move them up 20 places in the GTN Plants chart to be the 14th most popular plant of the week.
Highlights of the week were:
Zonal Geraniums stayed at No 1.
Delphinium sales increased by 50% to move up to No 11.
Euphorbias were the highest chart re-entry at No 31.
All Plants volume sales change: Week on week DOWN 15.9%. Year to date vs 2020 UP 72.9%, vs 2019 UP 17.5%.
See the full GTN Bestsellers Top 50 charts, compiled from garden centre Epos data every week, with a years subscription to the printed newsletter for only £145.00 using this link.