While the colder weather meant overall plant sales volumes dropped last week, brightly coloured osteospermums and begonias that are looking good were among the big movers in terms of increased volume sales. The value of great looking displays of your bestselling plants is emphasised as eight of the Top 20 plants increased sales even in the cold winds whereas only seven of the remaining Top 50 managed to move up.


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• Osteospermums increased sales by 18% and moved into the top 3.

• Begonias zoomed up 56% week on week and are now at No 8.

• Cosmos had the week’s highest percentage growth, up 60% at No 32