August traditionally signals a major change in types of plants sold and this year is no exception. Large increases in sales of Chrysanths, Cyclamen, Viola and Pansies come through in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data as gardeners look to fill in gaps that have been created by the heat.
Chrysanthemum moved up 32 places to No 2.
Viola sales jumped so that they could re-enter at No 12.