Plant sales in the last two weeks have been enormous, with last week’s plant volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data beating the first week of June 2020 by an incredible 38%.
After the coldest April and May we’d normally be bemoaning a poor spring for plant sales but instead we reached the end of May at year to date record levels, 14% ahead of the average for 2019 to 2017.
With some plants only just becoming ready for sale after the cold period, last week saw the re-entry of showy Agapanthus and Delphiniums. As new gardeners continue to seek out instant colour for the garden decoration we could expect plant sales to stay high through towards the end of June.
Zonal Geraniums stayed at No 1 last week, but only just ahead of Petunia sales at No 2.
Agapanthus sales soared so they re-entered the GTN plants chart at No 13.
Digitalis sales doubled to move them up 14 places to No 25.
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