Plants led the way at the end of May with our GTN Bestsellers All Plants Index the only one to be up year on year – 5.6% up to be precise.
The Top 50 Bestselling plants were 23% up on last week with Pelargoniums, including all those bedding and pot ‘geraniums’, up by 22% to outsell the total of Petunias and Begonias at No 2 and 3 in the popularity stakes.
Here is this weeks Top 20:
The UK Garden Centre Plants Bestsellers Chart
Week Ending Sunday 28th May 2017
This Week
Last week
Plant genus
Volume Sales Change
1
1
Pelargonium (inc "bedding geraniums")
Increase
2
2
Petunia
+50% Increase
3
3
Begonia
Increase
4
4
Fuchsia
Increase
5
8
Alyssum
Increase
6
7
Lobelia
Increase
7
5
Osteospermum
8
6
Impatiens
9
10
Dianthus
Increase
10
9
Bacopa
Increase
11
12
Nemesia
Increase
12
11
Verbena
Increase
13
14
Dahlia
Increase
14
16
Cosmos
Increase
15
13
Antirrhinum
16
25
Salvia
+100% Increase
17
15
Lavandula
Increase
18
24
Rose
+50% Increase
19
17
Argyranthemum
Increase
20
20
Tagetes
Increase
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