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It is nearly impossible to say the prices for another market from the UK
I know prices of plants are so different from the UK and Israel (for the same plant exactly can be sold for only 40% of the price in Israel). There are lots of growers and hot climate with Irrigation and fertilizing in the water make things fly.
It is also not easy to 'teach people how to ' and bring new plants but
I remember the man that brought the crocs (plastic sandals) to israel- he stand in the street trying to sell them - in few years he did a lot of money- but it took a bit to start with.
I was growing at some points a lot of plants for my gardening projects and people from the area always asked to come and buy- that was great.
I think also agapantos, and other plants that if you do not sell them you can transfer to a bigger pot and sell for more.
We decided to grow on 10L as plants are stronger and better with drought- but we had where to use it as our customers wanted mature plants.
Make a small test row a bit of each. and more from things that you can use if you do not sell.
all the best
ofer
I guss that you will have to sell the 'flowers' when 'blooming' or with a nice lables and with the time to find the right people to get it from you.
i will do a bit of investigation around and see if i can find out the garden centre prices of similar things and then keep it under that- i just need to make sure i get the costs of my pots and compost back more than anything so will have to do some sums too!
the market i'm intending to sell at attracts alot of foreigners (english/dutch/belgian etc) so i am manily marketing to them- i am always being asked for bits and peices so thought i'd start selling them instead of giving them away like i have done in the past!!
What is interesting I find is the split between different EU countries, (where I know about) in this aspect: The UK, Italy and Holland will reduce the cost of very popular plants, (on the whole), whilst France, Germany and Greece appear to increase the costs of the more popular plants. As such these are the places to go if you want to buy rarieties cheaply. Mad!!
The thing is there aren't any decent suppliers around here- I was taken out with a possible client recently to check out some of the nurseries a bit further afield from here (it's quite rural where I am) and I was really disapointed- plants/trees had no labels or prices, and looked like they'd been sitting on the beds for far too long (and the prices were high- I'm used to paying trade prices in the UK and I couldn't bring myself to buy a single plant which is really unusual for me!!).
The option for locals is to buy at the market but the selection is limited, and although the Portuguese seem to grow the same staples year after year, I know the foreigners here like to plant a bigger selection. Thought I'd try this small monthly market and see how it goes- if it proves popular I have the space here (and a big tunnel) to grow more.
Will keep you posted :-)