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Plant growers bin £50MILLION of flowers

Posted by Phil Voice on April 11, 2013 at 6:35pm

Plant growers bin £50MILLION of flowers after Britain’s big spring freeze as forecasters say spring will finally arrive next week

Spring flower sellers have had to throw away £50million worth of stock because of the prolonged winter weather that has hit Britain.
Freezing conditions have stopped people from tending to their gardens which would normally be filled with colourful plants bought from garden centres.
Due to the lack of demand, independent growers and nurseries have been unable to sell on their stock to stores like B&Q and Homebase.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307388/Plant-growers-bin-50MILLION-flowers-Britains-big-spring-freeze-forecasters-say-spring-finally-arrive-week.html#ixzz2QB393kWq

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  • Eugene Baston April 11, 2013 at 8:32pm

    Certainly my experience of nursery deliveries to date this year.
    They are behind in shipping them out (still waiting for over 1,000 plants "delivered by end of March") and 'they' are also issuing endless email Special Offers which are frequently copied and bettered by rivals within hours of the first email hitting the in-box.

    With the snow in the Channel Islands last month there are tough times currently with suppliers of annuals for 2013.

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