MARKET SURVEY: 1 SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS

摘要

The market for live plants, seeds and bulbs was worth f814 mn in 1997, having grown by 18 per cent in the last five years. These products represent around 29 per cent of consumers' expenditure on Gardening. This share of spending is gradually falling. The practice of growing plants form seed has gradually declined, along with Growing vegetables and fruit. There has been a shift to ornamentals and the Leisure-dominated use of the garden. The use of compost "plugs" to grow and deliver young plants is having a major Impact on the market, though both retailers and mail order channels.