Garden Centre Association figures to the end of July 2013 show the seeds and bulbs category was 11.8 per cent down. The cold spring hit sales but there is optimism that promoting new ways of selling bulbs will help to regain lost ground in the remainder of 2013 and into 2014. Some garden centres are rethinking how they retail bulbs and looking for new display methods to sell them. Alan Murdoch, director at Devon-based Fermoys Garden Centre, says he has cut bulb orders and is buying more planted pots. He wants suppliers to do more bulbs in bud, in pots, for instant colour, particularly for the younger generation. Murdoch says he still has traditional gardener customers who plant in autumn but also young families who want instant colour in containers.
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机译：花园中心协会（Garden Center Association）的数据显示，截至2013年7月底，种子和鳞茎类植物下降了11.8％。寒冷的春天打击了销量，但人们乐观地认为，推广灯泡的新销售方式将有助于在2013年剩余的时间和2014年重新夺回失地。一些园艺中心正在重新考虑灯泡的零售方式，并寻求新的展示方法来销售灯泡。位于德文郡的费莫伊斯花园中心的主任艾伦·默多克（Alan Murdoch）表示，他已经削减了球茎订单，并正在购买更多的花盆。他希望供应商在芽，盆中做更多的灯泡，以获得鲜艳的色彩，特别是对于年轻的一代。默多克说，他仍然有传统的园丁客户，他们在秋天种花，还有年轻的家庭想要在容器中立即上色。
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