B&Q bedding plants 25%off 5 days only including all outdoor plants

Poppycat

Just been to B&Q in Scarborough not sure if national thing and they were just reducing bedding plants by 25% for 5 days only

I got 24 pansies for £1.97 over 25% off from £3.95. Other plants like Lobella, marigolds and others reduced from almost £3 to £2.22

Reason prices have been reduced is they aren't selling due to rubbish weather we are having, so I am sure its the same in other towns

A._Badger

Thanks for the note, but forgive me if pass. I was in a branch of B&Q just yesterday and I've never seen so many dead or dying plants in my life.

There ought to be cruelty laws about the way some of these places operate.

Poppycat

Yes they dont look after them very well but if you buy them when they soon come in on large wheeled containers they are fine

katskorner

There was a piece in the Daily Mail on Saturday about the plants and how it would affect the industry this year because the Easter weather was so bad.

olly300

katskorner wrote: »

There was a piece in the Daily Mail on Saturday about the plants and how it would affect the industry this year because the Easter weather was so bad.

Easter was just too early. A week later would have made a difference.

I don't feel sorry for the likes of B&Q though I feel sorry for my local greengrocers who sell a lot of plants as a side line. They had lots of bedding plants which they took a long time to shift and they are much cheaper than B&Q.

agarr

I work for B&Q. There bedding plants are usually shipped over from Holland and so aren't green when you think of the milage. They will always have 25% off events because when you think of how far they travel, a lot will die a few days after they are delivered and they have to get rid of them quick.
You are usually better off buying them from small shops who source these things locally.

Ettenna

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