BALI Registered Affiliate memberProvender Nurserieshighlights the top five popular industrial plant which have been purchased from their Kent baby’s room and cash & pack during the COVID-19 lockdown .
It certainly has been an strange season , to say the least . The lockdown saw many people working from home or furloughed and working in their own garden and as a result a immense spike heel in on-line enquiry and plant search .
After the initial surge in on-line search for bedding plants and compost , it has been interesting to see what has peak client interest this season . foliation seems to be the lodge of the mean solar day with flowering plants aim a backseat . Interestingly the cash and gestate side of the business is realise the opposite with bloom flora flying out the room access . Trusty oldErigeron karvinskianusis on almost every plant order probably due to its tenacious flowering season and forgive nature .
The stake in foliage plants is probably due to many foregoing vacation afield for staycations . An excellent leafage flora choice gives a tenacious period of colour and involvement and form from one year to the next .
For course and colourAsteliaare proving to be top of the conference with the architectural shape and startling gray shoulder strap - like leafage that front cool and fashionable in contemporary containers . A great choice for a patio , balcony or either side of a formal entrance . The Lady Jane Grey foliage and overall plant form counterpoint well against greener backcloth . These are a popular alternative to create some insistent wallop in newfangled planting schemes .
For pure dramaEnsete ventricosum ‘ Maurelii’is a full contrast toAsteliawith huge paddle - influence bronze - green leaves that are really a argument if ever there was one . A heavy choice for recreating that tropical holiday vibe . Once plant this tropical victory will fill a space easy and quickly . An unheated greenhouse will be enough security over winter .
As always ball - form plants are ever - popular and in high spirits on the quote enquiries , plant searches and cast out of the cash and carry arePittosporum Ball . As Buxus blight and caterpillar proceed to take their toll on topiary balls there is much involvement in low sustenance , wanton to care for ball - shaped plants . Pittosporum has a few option to prefer from with summary spherical habits that require little or no pruning needed to maintain the shape and some excellent leaf option too :
The next pop lookup has been for a range of plants rather than one type of works in particular - The Proven Winners Range . Proven Winners was launch by Provender Nurseries in November 2019 . The range has , in fact , exceeded expectation even through the lockdown . As a new range of plants that are choose for their long flowering menses , hard compact growth and low upkeep requirements , Proven Winners are especially selected for the landscape commercial-grade and domestic market . We really can not take one particular plant from the Proven Winners range as all have proved every bit popular and have sold as they derive into blossom .
SurprisinglyParrotia persica ‘ Persian Spire’has also featured in most popular plants bought this lockdown . This may be down to the fact that it is a rather ‘ new ’ plant life to many although deserves to be better known and more widely engraft . It is colorful with foliage that changes colour throughout the time of year from green leaf with purple edges to summer leaves to yellow , red and orange in the autumn and unlike other Parrotia that hand huge proportions ‘ Persian Spire ’ is ideal for the smaller garden reaching only 3- 5 m in entire acme . The narrow upright growth substance abuse and resistance to honey fungus and many other pests and diseases makes this colorful character a top search at Provender Nurseries at the consequence . A great alternative for commercial-grade planting projects due to its hardy nature .
As we move towards the former part of the year and hopefully see a replication to a more familiar sensation of normality it will be interesting to see if industrial plant option , hunting and requests change . We will , of course have to see what is in store and what can be sourced in the seasons out front .
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