Flower power: Covid restrictions fuel boom in plant and bulb sales
by Sarah Marsh from on (#59RXK)
Sales of medicinal plants such as echinacea have risen by almost 3,000% at some outlets
As winter approaches, the pandemic continues and spending time outdoors seems less appealing, how can you still get your fix of nature? By bringing the outdoors inside, or at least that's what soaring plant sales seem to suggest.
Latest figures show there has been a huge increase in the number of people buying plants and bulbs during lockdown, and medicinal plants have proven particularly popular.
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