B & Q casualty department

I always shop there when I go to that end of town. Great bargains sometimes, normally just crying out for a little water.

We have a similar story with bizzy lizzies and another tray of plants that looked rather sorry, nothing more required than a little bit of TLC in the greenhouse.

We have a similar story with bizzy lizzies and another tray of plants that looked rather sorry, nothing more required than a little bit of TLC in the greenhouse.

I'd be interested to see how the Bizzy Lizzies turn out Tenhens.

Last year we lost the lot from the nasty condition they get, and I thought they might have cracked the problem this year.

Agree with your way of bringing plants back to life though - and at a bargain price too!

Homebase is good too - as soon as plants go slightly over, they slash the prices - most of my houseplants have come from there - £8 reduced to 50p just because a few of the leaves have turned brown!

I love it!  They do the work for you (i.e. chitting) and then feel they have to charge you less 

I used to work for B&Q and the main reason why some plants are put in the casualty bay is the lack of staff to do the watering. My store only had 2 people to look after the gardening dept including all the mowers etc. If one went on holiday, management never got someone else to help, therefore the watering was way down on the list. Big companies like this will still make a profit even selling at knockdown prices because they are able to buy in bulk. The margins tend to be very high.

homebase is having a knocked down plant day on a thursday , i dont know if its all shops or just a few , worth a look if you have one close .
chrissie b