Not going there. I've just spent €65 on 12 perennials in 4" pots, 12 trays of veggie and salad plugs, a yellow courgette in a 4" cube, 4 pots of dwarf pinks for the pots by the front door and a bag of pigs' ears for the dogs. Spent way more than that on seeds for the season and then there are the bags of compost, pelleted manure, the seed trays and modules and new gloves.
Haven't been to a single plant fair yet or Chelsea which will involve lily bulbs and peony supports and gloves. I'm a lot more careful about what I buy now that I know just how hard winters can be here but still spend more than that average sum without even trying.
I rather suspect no-one on here is average anyway or has an average garden or an average gardening habit.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I suppose a lot of people live in flats and don't have gardens but it does seem very low!
That was my immediate thought when I read the number. They've divided the spend on plants by the number of households in the country. I've spent about £150 on plants so far this year and I haven't really got started yet.
I buy a pant for (say) £6 and as soon as possible I divide it into (say) 3 and then tell my OH I've made £18 worth of plants so that's a saving of £12...
With this method - the more you spend, the more you save - simples
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I buy a pant for (say) £6 and as soon as possible I divide it into (say) 3 and then tell my OH I've made £18 worth of plants so that's a saving of £12...
With this method - the more you spend, the more you save - simples
That sounds like the sort of logic my missus uses for her clothes shopping! She'll buy 2 items both reduced from say £20 to £10 each and claim that she's saved £10.
She can't comprehend the idea that if she hadn't bought them in the first place she would have saved £20. Women!!!!! (Runs for cover.......)
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I spent that at lunchtime on an on-line order---all herbaceous for an area that's getting revamped.
Not going there. I've just spent €65 on 12 perennials in 4" pots, 12 trays of veggie and salad plugs, a yellow courgette in a 4" cube, 4 pots of dwarf pinks for the pots by the front door and a bag of pigs' ears for the dogs. Spent way more than that on seeds for the season and then there are the bags of compost, pelleted manure, the seed trays and modules and new gloves.
Haven't been to a single plant fair yet or Chelsea which will involve lily bulbs and peony supports and gloves. I'm a lot more careful about what I buy now that I know just how hard winters can be here but still spend more than that average sum without even trying.
I rather suspect no-one on here is average anyway or has an average garden or an average gardening habit.
£47
I wish ! 
did the survey say where the shop was that the guys got their stuff from cos I'd like to be first in the Que .
Yup - must be a lot of households out there who only spend between £1 and £10 a year on plants....
I spent more than 'the average' on a single tree last year because it was the exact species / variety / size I wanted
That was my immediate thought when I read the number. They've divided the spend on plants by the number of households in the country. I've spent about £150 on plants so far this year and I haven't really got started yet.
Could be worse. I could be spending it on wild women.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Here is the latest mind game I play with my OH
I buy a pant for (say) £6 and as soon as possible I divide it into (say) 3 and then tell my OH I've made £18 worth of plants so that's a saving of £12...
With this method - the more you spend, the more you save - simples
That sounds like the sort of logic my missus uses for her clothes shopping! She'll buy 2 items both reduced from say £20 to £10 each and claim that she's saved £10.
She can't comprehend the idea that if she hadn't bought them in the first place she would have saved £20. Women!!!!! (Runs for cover.......)