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Winners and losers this horticulture week: bulb boom, SPS, closures

6 November 2026

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image: Seiont Nurseries
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Winners

Horticulture is bigger than football, Parliamentary reception hears + VIDEO 

Growers report strong autumn trade as demand rebounds after stormy weather 

Bulb and seed potato sales boom, but warning issued 

Christmas garden centre sales rising

SPS deal agreed + comment 

Downs

Grower supplier closes after 118 years UPDATED

Grow up or die out, horticulture conference hears

Another nursery goes for housing 

Online gardening businesses close 


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