Winners and losers this horticulture week: Garden sales, nursery floods, Seabrook apple

Seabrook apple

Winners

Christie's expects 14 garden centre transactions

HortWeek survey predicts Labour general election win 

Paul Moors thanks industry for messages of support 

McCurdy takes action to tackle tree nursery sewage flooding after authority inertia

Seabrook apple among Gardeners' World new plant entries

Downs

May garden retail sales fail to take off as discounts kick in: leading garden centres comment UPDATED 

Defra advises avoiding using commas to beat BCP delays 

RHS accounts shows income down and membership flat

BCP inspections ramp up amid lack of communications  

Garden centre sales fall in May, Barclays figures show

Asian hornet sightings rocket in May


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