Traditionally, this is the time of year when UK seed and plant suppliers are showing new products destined for the retail market. With the main 2012 season drawing to an end, retailers are looking carefully at next year's ranges of flowers and, as always, there is plenty on offer. Growers are not reporting any very distinct trends in sales. The producers always have an eye on the housing market—most householders have relatively modest space for growing and this is reflected in the plants on oEer. Muted tones, which at one time were in favour, have rather fallen by the wayside. Instead, there is more interest in flowers that are lively and cheerful — in some cases positively brash.
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