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The Sun
6 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Lidl launches £1.99 plant that flowers every week until October & adds instant privacy to your garden
LIDL has launched a £1.99 plant that will flower every week until October. Alongside a number of other options, this will also add instant privacy to your garden. 4 If you want to create a colourful spectacle with minimal effort but has maximum impact then this could be the product for you. As we approach summer, you might be considering putting on a garden party. For this, your outdoor space needs to be in tip top shape and you might be looking to brighten up your garden with plants. Lidl is the low-budget supermarket with German origins that has made a huge impact in the UK. In its latest offer, you will be able to get your hands on assorted flowering plants for just £1.99. The discount retailer is offering a number of stunning plants to create an at-home oasis. For just £5.99, shoppers can choose to buy colourful hanging baskets that are perfect for gardens, balconies or patios. Red and yellow flowers sit in bold red baskets that are sure to add a huge pop of colour to your garden. With a height in between 25cm of 30cm, there is plenty of green flora included to give an exotic feel. You can also get your hands on Hibiscus flowers for just £6.99, and large 17cm Perennials for even less at £4.99 each. Parents race to Lidl for middle aisle bargains including 2 in 1 sandpit for £29 For the latter plants, shoppers can chose from Cosmos, Lavender, Snapdragons and Dianthus. For some of these larger plants, homeowners might need to buy stylish pots to place them in. Lidl is also offering a round stone ceramic pot for just £6.99, which could provide the perfect pairing with the houseplants. The item is available in two different colours in grey and a beige to suit multiple tastes. 4
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Flowers have been blooming on Earth for 123 million years
The first flowers must have grown on Earth 123 million years ago according to from two universities in Germany, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and the University of Bonn, used pollen to find out when the very first flowering plants is very important because it can tell us a lot about the history of life on scientists used pollen from the earliest flowering plants in old layers of mud and sand in Portugal, which they've dated further back that was believed until now. How do you date pollen? Before this study, scientists thought a certain group of flowering plants called eudicots first showed up about 121 million years ago. Experts explained how this newly-dated pollen, along with pieces of plants, were washed by river water into an ancient ocean, which over time got buried in rock, mud and dirt, before being dug up and studied millions of years research was published in the scientific journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Why is this discovery important? When flower plants first began to grow is important because they make up most of the plants we see around us today - like flowers, fruit trees, and many of the crops humans and animals the flowering plants developed, and from which other older plants, remains a when flowering plants first appeared, they changed the variety of living things on Earth a lot - helping to created new homes and food for lots of different insects and Dr. Ulrich Heimhofer of the LUH Institute of Earth System Sciences says "The emergence of flowering plants altered the biological diversity considerably."So knowing exactly when these plants first showed up helps experts learn how life on Earth changed over time.
