Late Bloomers
Despatch Supervisor Lucyna Biegun, anxiously inspects a greenhouse full of 400,000 boxes of pansies (24 plants per box) which are finally starting to flower three weeks later than expected.
Nursery manager John Polman said: "This is the latest they've come into bloom for at least ten years. The cold days we've had this winter means that our customers will be getting their bedding plants much later than normal this year.
"We'll need to do lots of extra work to keep moving the plants around the greenhouse so they all get some time in the warmest spots.
"We don't normally need to heat our greenhouses but we are now considering it to help bring on the flowers a bit more quickly."
Roundstone Nurseries grow two million pansies annually selling online and to retailers like B&Q.