Clippings
Apr 14, 2022
2 minutes
Rare house plant prices hit the ceiling
Social media is fuelling a craze for rare and unusual plants that’s seeing them change hands for eye-watering sums, in what some are calling a modern-day ‘tulipomania’ – the 17th Century craze for tulip bulbs.
This year a single snowdrop bulb sold for £1,850, the highest found one ‘Golden Dragon’ on marketplace Etsy for £5,384, while a small rooted cutting of ‘Half Moon’ had a starting bid of £1,250 on Ebay. Other house plants that can attract sky-high prices include ‘Pink Princess’ (£350) and ‘Thai Constellation’ (£450).
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