A Nice Green Leaf: PS: Weird bloomin' stuff

By Emma Townshend

I forgot to add that the funny thing about the Sainsbury’s bulb is that it came with soil – four hardened discs of peaty compost dried like spacefood to be compact in the box. You pour on water and they rapidly swell up before your eyes to the dimensions of a large Nigella chocolate pudding. I honestly thought this was one of the most hilarious horticultural sights I’d seen for a while. I think that in particular four-year-olds the nation over will really enjoy it