Adding a few drops of bleach to clean water will help kill off bacteria and make the flowers last longer while a spoonful of sugar will keep the flowers fed.
They’ll grow in sun or semi-shade in a well drained soil and produce a non-stop display of tubular flowers in an array of colours and colour combination to suit all tastes.
A spectacular plant that gives a real exotic feel to any garden with its orchid-like, spotted flowers giving the impression that this plant should be tender but it is “as tough as old boots!”.
Eagle-eyed shoppers spotted that Sainsbury's had slashed the price on its Valentine's roses to just 1p for a single rose.
The display showed single red roses reduced to 1p as well as bouquets of a dozen roses for the same price.
