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Scottish Sun
02-07-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
All the Middle of Lidl offers hitting shelves on Thursday including £1.99 plants and £1.50 school uniform essentials
The discount chain is selling a bargain school uniform bundle BUY BUY BUY All the Middle of Lidl offers hitting shelves on Thursday including £1.99 plants and £1.50 school uniform essentials Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) LIDL shoppers can snap up a variety of bargain Middle Aisle deals from Thursday onwards. The discount supermarket is offering plants from £1.99 and school uniform essentials starting at £1.50. 2 Lidl is selling a number of bargain items Shoppers can pick up a bundle of essential school uniform items for just £5. A two-pack of boys' or girls' school polo shirts is priced at £1.75, while unisex sweatshirts in red and black are available for £1.50 each. Customers using the Lidl Plus app can enjoy 20% off school stationery when purchasing any school uniform item, valid from Thursday through the following Wednesday. But other popular items are also on sale at the German retailer. Read more money news SHUTTERS DOWN High street giant shuts another UK store after launching huge 50% off sale British bedding plants are available for just £1.99, with bright purple Campanula and Mini Roses priced at £2.99 each. Meanwhile, Lidl is launching a new range of affordable garden solar lights at just £6.99. The Livarno Home Solar Light Decorations will be available in stores from Sunday. They come in a variety of designs, including birds, butterflies, dragonflies and hanging jars. These lights are described as 'atmospheric decorations with soft colour-changing light'. They offer up to eight hours of illumination when fully charged and automatically turn on at dusk. Five Lidl rosés you need this summer, according to a wine expert - a £6.99 buy is as light & crispy as £22 Whispering Angel Featuring six long-life LEDs, the lights are also splashproof, rated IPX4. Lidl is also selling a giant summer essential: the inflatable strawberry pool float priced at just £8.99. The bargain retailer also offers a variety of other fun shapes, including avocado and ice lolly designs. One shopper shared their excitement on the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK. Posting a picture of the inflatables, the shopper wrote: "Pool floaties bought for £8.99 from Lidl. "I wasn't expecting them to be as big as they are! "They have all shapes, we got the strawberry, avocado and ice lolly shape." Fans quickly chimed in, sharing their experiences and photos from holidays and back gardens.
The Irish Sun
14-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Irish Sun
The 35p IKEA flower that blooms all summer AND survives winter – it comes in loads of bright colours & perfect for pots
SEASONAL flowers are beautiful, but perennial plants provide infinite colour and joy. Pansies are considered a short-lived perennial, meaning they can survive for more than one growing season. Advertisement 3 Pansies come in an array of colours and flower for months if deadheaded, watered and fed Credit: Getty 3 The pansies come in packs of 10 from IKEA Credit: IKEA They are super colourful, often marked in the centre and look like faces - sometimes with darker blotches or 'whiskered' or plain. They come in an enormous range of colours and variations - from blue, mauve, pink, purple, red, yellow, and white. What's more, they Pansies start petite in size but can spread, so they make the perfect plant to add to your garden borders, pots and hanging baskets. Advertisement READ MORE GARDENING STORIES And IKEA is selling trays of 10 pansies for just £3.50 - that's 35p a plant! The online product description for the pansies reads: "Let your indoor and outdoor plant pots bloom with lively pansies." And IKEA customers were impressed with the pansies, one said: "They've provided continuous spring colour to our garden." Another wrote: "Good value great price, lovely plants." Advertisement Most read in Fabulous A third reviewed: "Good value pansies nice colours and healthy plants." How to care for pansies Pansies do best in full sun to partial shade. If there has been continuous hot weather, they need to be watered regularly - and water the soil rather than the foliage as this avoids the spread of fungal diseases. From spring to autumn, it's recommended that you feed them fortnightly with a liquid fertiliser, and remove the faded and dead flowers regularly, which encourages the plant to keep producing new blooms. Advertisement Maura Derrane leaves fans 'inspired' as she shows off impressive city garden You can do this by either pinching them off with your finger and thumb, or using a pair of garden snips or secateurs to cut off the dead heads. Other flowers that come back every year Chrysanthemums A hardy perennial, Chrysanthemums if planted in the right conditions will return the following year. Campanula portenschlagiana Advertisement Nicknamed the Dalmatian bellflower, Campanula portenschlagiana is a hardy perennial, meaning it will typically return each year. June gardening jobs The Sun's Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine, has shared the tasks you should take this month. Stake out leggy perennials With all the dramatic weather we've been having, it's definitely time to stake out your leggy perennials (the ones that come back every year). Heavy rain and growth spurts, can make them collapse and flop. Picking out the slugs and snails Hopefully as we move into summer they will do less damage as the plants get bigger. The best way is still to go out at night with a head torch to find them. Pick elderflower heads You can use them to make your own cordial, or add to cakes, champagne or even fry them in batter. Get on top of weeds It's around now that weeds really ramp up in the garden, so keep on top of them with hoe-ing - or just the traditional 'on your knees with a hand fork'. Try and avoid chemicals - remember weeds are just plants in the wrong place. Up the mowing You'll need to mow your lawn weekly now - if you've got time, weed it beforehand as once you mow you chop off the leaves and its harder to see them. Check on your tomatoes Your tomato plants will need attention - water, feed and regularly and pinch out the sideshoots. Chelsea Chop There's still time for the Chelsea Chop - plants like Rudbeckia's, Asters, Penstemons, Sedums and other perennials can be cut back by a third to help them get a bit more bushy, and prolong the flowering period. Sort out your tulips If you can be bothered and have space - lift and story your tulip bulbs to ensure colour next Spring. Deadheading your roses Take them down to the first set of healthy leaves - which will ensure more flowers for longer. Enjoy your space Take some time to sit and enjoy your garden or outside space - it's great for your mental health. Even just a few minutes a day can make a big difference. It forms a mat-like ground cover and is known for its spreading habit which is perfect for the front of garden borders or under trees and shrubs. Kalanchoe Also known as "widow's thrill" for its reputation for being very hardy and able to thrive in harsh conditions, including neglect and minimal watering. Advertisement As perennial succulents, kalanchoe thrives indoors and required a period of reduced light and water to simulate winter dormancy. 3 A lovely display of spring flowers – cosmic blue petunias and sunny yellow pansies.
