Did you know that an average garden in the UK has a total investment of £1.790 by the house owners?
Revealed in a recent study by Homebase, they also set a list of garden flowers that are most attractive to a house-hunters and might help to sell your house!
According to the study, “Gardens are also crucial to a home’s attractiveness on the property market, with two-fifths of Britons saying they would not buy a property unless it had a decent garden.”
What’s are the other things that house hunters are looking at when buying a house? When it comes to the garden, there are clear winners:
“Househunters identified a pleasant lawn as the garden item most likely to convince them to buy a house, outstripping sheds, ponds and vegetable patches. The three garden flowers most likely to help sell a property were roses, lavender and fuchsia.”
Here is a list of the top ten plants for your garden, if you want to increase your chance of house sale!
Do you have any of these in your garden? Would you consider planting them or doing other garden work to improve your chances for house sale? Leave a comment below.
10) Sunflowers
Bright and cheerful sunflowers are the tenth most likely garden flower to cement a house sale.
9) Hydrangea
Hydrangea’s billowing blossoms come in at number nine.
8) Geraniums
One of Britain’s most popular perennials, geraniums take eighth place.
7) Jasmine
At number seven, it’s fragrant jasmine.
6) Lilies
One of the most magnificent garden bulbs, it’s no surprise that lilies tend to impress potential house hunters.
5) Sweet peas
These colorful plants are easy to grow, and have a lovely scent.
4) Tulips
There are few plants more cheering than a tulip, which may be why house hunters are drawn to them.
3) Fuchsia
At number three is fuchsia, a pretty shrub with unusually-shaped flowers.
2) Lavender
Beautifully scented Lavender, which thrives in sunny gardens, is the second most popular plant.
1) Roses
And in first place? It’s roses.
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9 Comments
Surprising Wisteria doesn't feature.
Is it a flower
I've always been strangely drawn to Pansies, sweetie.
Or nasturtiums
Have Hydrangea, Jasmine,Fuchsia, Lavender and rose garden
We have Jasmine. It is a very rumbustious plant that spreads like mad and takes a lot of control.
Walls covered with clematis in full bloom would do it for me.
That sounds lovely Muriel!
This is a topic which is close to my heart…
Take care! Exactly where are your contact details though?