It’s a day for declarations of love. We’d like to kick things off by declaring our love for adorable animal planters – the latest micro trend sweeping our homes.
The cute little planters are popping up all over the shopping scene with B&M, Lidl and Sainsbury’s all getting in on the action.
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Micro trend: animal planters
This little fella cause quite a splash when he appeared on the B&M Instagram account. The discount retailer writes, ‘😍 WARNING!! 😍 Cuteness overload… 📈 and it’s only £3 (SC: 355003) 🐳’
The mini Whale planter has so far generated 3,490 likes and 157 comments…
‘look at this little cutie x
One pun-tastic comments says, ‘’This is whaley cute 😍😂👍’
‘He’s adorable 💗.’
One fan comments and tags another saying, ‘OMG how cute is this 😍 please can we go this weekend 🤗’
More than a few asking for friends to pick them a mini whale planter up in stores, ’please pick this up if you see It i love it 😍’ and ‘if you are in b&m and see one of these please grab one for me!!! 😍’.
B&M whale planter

Image credit: Instagram @bkjohnson19
B&M shared the image on behalf of a happy shopper, ‘Thanks for sharing @bkjohnson19 📸’
@bkjohnson19 posted the original snap saying, ‘Bought this little guy today from @bm_stores Bargain £3! Our bathroom is grey and emerald green so this little cutie fits right in!’
Lild llama and flamingo planters
*Very* on-trend planters in the #MiddleofLidl. Question is, which is the most in vogue animal?
— Lidl GB (@LidlGB) February 14, 2020
There are more fabulous animal planters currently in the middle aisle at Lidl!
‘*Very* on-trend planters in the #MiddleofLidl.’ The discount supermarket asked its legion of dedicated fans which is their favourite! Writing, ‘Question is, which is the most in vogue animal?’ The llama or the flamingo?’

Image credit: Lidl
It’s the Flamingo for me every time!!
The novelty llama and flamingo planters are £2.99 each at Lidl.
Sainsbury’s party animal planters

Image credit: Sainsbury’s Home
The new season Sainsbury’s collection features a fabulous ‘Party Animal’ range! The collection features these excellent exotic animal planters, in stores from March – so keep your eyes peeled in the aisles.
The following are incredible animal planters we couldn’t not share…
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
Guess who’s back? These lovable little sloths!
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Have you spotted any more adorable animal planters?