Lidl and B&Q have accidentally been selling plants worth £4,000 for £10

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Supermarket giant Lidl and retailer B&Q have accidentally been selling rare plants worth thousands of pounds at a reduced price.

So if you picked up all sorts of greenery in your local Lidl, B&Q or others, you might be sitting on a fortune. What supermarkets don't know is that small naturally occurring variations in common plants can make them extremely valuable.

And what's more, these variations are sometimes mistaken for disease and the shops sell the plants at a reduced price. READ MORE:Sainsbury's issues three-day warning to anybody who shops in its supermarkets Some of the plants are sold by the shops for around £10 but can sell for a far higher price online, for even just a small part of it like a left or stem.

Of course, there is no guarantee that your local shop will have any rare plants in stock - but it serves as a good reminder to have a look next time you visit.