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This packaging blooms...

Pw 4019 Flower Chocolate
Not that they're advocating littering, but the UK's Marks & Spencer's Praline Butterflies chocolates for Mother's Day will bloom into candytuft flowers if the wrappers are left on the ground. The retailer suggests planting the wrapper after making small tears in it for best results. The seeded paper could make its way into packaging for other Marks & Spencer products.

Source: http://newslite.tv

 

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