Here are a few plants at the Nursery which look particularly lovely this weekend all taken by Christina on 24th except for the LabLab which was taken on 9th.
| Floribunda Rose ‘For your eyes only’ | An award-winning floribunda compact shrub rose which flowers throughout the summer and grows to approx 80cm tall and wide. The blooms are single, rich pink persica, with a red blotch at the base of each petal contrasting with the golden stamens. It has a slight scent. For details of all the roses at Downside at the beginning of the season, please click here https://downsidenurseries.co.uk/2020/extensive-plants-list/roses/ |
| Osteospermum ‘Serenity Red’ | As well as the white and pink, here’s the more unusual ‘Serenity Red’ with its striking rich dark-red flowers and darker-red veins |
| Here’s the link to the bedding plants available at Downside at the beginning of the season | |
| https://downsidenurseries.co.uk/extensive-plants-list/summer-autumn-winter-bedding-plants/ | |
| Tree ferns. Dicksonia Antartica | |
| Spirea nipponica ‘Snowmound’ | Snowmound’ is a fast-growing, spreading medium-sized deciduous shrub with arching branches with clusters of small white flowers in mid-summer. HXW 1.5-2.5m |
| Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ | |
| Euphorbia Amy Purpurea, Allium Eros, Sedum ‘Lajos’ Autumn Charm | |
| Eryngium x zabelii Jos Eijking | sea holly Jos Eijking has intensely blue stems and flowers with a steely sheen through summer to mid-autumn. H 60-90cm and is attractive to bees |
| Halimiocistus wintonensis Merrist Wood Cream | This lovely rock rose is a spreading bushy dwarf evergreen shrub with greyish leaves and 2cm wide pale creamy-yellow flowers zoned with maroon and yellow towards the centre |