Plants this week at Downside Nurseries – 5th June

Here are a few images of plants looking particularly wonderful this week at Downside Nurseries.

Perennial	Perennial antirrhinum	Pretty in Pink	A fantastic perennial snapdragon, bearing masses of pink flowers from summer through to the first frosts.
Shrub	Phygelius	Devil’s Tears	A robust suckering shrub with dark green leaves and large panicles of tubular deep pink flowers.  A wonderful tub subject.
Perennial	Campanula	Purple Sensation	Its blooms will flower all summer.
Perennial	Anemone	Wild Swan	White flowers with a blue reverse, and flourishes in dappled shade; it has a much longer flowering season than traditional varieties
Shrub	Philadelphus	Snowbelle	A medium-sized double Philadelphus with wonderfully scented white flowers.
Shrub	Viburnum opulus	Compactum	A garden-sized version of the native species, red berries and purple leaves in autumn
Shrub	Buddleja glomerata	Silver Service	An unusual and rarely offered evergreen shrub with pretty, downy silver leaves.
Shrub	Sinocalycanthus	Hartlage Wine	A rare and sought after plant with beautiful, lightly-scented, wine-coloured flowers along the branches.