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Whetman Pinks – choose from Alpines, Alpine Early Bloomers, Garden Pinks or Pot Patio Scent First varieties

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Morning Star alpine pink at Downside Nurseries - one of the Whetman Pinnks
Whetman Pinks are celebrating their 80th year in business – and we have been buying cuttings from them for about 40 of them.  They are really the best there is, as evidenced by the impressive number of award-winning varieties in their list.  They breed for scent as well as colour...
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Magnolia – one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden

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Magnolias at Downside Nurseries
The magnolia buds are beginning to swell;  they must be one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden.  First the hybrid Magnolia × soulangeana  and the Magnolia x stellatas, pink or white blossoms on bare stems.  Then the later hybrids and the lilii floras. They mostly blossom from late spring...
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Plants to help bees through the winter

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Cornus mas - One of the bee-friendly plants at Downside Nurseries
An interesting article from Alice Bowe giving details of some of the best plants to grow to help bees during the winter months.  See the Times article here Her suggested plants include: Winter clematis –Clematis cirrhosa** Mahonia – Mahonia x media Winter heather – Erica carnea Cornus mas – Cornelian...
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Winter gardens and the silver birch

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Image of Silver Birch - perfect for winter gardens
Winter gardens are becoming very fashionable and one of the ‘main stays’ is very often the Silver Birch with its wonderful white trunk.  We have a range of sizes of jacquemontii  including ‘Moonbeam’ which is especially bred for the smaller garden with its maximum height of 10m.  ...
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Sarococcas for delicious winter fragrance

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image of Sarcococca confusa (RHS image)
“Sarcococcas are tough and easy to grow, and will find the garden with delicious fragrance”, writes Joe Swift in The Telegraph a couple of weeks ago. Sarcococcas are compact, evergreen shrubs, with simple, leathery leaves and tiny, fragrant creamy-white flowers in winter or spring, followed by red, purple or black...
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