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Penstemn Czar, Lobelia Hadspen Purple, Heuchera ‘Caramel’, Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ & Sedum ‘Jennifer’

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Image of Penstemon Czar, Lobelia Hadspen Purple, Sedum Jennifer , Geranium Blue Sunrise, Heuchera Caramel at Downside Nurseries
What a lovely display… The tall Penstemn Czar in the centre flanked by Lobelia Hadspen Purple (spires of sumptuous plum-purple flowers are borne from summer to autumn above the distinctive, mid-green foliage, making a vibrant display in borders or near water – grows to 4ft), And in front the Heuchera ‘Caramel’, with its caramel coloured...
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Google 360 degree tour on our website

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We have an exciting new link on our website to tell you about…  We’ve had a Google 360 degree tour made of our Nurseries to show you what it’s like inside.   Many of our first-time visitors are so surprised at the size of it and the huge number of...
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Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’

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One of the hundreds of perennials at Downside Nurseries
We have been busy sowing perennials for next year.  One new item Lorraine is keen to see is Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’. Eryngium can be annuals, biennials or perennials with simple or divided leaves, often spiny edged, and cone-like flower-heads often surrounded by an involucre of conspicuous spiny bracts.  It...
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Dead-heading roses

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July roses at Downside
Gardening ‘Which’ have just reported on a trial about dead-heading roses.  Cutting back to the first leaf showed by far the best results, rather than just removing the dead head or cutting back to a leaf with five leaflets.  I think that is what most of us do anyway, but...
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Summerinas

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Summerina at Downside Nursery
It has been a busy season and the herbaceous tunnel is looking a bit depleted, but we have started to pot up new stock so there are things being added all the time. We are trying some summerinas – a cross between Rudbeckia and Echinacea from Bob Brown’s nursery.  Compact 50cm....
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