Downside Plant Nursery News

Blooming brilliant for bees and butterflies – Buddlejas of course!

Posted in: Bee-friendly plants | August 22, 2025 at 06:41 , by Downside Nurseries

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Blooming brilliant for bees and butterflies – Buddlejas of course! These days, the good old-fashioned Buddleja comes in a variety of colours and sizes, so that even a small garden will have room for one Butterfly Candy White, Pink and Purple will reach a height and spread of just 80cm....

Autumn Bedding and Planting

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn Borders, Autumn colour | August 22, 2025 at 06:34 , by Downside Nurseries

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Autumn bedding is now in production. We are having to fleece some of the young plants during the day to keep the fierce sun off; hard work, but necessary. We grow all the wallflowers and foxgloves from seed ourselves, nursing the young seedlings through the heat has been quite tricky...

Colour on the Nursery – 20th August 2025

Posted in: Colour, Summer colour | August 22, 2025 at 06:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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Alstromeria inticancha SunriseSalvia Royal BumbleAbelia grandifloraCenturea montanaAstrantia Star of Lovewith thanks to Nerys for these lovely picsDon’t forget you can see our plant list as at April on the website here...

Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables | August 22, 2025 at 06:12 , by Downside Nurseries

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The main planting season is over, but we are trying to keep availability of a few short-term crops, lettuce, salad onions and beetroot. We have sown some Sweet Fennel which loves the heat but needs plenty of water. Runner Beans are in full production now. It is worthwhile to take...