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2025 Stock List on the website and Cornus contraversa Variegata ( Wedding Cake Tree)

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Cornus contraversa Variegata ( Wedding Cake Tree)
Our 2025 stock list is now up on the website. This contains all the hardy stock we hold at present, together with all our projected perennial production to the end of May. We like to grow as much of our stock as possible, but we supplement this with selected items,...
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Spring bulbs on the Nursery today

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Pulmonaria Blue Ensign and Erysimum Winter Orchid
So good to see the spring colours in this glorious sunshine today. There are signs of spring at last, The Nursery is full of colour. There are pansies, primroses and violas for tubs and containers to keep your garden looking cheerful until the frosts have gone and it is time...
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Pumpkins

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pumpkin at Downside Nurseries
Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts and wet weather. But the results are in the yard.  His best effort is 131KG 333 lbs which he dismisses as a ‘porch pumpkin’.  He promises to have another go...
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