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Pansies and Violas
We have our usual excellent range of pansies and violas. Some violas are naturally winter flowers but pansies (Viola x wittrockiana (Deltini rose pink pansy) have been hybridised with other viola species to gain this characteristic. The Panola range is particularly good: the flowers are not as large as some varieties...
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Tree selection (see previous post)
images used with kind permission of Frank Matthews...
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Trees expected at Downside Nurseries in October 2022
These are the trees we are expecting this month, October 2022. In addition, we have existing stock including flowering cherry, Sorbus and trained fruit. There’s a selection of images in the next post. As always, even if something is listed, we cannot guarantee that it will be...
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Heaven scent: the best plants for summer fragrance

In Saturday’s Guardian, Alys Fowler wrote about the value of scented plants in the garden. We have the pinks she mentions, also Lemon Thyme, Nicotiana sylvestris ‘Only the Lonely’ and Nicotiana Lime Green, This last is scarce this season because there was no fresh seed available but we had a...
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