Downside Plant Nursery News

Flowers looking lovely this Bank Holiday weekend at Downside

Posted in: Bedding, Bee-friendly plants, Summer Bedding, Trees | May 24, 2019 at 15:55 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here are a few plants at the Nursery which look particularly lovely this weekend all taken by Christina on 24th except for the LabLab which was taken on 9th. Floribunda Rose ‘For your eyes only’ An award-winning floribunda compact shrub rose which flowers throughout the summer and grows...

Azaleas and Rhododendrons at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Spring colour | May 9, 2019 at 15:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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Rhododendron Gemania at Downside Nurseries

On a dull wet day like today, what better to lift your spirits than catching sight of some of the beautiful Azaleas and Rhododendrons we have in Bay 8 Native to Asia, Europe and North America, they can be either evergreen or deciduous. They both belong to the genus Rhododendron and...

Pelargonium

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 8, 2019 at 16:35 , by Downside Nurseries

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Scented-leaf and variegated-leaf pelargoniums are becoming difficult to obtain; only a very limited range is still available commercially. Fortunately, we have a good and ever-expanding collection here at Downside. We take a large number of cuttings every autumn and they are ready for sale now. James Wong has written a...

Roses at Downside

Posted in: Roses | April 20, 2019 at 13:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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The David Austin roses are still unavailable to us. These are Hybrid Tea/shrub rose hybrids and their virtue is that they flower all season like their Hybrid Tea antecedents. They are not the only ones however; other breeders have been working and producing similar hybrids, which are every bit as...