Downside Plant Nursery News

Don’t forget our gift vouchers

Posted in: Gift Vouchers | December 10, 2018 at 16:10 , by Downside Nurseries

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We have a new gift card this year with a lovely red autumn picture taken by Christina. We can take payment over the telephone and dispatch them to your friends with one of our gift cards. You can also order plants to be delivered locally. The Downside gift vouchers may...

Christmas and New Year

Posted in: Christmas Shopping, Christmas Trees, Christmas Wreaths | December 10, 2018 at 16:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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The Christmas Trees are here! We have a variety of types and sizes both cut and potted. Richard has just devised a new system for displaying the cut trees, so you can get a proper look at them – very smart! We have wreaths – plain and decorated, mistletoe and...

Cyclamen, Primroses and Christmas Roses

Posted in: Winter Bedding, winter colour, winter planters | December 10, 2018 at 15:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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The Wallflowers and winter pansies whizzed out but there is still plenty of colour. The cyclamen are looking wonderful. They are tougher than they look and will grow outside very happily. Indoors a cool room is usually recommended, but they seem to cope pretty well with heat provided you keep...

Conifers

Posted in: Conifers, Uncategorized | December 10, 2018 at 15:28 , by Downside Nurseries

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While we try and grow as much as possible ourselves, we are lucky to be able to get conifers from a really excellent specialist grower. We have a fresh delivery in and they are making a lovely display in the track-side glasshouse. A lot of less common varieties – well...

Your garden’s structure

Posted in: Errington Reay Pots, Garden Structure | December 8, 2018 at 15:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Oleo Europea and Buxus Sempervirens Spiral with Errington Reay pots web 663

As the leaves drop, it is a good time to look at the bare bones of your garden. A few carefully placed evergreens can give some structure. We have standard Bay and Olives and some very nice Bay Cones. They look very good in containers and we have just taken...