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Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables, Which? Gardening | March 10, 2017 at 14:50 , by Downside Nurseries

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Tomatoto Plants at Downside Nursery Cropped WEB

We shall be producing our usual comprehensive range of vegetables this year. Most of our tried and trusted varieties will be available but, alas, nothing ever stays the same for long and a few old favourites are no longer available: Cabbage Hispi – a spring and summer pointed cabbage has...

Planting out and Hedging

Posted in: Bare Root Trees and Hedging, Evergreen Shrub, Hedge | March 8, 2017 at 10:06 , by Downside Nurseries

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Despite a couple of warm days (end Feb) we undoubtedly have a lot of cold weather and frosts still to come. Plenty of time for the tender things later, but a good time for planting trees and shrubs. Nowadays, when almost everything comes containerised, you can plant any time of...

New: Narcissus Snow Baby & Daphne odora Rebecca

Posted in: Colour, Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial | March 1, 2017 at 09:41 , by Downside Nurseries

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Narcissus Snow Baby - a new plant at Downside

Narcissus Snow Baby: new this year this gorgeous “Snow Baby” is a creamy white version of the old favourite “Tête à Tête”. Compact, clump-forming bulbous perennial to 15cm with dark grey-green leaves. Daphne odora Rebecca Daphnes are hard to come by nowadays and not always the best quality. We have some...

Herbaceous News – Heucheras, Euphorbias, Pulmonarias, Geraniums

Posted in: Colour, Herbaceous, Perennial | February 26, 2017 at 14:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Pulmonaria Blue Ensign at Downside Nurseries - one of the many herbaceous plants

Herbaceous borders can be looking a bit sad this time of year. A few heucheras or heucherellas can brighten things up. We have a wide range of colours available from yellow and caramel through dusky pinks and burnt orange to almost black. See the images below for some of the...

The Winter Garden

Posted in: Trees, winter colour, winter planters | January 3, 2017 at 10:11 , by Downside Nurseries

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Helleborus-orientalis at Downside Nurseries

January is the time for cleaning and clearing in the winter garden. If you are still enjoying the seed heads of your grasses you can leave them a little longer, but make sure you cut them down hard before the new growth appears or you will be left with a...