Downside Plant Nursery News

Autumn Borders, Winter Bedding, Trees and Hedging

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn Borders, Autumn colour, Hanging Baskets, Hedge, Trees, Trees - Fruit, Trees - Ornamental, Winter Bedding, winter colour, winter planters | October 14, 2017 at 15:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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Schizostylis (Hesperantha)Plants- Pink Princess & Cindy Towe, Salvias Royal Bumble & greggii Caramba with Corynephorus canescens Spiky Blue

Autumn Borders Asters – or Symphyotrichum (as we ought to call them now) are in full flower. We still have a good selection of the novae-anglia mildew resistant varieties, lovely shades of mauve, purple pink and white. A nice change from the red and yellow autumn colours. Salvias are looking...

The Wiltshire Gardens Trust

Posted in: visits to the Nursery | August 2, 2017 at 13:33 , by Downside Nurseries

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Wiltshire Gardens Trust visit to Downside Nurseries

We were delighted to welcome a group visit by members of The Wiltshire Gardens Trust to the Nursery in July. They do such good work sponsoring gardening activity in Wiltshire schools. ...

Is this plant root bound?

Posted in: root bound | August 2, 2017 at 11:07 , by Downside Nurseries

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There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the term ‘root bound’ or ‘pot bound’. Most people take it to mean a plant which has been potted up for long enough for the roots to fill the pot – which is not in fact true. Actually, it is impossible to...

Summer colour and vegetable plants

Posted in: Colour, Summer colour, Vegetables | July 22, 2017 at 14:11 , by Downside Nurseries

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Rudbeckia Summerina at Downside Nurseries

If you are an expert garden designer y our garden will be carefully planned to have colour and interest all year round. Most of us are not, however. The easiest way is to take a look at your garden and, as the colour fades, come and buy a...

Crinodendron hookerianum

Posted in: Evergreen Shrub | June 6, 2017 at 15:12 , by Downside Nurseries

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Crinodenddron hookerianum Chile Lantern tree

Stop Press We now have Crinodendron hookerianum (Chile lantern tree) in stock. Not rare but always in short supply. A dense, medium-sized evergreen shrub with rigid, narrow, dark green leaves growing to approx 6m. The crimson lantern-like flowers hang beneath the branches about 2.5cm in length from late spring to late summer. Better...