Vegetable notes from Downside We know a lot of you like to plant your winter brassicas in the space left by the early potatoes. This is really a little late for most things but if you are pressed for space it is a reasonable compromise. We will keep the plants...
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A day in the life of Lorraine Young
In case you missed the article in this month’s ‘Gudgeon’ – a Bradford on Avon magazine, we thought you might like to read what keeps Lorraine Young busy! A Day in the life of Lorraine Young 8am: The first staff arrive. They get busy opening the...
Read moreGeraniums
Here’s the list of our Geraniums – all in 10cm pots…. but do please remember that we can’t guarantee every variety will be available on the day you visit. Some of our stock flies off the shelves very quickly. GERANIUMS Zonal Interspecific Caliope Dark Red Geraniums Zonal Flower Fairy Berry...
Read morePlants we grow for fun – Aeonium, Abutilon, Cestrum, Nerium oleander, Mimosa pudica
These are the things we grow for ourselves just for fun. There are always a few spares, but too few to catalogue; we’ll collect them together over the weekend, in with the geraniums. Aeonium tubuliform – flat-topped aeonium Abutilon Nabob – the true dark flowered form Amicia zygomeris – in autumn, pea-like purple...
Read moreThe weather (what else would we talk about?)
By the look of some very sad plants and some depressing pictures we have been shown, there has been a lot of damage from the recent frosts. They have not been exceptionally hard, or late, but after such a long spell of unseasonal warm weather, many plants had put on...
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