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Hanging Baskets at Downside

Posted in: Hanging Baskets | April 15, 2017 at 10:16 , by Downside Nurseries

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Hanging Baskets at Downside - choose one of our ready made, or select ahead to your own colour scheme

We will have ready made hanging baskets available for you from third week in May onwards. If you’d like your own baskets refilled you can bring them in now for collection at the end of May. Hanging them out earlier is tempting but unwise – we usually get some damaging...

Chaenomeles Kinshiden

Posted in: Shrubs | April 13, 2017 at 10:05 , by Downside Nurseries

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An example of Chaenomeles Kinshiden at Downside Nurseries

Also new to us is the unusual Chaenomeles Kinshiden – also known as the ‘Japanese Flowering Quince’. This is a wonderful lime green hardy deciduous shrub bearing white and yellow tinged double flowers. It’s selling as soon as it comes into flower. Irresistible. For details of the plants on our...

Tomatoes with several Cordon varietiesat Downside

Posted in: Vegetables | April 12, 2017 at 11:37 , by Downside Nurseries

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The first tomato plants are ready now for those of you with some heat. Leave the plants in their pots until you can see a little yellow on the first flowers. This will encourage an earlier, lower first truss. It is worthwhile starting the season with a pot of determinate...

Iris Pumila Little Shadow, Blue Denim and Cherry Garden

Posted in: New Plants, Spring colour | April 11, 2017 at 15:04 , by Downside Nurseries

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New this year on the Nursery we have dwarf bearded iris (Iris Pumila) from Darwin Plants. These are similar to the Germanica hybrids but much shorter (25cm) and earlier blooming. They like sun or partial and well-drained alkaline soil. Perfect for our limestone brash. The flowers are clear and jewel...

Seed sowing

Posted in: Sowing | April 9, 2017 at 11:37 , by Downside Nurseries

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Lorraine sowing seeds at Downside Nurseries

It is seed sowing time. Most people remember to wash their seed trays but don’t forget to wash your watering can as well. All sorts of slime can lurk in there as well as the odd snail! And when using the can, the rose should face upwards for seedlings giving...