Downside Plant Nursery News

James Wong on why we dislike coriander

Posted in: James Wong | July 15, 2016 at 14:41 , by Downside Nurseries

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Peruvian black mint (Tagetes minuta) from the Guardian article June 2016

James Wong wrote an interesting article in “The Observer” on 12th June explaining why some of us dislike coriander (it is in our genes, apparently!). He suggests Tagetes minuta, also known as Peruvian black mint as an alternative. The minuta bit refers to the flowers – the plant is huge...

Hanging Baskets

Posted in: Hanging Baskets | July 13, 2016 at 10:33 , by Downside Nurseries

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Hanging baskets ready to go at Downside Nurseries

Keep watering those hanging baskets… The wind can be very drying and the rain scarcely penetrates the foliage. if they do dry out, the only thing to do is stand them in a bucket of water for an hour or two. For further information about feeding and watering your...

Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables | July 10, 2016 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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Runner Beans in May at Downside Nurseries 012 web

We have been trying some new varieties of runner beans. Lady Di, advertised as an early, has not really come to much, and will crop at the same time as our standard Achievement, an old favourite and a good flavour. The dwarf runner Solitaire on the other hand has been...

Ornamentals

Posted in: Perennial, Roses, Terry Dowdeswell | July 8, 2016 at 15:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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The perennial beds are full of colour. There are Achilleas, Phlox , Monardas , Echinaceas and Rudbeckias. We are particularly pleased with Terry Dowdeswell’s New Millennium Delphiniums – the flower spikes have real quality and some of the stems are like bamboo canes. The roses have survived the wet and...

When did you last feed your hedge?

Posted in: Hedge | June 17, 2016 at 09:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Most people seem to have got the message that if you want a nice green healthy lawn you must feed it from time to time. The same also applies to hedges.They languish for decades without a decent feed – getting thinner and thinner until they finally succumb to disease. A...