Really important to keep watering your plants! It has been a dry season, there is not much moisture in the ground and these warm winds are very desiccating . Newly planted trees and shrubs need a good soak a couple of times a week. It is important not to let the...
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Downside Plant Nursery News
Brugmansia (angel’s trumpet)
Brugmansia (angel’s trumpet) is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub which certainly makes a spectacular statement in a conservatory or cool greenhouse. The trumpet-shaped flowers are often highly scented, and although the plant is not fully hardy, it can be placed outdoors during the frost-free summer months. We have both some...
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White plants for your borders – Orlaya grandiflora, Perennial Stocks, Nicotiana affinis and sylvestris, White tree lupins and New Guinea Impatiens
If you’re looking for white plants for your borders, then here’s a few options for your consideration: Orlaya grandiflora- the white flowers of this gorgeous short lived perennial form in big, flat-topped clusters, which can look a little like lace-cap hydrangeas. They flower throughout the summer and continue until first frosts...
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Amicia zygomeris
Also known as yoke-leaved amicia This lovely, tall woody-based upright perennial from Mexico comes with leaves composed of two pairs of heart-shaped leaflets with purple bracts which fold down at night and open again during the day. In autumn, pea-like purple and yellow flowers 3cm wide open in short racemes. ...
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Summer Bedding
We have a fantastic selection of Summer Bedding for you, even if we say so ourselves….. But it is still too early to plant out tender stock and some of the vegetables. Runner beans particularly resent being cold, and the frosts can still catch the geraniums, petunias and fuchsias. We...
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