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Bedding Plants

Posted in: Annual Bedding | March 8, 2024 at 16:30 , by Downside Nurseries

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Sweet Pea Spencer Air Warden (Ball Colegrave)

Sweet Pea seed has been difficult to obtain again this year so we have no White Ensign or Mrs Bolton (pink). But we do have plenty of Galaxy Mix, Air Warden (red), Noel Sutton (light blue) and Blue Velvet (deep blue). Also plenty of the highly scented heritage variety Matucana....

Herbaceous

Posted in: Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial | March 5, 2024 at 16:22 , by Downside Nurseries

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Which plants? our strategy at the Nursery Our mission here at Downside Nurseries is to provide the widest possible range of quality plants. We have just finished our stocklist for 2024. As ever with plants, not everything we would have liked is available, but we certainly have an impressive list. ...

New stocklist on the website

Posted in: Trees | March 5, 2024 at 16:11 , by Downside Nurseries

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Our stocklists have now been updated for 2024, showing all the stock we expect to have available this season, but we are adding new items all the time. Also, occasionally, we get let down by suppliers when things promised do not turn up; this is especially true of bedding. Not...

Red Roses

Posted in: Roses | February 10, 2024 at 18:31 , by Downside Nurseries

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Red Roses are a Valentine’s Day tradition, but instead of buying a bunch of flowers which will only last a few days, why not buy a rose bush instead? It will cost around the same amount (and have a much lower carbon footprint). It will flower all summer and many...

Downside Update

Posted in: Bulbs, Colour | February 10, 2024 at 09:13 , by Downside Nurseries

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After a very dull autumn and winter, spring is slowly arriving. The first of the cherry blossom is showing and the sarcococcas are in full flower and smelling fantastic. The big greenhouse is packed with colour – pansies & violas, primroses, bellis and anemones. We have a wonderful display of hellebores,...