Downside Plant Nursery News

Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’

Posted in: Uncategorized | July 25, 2015 at 10:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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One of the hundreds of perennials at Downside Nurseries

We have been busy sowing perennials for next year. One new item Lorraine is keen to see is Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’. Eryngium can be annuals, biennials or perennials with simple or divided leaves, often spiny edged, and cone-like flower-heads often surrounded by an involucre of conspicuous spiny bracts. It...

Dead-heading roses

Posted in: Roses | July 20, 2015 at 10:09 , by Downside Nurseries

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Gardening ‘Which’ have just reported on a trial about dead-heading roses. Cutting back to the first leaf showed by far the best results, rather than just removing the dead head or cutting back to a leaf with five leaflets. I think that is what most of us do anyway, but...

Summerinas

Posted in: Herbaceous | July 15, 2015 at 14:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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It has been a busy season and the herbaceous tunnel is looking a bit depleted, but we have started to pot up new stock so there are things being added all the time. We are trying some summerinas – a cross between Rudbeckia and Echinacea from Bob Brown’s nursery. Compact 50cm....

Fruit trees, Espaliers and Fan-Trained

Posted in: Uncategorized | July 10, 2015 at 14:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Fruit trees, Espaliers and Fan-Trained – Lorraine is now beginning to order fruit trees for the Autumn. If there is something special you want, it is a good idea to order it now, particularly espaliers and fan-trained trees. Please call the nursery on 01225 862 392 or email Lorraine...

Watering your plants

Posted in: watering | July 10, 2015 at 14:17 , by Downside Nurseries

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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...