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Hanging Baskets still available

Posted in: Hanging Baskets, Season Plants | July 11, 2013 at 09:41 , by Downside Nurseries

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If you’ve forgotten to order one but still would like a spot of colour, then we still have a large selection of ready made from which to choose. The picture is showing one with cascade geraniums...

Summer Shiners at Downside

Posted in: Bedding, Season Plants | July 11, 2013 at 09:36 , by Downside Nurseries

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Need a little colour on your patio? Inviting friends for a BBQ? Add a few of our ‘summer shiners’ to give you some colour....

Echium pininana

Posted in: BBC TV featured plants, Unusual | May 28, 2013 at 16:20 , by Downside Nurseries

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Echium pininana is a stunning plant for any sheltered sunny border. Featured in Chris Beardshaw’s Arthritis Research UK garden in Chelsea this year one of the reviews was : “I was particularly taken with the planting of what he termed the “radiant” part of the garden (highlighting the feeling of...

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Posted in: Herbaceous Perennial | May 19, 2013 at 07:09 , by Downside Nurseries

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An upright plant with narrow glossy leaves, the starry clusters of pale blue Amsonia flowers appear from spring to midsummer. This rarely seen perennial deserves better recognition in gardens for its long flowering period and reliable performance year after year. Amsonia tabernaemontana grows happily in sun or semi shade and copes...

New Guinea Impatiens have arrived today

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 15, 2013 at 18:03 , by Downside Nurseries

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Visit the nursery soon to get the best choice of colour from these wonderful tropical plants which give brilliant colour throughout the summer, until the first Autumn frosts, whether in sun or shade. Wait until all danger of frost has passed, keep soil moist and fertilize lightly but regularly....