Need a little colour on your patio? Inviting friends for a BBQ? Add a few of our ‘summer shiners’ to give you some colour....
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Summer Shiners at Downside
Downside Plant Nursery News
Echium pininana
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...
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Amsonia tabernaemontana
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...
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New Guinea Impatiens have arrived today
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....
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Alan Titchmarsh
Grateful to Alan Titchmarsh on his Classic FM Sunday morning slot last week for 1. endorsing support for local nurseries who were having quite a tough time (again) with the weather and the late Spring we’ve been having 2. reminding us that despite the occasional lovely day, there can still be...
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