Many of the herbaceous perennial plants will give you ongoing colour year after year and are great for gifts that last. The pic is of a Narcissus ‘Sun Disc’ taken at the nursery last April....
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Downside Plant Nursery News
First tomato plants ready for those of you with glasshouses or conservatories
The first tomato plants are ready for those of you with glasshouses or conservatories. It is a good idea to leave the plants in their 9cm pots until you can see yellow on the first flowers. This encourages the plants to make flowers rather than leaves and will give you...
Read moreHanging Baskets
If you enjoy creating your own hanging baskets, then there’ll be just the right plants ready for these, eg verbena and petunia. Or, if you prefer your baskets planted out for you, then order now with your choice of colour ready for end May/early June....
Read moreVariegated and Scented Leaf Pelargoniums
We shall have stocks of both variegated and scented leaf pelargoniums (commonly known as geraniums though this is not strictly correct!) but we anticipate they may be in short supply this year because of the weather. It’s not just the cold, damp and rain, but it’s the lack of light...
Read moreVegetables at Downside
We stock a large variety of vegetables from asparagus to zucchini, sweet and hot peppers and fennel, to name but a few – see our website for a full list. Maskotka is one of our dozen varieties of tomato and the one which will give you fruit the earliest; this year we’re trialling a new...
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