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Category Archives: Annuals

Cut flower annuals

Posted in: Annuals, cut flower annuals | January 30, 2021 at 16:42 , by Downside Nurseries

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We are increasingly being asked for cut flower annuals. They are lovely to cut for yourself and make great presents for friends. Not difficult to grow, a little staking might be needed but that is about it. This year’s ambitious list includes the following, and we have included images below...

Dahlias, Sonata, Casanova, Razzmuatazz

Posted in: Annuals | April 18, 2019 at 13:11 , by Downside Nurseries

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The seed rows of Dahlias are also excellent value, a lovely colour mix and many doubles and semi-doubles. By the end of the season, they will have made small tubers so you can lift and store any you like particularly. There will be no tall white Cosmos this year due...

Annuals and tender perennials

Posted in: Annuals | April 18, 2019 at 10:56 , by Downside Nurseries

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Very few people actually have traditional beds of annuals nowadays but brighten up their gardens with easily cared for tubs and containers. Many of the basket plants are in fact tender perennials. The virtue of the whole crop, annual and perennial, is that the plants flower all summer long. A...