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Primula – Primrose or Polyanthus?

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Winter Bedding, winter colour | November 20, 2017 at 12:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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Primula vulgaris Primlet series W at Downside

Judging by the questions we get asked at the till there is a lot of confusion about these. They are ALL Primulas! Primula is a large genus ranging from the small rockery types like P. capitata through the drumstick primroses (P.denticulata) to the large and vigorous candelabra P.beesiana and P....

Autumn Borders, Winter Bedding, Trees and Hedging

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn Borders, Autumn colour, Hanging Baskets, Hedge, Trees, Trees - Fruit, Trees - Ornamental, Winter Bedding, winter colour, winter planters | October 14, 2017 at 15:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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Schizostylis (Hesperantha)Plants- Pink Princess & Cindy Towe, Salvias Royal Bumble & greggii Caramba with Corynephorus canescens Spiky Blue

Autumn Borders Asters – or Symphyotrichum (as we ought to call them now) are in full flower. We still have a good selection of the novae-anglia mildew resistant varieties, lovely shades of mauve, purple pink and white. A nice change from the red and yellow autumn colours. Salvias are looking...

Bare root and root balled hedging

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Hedge | October 17, 2016 at 10:19 , by Downside Nurseries

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prunus-spinosa-blackthorn perhaps as part of your Bare root and root balled hedging

It is too early to start lifting the bare root and root balled hedging but we have had the prices in. Root balled plants, lifted and the roots wrapped in hessian, are a good way to make an instant hedge and usually more economical than buying potted stock. They establish...

Michaelmas Daisies or Symphotrichium

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn colour | October 13, 2016 at 10:12 , by Downside Nurseries

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Our Michaelmas Daisies or Symphotrichium (as we are trying to learn to call them) are in flower now. We have a wide colour range, white, mauve, purple, pink. These are the novae-angliae type which does not get mildew. Not many places stock these. Their only drawback is that they are...

Autumn Bedding

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn colour | October 3, 2016 at 18:05 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cyclamen at Downside Nurseries - perfect for your Autumn Bedding

Autumn Bedding Now is the time to ditch those sad summer containers and plant out with autumn bedding. The sooner you do it the better your winter display will be. The days are getting shorter and the plants are slowing down, so buy larger plants and plant closer than in...