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Bare root and root balled hedging

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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...
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Michaelmas Daisies or Symphotrichium

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Make Symphyotrichum-novae-angliae-Andenken-an-Alma-Pötschke part of your Autumn Bedding
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...
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Autumn Bedding

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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...
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