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Pumpkins
Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts...
Bare-root and Root-balled hedging
We have started to get availability lists for bare-root and root-balled hedging. Lifting will not start for a week or...
Colour on the Nursery
We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

Category Archives: Bedding

The New Guineas have finally arrived!

Posted in: Annuals, Bedding | May 31, 2024 at 13:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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I have promised many of you to let you know when the New Guinea Impatiens have arrived in stock, so I’m pleased to tell you that they are here at last – much later than promised! Very nice strong plants, well budded up but no flowers as yet. There are a...

Cinerarias mixed colours on the Nursery today, 22nd March

Posted in: Bedding, Colour | March 22, 2024 at 16:48 , by Downside Nurseries

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Potted Petunias

Posted in: Bedding | May 21, 2023 at 08:39 , by Downside Nurseries

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We have noticed some potted petunias in the supermarkets. Good quality and not overly expensive but do not be fooled into thinking they are the same as the potted petunias from cuttings that we offer, They are almost certainly from seed and will not give the same performance in a...

Cyclamen

Posted in: Bedding | December 14, 2022 at 16:46 , by Downside Nurseries

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The long, exceptionally warm autumn has ended, and the summer plantings are finally finished. We still have Pansies and Bellis in flower for your winter troughs and baskets. The first of the primroses are showing colour and the cyclamen crop is looking amazing; we think they are the best we...

Pansies and Violas

Posted in: Bedding | October 1, 2022 at 17:08 , by Downside Nurseries

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We have our usual excellent range of pansies and violas. Some violas are naturally winter flowers but pansies (Viola x wittrockiana (Deltini rose pink pansy) have been hybridised with other viola species to gain this characteristic. The Panola range is particularly good: the flowers are not as large as some varieties...