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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...
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We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

Category Archives: Bedding

Herbaceous Perennials – Delphiniums, Aquilegias and Geraniums

Posted in: Bedding, Summer Bedding | April 26, 2018 at 08:25 , by Downside Nurseries

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Delphinium 'Blue Lace' (New Millennium Series)

The cold spring meant that we could not start potting up the perennials until much later than usual. We have been working very hard to catch up and now the polytunnel is packed with lovely fresh stock and there is overflow in beds 21 and 22. All the delphiniums are...

Cyclamen at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn Borders, Bedding, winter colour, winter planters | November 22, 2017 at 12:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cyclamen bench at Downside Nurseries 890

The coloured cyclamen on the bench now are Metis F₁ hybrids raised from seed down in May. They are intended for tubs and containers and are hardy. A sharp frost may shrivel the flowers but new ones will rapidly appear. Many customers plant them out in their gardens when they...

Patio Plants and Bedding

Posted in: Bedding, Patio Plants | April 30, 2016 at 09:16 , by Downside Nurseries

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Panicium Frosted Explosion from Ball & Colegrave

We had better start with apologies for absence. There will be no Torenia Blue Moon this season. This is a registered variety so we have to buy the cuttings and there is a crop failure. Also absent is Dolichos Lab Lab Ruby Moon – a minority interest but still beloved...

Whetman Pinks – choose from Alpines, Alpine Early Bloomers, Garden Pinks or Pot Patio Scent First varieties

Posted in: Bedding | February 29, 2016 at 10:30 , by Downside Nurseries

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Morning Star alpine pink at Downside Nurseries - one of the Whetman Pinnks

Whetman Pinks are celebrating their 80th year in business – and we have been buying cuttings from them for about 40 of them. They are really the best there is, as evidenced by the impressive number of award-winning varieties in their list. They breed for scent as well as colour...

Sugar Peas, Bedding, Tomatoes, Hydrangeas

Posted in: Bedding, Pruning Tips, Vegetables | October 18, 2015 at 11:31 , by Downside Nurseries

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Image of Pea Sugar Snap for web, image taken in May

Sugar Peas for the Spring Lorraine has sown some sugar peas which are great to over winter in cold glass. Then, you can put them outside in the Spring when you need the room, and harvest them in April. These should be ready for you at the Nursery from mid-October....