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Westwood Summer Show The Westwood summer show takes place on Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August. 2.30-4.30. This is the combined...
Blooming brilliant for bees and butterflies – Buddlejas of course!
Blooming brilliant for bees and butterflies – Buddlejas of course! These days, the good old-fashioned Buddleja comes in a variety...
Autumn Bedding and Planting
Autumn bedding is now in production. We are having to fleece some of the young plants during the day to...

Category Archives: Bedding

Hydrangea Macrophylla ‘Merveille Sangine’, Hydrangea Macro ‘Zorro’ (blue), Sweet Woodruff, Dryopterris filixmas ‘Cristata’

Posted in: Bedding, Herbs, Perennial, Shrubs | August 5, 2014 at 15:39 , by Downside Nurseries

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Hydrangea Macrophylla Merveille Sanguine & Hydrangea Macro Zorro (blue), Sweet Woodruff herb & Dryopteris filixmas Cristata 010814

Hydrangea Macrophylia ‘Merveille Sanguine’, Hydrangea Macro ‘Zorro’ (blue), Sweet Woodruff, Dryopterris filixmas ‘ Cristata’ A lovely collection of plants at Downside last week – The Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Merveille Sanguine’ A stunning cultivar with mopheads of intense deep red florests turning to a deep rich plum (or royal purple if on...

Summer Shiners at Downside

Posted in: Bedding, Season Plants | July 11, 2013 at 09:36 , by Downside Nurseries

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Need a little colour on your patio? Inviting friends for a BBQ? Add a few of our ‘summer shiners’ to give you some colour....

Alan Titchmarsh

Posted in: Bedding | May 15, 2013 at 17:51 , by Downside Nurseries

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Grateful to Alan Titchmarsh on his Classic FM Sunday morning slot last week for 1. endorsing support for local nurseries who were having quite a tough time (again) with the weather and the late Spring we’ve been having 2. reminding us that despite the occasional lovely day, there can still be...

Variegated and Scented Leaf Pelargoniums

Posted in: Bedding | April 5, 2013 at 12:14 , by Downside Nurseries

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We shall have stocks of both variegated and scented leaf pelargoniums (commonly known as geraniums though this is not strictly correct!) but we anticipate they may be in short supply this year because of the weather. It’s not just the cold, damp and rain, but it’s the lack of light...