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Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts...
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Category Archives: Bee-friendly plants

Gardening for Bees

Posted in: Bee-friendly plants | March 28, 2024 at 13:33 , by Downside Nurseries

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Earlier in March, Lorraine attended a fascinating talk by Richard Rickitt on “Gardening for Bees” as one of the University of Bath Gardening Club’s meetings. Richard has produced an information sheet with some tips and recommended plants to attract bees into your garden and this PDF is now attached. It...

Flowers looking lovely this Bank Holiday weekend at Downside

Posted in: Bedding, Bee-friendly plants, Summer Bedding, Trees | May 24, 2019 at 15:55 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here are a few plants at the Nursery which look particularly lovely this weekend all taken by Christina on 24th except for the LabLab which was taken on 9th. Floribunda Rose ‘For your eyes only’ An award-winning floribunda compact shrub rose which flowers throughout the summer and grows to approx...

Plants to help bees through the winter

Posted in: Alan Titchmarsh, Alice Bowe, Bee-friendly plants, Shrubs, winter colour | February 19, 2016 at 10:33 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cornus mas - One of the bee-friendly plants at Downside Nurseries

An interesting article from Alice Bowe giving details of some of the best plants to grow to help bees during the winter months. See the Times article here Her suggested plants include: Winter clematis –Clematis cirrhosa** Mahonia – Mahonia x media Winter heather – Erica carnea Cornus mas – Cornelian...