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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: Herbaceous

Nursery Photos 27 April 4 Herbaceous Perennials plus …

Posted in: Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial | May 2, 2020 at 15:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Grasses, (very tall) Digitalis, Geranium, Ceanothus Concha, Papaver, Erysimum, Salvia, Gaura, Dicksonia antarctica, Ferns, Strawberries...

Nursery photos 27 April 1 Bedding, Herbaceous Perennials and …

Posted in: Annual Bedding, Bedding, Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial | May 2, 2020 at 11:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here’s a selection for you of Aubretia, Erodium, Campanula, Erigeron, Francoa, Salvia, Weiglia, Virburnum, Deutzia, Tamarix, Verbena, Paeonia, Herchera/ella, Lavandula...

Early Spring Newsletter

Posted in: Herbaceous, Newsletter, Spring colour | February 17, 2020 at 15:25 , by Downside Nurseries

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Read our latest early spring newsletter here. Our newsletters scoop up the most recent blogs and add some extra news. You can choose to receive either/both our blog posts (more frequent) or our newsletter....

Primroses and Pulmonaria

Posted in: Herbaceous | February 10, 2020 at 13:26 , by Downside Nurseries

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A walk around the nursery soon cheers us up… The primroses are looking wonderful – a carpet of brilliant colours. The spring bulbs are coming through and, in the tunnels, the Pulmonaria are already in flower: Sissinghurst White, Diana Clare with the attractive spotted leaves, and Blue Ensign – a...

Herbaceous Perennials for July colour

Posted in: Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial | July 23, 2018 at 15:47 , by Downside Nurseries

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It is time to take a good look at your herbaceous borders. By now, many plants will have flowered and need cutting back. If this leaves gaps, the nursery is full of colour –Rudbeckias, Crocosmia, Penstemon, Summerina, Heleniums and Kniphofia. Professionals plan borders so there is a succession, always something...