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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus (Californian lilac) Millerton Point

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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Millerton Point'
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Millerton Point Californian lilac ‘Millerton Point’ A strong white variety of this familiar blue shrub.and perfect for a fashionable white garden.  is a vigorous evergreen shrub with mid-green leaves. It produces dense clusters of creamy-white flowers from the late spring.  It likes full sun in well-drained soil.  It...
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Brugmansia (angel’s trumpet)

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Brugmansia (Angels Trumpets) at Downside Nurseries
The Brugmansia (angel’s trumpet) are all potted up.  These evergreen/semi-evergreen shrubs make a large, really dramatic patio plant especially if we have a hot summer. We have five varieties: White Double White Peach Chartreuse Coccineus We pot them up in really strong compost but feed them as well.   You can almost watch...
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Chaenomeles Kinshiden 

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An example of Chaenomeles Kinshiden  at Downside Nurseries
Also new to us is the unusual  Chaenomeles Kinshiden – also known as the ‘Japanese Flowering Quince’.    This is a wonderful lime green hardy deciduous shrub bearing white and yellow tinged double flowers.   It’s selling as soon as it comes into flower.  Irresistible. For details of the plants on our...
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Magnolia – one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden

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Magnolias at Downside Nurseries
The magnolia buds are beginning to swell;  they must be one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden.  First the hybrid Magnolia × soulangeana  and the Magnolia x stellatas, pink or white blossoms on bare stems.  Then the later hybrids and the lilii floras. They mostly blossom from late spring...
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