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Category Archives: Shrubs

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Lady in Red’

Posted in: Shrubs, Unusual | July 30, 2014 at 10:30 , by Downside Nurseries

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Isn’t this stunning? ‘Lady in Red’ is a compact, branching, thicket-forming, suckering, deciduous shrub with lobed, doubly-toothed, veined red to red-purple leaves and clusters of small, cup-shaped, pale pink flowers in summer followed by pale brown to red fruit in autumn. That’s a lot of adjectives on one descriptive ticket!...

Our newly refurbished shrub growing area

Posted in: Shrub growing area, Shrubs | March 30, 2014 at 08:54 , by Downside Nurseries

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Downside's refurbished shrub growing area

Do check out our newly refurbished shrub growing area at the top end of the Nurseries. The photinia in the picture is a popular evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, white flowers in flattened flower heads and young red shoots. The best known is Photinia × fraseri ‘Red Robin’ which is often...

Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ and Camellias Brushfield’s Yellow and Lady Campbell

Posted in: Gifts, Season Plants, Shrubs | March 24, 2014 at 16:19 , by Downside Nurseries

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A glorious mixture of colours for March. The Camellias Brushfield’s Yellow and Lady Campbell sitting alongside the Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’. Brushfield’s Yellow is an upright, evergreen shrub with dark glossy foliage and creamy-white flowers with light yellow centres whilst Camellia japonica ‘Lady Campbell’ is an upright evergreen shrub with glossy green...