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2025 Stock List on the website and Cornus contraversa Variegata ( Wedding Cake Tree)
Our 2025 stock list is now up on the website. This contains all the hardy stock we hold at present,...
Assorted Spring bulbs, violas and primroses
More wonderful colour today on the nursery (1st March) . Happy St David’s Day and welcome to the Meteorological spring...
Spring bulbs on the Nursery today
So good to see the spring colours in this glorious sunshine today. There are signs of spring at last, The...

Category Archives: Spring colour

Spring bulbs on the Nursery today

Posted in: Bulbs, Spring borders, Spring colour, Uncategorized | February 28, 2025 at 15:51 , by Downside Nurseries

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Pulmonaria Blue Ensign and Erysimum Winter Orchid

So good to see the spring colours in this glorious sunshine today. There are signs of spring at last, The Nursery is full of colour. There are pansies, primroses and violas for tubs and containers to keep your garden looking cheerful until the frosts have gone and it is time...

Bergenias – colour on the Nursery today, 15th March

Posted in: Colour, Herbaceous, Perennial, Spring borders, Spring colour | March 15, 2024 at 16:43 , by Downside Nurseries

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Common name: elephant’s ears “These easy-to-grow, evergreen perennials really earn their keep, making a year-round contribution to borders. Their large leathery leaves, often tinged red in winter, make attractive ground cover, while the flowers are an early bounty for pollinating insects. They combine well with other spring flowers in shade or...

News update 28 August 2020

Posted in: Colour, Herbaceous, Herbaceous Perennial, Spring colour, Unusual | August 28, 2020 at 17:08 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here’s the link to our latest news update sent out on 28th August. which includes looking forward to herbaceous plants we’ll have available next spring, for which the images below for Dianthus barbatus Dash Magician, Allium Millenium, Lavender intermedia Phenomenal and Nepata Purrsian Blue refer....

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....

Azaleas and Rhododendrons at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Spring colour | May 9, 2019 at 15:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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Rhododendron Gemania at Downside Nurseries

On a dull wet day like today, what better to lift your spirits than catching sight of some of the beautiful Azaleas and Rhododendrons we have in Bay 8 Native to Asia, Europe and North America, they can be either evergreen or deciduous. They both belong to the genus Rhododendron and...