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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

New shrubs available at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Shrubs, Spring colour | March 9, 2019 at 14:51 , by Downside Nurseries

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Hydrangea macrophylla Merveille Sanguine

Plant highlights with approx HxS sizes Acca sellowiana (1.5-2.5 x 1.5-2.5m) – this is one we do ourselves, but it takes months to root, so we were glad to get extra. Evergreen, with Hypericum-like red and white flowers, it does need a really sunny position to flower well. Akebia quinate...

Vegetables at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Spring colour, Vegetables | March 9, 2019 at 13:06 , by Downside Nurseries

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When we checked our vegetable list against ‘Gardening Which’s’ list of recommended varieties, we were pleased to find most of the varieties we grow on it. Those that are not are all top-quality commercial varieties not generally available as seed for amateurs so outside their remit. This year we have...

Spring border colours

Posted in: Spring colour | September 27, 2018 at 16:23 , by Downside Nurseries

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For your borders, we have Sweet Williams, Forget-me-not (blue and white) Canterbury Bells and Foxgloves. The Foxgloves are particularly worthwhile: they will give a stunning early start to your herbaceous borders – white, mixed and Sutton’s Apricot. The Wallflowers are ready – Persian Carpet (mixed) and Bloomsby Baby (dwarf mixed)...

Mothering Sunday

Posted in: Mothers' Day, Spring colour | March 8, 2018 at 13:14 , by Downside Nurseries

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After the snow, gardens are looking a bit battered. Mothers’ Day is a good opportunity to brighten things up a bit. We have loads of colour, primroses and cyclamen at pocket money prices. There are still trays of polyanthus in bloom and the trays of primroses are beginning to flower....

Spring is coming

Posted in: Spring colour, watering | February 20, 2018 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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At long last, we are getting a few bright days interspersed with the gloom and it seems possible to venture out into the garden again. It is a good time to plant deciduous trees and shrubs. Nowadays, with containerised stock, you can plant any time of year but spring is...