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Pumpkins
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...
Colour on the Nursery
We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

Category Archives: Spring colour

Iris Pumila Little Shadow, Blue Denim and Cherry Garden

Posted in: New Plants, Spring colour | April 11, 2017 at 15:04 , by Downside Nurseries

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New this year on the Nursery we have dwarf bearded iris (Iris Pumila) from Darwin Plants. These are similar to the Germanica hybrids but much shorter (25cm) and earlier blooming. They like sun or partial and well-drained alkaline soil. Perfect for our limestone brash. The flowers are clear and jewel...

Magnolia – one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden

Posted in: Shrubs, Spring colour, Trees | February 24, 2016 at 10:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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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...