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Trees – do you need to order your favourite?

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Eunonymous phelomanus (spindle) tree at Downside
Our suppliers, Frank Matthews have already started taking orders for the autumn.  We shall have a good selection on the nursery as usual but if you have set your heart on anything scarce or rare, please let us know now so we have a chance to get it reserved for...
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Autumn Borders, Winter Bedding, Trees and Hedging

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Schizostylis (Hesperantha)Plants- Pink Princess & Cindy Towe, Salvias Royal Bumble & greggii Caramba with Corynephorus canescens Spiky Blue
Autumn Borders Asters – or Symphyotrichum (as we ought to call them now) are in full flower. We still have a good selection of the novae-anglia mildew resistant varieties, lovely shades of mauve, purple pink and white.  A nice change from the red and yellow autumn colours. Salvias are looking...
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Fruit tree shapes – espaliers, candelabra, fan shape

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Candelabra Granny Smith and Jonagold Applies with Williams Bon Credien Pears 763
We often refer to the various different tree shapes in our newsletters and blogs so we thought it might be helpful to jot down the details of each The espalier shape sees the trunk growing right to the top of the plant and the branches coming off horizontally at regular...
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The Winter Garden

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Helleborus-orientalis at Downside Nurseries
January is the time for cleaning and clearing in the winter garden.  If you are still enjoying the seed heads of your grasses you can leave them a little longer, but make sure you cut them down hard before the new growth appears or you will be left with a...
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