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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...

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Pelargonium

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 8, 2019 at 16:35 , by Downside Nurseries

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Scented-leaf and variegated-leaf pelargoniums are becoming difficult to obtain; only a very limited range is still available commercially. Fortunately, we have a good and ever-expanding collection here at Downside. We take a large number of cuttings every autumn and they are ready for sale now. James Wong has written a...

Conifers

Posted in: Conifers, Uncategorized | December 10, 2018 at 15:28 , by Downside Nurseries

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While we try and grow as much as possible ourselves, we are lucky to be able to get conifers from a really excellent specialist grower. We have a fresh delivery in and they are making a lovely display in the track-side glasshouse. A lot of less common varieties – well...

A day in the life of Lorraine Young

Posted in: Lorraine Young, pricking out seeds, Uncategorized | May 13, 2017 at 12:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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Lorraine Young pricking out seeds at Downside Nurseries

In case you missed the article in this month’s ‘Gudgeon’ – a Bradford on Avon magazine, we thought you might like to read what keeps Lorraine Young busy! A Day in the life of Lorraine Young 8am: The first staff arrive. They get busy opening the...

Geraniums

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 12, 2017 at 12:28 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here’s the list of our Geraniums – all in 10cm pots…. but do please remember that we can’t guarantee every variety will be available on the day you visit. Some of our stock flies off the shelves very quickly. GERANIUMS Zonal Interspecific Caliope Dark Red Geraniums Zonal Flower Fairy Berry...