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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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Trees, hedging and watering

Posted in: Uncategorized | December 17, 2016 at 10:17 , by Downside Nurseries

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Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 'Moonbeam' Himalayan birch 'Moonbeam'

There is still plenty of time to plant trees and hedges. We have a splendid selection of trees in from Frank Matthews – something for every size of garden. If your space is limited, we have Betula Moonbeam (see featured image) – smaller than the regular jaquemontii, Eucalyptus Azura, far...

Trees, shrubs and hedging

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 27, 2016 at 10:08 , by Downside Nurseries

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There is still plenty of time for planting trees, shrubs and hedging. With the mild weather over Christmas a lot of things are beginning to make growth and are ready for moving on. We have a good selection of hedging in stock and there is still time to order any...

“Grow your own wedding flowers” by Georgie Newberry

Posted in: Uncategorized | January 4, 2016 at 09:13 , by Downside Nurseries

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Grow your own wedding flowers book by Georgie Newbery

Every year we help customers get their gardens ready for a special occasion. Very often it is a wedding. Sometimes they want to grow some or all of the flowers themselves. It can be difficult advising on what can reasonably be expected to be in flower at a particular time...

New fruit varieties at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Uncategorized | November 18, 2015 at 16:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Raspberry Ruby Beauty bred especially for containers

We have some new fruit varieties at Downside Nurseries this season: Miracot is an apricot/Mirabelle cherry (plum) cross. It looks very promising. We have some standard trees. Raspberry Black Jewel – a new black variety which gets the thumbs up from ‘Gardening Which’ Raspberry Ruby Beauty – which has been...

Google 360 degree tour on our website

Posted in: Uncategorized | August 15, 2015 at 10:16 , by Downside Nurseries

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We have an exciting new link on our website to tell you about… We’ve had a Google 360 degree tour made of our Nurseries to show you what it’s like inside. Many of our first-time visitors are so surprised at the size of it and the huge number of...