We have our usual excellent range of pansies and violas. Some violas are naturally winter flowers but pansies (Viola x wittrockiana (Deltini rose pink pansy) have been hybridised with other viola species to gain this characteristic. The Panola range is particularly good: the flowers are not as large as some...
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Category Archives: winter planters
Autumn baskets
Although the weather is still warm and summer lingers on, like it or not autumn is around the corner. A little planning is necessary and hard decisions have to be made. You can leave planting out winter bedding a little longer, but the sooner autumn baskets are established, the better....
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Cyclamen, Primroses and Christmas Roses
The Wallflowers and winter pansies whizzed out but there is still plenty of colour. The cyclamen are looking wonderful. They are tougher than they look and will grow outside very happily. Indoors a cool room is usually recommended, but they seem to cope pretty well with heat provided you keep...
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Cyclamen at Downside Nurseries
The coloured cyclamen on the bench now are Metis F₁ hybrids raised from seed down in May. They are intended for tubs and containers and are hardy. A sharp frost may shrivel the flowers but new ones will rapidly appear. Many customers plant them out in their gardens when they...
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Autumn Borders, Winter Bedding, Trees and Hedging
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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