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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...
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We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

Category Archives: winter planters

The Winter Garden

Posted in: Trees, winter colour, winter planters | January 3, 2017 at 10:11 , by Downside Nurseries

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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...

Sarococcas for delicious winter fragrance

Posted in: Joe Swift, Telegraph writer, winter colour, winter planters | February 6, 2016 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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“Sarcococcas are tough and easy to grow, and will find the garden with delicious fragrance”, writes Joe Swift in The Telegraph a couple of weeks ago. Sarcococcas are compact, evergreen shrubs, with simple, leathery leaves and tiny, fragrant creamy-white flowers in winter or spring, followed by red, purple or black...

Our ready made baskets and tubs are perfect for Christmas and New Year gifts

Posted in: winter planters | November 30, 2015 at 16:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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Gift Planters at Downside Nurseries at Upper Westwood near Bradford on Avon

Our ready made baskets and tubs are perfect for Christmas and New Year gifts – and they last so much longer than cut flowers. Or, just a treat for you… You are definitely worth it! Just a quick reminder talking about gifts… Here at Downside, we use our own Downside...

Cyclamen

Posted in: winter colour, winter planters | October 25, 2015 at 09:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cyclamen at Downside are ideal for winter planters

These cyclamen are ideal for winter planters. Hard frosts may nip off the flowers but more rapidly appear. Our hardy outdoor cyclamens give a lovely splash of colour at this time of year – choose between the ornamentals which are perfect for tubs, or hederifolium (ivy-leaved) – great plants for...