Downside’s Christmas Update

Check out our Christmas News posted 4th December...

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...

Tag Archives: box blight

A bit about Box plants

Posted in: Shrubs, Topiary | May 21, 2023 at 07:13 , by Downside Nurseries

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Clipped Box has been popular in British gardens for centuries-but it is under attack. Box blight has been with us for some years now. The best defence is to keep the plants healthy and vigorous. Foliar feed seems to work especially well. Also, be careful- we have had reports that...

Read our latest newsletter

Posted in: Newsletter, Westwood Scarecrow Trail | May 21, 2023 at 07:03 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here’s the link to our latest newsletter sent out on 20th May. To receive your own copy of our newsletter, sign up just to the left of this post – the top sign-up form is to receive our newsletters such as this – sent out about 6 times a year...

When did you last feed your hedge?

Posted in: Hedge | June 17, 2016 at 09:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Most people seem to have got the message that if you want a nice green healthy lawn you must feed it from time to time. The same also applies to hedges.They languish for decades without a decent feed – getting thinner and thinner until they finally succumb to disease. A...