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Autumn Bedding and hanging basket tips

Posted in: Autumn Bedding, Autumn Borders, Autumn colour | September 12, 2023 at 15:01 , by Downside Nurseries

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Our Autumn bedding is ready…… The first of the winter pansies are ready, so if your summer displays are looking a bit tired you can start to re-plant. If you want really good hanging baskets that will last all winter, it is best to get them planted around the end...

Flowers looking lovely this Bank Holiday weekend at Downside

Posted in: Bedding, Bee-friendly plants, Summer Bedding, Trees | May 24, 2019 at 15:55 , by Downside Nurseries

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Here are a few plants at the Nursery which look particularly lovely this weekend all taken by Christina on 24th except for the LabLab which was taken on 9th. Floribunda Rose ‘For your eyes only’ An award-winning floribunda compact shrub rose which flowers throughout the summer and grows to approx...

Spring border colours

Posted in: Spring colour | September 27, 2018 at 16:23 , by Downside Nurseries

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For your borders, we have Sweet Williams, Forget-me-not (blue and white) Canterbury Bells and Foxgloves. The Foxgloves are particularly worthwhile: they will give a stunning early start to your herbaceous borders – white, mixed and Sutton’s Apricot. The Wallflowers are ready – Persian Carpet (mixed) and Bloomsby Baby (dwarf mixed)...

Mothering Sunday

Posted in: Mothers' Day, Spring colour | March 8, 2018 at 13:14 , by Downside Nurseries

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After the snow, gardens are looking a bit battered. Mothers’ Day is a good opportunity to brighten things up a bit. We have loads of colour, primroses and cyclamen at pocket money prices. There are still trays of polyanthus in bloom and the trays of primroses are beginning to flower....