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...

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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Early Spring Newsletter

Posted in: Herbaceous, Newsletter, Spring colour | February 17, 2020 at 15:25 , by Downside Nurseries

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Read our latest early spring newsletter here. Our newsletters scoop up the most recent blogs and add some extra news. You can choose to receive either/both our blog posts (more frequent) or our newsletter....

Spring is coming

Posted in: Spring colour, watering | February 20, 2018 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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At long last, we are getting a few bright days interspersed with the gloom and it seems possible to venture out into the garden again. It is a good time to plant deciduous trees and shrubs. Nowadays, with containerised stock, you can plant any time of year but spring is...

Herbaceous News – Heucheras, Euphorbias, Pulmonarias, Geraniums

Posted in: Colour, Herbaceous, Perennial | February 26, 2017 at 14:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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Pulmonaria Blue Ensign at Downside Nurseries - one of the many herbaceous plants

Herbaceous borders can be looking a bit sad this time of year. A few heucheras or heucherellas can brighten things up. We have a wide range of colours available from yellow and caramel through dusky pinks and burnt orange to almost black. See the images below for some of the...