Downside Plant Nursery News

Daphne bholua Jacqueline Postill

Posted in: Shrubs | April 24, 2018 at 15:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Daphnes are wonderful small shrubs with highly scented flowers. Unfortunately, they are difficult to propagate and slow growing. Daphne bhoula Jacqueline Postill is one of the most desirable and has been unobtainable for some time since the only nurseryman in the country still propagating it retired. Commercial production has started...

Easter Newsletter

Posted in: News | March 28, 2018 at 15:08 , by Downside Nurseries

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Read our Easter Newsletter here...

Vegetables at Downside – tomatoes, sticcoli, squash, kale and lovage

Posted in: James Wong, Salad, Vegetables | March 20, 2018 at 10:25 , by Downside Nurseries

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Tomatoes There really is nothing like the taste of home-grown tomatoes. Part of the reason for this is that, unlike other fruits, say apples or bananas, they stop producing the volatile flavour-giving molecules once they have been chilled. The reddening and softening process continues but the flavour does not develop...

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....

Hellebores

Posted in: Perennial | February 20, 2018 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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Hellebores are looking wonderful now. Do not neglect H.foetidus – stinking Hellebore. The leaves only smell if crushed and the sprays of lime green flowers contrast nicely with the finely cut bottle green leaves. Flowering starts in December and continues until March so this can be used to give some...