Downside Plant Nursery News

Give your garden a makeover: Alan Titchmarsh on shopping at specialist nurseries

Posted in: Alan Titchmarsh, specialist nurseries | March 4, 2016 at 10:32 , by Downside Nurseries

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Pelargonium ardens at Downside Nurseries

“You can learn a lot from specialist nurseries. Many of them stock plants you just can’t find anywhere else…Specialist nurseries are always worth supporting because they grow plants you might not find elsewhere, be they pelargoniums, alpines or ferns, and the advice you’ll get is first hand and reliable. Support...

Whetman Pinks – choose from Alpines, Alpine Early Bloomers, Garden Pinks or Pot Patio Scent First varieties

Posted in: Bedding | February 29, 2016 at 10:30 , by Downside Nurseries

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Morning Star alpine pink at Downside Nurseries - one of the Whetman Pinnks

Whetman Pinks are celebrating their 80th year in business – and we have been buying cuttings from them for about 40 of them. They are really the best there is, as evidenced by the impressive number of award-winning varieties in their list. They breed for scent as well as colour...

Magnolia – one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden

Posted in: Shrubs, Spring colour, Trees | February 24, 2016 at 10:29 , by Downside Nurseries

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The magnolia buds are beginning to swell; they must be one of the most dramatic flowering shrubs in the garden. First the hybrid Magnolia × soulangeana and the Magnolia x stellatas, pink or white blossoms on bare stems. Then the later hybrids and the lilii floras. They mostly blossom from late spring...

Plants to help bees through the winter

Posted in: Alan Titchmarsh, Alice Bowe, Bee-friendly plants, Shrubs, winter colour | February 19, 2016 at 10:33 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cornus mas - One of the bee-friendly plants at Downside Nurseries

An interesting article from Alice Bowe giving details of some of the best plants to grow to help bees during the winter months. See the Times article here Her suggested plants include: Winter clematis –Clematis cirrhosa** Mahonia – Mahonia x media Winter heather – Erica carnea Cornus mas – Cornelian...

Winter gardens and the silver birch

Posted in: Trees, winter colour | February 12, 2016 at 10:53 , by Downside Nurseries

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Winter gardens are becoming very fashionable and one of the ‘main stays’ is very often the Silver Birch with its wonderful white trunk. We have a range of sizes of jacquemontii including ‘Moonbeam’ which is especially bred for the smaller garden with its maximum height of 10m. ...