Downside Plant Nursery News

Mulch Alstroemerias planted this season

Posted in: Autumn colour, Perennial | November 22, 2015 at 10:16 , by Downside Nurseries

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Mulch Alstroemerias planted this season There is a lot of breeding going on with Alstroemerias. The new hybrids flower for a long time and there are wonderful colours but they can be vulnerable to frost in their first winters. The Hardy Plant Society recommends you mulch Alstroemerias planted this season...

New fruit varieties at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Uncategorized | November 18, 2015 at 16:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Raspberry Ruby Beauty bred especially for containers

We have some new fruit varieties at Downside Nurseries this season: Miracot is an apricot/Mirabelle cherry (plum) cross. It looks very promising. We have some standard trees. Raspberry Black Jewel – a new black variety which gets the thumbs up from ‘Gardening Which’ Raspberry Ruby Beauty – which has been...

The new Viburnum x le bois marquis

Posted in: Autumn colour, Gifts, Shrubs, winter colour | November 18, 2015 at 09:59 , by Downside Nurseries

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Virbunum 'le bois marquis' WEB Nov 14 with convolvulus cneorum alongside

We have the new Viburnum x le bois marquis bred by Hillier’s. An exciting new cross, it is a semi-evergreen upright shrub, only losing its leaves in a very severe winter. Its green foliage in the summer contrasts with its beautiful autumn colours ranging from wine-red to dazzling glossy red...

Extolling the virtues of Morello cherries

Posted in: Autumn colour, News, Trees - Fruit | November 8, 2015 at 10:36 , by Downside Nurseries

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James Wong wrote an interesting article in The Observer on 26th October extolling the virtues of Morello cherries. He claims they are more flavoursome than the dessert varieties, good to eat raw when fully ripe and the best for cooking. From a gardener’s point of view, they are useful because...

Cyclamen

Posted in: winter colour, winter planters | October 25, 2015 at 09:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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Cyclamen at Downside are ideal for winter planters

These cyclamen are ideal for winter planters. Hard frosts may nip off the flowers but more rapidly appear. Our hardy outdoor cyclamens give a lovely splash of colour at this time of year – choose between the ornamentals which are perfect for tubs, or hederifolium (ivy-leaved) – great plants for...