Downside Plant Nursery News

Our ready made baskets and tubs are perfect for Christmas and New Year gifts

Posted in: winter planters | November 30, 2015 at 16:52 , by Downside Nurseries

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Gift Planters at Downside Nurseries at Upper Westwood near Bradford on Avon

Our ready made baskets and tubs are perfect for Christmas and New Year gifts – and they last so much longer than cut flowers. Or, just a treat for you… You are definitely worth it! Just a quick reminder talking about gifts… Here at Downside, we use our own Downside...

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...