See also: Plants that grow well at Earlscliffe | History of the Garden
Garden plants - tour of the garden
Unfortunately, there are no formal tours planned for the foreseeable future. However, to give you an idea of what can grow at Earlscliffe, the following is a plan of the garden with a quick virtual tour of the plants.
For more details of the plants at Earlscliffe see one of the following pages:
Some interesting plants at twelve locations in the garden are listed below.
| No. | Location | Some notable plants |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earlscliffe House | Sciadopitys verticillata, Podocarpus nivalis, Mitraria coccinea |
| 2 | Earlscliffe Drive 1 | Puya chilensis, Metrosideros excelsa, Agave ferox, various rhododendron |
| 3 | Fiacre's Fell Drive | Echium wildpretii, Magnolia, Fascicularia bicolor, Aloe striatula |
| 4 | Earlscliffe Drive 2 | Eucalyptus, Erica canaliculate, cotinus, Pelargonium papilionaceum, Beschorneria yuccoides, Acer palmatum septemlobum 'Osakazuki' |
| 5 | Baron's Brae | Erica pageana, Embothrium coccineum (Chilean fire bush), Cedrus atlantica Glauca Pendula (weeping blue atlas cedar), azalea, rhododendron, Trachycarpus fortunei (chusan palm), Davidia involucrate (handkerchief tree) |
| 6 | Baron's Brae Lawn | Callitris rhomboidea, Telopea speciosissima, Rhododendron 'Phalarope', Rhododendron 'Elizabeth', Cornus controversa 'Variegata' (wedding cake tree) |
| 7 | Tennis Court Lawn | Agave, Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea', Chamaerops humilis, Juania australis, Kalopanax pictus, Tetradium daniellii (Bee Bee Tree) |
| 8 | Stone Folly | Cyathea dealbata & other ferns, Rhododendron falconeri, magnolia, bamboo, Tetrapanax papyrifer (rice-paper plant) |
| 9 | Lower Garden | Araucaria bidwillii, Drimys winteri, Dacrydium cupressinum, Pseudopanax ferox, Daphniphyllum macropodum, Lomatia ferruginea, Correa backhousiana |
| 10 | Aralia garden | Dicksonia antarctica, Aralia spinosa, Cordyline bauerii, Phoenix canariensis, Jubaea chilensis, Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, Doryphora sassafras |
| 11 | Earlscliffe Lawn | Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' (Irish Yew), Olearia, Naturalised Betula verrucosa (climatic zone 1)/Echium pininana (climatic zone 9) woodland. This particular mixed woodland of two species from very different climatic zones is unusual, if not unique in the world. |
| 12 | Eastern Hillside | Taiwania cryptomerioides (coffin tree), Torreya nucifera, Lomatia ferruginea, Tetraclinus, Wollemia nobilis, magnolia, Araucaria araucana, Agathis robusta (kauri pine), Liquidambar styraciflua, golden elm, Luma apiculata (Chilean myrtle), Melianthus major, Paulownia tomentosa |
Plant Collections
For more details of the plants that grow at Earlscliffe, see the following pages
Plants that grow well at Earlscliffe
4 year pictorial study of plants at Earlscliffe (2000 to 2003)