Garden Planting Guide

Discover the vast edible garden at Vale Hill during your stay. The garden is set around meandering pathways, with fruiting hedges curved into windbreaks, and original dry stone walls.

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    Vale Hill Garden

  • 1. Homestead Front entrance

    1. Homestead Front Entrance

    Platanus orientalis: Alford Blaze to the main road

    Cupressus sempervirens Glauca conifer: Italian Pencil Pine

    Crataegus phaenopyrum: Washington Hawthorn Hedge

    Daffodils: 2000 planted around the pencil pines

  • Vale Hill House Pergola

    2 - Homestead Back Entrance

    Oakleaf Hydrangea: Snow flake

    Acer pseudoplatanus: Sycamore

  • Lemons on kitchen bench

    4. Pool Area

    Agapanthus Black Pantha

    Agapanthus Dwarf White

    Ligustrum: Privet Hedge

    Passionfruit: Lower wall creeper

  • 5. Champagne Room

    Black Mulberry

    Cupressocyparis leylandii: cypress hedges

    Wisteria floribunda

  • Virgin Rock

    6. Virgin Rock

    Elaeagnus hedge

  • 7. Mullock Heap

    Diospyros Ebenaceae: Persimmons

    Ceratonia siliqua: Carob hedge

    Brachychiton rupestris: Queensland Bottle tree

    Eucalyptus pauciflora: Snow gum

  • 8. Feijoa Garden

    Ulmus horizontalis: Horizontal Elm

    Brachychiton rupestris: Queensland Bottle tree

    Feigoa hedge

  • 9. Lavender Walk

    Brachychiton rupestris - Queensland Bottle tree

    Arthropodium cirratum: New Zealand Rock Lily

    Citrus x sinensis: Blood orange

    Nepeta: Catmint

    Cercis canadensis: Forest Pansy

    Euphorbia characias: wulfenii

  • 10. Secret Garden

    Arizona Blue Ice Cypress

    Brachychiton rupestris: Queensland Bottle Tree

    Cupressocyparis leylandii: Cypress Hedges

  • 11. Cloud Garden

    Laurus nobilis: Bay tree hedge

    Brachychiton rupestris: Queensland Bottle tree

    Miscanthus sinensis grass

    Teucrium fruticans: Shrubby germander

    Rosmarinus officinalis: Creeping Rosemary

  • 12. West Orchard

    Fruit trees: Pears, figs, Apricots, Apples, Plums, Quince

    Punica granatum: Pomegranate

    Corylus: Hazelnut Hedge to the northern fence

  • 14. Cherry Orchard

    Fruit Trees: Almonds, Cherries, Plums, Nectarines, Pomegranate

    Mespilus germanica: Dutch Medlar

    Bartlett Pear

    Carpinus betulus: Fastigiata Hornbeam to the south

    Caraegus phaenopyrum: Washington Hawtorn hedge to the northern fence

  • 16. Marquee Lawn

    Elaeagnus to the permitter of the marquee lawn

    Prunus Lusitanica: Portugal laurel to the east fence line

    Crataegus phaenopyrum: Wahington Hawthorn hedge to the northern fence

  • 17. Rose Garden

    Raised rose garden beds

    Laurus nobilis: Bay tree

    Psidium cattleianum: Strawberry guava

    Sambucus nigra: European elder and Cut leaf Elderberry

    Elaeagnus to the north of the path

    Prunus lusitanica: Portugal laurel to the east

    Carpinus betulus: Fastigiata Hornbeam to the south

    Crataegus phaenopyrum: Washington Hawthorn hedge to the west

  • 18. Iris Garden

    Iris germanica

    Laurus nobilis: Bay tree

    Ornamental Pear: Bradford

    Buxus balearicaL Balearic boxwood

  • 19. Quince Grove

    Olive Hedge

    Cydonia oblonga: Quince

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Wild Meadow Flowers

    Crataegus Mexicana: Mexican Hawthorn

  • 20. Lower Paddock

    Fraximus angustifolia: Narrow leaf ash

    Quercus palustris: Pin Oak

  • 21. Cottage Garden

    Brachychiton rupestris: Queensland Bottle tree

    Punica granatum: Pomegrante

    Feijoa hedge

    Perennials & Miscanthus grass

    Fagus sylvatica: Copper beech hedge to north

    Viburnum tinus hedge to the east

    Oakleaf hydrangea: Snow flake

  • 23. Upper Paddock

    Cupressus sempervirens

    Glauca conifer: Italian Pencil pine

    Eucalyptus pauciflora: Snow gum

    Fraximnus angustifolia: Narrow leaf ash

  • 25. Ravello

    Limes

    Ligustrum: Privet hedge

    Ceratonis siliqua: Carob hedge to the east

    Olive hedge to the east and south

    Cupressocyparis leylandii: Cypress hedge to the west

    Mespilus germanica: Medlar

  • 26. Lemon Grove

    Lemon treees

    Ceratonia siliqua: Carob hedge to the east

    Olive hedge to the east and north

    Cupressocyparis leylandii: Cypress hedge to the west

    Psidium cattleianum: Strawverry guava

    Punica granatum: Pomegranate

    Sambucus nigra: European elder

    Diospyros Ebenaceae: Persimmons

  • 27. Orchard Road

    Fruit trees: Cherries, Figs, Apples, Plums, Nectarines, Peaches, Quinces, King Mulberry

    Casuarina: She Oaks

  • 29. Tranquility Cove

    Hydrocotyle Bonariensis: Shield Pennywort

    Ornduffia Reniformis & Centilla Cordifolla

    Cycnogeton Procerum: Water Ribbons

    Nymphaea violacea: Native Water lily

    Phragmites australia: Common Reed

    Harderbergia: Happy Wanderer

    Callistemopn Brogo Overflow

    Harderbergia violacea Mini Haha

    Lomandra: White Sands, Little Lime, Wingarra, Little Con

    Callistemon: Kings Park Special, Rhapsody Red

    Salix babylonica: Weeping Willow

    Teucrium: Silver Box

    Hakea Stockale Sensation

    Acacia leprosa: Scarlet Braze

  • 30. Poplar Forest

    Crataegus phaenopyrum: Wahington Hawthorn Hedge

    Heathere colchica: Ivy

    Populus tremula: European Aspen & Nigra

    Chestnut De Coppi: Marone & Red Spanish

    Liriodendron Chinese: Chinese tulip poplar

    Tilda cordata: Tilda

    Eucalyptus pauciflora: Snow Gum

    Rosmarinus officinalis: Creeping Rosemary

  • 31. Front Lawn

    Front lawn with perennials and miscanthus

    Tilda cordata: Tilia

    Sinensis grass border

    Buxus: English box

    Pyrus calleryana: Cleveland Select

    Common Hornbeam to the north

    Vivburnum tinus hedge to the south and west

    Prunus lusitanica: Portugal laurel to the east

    Quercus palustris: Pin Oak to the centre lawn