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:

Plants that grow well at Earlscliffe
History of the Garden 


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

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Plant Collections

For more details of the plants that grow at Earlscliffe, see the following pages

Plants that grow well at Earlscliffe
History of the Garden 

This page was last updated on 04-Sep-2023 .