Plants and Garden beds
This is mainly a list to try to remind me of what plants are where. The record keeping of plants can be quite tricky.
Wider Area
Hawthorn
European Blackberry
Native raspberry
golden native raspberry
cutleaf blackberry
Sweet briar rose
Big U Shelter Garden (zone 1 by visibility, 3 by effort)
This bed faces west in a highly windy area. It is mainly succulents and its job is to survive in a harsh location and act to capture and smother fire embers.
Big U Front shelter belt (zone 1)
North facing. fire protection and just being low. Probably should involve more food as very accessable.
Hibiscus
apples
lavender, white, purple
pelargonium
Big U Native Garden (zone 2)
North facing. Visibility shelter, north shelter nice spot and functional plants.
2x Acacia floribunda
fig
olive
native speedwell (d)
lavender (d)
Big U Main vege garden (zone 1)
East facing. One of most protected places on the ridge. the most productive garden directly around the Big U.
Oregano, standard, golden, greek
acacia floribunda
rubarb
mint
chocolate mint
fever few
thyme, standard, lemon
rosemary
red lettuce seed bank
rocket seedbank
perpetual spinach seedbank
sunchoke
globe artichoke
Planted Annuals:
tomatos
Big U South East garden 'hardy bed' (zone 2)
East facing. Shelter from north winds. some from west winds. lowish sun.
View, tough herbs.
stone fruit trees,
salvia (greggi, lipstick, white, blue, +3)
viola
feijoa
Big U South West garden 'new food forest' (zone 2)
south facing. shelter from west and north winds.
multigraft apple
cherry?
apricot
saltbush
comfrey
Main Orchard (zone 2)
SW of the big U. Part of role is act as a shelter belt for the U from from South West winds.
Main role is main orchard. But also acts as food forest, mainly bulk herbs.
But various other edibles as well.
Perrenial leek
Rosemary
lemon tyme
oregano (mainly golden)
yarrow
currant
grevilea
pelargonium
pigface
Various nitrogen fixers. acacia etc blackwood
apple: christmas,
apple: egremont russett
apple: cox orange pippen
apple sweet coppin
apple: cornish gillyflower
fig: st dominique
pear: Uverdale st germain x3
Pear: Yellow huffcap (perry), x2
pear: doyenne de commice, x3
peach: blackburn elberta. x2
Cherry: sunburst
Cherry: moira di vignola
sour cherry
Upper Berry runs (Zone 2)
Needs north windshelter, currently pallet fence. Add Olives, fejoia and salvia.
Wants south windshelter, currently pallet fence and raised potato beds. Add Olives and salvia.
West shelter of old blackberry thicket. Mainly as wind break. should be removed, disease concern.
Replace with olives and salvia. lily pilly and Common Boobialla.
Run of Mystery berry (loganberry?)
2 runs of Raspberry, heritage
run of summer raspberry
run of young berry
(planned) run of native raspberry. Esp yellow
run of boysen berry
apple pink lady
shelter hedges of wormwood and southern wood, yarrow, salvia
garlic, mint mixed with berries
(planned) Add tansy, turnip
sour cherry
anzac peach
apple
native acacia?
another stone fruit. cherry?
Water garden (zone 3)
potato. unknown mix
canna lily
walking onion
plum
Logan berry
geranium
Boyson berry
silvan berry
young berry
globe artichoke
pot marigold
nectarine
feijoa
Medicinal Garden (zone 3)
golden oregano
hyssop
purple salvia
valerian
rubus parvifolus
black wood wattle
?gotu kola
?brahmi
?tansy
?running postman
peach
?ruby saltbush
chamomile
grand mullien
garlic
greek oregano
Medicine View Garden (zone 3)
At the entrance to the medicinal area. Aesthetics is main role. But also external view control, wind control, allowing sun to pass, a little food production.
Salvia. waverley
Geranium. rose, citronella and one more
garlic chives
roman chamomile
Lavender, french
rosemary
Iris
yarrow
soapwort
oregano
rue
Old Home Back Garden (zone 3)
It has a few roles, wind break, pretty flowers, veges, but its main role is parent for various perennial plants to then be spread to other beds.
Perennial basil
Perennial leek
Perennial spinach
Oregano
Dill
Nasturtium
Alyssum
Blue Salvia
Lipstick Salvia
Purple Salvia
Another Salvia
lime verbena
Twin grafted peach
red velvet geranium
pink geranium
bright red geranium
globe artichoke
sunchoke
garlic
parsley
golden native raspberry
raspberry
Potatoes
walking onion
kale
mustard green
lemon balm
Old Kitchen Garden (zone 3)
Lavender
Warrigul greens
salvia
perennial basil
native raspberry
yarrow
chamomile
geranium
citronella geranium
potatoes
garlic
oregano
rosemary
pineapple sage
alysum
mint
bergamot herb
yarrow
chamomile
native viola
wild plum
pear, josephines
apple, cox orange pippen
apple, red delicious
thyme, golden, doone, white spreading, yellow, pink chintz, turkey thyme
Quarry Firebreak succulent garden (3)
south of medicine garden. firebreak between downhill and old bedroom. in shade.
succulents
pig face as ground cover
native raspberry
greek oregano
Old Native Garden (zone 3)
This garden is just uphill from the kitchen. Still easy to access.
Mainly has best soil for natives. Still mainly edible, but also bird atrracting.
Midyim berry
muntries berry
pigface
pigface dwarf
correa
apple
apricot
alsyum
salvia, purple
native raspberry
daffodils
blackwood
kangaroo paw
native mint
poppy
nasturium
rosemary
kangaroo apple
blackwood wattle
Old Quarry food forest (zone 3)
Designed to move towards a temperate rain forest, more sheltered
horse radish
artichoke
sunchoke
pelegonium
red salvia
yarrow
avocado
Mediterranean garden (zone 3)
big globe artichoke
Bills Greek oregano
horseradish
2 olive
Faerie Grove (zone 4)
hawthorn, blackberry, briar rose hedge
lavender. french?
iris
bulk oregano
bulk rosemary
uphill of here should be clear to start to hill as firebreak
Creek bank (zone 4 or 5)
Stinging nettles. Urtica incisa
unknown salvia? small purple flowers, varigated leaves
Leon's Apple (zone 3)
A nice quiet sitting spot
Leons Apple. A golden sweet apple. Fruits early march