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