Jubilee Garden nestles at the foot of Mount Wellington in Hobart. On the day Burke’s Backyard visited, the garden was a blaze of autumn colour.
This is not a cutting edge, modern garden. The owners, Joy Stones and Ted Cutlan, have filled their garden with thousands of rare and unusual treasures, usually single specimens. They are plant collectors. Their collection features many rhododendron hybrids imported from America, as well as maples, magnolias, smoke bushes, nyssa, styrax and conifers. They are particularly interested in dwarf varieties and varieties with interesting foliage.
Jubilee Nursery
Ted and Joy also run Jubilee Nursery, which is about 10 minutes from Hobart and specialises in all sorts of rare, cold climate plants. In spring and autumn, retail customers are invited to visit Jubilee Gardens to see mature specimens of nursery plants in a garden situation. The retail nursery is open Fridays and Saturdays only.
Plants featured in our segment
Dwarf deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara