Informal Gardens
The Prunus Walk
Stretching between the Herbaceous Borders and Cherry Hill is an allée of flowering plums, Prunus x blireana, with a groundcover of pink and yellow Epimedium. In 1954, the plums were chosen to replace an earlier allée of yew. Until the late 1940s, the walkway was part of Bird Walk, which crossed the Herbaceous Borders and continued between the yew hedges and was bracketed by gates topped by lead finials of birds, including a robin, quail, cardinal, and mockingbird.
Further Information
The South Front
- South Side of the House
- South Lawn
- The Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
- East Lawn
- R Street Walk
- The Terrior Column and Enclosure
Enclosed Gardens
- The Orangery
- The Green Garden
- The Star Garden
- The North Vista
- The Swimming Pool and Loggia
- The Pebble Garden
- The Beech Terrace
- The Urn Terrace
- The Rose Garden
- The Fountain Terrace
- The Arbor Terrace
- The Box Walk
- The Ellipse