Plants in the Hortus
Many of the plants described here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861. A large number of additional plants were identified from correspondence, gardening notebooks and other documents surviving in the archives. The Hortus attempts to describe all the plants grown in the gardens at Camden Park and those grown in horticultural enterprises such as orchards and vineyards and includes plants grown outside the gardens in the park-like environs of the Camden Park estate. The Hortus plants served a wide range of purposes in the 19th century household; as ornament, living fences, fibre, dyestuffs, medicines, food and drink from the garden, orchard and vineyard and many others.
Nolana humifusa (Gouan) Johnst.
Half hardy spreading perennial with lilac-blue flowers with white, lilac-blue streaked, throats in summer. To 15cm spreading. [RHSE, Hortus].
Noltea africana (L.) Endl.
Half hardy, evergreen, glabrous shrub with dark green elliptic leaves, to 7cm long, paler beneath, and axillary and terminal panicles of white flowers in spring. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Nopalxochia phyllanthoides (DC.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, semi-erect perennial cactus with strap-shaped, scalloped, deep green stems and pink to red flowers. To 45cm. [RHSE].
Nothofagus cunninghamii Oerst.
Frost hardy, conical, evergreen tree with slender, downy shoots and roughly ovate, blunt-toothed leaves, to 2cm long, bronze-red in summer when young. To 12m, but much larger in the wild. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf
A bulbous perennial with stems bearing up to 30 scented, horizontal or ascending, funnel-shaped, rose coloured flowers in spring and summer. It comes into growth again in the autumn and by late autumn its spreading basal leaves may be up to 45cm long and continue to grow throughout winter, withering when the flower stems appear. To 90cm. Cultivated for many years, this is the best known of the species of Notholirion cultivated. [RHSD, Hortus, Grey].
Nymphaea gigantea Hook.
Aquatic perennial with rounded, toothed leaves and star-shaped blue flowers, to 30cm across. [RHSE, Hortus, FNSW].
Oberonia iridifolia Lindl.
Frost-tender epiphytic orchid with large, iris-like, fleshy leaves, brownish or copper-coloured when young, and a long flower spike composed of numerous minute flowers, yellowish in colour, the whole resembling a rats tail. [RHSD].
Oenothera acaulis Cav.
Borderline fully hardy, clump-forming, short-lived perennial with trumpet-shaped white flowers opening in the evening, turning pink the next day, in summer. To 15cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Oenothera biennis L. var. grandiflora (L‘Hér.) Lindl.
Fully hardy, erect, hairy annual or biennial with bowl-shaped fragrant flowers opening in the evening, initially pale-yellow and darkening to deep golden-yellow, from summer to autumn. The variety grandiflora has larger flowers than the species. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Oenothera bifrons D.Don
A nearly erect annual or short-lived perennial with purple-tinged stems, alternate, smooth, broadly lance-shaped leaves, and solitary, axillary, bright canary yellow flowers. [BM t.3764/1839].
Oenothera elata Kunth subsp. hookeri (Torr. & A.Gray) W.Dietr. & W.L.Wagner
Fully hardy erect perennial or biennial with lance-shaped leaves and numerous cup-shaped flowers which, opening at dusk, start pale yellow and age to orange-red, in summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Oenothera fruticosa L.
Fully hardy, erect perennial or biennial with branched, red-tinged, hairy stems, ovate to lance-shaped, toothed leaves, to 11cm long, and deep yellow saucer- to cup-shaped flowers opening during the day from late spring to late summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Oenothera fruticosa L. subsp. glauca (Michx.) Standl.
Fully hardy, erect perennial or biennial with light yellow saucer- to cup-shaped flowers opening during the day from late spring to late summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Oenothera odorata Jacq.
Fully hardy, erect, rosette-forming perennial with somewhat crinkled leaves, red-tinged stems and fragrant yellow flowers opening at night, turning red as they age, in summer. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Oenothera rosea Ait.
Fully hardy, somewhat twiggy, shrubby perennial with ovate to lance-shaped leaves, pinnatifid towards the base, and profuse rose-coloured flowers, opening during the day, in summer. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
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