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here were listed in the catalogues of plants published by Sir William Macarthur in 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1857 and in an unpublished catalogue dated 1861.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.
Buddleja globosa Hope
Frost hardy, rounded, stiffly-branched, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with lance-shaped, deeply veined leaves, and dense, rounded clusters of fragrant, orange and yellow flowers in open panicles in early summer. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Buddleja lindleyana Fort. ex Lindl.
Frost hardy, upright, somewhat arching, slender-branched, deciduous shrub with square stems, ovate leaves and nodding panicles of distinctly curved, dark violet flowers in late summer. To 2.5m. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Buddleja madagascariensis Lam.
Frost tender, vigorous, strongly branched evergreen shrub or lax climber, the young leaves and stems downy white, with lance-shaped leaves and bright orange-yellow flowers in pendulous terminal panicles, to 25cm long, from autumn to spring. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Buddleja paniculata Wall.
Frost hardy shrub or small tree with opposite, lance-shaped leaves, to 25cm long, downy beneath, and short, terminal, dense racemes of fragrant pink, lavender or mauve flowers, white at the ends of the petals and with an orange throat, in summer. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Buddleja salvifolia Lam.
Frost hardy. arching, semi-evergreen shrub with sage-like leaves and panicles, to 15cm long, of fragrant, pale lilac-blue flowers in autumn and winter. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Bulbophyllum elisae (F.Muell.) Benth.
Mat-forming epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs, to 2cm in diameter, deeply furrowed with warty ridges, thin, leathery leaves, to 10cm long, and greenish flowers with reddish stripes and dark red to purple labellum. [Jones, FNSW].
Bulbophyllum minutissimum F.Muell.
Frost-tender epiphytic orchid with creeping stems, orbicular pseudobulbs, 1-2mm in diameter, and scattered red flowers in spring. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims
Frost-tender, erect to spreading shrub with glossy, ovate leaves and terminal clusters of 3-12 narrowly bell-shaped or tubular orange or scarlet flowers, ageing to red, from spring to summer, followed by red to brown berries. To 5m. [RHSE, Don].
Buxus sempervirens L.
Fully hardy, bushy, rounded shrub or small tree with glossy, ovate to oblong leaves, notched at the tips. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Buxus sempervirens L. var. arborescens
See Buxus sempervirens L. for information on the species. Arborescens is a form that develops into a large shrub or small tree. [Hortus, Hilliers’].
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Half hardy, erect, prickly shrub or small tree with 2-pinnate leaves, to 30cm long, composed of numerous elliptic leaflets, and erect racemes, to 20cm long, of up to 40 bowl-shaped orange-yellow flowers from spring to autumn. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Caladenia arenaria Fitzg.
Spider orchid, grows in well drained sandy areas, the leaves to 15cm and flower spikes to 30cm, the flowers large, cream, whitish or pale yellow, sometimes with red markings. [Jones, FNSW].
Caladenia cucullata Fitzg.
Terrestrial orchid with a small globular tuber and single, lance-shaped leaf, and lemon-scented brown or purple flowers, white inside, in spring. To 35cm. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
Caladenia dimorpha Fitzg.
Terrestrial orchid with a small globular tuber and single, lance-shaped leaf, and large white flowers with pink or green markings, the labellum sometimes spotted with red, in spring. To 30cm. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
Caladenia filamentosa R.Br.
Terrestrial orchid with a small globular tuber and single, lance-shaped leaf, and a small terminal raceme of large crimson flowers in spring. To 20cm. [Jones, FNSW, Beadle].
