Annuals and Biennials
Includes biennials. All of these plants will also appear in one of the Camden Park catalogue categories, usually Herbaceous Plants.
Verbena x hybrida Robinson’s ‘Defiance’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Of scarlets, decidedly the best yet is Robinson’s Defiance, a most splendid variety; already too well known to need describing.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida Smith’s ‘Eliza’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Eliza [is an] exceedingly rich vermillion red.’ Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848]. George Smith of Islington, in an advertisement in The Gardeners Chronicle, described ‘Eliza’ (Smith) as ‘colour blush, with rosy-purple centre, eye pink, extra large truss, very attractive and fine habit.’ This appears to be a different plant. [Gard. Chron. 1851].
Verbena x hybrida Wynen’s ‘Princess Alice’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White with a cherry-pink centre and large flower trusses, classified as an upright variety. [Gard. Chron. 1847, 1851]. ‘White, deep cherry centre, large and splendid flowers.’ A new variety for 1849. [Gard. Chron. 1849]. ‘Blush white with a distinct ray of bright rose around a white eye, giving the flower a very pretty appearance; truss large, individual flowers rather small, but of fair shape.’ [FC p.30/1849].
Verbena x hybrida Youlle’s ‘Speciosissima’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Red. Youlle’s ‘Speciosissima’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida Young’s ‘Brilliant’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Rich, bright scarlet, a fine variety for bedding, being a very free bloomer, and excellent habit.’ C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough. Advertisement in The Gardeners Chronicle. [Gard. Chron. 1849].
Verbena x hybrida Young’s ‘Royal Purple’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Deep purple, fine large flowers, good habit, good shape, and fine grower. It is particularly adapted for bedding, and is much deeper in colour than any other of its class.’ C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough. [Gard. Chron. 1849].
Viola tricolor L.
Fully-hardy annual, biennial or short-lived evergreen perennial with a succession of flowers in shades of purple, lavender-blue, white or yellow, and many combinations of these, from late winter to spring. The flowers usually have dark purple upper petals and lighter coloured lower petals. Self-seeds very readily. To 15cm or more. The common garden pansies of today are recognised as complex hybrids of, mainly, Viola tricolor, V. lutea and V. cornuta. [RHSE, Hortus].
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. album grandiflorum
Perrenial, often grown as an annual, with solitary flower heads in a range of colours, white, yellow, orange or red. Album has white flowers. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus]. Grandiflorum is probably, as the name suggests, a form with larger flowers.
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. monstrosum
See Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. album grandiflorum. Monstrosum has pale yellow or pink double flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Frost tender, upright, bushy annual with lightly hairy, lance-shaped leaves and daisy-like, broad-petalled purple flower heads in summer. Many colour forms are available. Most garden forms are derived from Zinnia elegans and Z. haageana Reg. To 75cm, taller in some varieties. [RHSE, Hortus].
