Annuals and Biennials
Includes biennials. All of these plants will also appear in one of the Camden Park catalogue categories, usually Herbaceous Plants.
Rhodanthe manglesii Lindl.
Erect, much branched annual with glaucous, oblong leaves and flowers varying in colour from pink to purple, with yellow disk-florets. Double forms are also known. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Salpiglossis sinuata Ruiz & Pav.
Half hardy, erect annual with slender, branching stems bearing alternate, long-stalked, lance-shaped, wavy-margined leaves and broadly funnel-shaped, 5-lobed flowers in a wide variety of colours, heavily veined in a deeper or contrasting colour, from summer to autumn. To 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Scabiosa atropurpurea L.
Fully hardy, erect, wiry-stemmed biennial or short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, somewhat variable with solitary, fragrant, dark purple to lilac flower heads in summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Scabiosa stellata L.
Fully hardy, erect, branching, wiry stemmed, hairy annual with pale blue to white flowers in summer, followed by large silvery-cream seed heads. To 45cm. The seed heads are very useful in dried flower arrangements. [RHSE, Hortus].
Schizanthus pinnatus Ruiz & Pav.
Frost tender, erect annual with fern-like foliage and terminal, open cymes of tubular, flared, 2-lipped, white, yellow, pink, purple or red flowers with yellow, streaked or spotted throats, from spring to autumn. To 50cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tagetes patula L.
Half hardy, compact annual with feathery, pinnate leaves and solitary, often double flower heads in a colour range from yellow to red-brown, self-coloured or multi-coloured, depending on strain, born in succession from late spring to autumn. To 35cm, sometimes taller. There are many garden cultivars. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tropaeolum majus L.
Frost-tender annual scrambler or climber with rounded to kidney-shaped leaves and long-spurred, orange, red or yellow flowers from summer to autumn. To 3m. There are many garden cultivars and hybrids. The leaves, flowers and unripe seeds are all edible. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tropaeolum peregrinum L.
Frost-tender, strong-growing, annual climber with 5-lobed leaves and hook-spurred, bright yellow flowers, resembling tiny birds wings, from summer to autumn. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Atrosanguinea’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Dark velvety red, with pale eye, a compact grower and profuse bloomer, with a remarkably fine truss of flowers. Height 9 inches.’ W. P. Ayres. [GC Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Atrosanguinea - or Victory – [has] unequalled large heads of rich crimson [and is] adapted for late autumnal bloom.’ ‘Atrosanguinea’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Beauty of Bath’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Beauty of Bath [has a] remarkably clean and bright carmine tint.’ William Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Beauty Supreme’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Lively pinkish salmon colour, perhaps the finest variety in cultivation for cutting, but of loose straggling habit. Height 2 feet.’ W. P. Ayres. [Gard. Chron. Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Beauty Supreme’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Boule de Feu’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Scarlet.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Coronet’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Dark rose. ‘Coronet’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Emma’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Dark maroon purple, a plant of fine habit, a profuse bloomer, perhaps one of the most striking varieties in cultivation. Height 1 foot.’ W. P. Ayres. [GC Oct. 11th, 1845].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Excelsa’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Deep reddish rose, a fine kind, with a profusion of large trusses. Height 12 to 18 inches.’ W. P. Ayres. [Gard. Chron. Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Excelsa’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
