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 ‘Favourite’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. There were probably several varieties of bedding verbena called ‘Favourite’. The variety listed by Woods, and probably the plant purchased by Macarthur, was described as having a clear pink salmon flower. [Gard. Chron. 1848]. Mary Conway of the Earl’s Court Nursery, Old Brompton, advertised a verbena ‘Favourite’ with a dark purple flower with a white eye. [Gard. Chron. 1850].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Gem of the West’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘Fine crimson, large truss, free bloomer, good show flower.’ James Manley. [Gard. Chron. 1847]. Described as salmon shaded with rich rose by Woods, a verbena called ‘Gem of the West’ was included in his list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ It is probably the same flower, differences in colour descriptions being common, although not usually as marked as this. ‘Gem of the West is conspicuous for its fine, large truss of bloom.’ William Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Imperatrice Josephine’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘This very pretty variety of dwarf habit, not exceeding 4ins in height and bearing a succession of bright lavender flowers striped with white, [is] well adapted for edging or small beds.’ Youll & Co. advertisement. [Gard. Chron. 1857]. ‘Imperatrice Josephine’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. ‘Imperatrice Josephine [is an] interesting approach to a lively blue.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘La Villagoise’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. I have found no description.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Lilac Perfection’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Lilac in colour, nothing more is known.
Verbena x hybrida ‘Louis Phillippe’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘A trifle darker than Stewartii [this being dark velvety purple], and of dwarf trailing habit, with strong foliage. Height 9 inches.’ W. P. Ayres. [GC Oct. 11th, 1845]. ‘Louis Phillippe’ was included in Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Mont Blanc’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White. ‘Mont Blanc [is] adapted for late aurumnal bloom.’ ‘Preference is given to White perfection over Mont Blanc for its fragrance.’ William Woods [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Rosy Morn’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White shaded or margined with rich cherry colour. ‘Rosy Morn’ was included in Wood’s list of ‘rich-coloured varieties.’ ‘Rosy Morn (has a) lovely cherry-coloured margin.’ ‘Cultivators who manage to grow Rosy morn as I have seen it, will not easily forget it, and those who have it not may regret its absence.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Western Rival’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Violet-crimson in colour.
Verbena x hybrida ‘White Perfection’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. White. ‘White Perfection’ was included in William Wood’s list of rich-coloured varieties which seems a little incrongruous. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida ‘Wonder of Scarlet’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. Scarlet. ‘Wonder of Scarlet’ was included in ‘a selection of clean and rich-coloured varieties, forming fine single trusses of bloom.’ William Wood of Fishergate Nursery. [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida Barker’s ‘Marchioness of Ailsa’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘A very neat pale pink, which becomes lighter to the centre of the flower. Good shape and substance, and very pretty.’ [FC p.245/1847]. ‘A good delicate pink.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
Verbena x hybrida Barker’s ‘Saint Margaret’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. ‘A light scarlet-crimson, the centre being very distinctly tinged with the beautiful violet displayed in the flowers of the Cactus speciosissimus. The trusses of bloom are large, as is also the individual flower, which is of good substance and excellent in form.’ [FC p.245/1847]. One of the first of the improved verbenas, with widened lobes, more appropriate for the show bench. [FC p.30/1849].
Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm.
A race of bedding verbenas, derived primarily from Verbena teucrioides, V. incisa, V. peruviana and V. phlogifera, developed in the mid-19th century. They are erect and bushy, or spreading and mat-forming perennials, usually grown as annuals, with tight panicles of tiny, white, pink, red, yellow or purple-blue flowers, usually with a white eye, in summer and autumn. To 45cm. [RHSD]. The many varieties referred to here are most likely to be of this race.
Verbena x hybrida Manley’s ‘Victory’
A cultivar of Verbena x hybrida Hort. ex Vilm., the Florists’ Verbena. James Manley, Seedsman and Florist of Exeter, advertised his verbena ‘Victory’ in The Gardeners Chronicle describing it as ‘large dark scarlet, in the way of Atrosanguinea; but a great improvement in the eye; a good show flower.’ [Gard. Chron. 1847]. ‘Victory’ was included in Woods’ list of ‘rich-coloured varieties’, and he agreed with Manley’s assessment: ‘Victory takes the precedence of Atrosanguinea, solely in having a more prominent white eye.’ [Gard. Chron. 1848].
