Hedging Species
It seems probable that a good number of the plants introduced to Camden Park were considered possible candidates for living fences.
Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.
Fully hardy, slow-growing, upright, bushy, deciduous shrub, often tree-like, with oblong leaves, to 5cm long, and small yellow-green flowers in spring, followed on female plants by ovoid, sour-tasting, bright red fruit. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’]. A useful hedging species.
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach.
Frost tender, erect, scrambling, evergreen shrub with slender stems, 5-7 toothed, slender leaflets per leaf and racemes of slender, tubular, orange to scarlet flowers, up to 7cm long, in summer. To 7m. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Ulex europaeus L.
Fully hardy bushy shrub with spine-tipped green shoots, rigid, spine-like leaves, to 2.5cm long, and solitary, axillary pea-like bright yellow flowers, to 2cm long, mainly in the spring. To 2.5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
x Crataemespilus grandiflora Camus
Apparently naturally occurring Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC. x Mespilus germanica L. hybrid. Frost-hardy shrub or small, broad-headed tree with ovate, occasionally lobed, hairy leaves, to 7cm, turning yellow-brown before dropping, and prolific white flowers borne in groups of 2 or 3, followed by brownish haws, resembling small medlars. An apparently sterile hybrid found growing wild in France about 1800. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
