Herbaceous Plants
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is poorly defined. Annuals and perennial herbs were included here. This is retained but Annuals are also separately identified.
Lychnis fulgens Fisch.
Hardy perennial with ovate-oblong leaves and bright scarlet flowers in loose, few-flowered umbels. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lythrum salicaria ‘Roseum Superbum’
A cultivar of Lythrum salicaria L. A fully hardy, clump-forming perennial with star-shaped, bright purple-pink flowers in spike-like racemes in summer to autumn. To 45cm. The variety roseum superbum has larger rose-coloured flowers. [RHSE, Hortus].
Malope trifida Cav.
Fully hardy, erect, somewhat branching annual with broadly trumpet-shaped, heavily veined pale to dark purple-red flowers from summer to autumn. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Mandevilla splendens (Hook.) Woodson
Tender, tuberous rooted herbaceous climber with broad leaves and white flowers, suffused with pink. There are a number of garden forms with more brightly coloured flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Maranta species unidentified
A genus of about 20 evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from Central and South American rainforests. In temperate climes they they are mainly grown for their highly decorative leaves as pot specimens.
Martynia fragrans Lindl.
Tender annual with broad leaves, usually five-lobed, and racemes of fragrant deep purplish-crimson flowers. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Matthiola incana ‘Autumnal Stock’
A cultivar of Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. See Matthiola incana 'Dwarf Stock' for a brief description of the type. Probably a form of Ten-week stock, flowering late in the year from spring sown seed. Today there are several forms, dwarf, bushy and tall. Robinson classifies these as Intermediate stocks and gives their origin as Mattthiola sinuata. [Robinson - The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds 10th Edition, p.680/1907].
Matthiola incana ‘Branching Stock’
A cultivar of Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. See Matthiola incana 'Dwarf Stock' for a brief description of the type. Johnsons' Dictionary gives the common name of Branching Stock to Matthiola incana alba.
Matthiola incana ‘Brompton Stock’
A cultivar of Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. See Matthiola incana 'Dwarf Stock' for a brief description of the type. Queen or Brompton Stocks are typically double-flowered biennials in shades of red, pink, purple and white. Usually summer sown they flower in late winter or early spring.
Matthiola incana ‘Prussian Stock’
A cultivar of Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. See Matthiola incana 'Dwarf Stock' for a brief description of the type. ‘The German growers have a formidable list of kinds [of Ten-week Stock], many of which are more curious than showy. There are, however, sufficient good colours among them, such as crimson, rose, purple, violet, and white, to yield distinct hues.’ [Robinson - The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds 10th Edition, p.680/1907].
Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. var. graeca
See Matthiola incana 'Dwarf Stock' for a brief description of the type. Summer flowering with white flowers. [JD]. ‘There is a very distinct type [of Stock] known as Wallflower-leaved, which was introduced many years ago from the Grecian Archipelago, and which has shining deep-green leaves, not unlike a Wallflower.’ [Robinson - The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds 10th Edition, p.680/1907].
Maurandya barclaiana Lindl.
Half hardy, erect, free-flowering climber with tubular flowers in shades of pink and purple with white and green tints, in summer and autumn. Most early depictions of the plant show the flowers as a vibrant purple. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
Frost tender, annual, carpet-forming succulent with thick, fleshy leaves with undulating margins and groups of 3-5, white, narrow-petalled flowers, to 3cm in diameter, in summer. To 10cm, spreading. [RHSD, Hortus].
