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.
Potentilla x mackayana Sw.
Downy perennial herb with divided leaves, particularly the basal leaves, and yellow, five-petalled flowers with a light red centre. [BFG pl.43/1829].
Primula auricula L.
Hardy primula with obovate leaves, to 8cm long and a flower stem bearing an umbel of up to 20 flowers, typically yellow in the wild bit in a range of colours in the Florist’s auricula. The leaves, flower stem and flowers are typically covered in farina. [RHSD, Hortus].
Primula elatior Hill.
Fully hardy, variable, rosette-forming evergreen perennial with upright stems bearing one-sided umbels of tubular yellow flowers in late winter and spring. To 30cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Primula sinensis ‘Fimbriata’
A cultivar of Primula sinensis Sabine ex Lindl. See Primula sinensis ‘Purpurea’ for more information. ‘Fimbriata’ is a form with fringed or crested flowers. [RHSD]. Paxton's and Johnson's Dictionary both list fimbriata, with fringed petals, in both white and rose.
Primula sinensis ‘Flore Alba’
A cultivar of Primula sinensis Sabine ex Lindl. ‘Flore Alba’ has white flowers. See See Primula sinensis ‘Purpurea’ for more information.
Primula sinensis ‘Purpurea’
A cultivar of Primula sinensis Sabine ex Lindl. Half hardy, erect, rosette-forming evergreen perennial with thick stems bearing whorls of decreasing size of wavy-margined purple to pink flowers, to 5cm across and usually with yellow eyes, in winter and early spring. Purpurea is a pink to purple cultivar. To 20cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Primula veris L.
Fully hardy, very variable, rosette-forming evergreen perennial with umbels of nodding, fragrant, deep yellow flowers in late winter and spring. To 25cm. There are a number of garden forms. [RHSE, Hortus].
Primula vulgaris ‘Plena Rubra’
See Primula vulgaris Huds. ‘Plena Rubra’ is a double red form. [JD, PD, Sitwell].
Primula vulgaris ‘Plena Violacea’
See Primula vulgaris Huds. ‘Plena Violacea’ is a double lilac or violet form. [JD, PD].
Primula vulgaris Huds.
Fully hardy, rosette-forming evergreen perennial with clusters of often fragrant, usually pale yellow flowers in late winter and spring. To 20cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Reseda odorata L.
Fully hardy, erect to slightly spreading perennial, usually grown as an annual, with loose, conical, raceme-like heads of tiny star-shaped, highly fragrant, yellowish-green or white to reddish-green flowers from summer to early autumn. To 60cm. The flowers have been prized for centuries for their fragrance, which lasts for months, even when cut and dried. It is still cultivated in France for the essential oils, which are used in perfumery. [RHSE, Hortus].
Reseda odorata L. var. frutescens Ker.
See Reseda odorata L. Frutescens is a shrubby variety growing to 60cm introduced from Egypt also in 1752. [RHSD].
Rheum rhaponticum L.
Perennial, rhizomatous herbaceous plant with large, heart-shaped leaves, to 45cm long, on long fleshy stems, and a dense, leafy inflorescence. to 1.8m, with white flowers. Culinary rhubarb of which there are many garden varieties. [RHSD, Hortus].
Rheum undulatum Pall.
Rheum undulatum Pall. is today generally considered to be a variety of Rheum rhaponticum L. which see, Rheum undulatum differing from the common Rhubarb in having rounded stems and wavier leaves. [RHSD, Hortus]. See Notes in Rheum rhaponticum L. for further details.
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].
