Trees and Shrubs
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. In broad terms it includes all plants with woody stems except conifers and fruit trees and shrubs.
Bixa orellana L.
Frost tender, intricately branched, evergreen tree with ovate-heart-shaped leaves and terminal panicles of 3-5, open cup-shaped, 5-petalled, purple-tinted, white or pink flowers in summer and autumn, followed by bristly bright red or dark pink fruit, full of dark red seeds. To 10m by 5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Boronia anemonifolia A.Cunn.
Bushy shrub with downy shoots, pinnate leaves with three, sometimes five leaflets, usually tinged with brown or yellow, and usually paired, pale pink to white flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. It is slow to flower. To 80cm. [RHSD, Beadle, FNSW].
Boronia fraseri Hook.
Shrub with pinnate leaves, with three or five narrowly lance-shaped leaflets, and axillary clusters of deep rose-coloured flowers. To 1m. [RHSD, FNSW].
Boronia ledifolia (Vent.) DC. var. triphylla (Rchb.) Benth.
Half hardy bushy perennial shrub with usually solitary pink flowers. To 1.5m. [FNSW, Blombery, Beadle].
Boronia microphylla Sieb. ex Rchb.
Half hardy, low shrubby perennial with rose-pink to rose-purple flowers, usually 1-3 to a cyme, in spring and summer. To 1m. [FNSW, Beadle].
Boronia pinnata Sm.
Half hardy, robust perennial shrub with pinnate leaves and numerous deep pink flowers in loose axillary or sub-terminal cymes. To 1.5m. [RHSD, FNSW, Blombery, Beadle].
Boronia serrulata Sm.
Frost tender, bushy, erect, then spreading shrub with finely-toothed, aromatic leaves and profuse, dense, terminal cymes of bell-shaped, fragrant, rich purplish-pink or occasionally white flowers from winter to summer. To 90cm. [RHSE, FNSW].
Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.
Borderline half-hardy, vigorous evergreen, or almost deciduous climber with stems bearing down-curving thorns, downy, ovate leaves, and purple or pink bracts, to 6cm long, from spring to summer. To 12m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Bouvardia flava Decne.
Tender shrub with opposite, lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in 3-to 5-flowered racemes. To 45cm. [RHSD]. See also Bouvardia laevis M.Martens & Galeotti.
Bouvardia laevis M.Martens & Galeotti
Frost tender, branching shrub with ovate leaves, to 11cm long and tubular red or yellow flowers, to 3cm long. To 1.5m. [RHSD]. Considered by some to be a synonym of Bouvardia flava Decne. which see, but the latter is usually described as a small shrub. [Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden v.5, 1968, p.7].
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schldl. var. splendens
See Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl. for a description of the species. ‘Bouvardias are grown in the greenhouse and were once very popular. Many of the old florists kinds are supposed to be hybrids.’ [Hortus Second]. Scarlet flowers. [JD].
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.
Frost tender, variable, erect, branching shrub with opposite or whorled, ovate to lance-shaped leaves and dense, terminal corymbs of tubular scarlet flowers from late summer to winter. Numerous cultivars and hybrids exist. [See Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schldl. var. splendens]. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Macarthur & C.Moore
Frost tender, open, evergreen or briefly deciduous tree with glossy, leaves, either simple and ovate, or 3- to 5-lobed, often on the same plant, and large, terminal, panicle-like cymes of bowl-shaped, bright coral-red flowers, to 2cm across, in summer, usually before the leaves. To 35m. [RHSE, Hortus, Beadle].
Brachychiton australis (Schott. & Endl.) A.Terracc.
A bottle-shaped tree when mature, deciduous when flowering, with 5-lobed leaves, to 25cm, and short racemes of cup-shaped white flowers, to 2.5cm long. [REF].
Brachychiton bidwillii Hook.
Variable frost tender shrub, deciduous when flowering, with ovate leaves, to 25cm, often 3- or 5-lobed, axillary clusters of tubular red or crimson flowers, sometimes yellow inside. To 4m. [RHSD, Hortus].
