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.
Reinwardtia indica Dum.
Frost tender, open, erect to spreading shrub with elliptic, finely-toothed, green to greyish leaves, to 8cm long, and axillary clusters of funnel-shaped, bright gold-yellow flowers, to 5cm across, from autumn to spring. To 90cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Rhamnus alaternus L.
Frost hardy, erect to spreading, evergreen shrub with oblong, glossy leaves, to 7cm long, and axillary clusters of yellow-green flowers in spring and summer, followed by red fruit, ripening to black. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl.
Half-hardy, bushy, spreading, evergreen shrub with glossy, deeply-toothed, lance-shaped leaves, to 11cm long, and loose racemes of white flowers, to 1.5cm across, in spring and summer. To 1.5m. Useful for hedging in frost-free areas. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kuntze
Straggling shrub with oblong leaves and axillary panicles of downy white flowers. [RHSD].
Rhododendron ‘Bella’
Listed as a good garden variety by later editions of Paxton's Dictionary but I have found no description of this azalea.
Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’
Reportedly a hybrid. Although its exact origins are unclear Rhododendron arboreum ssp arboreum is believed to be one parent, the other unknown. It can grow into a small tree, no doubt under the influence of its Rhododendron arboreum parent, and has red flowers.
Rhododendron ‘Lowii’
An English-bred hybrid with white flowers. [PD]. I have found no more detailed description and no date of introduction is given.
Rhododendron ‘Rawsonii’
A hybrid of Rhododendron indicum Sweet. A dwarf, bushy shrub, to 60cm, with ovate leaves, dark green, paler beneath, and rich rosy red flowers, borne in threes. It is a hybrid raised between Azalea phoenicea and Rhododendron dauricum var. atrovirens by John Menzies, gardener to Christopher Rawson of Halifax in 1832. [MB p.123/1836].
