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.

Sapindus drummondii Hook. & Arn.

Fully hardy, small deciduous tree with pinnate leaves, turning yellow in autumn, and dense conical panicles of cream flowers in early summer, followed by spherical, orange-yellow fruit. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].

Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.

Half hardy small tree, similar to a Poplar, with pointed, ovate leaves, often turning brilliant red in autumn, and slender racemes of greenish-yellow flowers. The waxy coat of the seeds is used to make candles in China. To 12m. [RHSD, Hortus].

Schinus molle L.

Frost tender, usually broad-headed tree with slender, pendant branches, pinnate leaves, to 30cm long, composed of up to 41 narrow leaflets, and pendant panicles, to 20cm long, of tiny whitish flowers from winter to summer, followed by rose-pink fruit. To 25m. Although ostensibly tender it thrives in the Camden district. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’]. The fruits have been eaten and sold as pink peppercorns.

Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera

Fully hardy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub or small tree, the shoots often spine-tipped, with simple, oblong, usually entire leaves, to 2.5cm long, and tiny, yellowish flowers in short axillary racemes in spring, followed by round, purplish fruits, resembling peppercorns. To 6m. [RHSD, Hilliers’, Hortus].

Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera var. dentata

For a description of the species see Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera. The variety dentata may be similar to the variety ovatus, which has smaller, toothed, leaves. [RHSD].

Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera var. longifolia Fenzl. ex Engl.

For a description of the species see Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera. ‘The species now figured [Duvaua longifolia] differs from D. dependens in its leaves not being at all serrated, and decidedly narrowed, not widened, to the base; and also in having very short corymbs of flowers. […] It is much hardier than any of the others, having stood against an exposed wall in the hard winter, 1837-8, when all the others were either killed to the ground or entirely destroyed.’ [BR f.59/1843].

Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi

Frost tender, bushy large shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves, to 17cm long, composed of up to 13 leaflets, and panicles, to 15cm long, of tiny white flowers in summer and autumn, followed by red fruit. To 7m. [RHSE, Hortus].

Schotia latifolia Jacq.

Frost-tender, evergreen, domed or columnar tree with leaves composed of up to 5 pairs of leaflets, and many-branched, terminal panicles, to 13cm, of pink to red-brown flowers, followed by woody fruits, to 15cm long. To 14m. [RHSD, Hortus].

Schotia speciosa Jacq.

Frost-tender evergreen shrub or small tree, often with several stout stems, sometimes twisted, compound leaves with up to 16 pairs of leaflets, and terminal panicles of bright red or pink flowers followed by woody fruits, to 13cm long. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].

Schotia speciosa Jacq. var. tamarindifolia

For a brief description of the species see Schotia speciosa Jacq. Tamarindifolia is a variety of Schotia speciosa with much broader, tamarind-like leaves, composed of up to 10 pairs of bluntish, ovate leaflets. [RHSD].

Sciodaphyllum macrophyllum [Macarthur]

An unidentified species, but probably Australian, most likely a species of Schefflera. See notes.

Sesbania cavanillesii S.Watson

Frost-tender shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves composed of up to 12 pairs of lance-shaped leaflets, and racemes of yellow flowers in summer. To 2m or more. [RHSD].

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.

Short-lived, soft-wooded tree with pinnate leaves, to 30cm, with up to 30 pairs of leaflets, and racemes of large, pea-like, red, pink or white flowers followed by seed pods to 45cm long. To 12m. [RHSD]. Don describes Agati grandiflora Desv. as having yellowish flowers, with white and pink forms also known.

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. var. florealba

See Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. for a general description. The variety alba, recorded from from Northern Australia, has double white flowers. [RHSD].

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.

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