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.
Sibiraea laevigata (L.) Maxim.
Fully-hardy, upright to spreading shrub with deep red-brown young shoots, sea-green, obovate leaves, to 10cm long, and terminal panicles of whitish flowers produced from the tips of the shoots in spring. To 1m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sloanea monosperma Vell.
No detailed description at present. Sloanea is a genus of tropical American trees with large alternate leaves, entire or toothed, and white flowers. [RHSD]. Five species of Sloanea occur in Australia, two in NSW. [FNSW].
Smilax glauca Walter
Half hardy evergreen climber with suckering roots and whitish-green flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Smilax lanceolata L.
Tender, tuberous rooted, evergreen climber with recurved prickles at base of stem, lance-shaped leaves, to 10cm long, and numerous whitish flowers in axillary umbels followed by dark red fruit. To 10m or more. [RHSD, Hortus].
Solanum jasminoides Paxt.
Half hardy, scrambling, evergreen or semi-evergreen climber with glossy, narrow, lance-shaped leaves, to 5cm long, sometimes lobed, and terminal and axillary clusters of fragrant, blue-white flowers, to 2.5cm across, in summer and autumn, followed by ovoid black fruit. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sophora japonica L.
Fully-hardy, spreading, deciduous tree with pinnate leaves, to 25cm long, composed of up to 17 lance-shaped leaflets, and terminal panicles, to 30cm long, of small, fragrant, pea-like white flowers in summer and autumn. To 30m. A number of varieties exist with variegated leaves or pendulous branches. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. var. grandiflora
Somewhat variable, frost-hardy, spreading, evergreen tree with pinnate leaves, to 17cm long, composed of up to 20 pairs of ovate leaflets, and racemes, to 6cm long, of 4-10 golden yellow flowers, to 5cm long, with forward-pointing petals, in spring. Grandiflora has large leaflets and drooping clusters of slightly larger flowers. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. var. microphylla
Spreading, evergreen, shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves, to 15cm long, composed of up to 40 pairs of ovate leaflets on silky stems, and small, axillary pendant racemes of pea-like, dark yellow flowers, to 5cm long, in spring. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Sophora tomentosa L.
Upright, evergreen, bushy shrub with typically nine leaflets and bright lemon yellow, scentless flowers. [BM t.3390/1836].
Sorbus aucuparia L.
Fully-hardy conical to rounded tree with pinnate leaves, to 20cm long, composed of up to 12 lance-shaped, sharply-toothed leaflets, and corymbs, to 12cm across, of white flowers in spring, followed by orange-red berries. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus. Hilliers’].
Sparmannia africana L.f.
Frost tender, large shrub or small tree with vigorous, many-branched, hairy stems, rounded, shallowly palmately lobed leaves, to 21cm long, and umbels of up to 20 cup-shaped white flowers, to 4cm across, in spring and summer. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Spathodea species unidentified
Unidentified Spathodea or related genus, probably the plant listed as Spathodea rheedii in the 1857 catalogue. See Dolichandrone spathacea (L.f.) Schum.
Spiraea corymbosa Raf.
Fully-hardy, sparsely branched shrub with broadly elliptic leaves, to 7.5cm, often serrated at the tips, and rounded corymbs of white flowers. To 1m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Spiraea douglassii Hook.
Fully-hardy, vigorous, erect, thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with narrow, oblong leaves, to 10cm long, and dense terminal panicles, to 20cm long, of bowl-shaped, purple-pink flowers in summer. To 2.5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Spiraea hypericifolia L.
Fully-hardy, dense, bushy shrub with arching branches, obovate leaves, sometimes 3-toothed at the ends, and white flowers produced in clusters along the branches in spring. To 1.8m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
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