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.
Camellia japonica ‘Olivia’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 47/52. ‘Pale crimson, very large flower, two outer rows of petals large, inner small, confused and nearly erect. Middling good.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica Paeoniflora Pallida’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L., ‘Peoniflora pallida’ is intermediate in colour between ‘Paeoniflora rubra’ and ‘Pompone’, which see, and is a sport of the latter. The petals are deep blush, veined, the edges almost white. [ICR].
Camellia japonica ‘Pallas’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 49/52. ‘Dark bright crimson, very double with several centres like Juno, quite irregular. Good.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Paulina’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 52/52. ‘Deep coral coloured, with darker veins, very doubled but irregular petals, quite irregular in size, of good substance. Tolerably good.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Peoniflora Rubra’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L., ‘Paeoniflora rubra’ has Paeony-shaped deep red flowers up to 10cm across, with 10-12 large outer petals in 2 rows, and a large number of smaller, irregular petals in the centre. It is another sport of ‘Pompone’. [ICR]. ‘A vigorous shrub, has a tendency to grow tall, and requires to be pruned to give it a handsome form; leaves two inches wide, and two and eleven lines long, a little dentated, oval, acuminated, shining, of rather a deep green; bud large, rounded, scales green, flower four and a half inches in diameter, and sometimes larger, of a vivid rose, No.4, often of a cherry-red, No.2, full; petals flat in the circumference; in the centre large, and in form of a cornet, numerous, narrow, close, forming an elevated centre. –Superb.’ [Berlèse Monography p.68/1838].
Camellia japonica ‘Perdita’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 7/50. ‘Red, very double, incurved like ‘Myrtifolia’. Has not opened properly.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Phrynia’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 46/52. ‘Deep rose or pink, double after the manner of Paeoniflora. Good size. Pretty good.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Picta’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. ‘From the Chinese semidouble [‘Semi-duplex’] by Pompone. -12. v. Picta, or Alceme; very regular in general; with a pink stripe usually on each petal, the white changing after some days to blush, sometimes less regular, with one or two anthers; very beautiful.’ [Herbert, Amaryllidaceae p.368/1837].
Camellia japonica ‘Pompone’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. ‘Pompone’ is a very variable camellia, with several different flower forms coexisting on the same plant. The flowers are up to 10cm across, with 10-12, large outer petals in 2 rows, and smaller inner ones in an erect, irregular mass. The petals are typically white, the bases tinged with rose, and with a small stripe in the centre. Some flowers are quite deep red, or rose, or variegated. [ICR, Hortus].
Camellia japonica ‘Portia’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 35/51. ‘Crimson, two rows of outer petals, large, of thick substance, inner numerous and smaller like Paeoniflora but much darker and more regular.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Pressii’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L., ‘Pressii’ has double flowers, the petals having a clear white ground with pink stripes. [ICR].
Camellia japonica ‘Prima Donna’
Presumably a cultivar of Camellia japonica L. The identity of the camellia listed as ‘Prima donna’ in the catalogues is doubtful. The plant usually known and described under this name has somewhat lance-shaped, rounded petals, very full, pink at the base, with white or rose margins and pink veining. It was raised in Italy about 1850 and first described by Verschaffelt in 1851 so is unlikely to be the catalogue plant. [ICR].
Camellia japonica ‘Princeps’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. ‘Vivid red, blotched white, beautiful flower.’ [Trillon, Le Mans Nursery Catalogue, 1845. Quoted in the ICR].
Camellia japonica ‘Proserpine’
A cutlivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 13/50. ‘Dark rich crimson, two outer rows of petals, large and well shaped, the centre quite filled up, small petals, twisted in the manner of the Waratah Camellia, handsome, not very large.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Camellia japonica ‘Punctata’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Its flowers are up to 10cm across, a very delicate blush colour, almost white, striped and spotted with pale rose. The outer petals are nearly round and flat, the inner ones irregular, arranged in a loose cluster. [ICR].
