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 ‘Woodsii’
A Camellia japonica L. cultivar. ‘Woodsii’ has very regular pale red flowers, to 10cm across, with 3 rows of large outer petals and smaller, erect inner petals, somewhat like ‘Waratah’. It bears fine, large, cup-shaped, deep pink or red flowers. [ICR].
Camellia maliflora Lindl.
Fully-hardy leafy shrub, similar to C. sasanqua, with elliptic, dark green leaves and peony form flowers 1.5 – 2cm across, in two shades of pink, in early spring. To 2.5m. [RHSE].
Camellia oleifera Abel.
Fully-hardy, small, erect tree with slender branches and elliptic or obovate leaves and scented, single white flowers in autumn. To 7m by 4m. [RHSE].
Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’
A cultivar of Camellia reticulata Lindl. Fully-hardy open-branched small tree or large shrub with elliptic, leathery leaves and very large, semi-double, carmine rose-red flowers, to 11cm across, in spring. To 15m. [RHS, Hilliers’].
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.
Fully-hardy upright to spreading shrub or small tree with elliptic leaves and fragrant, single, cup-shaped white flowers, 5-7cm across, in autumn. To 6m. Many cultivars exist in a range of colours. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. bohea
Half-hardy, slow-growing shrub with ovate, pointed leaves and small, nodding white flowers in spring. The variety bohea has darker green leaves and usually solitary flowers. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Campsis grandiflora K. Schum.
Frost hardy, vigorous tendrilled climber with pinnate leaves to 30cm, each with 7-9 coarsely-toothed leaflets, and pendent, terminal panicles of 6-12 open funnel-shaped, dark orange to red flowers in summer and autumn. To 10m. There is a form ‘Thunbergii’, with shorter tubes, red trumpets and reflexed lobes, which may be the same as B. grandiflora Thunb. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Campsis radicans (L.) Seem.
Frost hardy, vigorous climber, usually climbing by aerial roots, with leaves to 10cm long composed of 7-11 toothed, ovate leaflets, and terminal cymes of 4-12 slender, tubular-trumpet-shaped orange to red flowers in summer and autumn. To 10m. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Cantua pyrifolia Juss. ex Lam.
Frost tender evergreen shrub or small tree with clusters of oblong leaves, to 7.5cm, toothed at the tips, arching habit and dense, erect racemes of creamy-white or straw-coloured flowers in spring. To 5m. [RHSD].
Capparis arborea (F.Muell.) Maid.
Half hardy shrub to small tree with ovate leaves, to 12cm, and fragile white flowers, to 3cm across. [Beadle, FNSW].
Capparis mitchellii Lindl.
Half hardy, much branched shrub or small tree with ovate leaves, to 6cm, and white flowers, to 5cm diameter, followed by edible fruits, to 5cm diameter. To 5m. The fruit is edible but not particularly palatable. [RHSD, FNSW].
Capparis spinosa L. var. inermis Tierra.
The species is a frost tender, perennial, evergreen shrub with roundish, leathery leaves and creamy-white flowers in summer. To 90cm. Inermis is without the thorns of the type. [RHSD, Hortus].
Carica papaya L.
Unbranched, evergreen, dioecious tree with deeply lobed, palmate leaves and yellow flowers followed by yellow to orange, fleshy, edible fruit. source of the enzyme papain. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Carissa bispinosa (L.) Desf. ex Brenan.
Frost-tender, spiny shrub, the spines to 3cm long and usually forked, with box-like leaves and small, white, sweetly-scented flowers in summer, followed by red berries. To 1.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Carmichaelia australis R.Br.
Fully-hardy perennial shrub with flattened young stems and short, crowded racemes of tiny, pea-like lilac flowers in summer. To 1.2m. [RHSD, Hilliers’, Hortus].
