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.
Crataegus azarolus L.
Fully-hardy, thorny, deciduous shrub or small tree with fragrant white flowers with purple anthers in late spring, followed by edible, apple-flavoured, usually orange fruits. To 4.5m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Crataegus monogyna Jacq.
Fully-hardy, rounded, thorny, deciduous tree with 3-5-lobed glossy leaves and corymbs of up to 10 white to pink flowers in late spring, followed by round red fruit. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Crataegus monogyna Jacq. var. plena
For information on the species see Crataegus monogyna Jacq. The variety commonly called plena has double white flowers, ageing to pink. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Crataegus monogyna Jacq. var. punicea
For information on the species see Crataegus monogyna Jacq. The variety punicea is a cultivar with single, scarlet or dark red flowers. [Hortus, Hilliers’].
Crataegus monogyna Jacq. var. rosea
For information on the species see Crataegus monogyna Jacq. The variety rosea is a rose-pink-flowered form with single flowers. In English hedgerows it is occasionally seen among the white. [Hortus, Hilliers’].
Crowea saligna Andr.
Frost tender, open-branched shrub with slender stems, narrowly elliptic leaves and bearing solitary, waxy pink flowers, 3.5cm across, from the leaf axils in summer and autumn. To 1.5. [RHSE, FNSW, Beadle].
Cryptocarya species unidentified
Cryptocarya is a genus of some 250 species of trees or shrubs from the tropics or sub-tropics. 15 species are recognised in NSW, including Cryptocarya bidwillii Meissn. This was not described until 1864, the type plant originating from Wide Bay, now in Queensland, suggesting that Bidwill found it there after he was appointed Commissioner in 1849.
Cuphea ignea A.DC.
Frost tender, spreading, freely-branching, soft-stemmed shrub, often grown as an annual, with lance-shaped leaves and slender, deep red flowers, 2-3cm long, with a dark red band, white rim and 2 tiny black-purple petals, borne singly from the upper leaf axils from spring to autumn. To 75cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Cuphea micropetala H.B. & K
Frost tender, branched sub-shrub with crowded lance-shaped leaves, to 12cm long, and leafy racemes bearing scarlet, white and red flowers, yellowish at the apex, with minute petals in summer. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Cussonia thyrsiflora Thunb.
Frost tender shrub or small tree with entire or toothed, segmented leaves, to 15cm, and panicles of white flowers. [RHSD].
Cyclopia genistoides Vent.
Frost-tender, evergreen, broom-like shrub with trifoliate leaves and axillary yellow flowers. To 2.5m. [RHSD].
Cydonia oblonga Mill.
Small deciduous tree with broadly ovate leaves, often turning yellow before falling, and solitary white or pink flowers followed by large, edible, down-covered, pear-shaped yellow fruit, to 15cm or more long. To 6m or more. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Cytisus albus Hacq.
Fully-hardy, dwarf, spreading shrub with downy stems and terminal clusters of white or creamy flowers in spring and summer. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Cytisus linifolius (L.) Lam.
Fully-hardy, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with erect branches, linear leaves, to 15mm long, and congested terminal racemes of golden yellow, pea-like flowers, to 8mm long. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Cytisus nigricans L.
Fully-hardy, erect, deciduous shrub with upright shoots, 3-palmate leaves and slender, terminal racemes of yellow flowers in summer. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
