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.
Cytisus villosus Pourr.
Frost-tender, low, spineless shrub with soft spreading hairs, trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers, borne in groups of three from the leaf axils in spring. To 1.2m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch.
Fully-hardy, prostrate to erect shrub with lance-shaped leaves, lustrous above and silver-hairy beneath, and 10cm long racemes of rounded urn-shaped purple-pink flowers in summer and autumn. To 40cm. There are many garden varieties. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne collina Sm.
Fully hardy, domed, many-branched, dense, evergreen shrub with obovate, glossy leaves, hairy beneath, and terminal clusters of up to 15 strongly scented, deep purplish pink flowers becoming paler with age, to 8mm across, with silky-haired tubes, in spring and summer. To 50cm. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne genkwa Sieb. & Zucc.
Fully hardy, upright, open, deciduous shrub with opposite, lance-shaped leaves, silky when young, and axillary clusters of 2-7 fragrant lilac flowers, borne before the leaves in spring. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne laureola L.
Fully hardy, bushy, evergreen shrub with inversely lance-shaped leaves and axillary clusters of up to 10 slightly fragrant, yellowish pale green flowers in late winter and spring, followed by fleshy black fruit. To 1m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne mezereum L.
Fully hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with inversely lance-shaped leaves and lateral clusters of 2-4 fragrant, pink to purplish pink flowers covering the previous year’s shoots, in late winter and spring, before the leaves, followed by spherical, red, poisonous fruit. To 1.2m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne odora Thunb.
Frost hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub with inversely lance-shaped leaves and terminal or axillary clusters of 10-15, fragrant, deep purple-pink and white flowers, to 1.5cm across, from winter to spring. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Daphne odora Thunb. var. variegata
See Daphne odora Thunb. for a description of the species. Variegata has variegated leaves and white flowers. [JD]. Forms such as ‘Aureomarginata’, synonym ‘Marginata’, having leaves with narrow, irregular yellow margins, and red-purple flowers, paler and sometimes almost white within, are still available, and probably derived from the 1800 introduction. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Daphne pontica L.
Evergreen shrub with glossy obovate leaves, to 8cm long, and paired, spidery, fragrant, yellowish-green flowers arising from the base of young shoots. To 1.5m. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Daphne x hybrida Lindl.
Probably a hybrid between Daphne collina Sm., which see, and Daphne odora Thunb., which see. Fully hardy, small, bushy shrub with the beauty and fragrance of Daphne odora, with reddish-purple, very fragrant flowers almost throughout the year in favourable conditions, but particularly in spring and autumn. To 1.2m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
A deciduous, densely-tufted bamboo, the leaves lance-shaped, small in dry situations but up to 45cm long and 3cm broad under good conditions. To 17m. The young shoots are edible but it is extensively grown for its timber. [Several internet sources].
Deutzia gracilis Sieb. & Zucc.
Fully hardy, bushy, erect shrub with lance-shaped, tapered leaves and upright racemes of fragrant, star-shaped flowers, to 2cm across, in spring and summer. To 1m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Deutzia scabra Thunb.
Fully hardy, upright shrub with arching shoots, peeling, pale brown bark when mature, broadly ovate leaves, and dense, upright, cylindrical panicles of star-shaped, honey-scented, white or pink-tinged flowers in summer. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Dichroa febrifuga Lour.
Frost tender, smooth-branched shrub with opposite, lance-shaped, coarsely toothed leaves and terminal rounded panicles of bluish flowers, sometimes pink, followed by blue berries. To 2m. [RHSD].
Diosma ericoides L.
Frost tender, twiggy. evergreen, heath-like shrub with crowded, blunt leaves and small white flowers, tinged red on the outside, typically in twos and threes and borne in great profusion in terminal clusters in spring. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
