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.
Erica nudiflora L.
Half-hardy small shrub with hairy shoots, whorls of 3 leaves, and short terminal clusters of small, bright red or purplish-red flowers from the leaf axils. To 45cm. [RHSD, Don].
Erica parviflora L. var. hispida
Hispida differs primarily from the type by having a broader corolla. [RHSD].
Erica parviflora L.
Half-hardy heath with downy leaves in whorls of 4 and pale red flowers in terminal racemes. To 90cm. [RHSD, Don].
Erica pinea Thunb.
Half-hardy, erect, much branched heath, leaves in whorls of 6, and tubular green-yellow flowers spreading in dense clusters near the ends of branches. To 1.5m. [RHSD].
Erica pinifolia Andr.
Heath with upright stems, to 45cm, sparcely branched, leaves in sixes or eights, linear, flowers downy, white, club-shaped, to 2.5cm long. [Andr.Heaths. v.III p.199/1809].
Erica species unidentified
Three unidentified Erica species are listed in the 1843, 1845 and 1850 catalogues.
Erica tetralix L.
Fully-hardy, dwarf, spreading heath, its leaves arranged in whorls of 4 to form a cross, and umbels of urn-shaped, pale pink flowers, to 9mm long, in summer and autumn. To 30cm. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Erica thymifolia Andr.
A short, bushy heath, leaves in threes, the flowers axillary, a deep rose colour. [Andr.Heaths v.II p.136/1805].
Erica vestita Thunb.
Shrubby heath with leaves in sixes and variable flowers. white, yellow, rosy or crimson, in axillary whorls. To 1.2m. There are many garden varieties. [RHSD].
Erica viscaria L.
Heath with linear leaves in whorls of 4 and drooping racemes of purplish-red flowers. To 60cm. [LBC no.726/1823].
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Frost-hardy, vigorous, spreading shrub or tree with large lance-shaped, strongly veined leaves, to 30cm long, and large panicles of fragrant white flowers from autumn to winter, followed in spring by edible orange-yellow fruit to 4cm across. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Erythrina caffra Thunb.
Frost-tender, wide-spreading, semi-evergreen tree with sometimes prickly branches, prickly-stalked leaves composed of 3 leaflets, and dense, terminal racemes, to 15cm long, of orange-scarlet flowers with broad, arching, standard petals, in spring. To 18m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Erythrina corallodendron L.
Frost-tender, deciduous, prickly, shrub or small tree with racemes, to 30cm long, of deep scarlet-red flowers in spring and summer, the flowers opening after the leaves have fallen. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Erythrina crista-galli L.
Variable, frost-hardy, open, deciduous tree or woody-based perennial, depending on climate, with spiny branches, leathery leaves composed of 3 leaflets, and terminal racemes, to 60cm long, of deep red flowers, to 6cm long, in summer and autumn. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Erythrina crista-galli L. var. laurifolia
See Erythrina crista-galli L. for information on the type. Laurifolia has laurel-like leaves and flowers of a rich, dull crimson.
