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.
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Spreng.
Half hardy, upright, deciduous sub-shrub with linear, lance-shaped leaves and axillary clusters of cup-shaped, creamy-white flowers in summer, followed by ovoid, softly-spiny, silver-green fruit. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Don].
Goodia lotifolia Salisb.
Half-hardy evergreen shrub, the leaves with 3 obovate leaflets, to 1.5cm long, and axillary and terminal recemes of yellow flowers, stained reddish-purple at the base, in spring. To 4m. Often appearing as a pioneer species in recently disturbed land. [RHSD, Hortus, FNSW].
Gordonia altamaha Sarg.
Deciduous shrub or small tree with toothed oblong leaves and solitary, cup-shaped white flowers, to 8cm across, in late summer. To 9m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Gordonia lasianthus L.
Evergreen shrub, but sometimes growing to a medium-sized tree, with shallowly toothed rounded leaves and axillary white flowers. To 18m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.
Frost tender, sparsely branched, erect shrub with elliptic leaves, veined or marked yellow, or entirely suffused deep purple, and short racemes, to 8cm long, of crimson to purple flowers with inflated throats, to 8cm long, in summer. To 2m. [RHSE].
Grevillea banksii R.Br. var. fosteri
A variable species with many garden forms. It forms a half hardy, large, open, strongly branched shrub or small tree, sometimes prostrate, with deeply pinnatifid leaves, hairy beneath, and cylindrical racemes, to 18cm long, of red, pink, or creamy white flowers in winter and spring. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus]. The form grown by Macarthur was probably fosteri. This is a silvery-leaved shrub that flowers continuously with a spring peak. Both red and white flower forms are known. To 3m. [Olde & Marriot]. See also History at Camden Park.
Grevillea caleyi R.Br.
Frost tender, evergreen, spreading shrub, stems covered in reddish hairs, with deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of dark red flowers. To 4m. [RHSD, FNSW, Beadle].
Grevillea longifolia R.Br.
Frost tender evergreen shrub or small tree with serrated leaves, silvery or yellowish hairy beneath, to 25cm long, and racemes of dark red flowers in spring. The foliage has been used by florists for decoration in Europe, particularly France. To 5m. [RHSD, FNSW, Olde & Marriott].
Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.
Frost tender, fast-growing upright to conical tree with fern-like leaves, to 30cm long, deeply pinnate, paler, with silky hairs beneath, and erect, one-sided racemes of golden yellow flowers, to 15cm long, in spring and summer. To 35m. [RHSE, Hortus, FNSW, Olde & Marriott].
Gymnosporia species Port Stephens
Unidentified species of Gymnosporia or a related genus. Gymnosporia Benth. & Hook.f. is a genus of tropical and subtropical shrubs and trees of the family Celastraceae, often spiny and mainly from Africa.
Halesia tetraptera J.Ellis
Fully hardy, spreading tree or shrub with finely toothed, elliptic leaves, to 16cm long, turning yellow in autumn, and axillary clusters of 2-6 pendant, bell-shaped white flowers, to 2cm long, in profusion in late spring, just before the leaves emerge. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’, Don].
Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn
Evergreen scrambling shrub with simple leaves, cordate to lance-shaped, and axillary racemes of purple to violet, occasionally white, pea-like flowers with a yellow basal spot. [RHSD, Hortus, FNSW].
Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn var. alba
See Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn for a description. Alba is a naturally occurring variety with white flowers. [RHSD, Hortus, FNSW].
Hebe salicifolia (Forst.f.) Pennell
Fully hardy, highly variable, erect to spreading, evergreen shrub with lance-shaped leaves, to 12cm long, and pendant, axillary racemes, to 20cm long, of small, white or lilac-tinged flowers in summer. To 2.5m. A parent of many hybrids. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Hebe x andersoni (Lindl. & Paxt.) Ckn.
A hybrid, Hebe salicifolia (Forst.f.) Pennell x Hebe speciosa R.Cunn. A vigorous half hardy shrub with leaves to 10cm long, and long racemes of soft-pink to lavendar-blue flowers, fading to white, in summer and autumn. To 1.8m. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
