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.
Jasminum volubile Jacq.
Half-hardy, slender evergreen climber with ovate, glossy, privet-like leaflets, a profuse flowerer with fragrant white flowers. [Hortus, FNSW, Don].
Juanulloa mexicana (Schldl.) Miers
Frost tender, epiphytic shrub, becoming scandent with age, with elliptic leaves, to 20cm long, woolly beneath, and short racemes of semi-pendant, tubular orange flowers, to 5cm long, in summer. To 2m or more. Although epiphytic on trees and rocks in its native habitat it will grow well in pots. [RHSE].
Jubaea chilensis Baill.
Hardy, large palm with a distinctive columnar, grey trunk, which may be 2m or more in diameter and feathery, spreading fronds. It produces long spathes which split to reveal numerous small, whitish flowers follwed by distinctive orange fruits. Both the fruits and the kernels within resemble small coconuts. To 25m. [RHSD, Hortus, Jones – Palms].
Juglans regia L.
Fully hardy, spreading tree with pinnate, aromatic leaves, to 30cm long, composed of up to 9 leaflets, bronze-purple when young, and edible nuts, to 5cm long. To 30m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Justicia adhatoda L.
Frost tender, usually erect and sparsely branched, evergreen shrub, spreading with age, with elliptic leaves, to 20cm long, and terminal or axillary spikes of tubular-bell-shaped, 2-lipped white flowers, veined red-purple, to 3cm long, mainly in summer. To 3m. [RHSE].
Justicia carnea Lindl.
Frost tender, erect, sparsely-branched, evergreen shrub with oblong leaves, to 25cm long, and dense, terminal and axillary spikes, to 15cm long, of tubular, 2-lipped, pinkish flowers, to 5cm long, in summer and autumn. To 2m. [RHSE].
Justicia carthaginensis Jacq.
Frost tender evergreen shrub with purple flowers. To 50cm. ‘A native of the West Indies, whence it was introduced into this country a few years since. The blossoms are very beautiful, and of a colour not to be imitated in brightness: they come out with us in the beginning of winter, which of course renders them the more welcome. It is necessary to preserve it in the stove at all times: it increases freely by cuttings, which should be potted in loam, and in smallish pots, as it is not a very large plant.’ [LBC no.724/1823]
Justicia sericea Ruiz & Pav.
Herbaceous plant with pointed oblong leaves and terminal spikes of downy red flowers. [RHSD].
Justicia species unidentified [1]
An unidentified species of Justicia or a related genus. See Justicia carnea Lindl. for more information.
Justicia species unidentified [2]
An unidentified species of Justicia or a related genus. See Justicia carnea Lindl. for more information.
Justicia spicigera Schltdl.
Evergreen shrub with large glossy leaves and tubular crimson to orange flowers in one-sided terminal and axillary panicles. [RHSE, Hortus].
Justicia splendens Hort.
I have been unable to identify a plant of this name. It is probably a nursery name for one of the more commonly grown species such as Justicia carnea Lindl., which see. The only reference to a plant of this name I have found is in the San Francisco Municipal Reports for 1994-95 [web sources]. The name is listed among plants grown in the Conservatory, together with Justicia carnea, without further clarification.
Kalmia latifolia L.
Rhododendron-like shrub with glossy, alternate leaves, to 13cm long, and terminal clusters of pink, saucer-shaped flowers in summer. To 7.5m. There are a number of garden varieties, varying in flower colour, leaf and habit. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Kerria japonica DC. var. flore pleno
Fully-hardy, suckering shrub with arching green shoots, pointed, sharply-toothed leaves, and solitary, single or double, golden yellow flowers, to 5cm across, covering the branches in spring. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
