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.
Lycium ferocissimum Miers
Tall shrub with rigid, spiny branches, obovate leaves, whitish flowers and orange-red berries. To 4m. [FNSW, Beadle].
Lysiphyllum carronii (F.Muell.) Pedley
Tall shrub or small tree with ovate, two-pinnate leaves and short racemes of rusty brown flowers. To 10m. [NSW Flora On Line].
Lysiphyllum hookeri (F.Muell.) Pedley
Frost-tender, small, semi-deciduous tree with two-lobed leaves, and white flowers with prominent red stamens, to 7cm across. [Wrigley].
Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid. male and female
Fully hardy, rounded, deciduous tree, thorny when young, with ovate, pointed leaves, to 10cm long, turning yellow in autumn, and tiny yellow-green flowers, followed by large, wrinkled, yellow-green fruit, to 12cm across, on female trees. To 7m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Magnolia acuminata L. var. cordata (Michx.) Sarg.
Fully hardy, vigorous, conical, deciduous tree with ovate leaves, to 25cm long, softly hairy beneath, and cup-shaped, single, yellow-green to green flowers, to 9cm across, among the leaves in spring and summer, followed by red or brown fruit. To 20m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’]. Cordata is usually smaller and more compact than the type, the flowers being soft canary-yellow. [Hilliers’].
Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC.
Frost hardy, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with smooth, net-veined leaves and nodding creamy-white, night-fragrant flowers, produced over a long period. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Magnolia denudata Desr.
Fully hardy, spreading, deciduous shrub or tree with obovate leaves, to 15cm long, and cup-shaped, pure white flowers, to 15cm across, in spring before the leaves. To 10m by 10m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Magnolia grandiflora L. var. ?Exmouth?
See Magnolia grandiflora L. for details on the species. In the variety ‘Exmouth’ the leaves narrower than the type, tomentose and with a rusty appearance beneath, flowering earlier than the type. [Hilliers', RHSD].
Magnolia grandiflora L.
Frost hardy, broadly conical, evergreen tree with elliptic, glossy, leathery leaves, often reddish-hairy beneath, to 20cm long, and large, cup-shaped, creamy white flowers, to 25cm across, in late summer and autumn. To 18m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Magnolia liliiflora Desr.
Fully hardy bushy, deciduous shrub with elliptic leaves, to 20cm long and goblet-shaped, purplish-pink flowers, to 7cm across, in spring and summer. To 3m. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Magnolia liliiflora Desr. var. gracilis
See Magnolia liliiflora Desr. for a description of the species. The variety gracilis has a smaller, more slender habit than the type and deep purple flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Magnolia pyramidata Bartr.
Deciduous tree with ascending branches, obovate leaves, to 21cm long, and creamy white flowers, to 13cm across. To 9m. [RHSD, Hilliers’].
Magnolia tripetala L.
Hardy deciduous tree with lance-shaped leaves, to 50cm long, clustered at the end of shoots, and pungently-scented creamy-white flowers in summer, to 25cm across, followed by rosy-red fruits. To 12m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Magnolia virginiana L. var. glauca
Deciduous shrub to small tree with elliptic leaves, to 12cm long, and scented creamy white flowers, deepening with age. To 15m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Magnolia x soulangeana Soulange-Bodin
Magnolia denudata Desr. x Magnolia liliiflora Desr. Fully hardy, variable, deciduous shrub or tree with obovate leaves, to 20cm long, and large, goblet-shaped, violet-purple to pure white flowers, to 30cm across, before and with the leaves in spring. To 7m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
