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.
Magnolia x thompsoniana (Loud.) C. de Vos
Magnolia tripetala L. x Magnolia virginiana L. hybrid. A fully hardy, large, wide-spreading shrub with leaves to 25cm long, persisting into early winter, and large, fragrant, creamy-white flowers intermittently throughout summer. [RHSD, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Fully hardy suckering shrub with bright green, holly-like pinnate leaves, each with up to 9 ovate, spiny leaflets, sometimes turning red in autumn, and dense, terminal racemes of yellow flowers in spring followed by blue-black berries. To 1m. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Mahonia bealei Carr.
A large shrub with 5-9 pairs of leaflets and racemes, to 15cm long, of pale yellow flowers in winter. Has been sold as Mahonia japonica, which it somewhat resembles. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde
Frost hardy, upright evergreen shrub with up to 13, slender, sharply-toothed leaflet per leaf, and dense, upright racemes of bright yellow flowers in autumn, followed by white-frosted, dark blue berries. To 1.2m. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Mahonia pinnata Fedde
Closely related to Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt., which see, although I have treated them separately here. Fully hardy evergreen shrub with prickly leaves and racemes of yellow flowers in late winter or spring. To 3m. [RHSD, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Malus baccata (L.) Borkh var. sibirica C.K.Schneid
A small to medium sized tree of rounded habit, the leaves oval to lance-shaped, the flowers white, fragrant, borne in clusters. The fruit of the Siberian Crab is round, clustered, with yellow skin heavily streaked with red. To 15m or more. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’]. See also See also Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. This is almost certainly the same plant.
Malus baccata (L.) Borkh.
Fully-hardy, vigorous, rounded tree with oval leaves, to 9cm long, and numerous white flowers in spring, followed by long-stalked, red or yellow fruit, to 1cm across. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’]. See also Malus baccata (L.) Borkh var. sibirica C. K. Schneid. This is almost certainly the same plant.
Malus coronaria Mill.
A small to medium sized tree of rounded habit, the leaves ovate, toothed, the flowers pink, fragrant, borne in clusters. The fruit flattish globose, yellowish-green, acid to the taste. to 10m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers'].
Malus domestica ‘Alexander’
‘Fruit very large, somewhat cordate, smallest at the crown; of a greenish yellow colour, striped or marbled with red; pulp tender, sweet, rich, and aromatic: ripens in October and lasts till Christmas.’ [FCM p.40/1845].
Malus domestica ‘Alfriston’
Fruit; large, roundish and angular on the sides. Skin; greenish ripening yellow, tinged orange next the sun, covered all over with a russet reticulation. Flesh; yellowish white, crisp, juicy, sugary, briskly flavoured. [HP pl.LIX/1878].
Malus domestica ‘Apple - no name [1]’
Probably a variety raised at Camden Park. No description is given in William Macarthur’s notebooks or garden diaries.
Malus domestica ‘Apple - no name [2]’
Probably a variety raised at Camden Park. No description is given in William Macarthur’s notebooks or garden diaries.
Malus domestica ‘Beauty of Kent’
‘Fruit pretty large, three inches and a quarter deep, and three inches and a half in diameter, somewhat irregularly formed, with slightly prominent unequal angles, terminating in the crown, which is rather contracted. Eye small, closed by a short calyx, a little depressed, in a narrow angular basin. Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity. Skin a very clear yellowish green, mottled with dull red; but on the sunny side of a bright red, mottled and streaked with yellow, intermixed with russet round the base. Flesh firm, yellowish white, crisp, and tender. Juice abundant, and pleasantly acid. An autumnal dessert apple, from Michaelmas to Christmas.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.27/1831].
Malus domestica ‘Blenheim Orange’
‘Fruit large, roundish, of a yellowish colour, tinged with red next the sun; pulp sweet and high flavoured: ripe in November, and keeps till March: a very superior dessert apple.’ [FCM p.42/1843].
Malus domestica ‘Borsdorff’
‘Fruit below the middle size, of a roundish figure, rather narrower at the crown than the base. Eye small, a little sunk. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, marked with various ramifications of a grey russetted network, interspersed with a few dark-coloured specks; when fully exposed to the sun it is of a beautiful brilliant red, extending nearly round its base. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp. Juice sugary, with a singularly musky perfume. A dessert apple from November till February.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.39/1831].
