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.
Muraltia heisteria (L.) DC.
Half hardy, erect or branching, evergreen shrub with clustered leaves, to 8mm long, and solitary or paired, axillary, purplish flowers, to 8mm long. To 1m. [RHSD].
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack var. exotica (L.) M.R.Almeida
Frost tender shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves and usually terminal corymbs of small, fragrant, white flowers several times a year. To 7.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Musa acuminata Colla. var. Cavendish group
Frost-tender, upright, variable, suckering perennial with large paddle-shaped leaves and pendant, pear-shaped white, cream or yellow flowers with reddish-purple bracts, in summer, followed by edible yellow fruits. To 6m. There is also a dwarf form, synonym Musa x paradisiaca, growing to 3m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Musa rosacea Jacq.
Small banana with long-stalked leaves, to 90cm, with a drooping inflorescence bearing yellow flowers with reddish bracts. To 1.3m. [RHSD].
Mutisia grandiflora Humb. & Bonpl.
Tender evergreen shrub or scambling climber with oblong-ovate leaves and pale rose-coloured daisy-like flowers. [JD, Humboldt & Bonpland vol.1, pl.50, p.177].
Myoporum montanum R.Br.
Glabrous shrub or small tree with finely fissured bark, leaves elliptic to lance-shaped, flowers white, spotted purple in winter to summer, followed by purple fruit. To 8m. [FNSW].
Myrica cerifera L.
Hardy, glossy-leaved shrub or small tree with fragrant, narrow lance-shaped leaves, to 8cm long, the flowers catkins, followed by round fruit covered in blue-white wax. The wax has been made into fragrantly burning candles, hence the common names. To 12m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Myrica quercifolia L.
Half hardy evergreen shrub with lobed, oak-like leaves, the axillary flowers in catkins, followed by round berries which exude a wax when ripe, this drying to a white, scaly powder. to 1m. [JD, Pappe – Silva Capensis p.45/1862].
Myrtus communis L.
Frost-hardy, upright, bushy shrub with opposite, ovate, glossy leaves, to 5cm long, and solitary, white, 5-petalled flowers, to 2cm across, with conspicuous white stamen-tufts, in summer and autumn, followed by purple-black berries. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Myrtus communis L. var. microphylla
See Myrtus communis L. for more details on the species and its varieties. Microphylla is a more compact and rounded shrub, smaller than the type in all its parts, with narrower leaves, pink-tinted cream flowers and white berries. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Myrtus communis L. var. mucronata
See Myrtus communis L. for more details on the species and its varieties. Mucronata has pointed leaves. [JD].
Myrtus communis L. var. romana Mill.
See Myrtus communis L. for more details on the species and its varieties. Romana has broadly ovate leaves mostly borne in whorls of 3-4.
Nandina domestica Thunb.
Frost hardy evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with upright shoots, pinnate to 3-pinnate leaves, to 90cm long, reddish when young, and conical panicles, to 40cm long, of small, star-shaped, white flowers with prominent anthers, in summer, followed by bright red berries. To 2m. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Napoleonaea imperialis P.Beauv.
Frost tender evergreen shrub with elliptic leaves to 22cm long, and showy, saucer-shaped, solitary apricot and crimson flowers, sometimes in 2s and 3s, borne in the leaf axils of old wood. To 7m. [RHSD].
Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’
a cultivar of Nerium oleander L. Fully-hardy, tall, erect to spreading shrub or small tree with lance-shaped leaves, to 20cm long, and cymes of up to 80 pink or white, sweet-scented double white flowers, to 5cm across, in summer. To 2.5m. [Hortus, Don].
