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.
Nerium oleander ‘Atropurpureum’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. with single, deep red flowers. [Hortus]. William Macarthur described atropurpureum as a very bright deep crimson. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander L. var. aurantiacum ‘Aurantiacum’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. For information on the species see Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’. Aurantiacum presumably has orange coloured flowers but I have found no specific description of this variety.
Nerium oleander ‘Cardinale’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. with single, bright red flowers. [Hortus]. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Formosum’
Presumably a delicate, finely-formed flower but I have found no specific description of this variety. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Fulosum’
I have found no specific description of this variety. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Lacteum’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. with white, single flowers. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Lutescens’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. Camden Park bred. William Macarthur described lutescens as ‘a new pale yellow sort raised by us from seed and very pretty.’ See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Purpurascens’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. Camden Park bred. ‘Purpurascens is a fine showy variety of bright rose colour raised by us from seed.’ William Macarthur. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Spectabile’
Presumably a cultivar of Nerium oleander L. I have found no specific description of this variety but it was presumably ‘spectabilis’, somewhat remarkable in appearance. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Splendens Grandiflorum’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. Described by Macarthur as a very bright pink or blush, and presumably with a larger flower. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Splendens Versicolor’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on the species.
I haven’t found a specific description of this variety but it is probably similar to the variety ‘Tanglé’ figured in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany: ‘Flowers of a rich, crimsony sanguine hue, beautifully and various[ly] striped with white and pink like a Carnation, semi-double.’ [MB p.54/1844]. See Nerium oleander ‘Tanglé’.
Nerium oleander ‘Splendens’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. its flowers are large, showy, double and bright red. [Hortus, JD, Don]. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Striato Pleno’
I have found no specific description of this variety but it was presumably double, the flowers striated in contrasting colours. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this plant.
Nerium oleander ‘Tanglé’
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L.. See Nerium oleander ‘Albo Pleno’ for more information on this species.
‘Flowers of a rich, crimsony sanguine hue, beautifully and various[ly] striped with white and pink like a Carnation, semi-double.’ [MB p.54/1844].
Nerium oleander L. var. albo simplex
A cultivar of Nerium oleander L. The species is a fully hardy, tall, erect to spreading shrub or small tree with lance-shaped leaves, to 20cm long, bearing numerous cymes of up to 80 pink, red or white flowers, to 5cm across, in summer. To 6m. The cultivar ‘Albo Simplex’ is a single white form. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
