Trees and Shrubs

Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen

Frost-tender, spineless tree or tall shrub with leaves consisting of up to 12 pairs of pinnae, each composed of up to 40 pairs of bluntish leaflets, and axillary racemes of pink or white flowers, forming bottle-brush-like spikes, in spring.  To 3m.  [RHSD, Beadle].

Parkinsonia aculeata L.

Frost-tender, small, spreading, often weeping, deciduous tree with spiny green stems, slender, 2-pinnate leaves with many tiny leaflets which fold up at night, and racemes of 2-15 cup-shaped, sweetly scented bright yellow flowers with orange markings and stamens, to 2cm across, in spring.  To 10m.  In dry, frost-free areas it is suitable for hedging and screening, its light, open structure allowing turf and other plants to thrive in its shade.  [RHSE, Hortus].

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.

Fully hardy, vigorous, woody climber with palmate leaves composed of usually, 5 sharply-toothed leaflets, turning brilliant red in autumn.  To 15m or more.  [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].

Passiflora ‘Alato-kermesina’

Presumably a Passiflora alata C.Curtis x Passiflora raddiana DC. hybrid.  I have found no description of this plant.

Passiflora ‘Blakii’

No description of this cross has been found.

Camden-bred hybrid named for Edmund Blake, convict gardener at Camden Park at this time, possibly hybridised by John Bidwill.  ‘We have raised a considerable batch of seedlings from the crossed Passiflora seed, some of which are now 8 or 10 feet high and beginning to show flower buds.  The most promising looking are Kermesina x caerulea [see Passiflora x floribunda [Macarthur]] and caerulea-racemosa by Kermesina.  There are two other crosses supplied by you from Sydney but we do not know what they are.’  Macarthur to Bidwill, 25th November 1845 [MP A2933-2, p.98]. 

Passiflora ‘Camdeni’

Camden-bred hybrid.  No description is extant.  It may be one of the hybrids originally numbered 1 to 10 in Macarthur’s notebook and described under these numbers.

Passiflora ‘Delicata’

Camden-bred hybrid.  No description is extant.  It may be one of the hybrids originally numbered 1 to 10 in Macarthur’s notebook and described under these numbers.

Passiflora ‘Elegans’

Probably a Camden-bred hybrid, parentage unknown.  No description is extant.  It may be one of the hybrids originally numbered 1 to 10 in Macarthur’s notebook and described under these numbers.

Passiflora ‘Floribunda Minor’

Camden Park hybrid, Passiflora kermisina x Passiflora caerulea.  I have found no specific description but it was probably very similar to Passiflora ‘Floribunda' which see.

Passiflora ‘Floribunda’

A Camden Park hybrid, Passiflora kermisina x Passiflora caerulea, described by William Macarthur in a gardening notebook, c.1845.  ‘Corolla 4-5 inches in diameter, sepals greenish brown without, bright red lilac, approaching to crimson, within in two distinct shades of colour.  Petals red lilac, filamentous appendages round throat of tube in several distinct rows, the two lower about 2 inches in diameter, coloured dark chocolate purple and bright blue separated by a band of white.  [Indecipherable word] ?ths light [unclear] purple mottled with green, stigmas brownish green, pollen yellow, foot stalks 3-5 inches, flowers fragrant and of great perfection.  A very distinctive plant of superior growth, flowers early.’  [MP vol. 52].

Passiflora ‘Kingiana’

I have found no description of this plant, although it is probably a hybrid, one of the hybrids originally numbered 1 to 10 in Macarthur’s notebook and described under these numbers.

Passiflora alata C.Curtis

Frost-tender, robust climber with sparsely-branched, 4-winged stems, broadly ovate, often toothed leaves, to 15cm long, and nodding, fragrant, bowl-shaped, carmine-red flowers in spring and summer, with purple, red and white marked coronas, followed by ovoid yellow fruit, to 15cm long.  To 6m or more.  [RHSE, Hortus].

Passiflora alata C.Curtis var. superba

Presumably a variety of Passiflora alata C.Curtis which see.  I have found no description.

Passiflora caerulea L.

Frost-hardy, fast-growing, often rampant, climber with slender stems, deeply, 3-9-lobed leaves, to 10cm long, and bowl-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers in summer and autumn, to 10cm across, with purple-, blue- and white-zoned coronas, followed by edible orange-yellow fruit, to 6cm long.  To 10m or more.  [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].

Passiflora coccinea Aubl.

Frost-tender, vigorous climber with slender stems, deeply-toothed oblong leaves, to 14cm long, and saucer-shaped, scarlet flowers, to 8cm across, with purple-, pale pink-, and white-zoned corollas, in summer and autumn, followed by edible fruits.  To 4m or more.  [RHSE, Hortus].