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.
Pavonia coccinea Cav.
Frost-tender evergreen shrub with 3-lobed, heart-shaped leaves with serrated edges, and scarlet flowers, 5cm across. To 60cm. [Don].
Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.
Frost tender, upright, bushy, clump-forming, succulent shrub with zigzagged stems, evergreen or deciduous, elliptic leaves, often powdery beneath, and fleshy red bract-cups, to 1.5cm long, yellow green at the base, in summer. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers.
Frost-tender, erect or prostrate, woody-based, evergreen perennial with lance-shaped, hairy leaves, to 15cm long, and corymbs of long-tubed, pink, magenta, blue, lilac or white flowers, to 1.5cm across, from spring to autumn. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Pereskia aculeata Mill.
Uncactus-like shrubby perennial, becoming scandent, with long branches, short-stemmed, lance-shaped leaves, with 2 or 3 leaves at the base, and white to pink flowers followed by pinkish, edible fruit. Often used as a root-stock for grafting Zygocactus and Schlumbergera. [RHSD, Hortus].
Periploca graeca L.
Frost hardy, twining, deciduous climber with glossy ovate leaves, to 10cm long, and long-stalked corymbs of up to 12 star-shaped, unpleasantly scented flowers, to 2.5cm across, greenish-yellow outside, and purplish inside, in summer, followed by slender seed pods, to 12cm long, which release silky-tufted seeds. To 9m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Pernettya mucronata Gaudich. ex G.Don
Hardy, rigid, suckering, evergreen shrub with ovate leaves and axillary, bell-shaped white flowers, followed by white, pink or purplish berries. To 1m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
Frost hardy deciduous tree with lance-shaped leaves, to 7.5cm long, and yellow and green flowers followed by dark blue fruits. To 12m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Petrea arborea H.B. & K.
Sometimes vine-like shrub or small tree with elliptic leaves, to 15cm long, and axillary racemes of blue flowers. To 9m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Petrea volubilis L.
Frost tender, woody-stemmed, semi-evergreen climber with branching, twining stems, elliptic leaves, to 20cm long, and panicles, to 35cm long, of small, salverform, violet flowers with lilac calyx lobes, from late winter to summer. To 12m. [RHSE].
Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.
Small to medium shrub with deeply dissected leaves and terminal clusters of white, woolly flowers. To 3m. [Blackhall & Grieve – How to know Western Australian Wildflowers p.129/1974, florabase.calm.wa.gov.au].
Phaenocoma prolifera D.Don
Half hardy, bushy, rigid, evergreen shrub with very small, smooth, scale-like leaves, and terminal heads of white, crimson, rose or purple flowers in summer. To 60cm. [RHSD, Rice].
Philadelphus coronarius L.
Fully hardy, broadly upright deciduous shrub with ovate, shallowly-toothed leaves, to 10cm long, and short terminal racemes of up to 9 cup-shaped, very fragrant, single creamy white flowers, to 2.5cm across, in summer. To 3m. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Philadelphus inodorus L.
Fully hardy, arching shrub with peeling bark on older branches, entire, elliptic leaves, to 9cm long, finely toothed, and cymes of white flowers in summer. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Philadelphus latifolius Schrad. ex DC. var. pubescens Dippel
Fully hardy deciduous shrub with ovate, entire or toothed leaves, to 8cm long, and racemes of scentless white flowers in summer. To 5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Phillyrea latifolia L.
Fully-hardy, dense, rounded shrub or small tree with glossy, oval leaves, to 6cm long, and cymes, to 1cm across, of fragrant but inconspicuous greenish white flowers in spring and summer, followed by blue-black fruit. To 9m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
