Calystegia hederacea Wall. var. flore pleno
Fully-hardy trailing or climbing perennial with hairy, lance-shaped leaves, to 10cm long, and solitary, double, rose coloured flowers, to 5cm across and 3.5cm long, the corolla divided into many narrow, petal-like lobes, in summer and autumn. To 5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘C. pubescens, received from China (in 1844) as a double flower, has become single with Mr. Beaton.’ [Cottage Gardener, iv. 302. as reported in JD]. In 1846 The Gardeners Chronicle described flore pleno, with flowers ‘the size of a double anemone’, pale pink, and remaining open for several days. In 1857 this journal gave a further description: ‘The flowers are about as large as a double anemone, but the petals are arranged with the regularity of the rose, and of a pale, very delicate pink’. ‘Raised from a small portion of the root found in a dead Paeony root, in box no.22, from Mr. Fortune’s mission in China.’ [BR f.42/1846]. OFG f.55/1853. MB p.243/1846.
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [B.57/1850]. It may have been obtained from the London Horticultural Society. It was included among desiderata in a letter to John Lindley dated 15th February 1848 [MP A2933-1, p.157] but was not marked ‘arrived’ on Macarthur’s copy. It was requested of Lindley again on 1st Feb., 1849 [MP A2933-1, p.182a].
Notes
Published Jan 18, 2009 - 12:16 PM | Last updated Sep 30, 2011 - 05:10 PM
Calystegia hederacea Wall. flore pleno | MB p.243/1846 | RBGS
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | China, Japan |
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| Common Name | Downy bindweed |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Calystegia pubescens
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| Confidence level | high |