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Still blooming ... Kniphofia "Alcazar"       31.08.2010
And when the weather is as apalling as its has been today the only joy one can squeeze out of the garden is to overfish the rather short spells when it stops raining and make a couple of pictures of plants that are much better photographed when it is overcast rather than full sun. Blimey, that was a hack of a long sentence, I bet that native English speakers are goggling at it thinking is that still my native tongue?? Well, I do so apologize. Constructing long sentences is one of my bad habits ...
Coloured leaves ... Prunus laurocerasus "Marbled White"       31.08.2010

Still blooming ... Magnolia grandiflora       31.08.2010
The queen of my garden. Bull bay magnolia, Bracken´s Brown Beauty.
Still blooming ... Campsis x tagliabuana "Indian Summer"       31.08.2010

Still blooming ... Campsis x tagliabuana "Indian Summer"       31.08.2010

Still blooming ... Campsis radicans       31.08.2010

Still blooming ... Hibiscus syriacus "Ardens"       31.08.2010

Still blooming ... Hibiscus syriacus "Duc de Brabant"       31.08.2010

Evergreen ... Nandina domestica       31.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Albizia julibrissin "Ombrella"®       30.08.2010
While there is enough sunshine and and at least some warmth summer flowering plants continue blooming through Indian summer. This albizia is a perfect example, offering bright pink clusters of fluffy, sweetly scented flowers.
Summer flowers ... Coreopsis verticillata "Zagreb"       30.08.2010
And talking of fluffy appearance here is another plant showing off with its vivid yellow flowers until the last sunny days of early autumn.
Just blooming ... Caryopteris x clandonensis "Heavenly Blue"       30.08.2010

Just blooming ... Caryopteris x clandonensis "Heavenly Blue"       30.08.2010

Still blooming ... x Chitalpa tashkentensis "Summer Bells"®       30.08.2010
Another long-distance runner is this chitalpa with orchid-like, pink, scented flowers.
Still blooming ... x Chitalpa tashkentensis "Pink Dawn"       30.08.2010

Just blooming ... Hemerocallis "Frans Hals"       30.08.2010

Just blooming ... Hibiscus moscheutos "Mauvelous"       30.08.2010

Still blooming ... Rosa "Schneeflocke"®       30.08.2010

Attractive leaves ... Gleditsia triacanthos "Rubylace"       30.08.2010

...       23.08.2010
Do you think about the same when looking at the picture of today´s sky? Come on, it is easy, it´s The Simpsons!! :-)
Colour combination       23.08.2010
Deep orange trumpets of Indian Summer® and purple-blue flowers of chaste tree variety Latifolia.
Colour combination       23.08.2010
Yellow trumpet creeper "Flava" and indigo blue African lily"Black Buddhist".
Summer flowers ... Hibiscus x "Kopper King"       20.08.2010
This is the historically first bloom of our Kopper King hybrid hibiscus. Beautiful, isn´t it? It is large, almost white with light pink overlay, and conspicuous burgundy red eye and veins. What makes it an outstanding plant apart from the flowers is the foliage which at this time of year is deep crimson red. In autumn it will turn honey orange and yellow while the veins will remain red. Quite a sight to look forward to :-)
Coloured leaves ... Abelia x grandiflora "Kaleidoscope"®       20.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Vitex agnus-castus "Latifolia"       20.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Hydrangea paniculata "Vanille Fraise"®       20.08.2010
This is our newest hydrangea at the moment. To be honest, isn´t the best recommendation fact that nearly everybody from our staff who has a garden bought it straigh away? :-)
Summer flowers ... Campsis grandiflora       15.08.2010
This trumpet creeper with extra large flowers is my recommendation. The flowers are bi-coloured: orange to salmon pink with a clear yellow throat. It begins blooming a little later in the season (end July) but offers a spectacular show comparable to tropical gardens.
Summer flowers ... Hibiscus syriacus "Lavender Chiffon"®       15.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Hydrangea macrophylla "Blue Heaven"®       13.08.2010

Shrub rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Fairest Cape"®       08.08.2010
Miss Gorgeousness. This rose has soft but yet vivid colours that make it the most beautiful shrub rose at the moment.
Summer flowers ... Hibiscus syriacus "Totus Albus"       08.08.2010
Snow white flowers without the typical burgundy red centres. The remind me of a bride on her wedding day.
Leaves ... Rhus typhina "Tiger Eyes"®       08.08.2010

Leaves ... Cotinus coggyria "Royal Purple"       08.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Hibiscus syriacus "China Chiffon"®       08.08.2010

Fruit ... Prunus armeniaca "Luizet"       02.08.2010
Well, finally something to eat! This apricot is absolutely superb. It bears heavy crop of medium-sized fruit, deep orange with red blush, VERY sweet and when fully mature it is extremely juicy for apricot. The tree in the picture was planted only 3 years ago in the size we are selling.
Fruit ... Prunus persica "Spring Crest"       02.08.2010
This peach is excellent. It sets fruit already in second half of July. It is sweet, juicy and aromatic. Wasps love too, though ...
Summer flowers ... Magnolia grandiflora "Galissonniére"       02.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Campsis radicans "Serena"       02.08.2010
Our very own selection of trumpet creeper with soft red flowers with conspicuous buzrgundy red veins inside yellowish throat.
Summer flowers ... Perovskia "Blue Spire"       02.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Campsis radicans "Flava"       02.08.2010

Daylilies ... Hemerocallis "Amadeus"       02.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Kniphofia "Alcazar"       02.08.2010

Summer flowers ... Buddleja davidii "Royal Red"       31.07.2010
This butterfly bush has a superb, deep purple red colour which butterflies love.
Summer flowers ... Hydrangea paniculata "Pinky Winky"®       31.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Hemerocallis "Double Dream"       31.07.2010

Polyantha rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Rotilia"®       31.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Magnolia grandiflora "Edith Bogue"       31.07.2010
This flower was 29 cm across! Amazine size.
Summer flowers ... Fuchsia magellanica "Ricartonii"       28.07.2010
This hardy fuchsia is one of my biggest joys this year. The past winter was incredibly long and harsh but still, this fuchsia proved to be a hardy miracle. It has not just survived but thrives and is doing extremely well, making a dense bush with profusion of vivid fuchsia red and purple flowers. I am overwhelmed by its vitality and health.
Summer flowers ... Yucca filamentosa       28.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Buddleja davidii "Black Knight"       28.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Buddleja davidii "Pink Delight"       28.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Magnolia grandiflora "Victoria"       28.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Chitalpa tashkentensis "Pink Dawn"       21.07.2010
Some pictures are just awsome. Being the photographer it might sound a bit like boasting but I mean that the plant in the picture, the background, the detail, simply everything works much better than I would have ever composed (thanks for that!), all I did was push the button.
This chitalpa is called Pink dawn, isn´t it a lovely name that really suits this lovely plant? Luckily, recent rainstorms came just before blooming, the plant was still in bud so the rain could not damage the flowers which we are about to enjoy for 2-3 coming weeks.
Summer flowers ... x Chitalpa tashkentensis "Summer Bells"®       20.07.2010
Summer Bells® is another variety which should be blooming again at the end of summer if the weather is still hot and sunny.
Today it is going to be handsome foliage! ... Gleditsia triacanthos "Rubylace"       20.07.2010
Have you ever polished copper? This is what it looks like in the end - leaves of this honey locust do look like polished copper in the setting sun while young, freshly emerging leaves are rich burgundy red.
Handsome leaves ... Chionanthus virginicus       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Liquidambar styraciflua "Albomarginata Manon"       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Berberis thunbergii "Tiny Gold"       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Albizia julibrissin "Summer Chocolate"®       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Albizia julibrissin "Ombrella"®       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Acer cappadocicum "Aureum"       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Cercis canadensis "Forest Pansy"       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Decaisnea fargesii       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Catalpa erubescens "Purpurea"       20.07.2010

Handsome foliage ... Gleditsia triacanthos "Sunburst"       20.07.2010

Sky after the rain       18.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Echinacea "Sunset"®       18.07.2010
Isn´t this name perfect? Sunset. Rich shades of setting sun.
Summer flowers ... Echinacea "Sunrise"®       18.07.2010
And sunrise has to be the obvious opposite. Lovely, too.
Summer azaleas ... "Summer Sun"       18.07.2010
About half a year ahead we are presenting another variety of late flowering hybrid azaleas. They will become available in spring 2011.
Polyantha rose by Kordes ... Rosa "Neon"®       18.07.2010
Unlike most other groundcovering and polyantha roses this one has a lovely perfume.
Summer flowers ... Rosa "Clementine"®       18.07.2010
With this rose my dream came true - I wished for a small, healthy, polyantha rose of real orange colour.
Summer flowers ... Magnolia grandiflora "Galissonniére"       18.07.2010
Beuuutiful perfume. This French variety offers not only super attractive flowers in summer but also the deepest green and largest foliage of all bull bay magnolias in the market.
Coloured leaves ... Aralia elata "Golden Umbrella"       18.07.2010

Coloured leaves ... Aralia elata "Golden Umbrella"       18.07.2010

Daylilies ... Hemerocallis "Strawberry Candy"       18.07.2010

Daylilies ... Hemerocallis "Blackberry Candy"       18.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Hydrangea macrophylla FOREVER & EVER "Red"®       18.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Campsis x tagliabuana "Indian Summer"®       18.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Campsis x tagliabuana "Indian Summer"®       18.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Catalpa erubescens "Purpurea"       16.07.2010

Trumpet creepers       16.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Catalpa bignonioides "Aurea"       15.07.2010
Early July is the right time for Indian bean tree flowers. They are white with red veins and yellow throat, composed in large, erect panicles. This year the beginning of summer has been extremely hot and our tree is flowering like never before. So visitors when they first encounter it perform a little stagger backwards position :-)
Summer flowers ... Catalpa bignonioides "Aurea"       15.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Catalpa bignonioides "Aurea"       15.07.2010
One viw of the catalpa flowers reveals sother summer blooms = trumbet creepers.
Summer flowers ... Campsis x tagliabuana "Madame Galen"       15.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Campsis radicans "Flamenco"       15.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Coreopsis verticillata "Zagreb"       15.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Hemerocallis "Tigger"       15.07.2010

Summer flowers ... x Chitalpa tashkentensis "Pink Dawn"       11.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Daylilies       11.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Agapanthus "Bluestorm"®       11.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Agapanthus "Bluestorm"®       11.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Astilbe x ardensii "Burgundy Red"       11.07.2010

Coloured leaves ... Hedera colchica "Sulphur Heart"       11.07.2010

Summer flowers ... Hydrangea quercifolia       11.07.2010

Lilies ... Lilium "Red alert"       09.07.2010
Lilies are beautiful perennials with showy flowers. I must admit I took quite some time to get to like them. But now I am truly in love with them. There are so many varieties among them, each of which offers different flower shapes, colours and perfumes, and if you wisely combine them as far as blooming time you can have your garden completely lilied up from June until August :-)
Lilies ... Lilium "Fata Morgana"       09.07.2010

Lilies ... Lilium "Aphrodite"       09.07.2010

Lilies ... Lilium "Tiger Play"       09.07.2010

Lilies ... Lilium "Netty´s Pride"       09.07.2010

Just blooming ... Stewartia pseudocamellia       08.07.2010

Just blooming ... Castanea sativa       08.07.2010

Castanea sativa       08.07.2010

Just blooming ... Magnolia grandiflora "Goliath"       06.07.2010
Bull bay magnolia flowers in summer, continuously producing flowers one after another. You can watch the phases of bud developing until full bloom.
Just blooming ... Philadelphus "Snowgoose"       06.07.2010

Polyantha rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Rotilia"®       06.07.2010

Just blooming ... Abelia engleriana       04.07.2010
There are plants and flowers I love photographing more than others. I suppose it´s natural. Every plant has something worth looking at but there are some that just attract me more. Often these plants are not the boldest, the biggest, the rarest. But still, they have a thing I love about them. Exactly like this abelia. It is such a humble plant that starts flowering in early summer and continues until early autumn. The flowers are numerous, small but tender, their colours are not extraordinary but very elegant, the habit is not particularly neat but vital and healthy looking. The blooms are wide enough for a bee as well as a humble-bee giving plenty of nectar to all.
Just blooming ... Ceratostigma willmottianum       04.07.2010

Just blooming ... Rosa "Gärtnerfreude"       04.07.2010

Summer sale!       01.07.2010
We are offering you 20% on all spring flowering azaleas, rhododendrons, kalmias and spring magnolias on condition that the total purchase must be at least 5,000 CZK. No further discounts may be applied. Gift tokens are not accepted for sale items.
Shrub rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Grande Amore"®       01.07.2010

Shrub rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Gebrüder Grimm"®       01.07.2010

Shrub rose by Davida Austina ... Rosa "Lichfield Angel"       01.07.2010

Polyantha rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Little Sunset"®       01.07.2010

Invitation to Chlumec       30.06.2010
We would like to invite you to our garden in Chlumec this weekend. It will be open to our customers from 9 am till 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday only.
Chlumec garden       29.06.2010

Chlumec garden       29.06.2010

Just blooming ... Lilium "Tiger Play"®       28.06.2010
Lilies are wonderful perennials with attractive blooms. I have several varieties in the summer part of the garden and they start blooming now and continue until early August.
Just blooming ... Cornus kousa "Milky Way"       28.06.2010
This Japanese dogwood, like many others, has been flowering for more than a month now. That´s because the white petals are in fact bracts i.e. coloured leaves which do not fade so quickly. The shrub in full bloom looks like covered with a million white butterflies.
Giant leaves ... Liriodendron chinense       28.06.2010
Leaves like two palms, perhaps three. This Chinese tulip tree has lyra-lke leaves which emerge with burgundy red overlay.
Giant leaves ... Liriodendron chinense       28.06.2010

Just blooming ... Deutzia magnifica "Tourbillon Rouge"       28.06.2010

Just blooming ... Deutzia magnifica "Tourbillon Rouge"       28.06.2010

Platanus x acerifolia       28.06.2010

Coloured foliage ... Physocarpus opulifolius "Lady In Red"®       28.06.2010

Coloured foliage ... Physocarpus opulifolius "Diabolo"®       28.06.2010

Coloured foliage ... Physocarpus opulifolius "Diabolo"®       28.06.2010

Shrub rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Fairest Cape"®       25.06.2010

Climbing rose by KORDES ... Rosa "Ilse Krohn Superior"®       25.06.2010

Just blooming ... Hydrangea macrophylla FOREVER&EVER® "Red"       25.06.2010

Just blooming ... Hydrangea macrophylla FOREVER&EVER® "Peppermint"       25.06.2010

Roses by Kordes ... Rosa "Speelwark"®       24.06.2010

Mountain laurels (kalmias)       23.06.2010
Mountain laurels are one of our specialities which we proudly offer as one of very few sellers in the country. They are reliable, very hardy and absolutely beautiful. These evergreen plants are perfect for a border as well as a large pot on a patio or a terrace. Complete list of available plants is here
Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Pinwheel"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Splendens"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Olympic Fire"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Bridesmaid"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Bull´s Eye"       23.06.2010

Mounatin laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Elf"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Minuet"       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia myrtifolia       23.06.2010

Mountain laurels ... Kalmia latifolia "Olympic Wedding"       23.06.2010

Late azaleas ... Azalea x "Nuccio´s Wild Cherry"       22.06.2010

Late azaleas ... Azalea x "Dorothy Hayden"       22.06.2010

Late azaleas ... Azalea "Perla del Verbano"       22.06.2010

Just blooming ... Cornus kousa "Milky Way"       22.06.2010

English roses ... Rosa "Graham Thomas"       22.06.2010

Just blooming ... Magnolia grandiflora "Goliath"       19.06.2010
In my opinion this is the most gorgeous flowering tree that can be grown in our climate. This bull bay magnolia offers giant flowers 24-30 cm across, creamy white with a strong perfume.
Polyantha roses ... Rosa "Schneeflocke"®       16.06.2010
This year we are offering a few new varieties out of a wide range of polyantha and groundcovering roses. Schneeflocke has pure white, large blooms for polyantha rose.
Polyantha roses ... Rosa "Clementine"®       16.06.2010
This orange rose is getting me on my knees. A gorgeous shade of golden/ tangerine orange that does not fade, healthy foliage, compact growth, simply a perfect rose!
Rose by Kordes ... "Rebell"®       16.06.2010

Davida Austin rose ... Rosa "Molineux"       16.06.2010

David Austin rose ... Rosa "L.D.Braithwaite"       16.06.2010

Thunderstorm       13.06.2010
We have enjoyed the very first truly hot week this year. While in May we made a few a low temperature records, in early June we must have made another one, this time on the high side with 33°C. Logically, every heat wave is followed by a good thunderstorm, just like last night. When I was about 10 years younger I was fascinated by the unique pictures the sky can create after a storm or before it or actually anytime. The following photos were made within 45 minutes. Such a change between the images in so short time, isn´t it?
The sky       13.06.2010

The sky       13.06.2010

Garden after the storm       13.06.2010
After a late afternoon thunderstorm the sky is covered with grey-white clouds covering the setting sun. This creates a gorgeous effect making the whole sky orange and consequently the country is flooded with this golden-orange colour. Then you feel like on another planet with a different colour spectrum. I love that time although it seldom takes longer than about half an hour.
Garden after the storm       13.06.2010

Garden after the storm       13.06.2010

Garden after the storm       13.06.2010

Swimming season kicked off       12.06.2010
The hot days are finally here and especially children are hard to call off out of the swimming pools. And a swimming pool, if you decided to have one in your garden, are a centre of attention in summer so when we landscape our customers´ gardens we chose such plants around it that are most attractive mainly in summer when the pool is in use.
Just blooming ... Clematis "Multi Blue"       11.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron "Madame Masson"       11.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron "Erato"       11.06.2010
This rhody is placed in a shady spot behind the house so it flowers almost 4 weeks later than the one in the fron yard where it gets full sunlight.
Just blooming ... Wisteria floribunda "Violacea Plena"       11.06.2010
One of the last blooms this spring.
Matteucia struthiopteris       11.06.2010

Just blooming ... Chionanthus virginicus       11.06.2010
This rarity is hard to beat.
English roses       10.06.2010
The roses from David Austin are eventually here. Long winter and cold spring did not allow us to take them any earlier and David Austin nurseries decided to wait long enough to supply quality plants. After the few years we have been dealing with David Austin Roses I must say that this batch is the best quality we have seen ever so the wait was worth it.
English roses ... "Wildeve" NEW       10.06.2010

English roses ... "Golden Celebration" NEW       10.06.2010

English roses ... "Anne Boleyn"       10.06.2010

Just blooming ...Rosa Westzeit"®       10.06.2010
Simply PERFECT! I have never seen such a vibrant shade of orange on a rose yet.
Just blooming ... Deutzia scabra "Pride of Rochester"       10.06.2010

Abies concolor       10.06.2010

Just blooming ... Magnolia sieboldii       09.06.2010
Every magnolia is beautiful. But some are even more beautiful :-) For instance oyama magnolia. It is such a gorgeous plant with pure white flowers with ruby red centre.
Daylight visitor       09.06.2010
Dragonfly.
Night-time visitor       09.06.2010

Leaves ... Magnolia tripetala       09.06.2010
Are you sitting down? Do so if not. This breathtaking foliage show belongs to umbrella magnolia which has the largest leaves among all magnolias that can be grown down to zone 5. See the arm in the background? That is a male arm, not a kid´s.
Just blooming ... Cytisus "Boskoop Ruby"       09.06.2010

Just blooming ... Cytisus "Lena"       09.06.2010

New leaves ... Magnolia "Goldstar"       09.06.2010

New leaves ... Magnolia "Goldstar"       09.06.2010

New leaves ... Magnolia "Yellow River"       09.06.2010

New leaves ... Magnolia "Yellow River"       09.06.2010

New leaves ... Magnolia loebneri "Léonard Messel"       09.06.2010

Canadian lilacs       08.06.2010
These lilacs were first hybridized and introduced by a Canadian botanist Isabella Preston in Ottawa. They have different inflorescence as opposed to common lilac, the scent is different, too, and they bloom later - in early June.
Just blooming ... Syringa x prestoniae "Miss Canada"       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Syringa x prestoniae "Agnes Smith"       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Syringa x prestoniae "Royalty"       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Syringa reflexa       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Syringa josikaea       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Syringa meyerii "Palibin"       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Cornus kousa "China Girl"       08.06.2010

New leaves ... Berberis thunbergii "Admiration"®       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron Mrs. T H Lowinsky"       08.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron "Roseum Elegans"       08.06.2010

New leaves ... Ilex aquifolium "Argenteomarginata"       08.06.2010

New leaves ... Pieris japonica "Passion"®       07.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron "Blattgold"       07.06.2010

Just blooming ... Rhododendron "Blattgold"       07.06.2010

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