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Old Gold is a Ferdinad’s rock cress variety, one of the less common forms, grown not for its spring flowers – although it flowers freely – but for its foliage, which provides year‑round interest. It forms low, compact cushions pressed closely to the ground, creating small sunlit patches among ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Simpler East Indian hollyfern is one of the few outdoor ferns with variegated leaves. Its name simplicior refers to the difference with a. aristata, compared to which it has shorter leaves with conspicuously separated lateral petioles with leaves of the second pinnacle - they are bi-pinnate. Moreove ...
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The leaves of the strawberry tree are evergreen, narrowly oval to obovate, 6–10 cm long, leathery, stiff, and with serrated margins that are more pronounced toward the tip. They are bright green and glossy and very handsome. The twigs are slightly orange, reddish when young, and as the bark ages it ...
X - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Atlantic is a French variety of strawberry tree selected and introduced by the Pepinieres Minier in 1993. It boasts a neat and well-behaved, more upright habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly obovate, 5-7 cm long, finely serrated at margins, they emerge br ...
V
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a strawberry tree selection found many years ago as a seedling of the species. It boasts a neat and well-behaved habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly obovate, 5-7 cm long, finely serrated at margins, they emerge bronze red and remain soft gree ...
IX - V
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Quercifolia is a rare, collector’s selection of strawberry tree that differs from the species in both leaf shape and growth habit. The epithet Quercifolia is common in botanical usage and means “oak‑leaved”; also here it refers to the unusual leaf form, which bears several shallow notches towa ...
XI - XII
1,5 - 4m
1,5 - 4m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MERCURIUS is a French variety of hardy strawberry tree, bred by Jean Giraudet from the French nursery Pépinières du Bocage in Sèvremont, near the city of Nantes in the west of France, and introduced in 2020. This is an absolutely adorable shrub with a slower growth and almost rounded ...
IX - XI
0,7 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PEACE AND LOVE is a French cultivar of strawberry tree, selected by François Leverge in 2008 at his nursery Pépinière Le Verge in Brittany. The cultivar is protected under European law CPVO EU 69807 with the breeder’s name ‘Levap’ (2025). The trade name PEACE AND LOVE evokes harmony and positiv ...
X - XI
1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sea thrift is a rock perennial which is at home in almost all parts of northern hemisphere. Splendens is possibly one of the most popular and cultivated variety bearing clear pink flowers on about 15 cm tall leafless stems from June until July, and a few more in late summer. Linear leaves are soft, ...
V - VII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Powis Castle is an English variety of wormwood that is also called Brass Band. It is most likely a spontaneous hybrid between the species a. arborescens and a. absinthium from the Middle East where wormwoods willingly hybridize among themselves. One plant was found growing in a garden in Yorkshire b ...
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,8m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lords-and-ladies is an old favourite among tuberous plants. And as you can tell by the Latin name, it does not come from Bangladesh though it looks rather exotic.
The arrow-shaped leaves are very attractive, marbled green with conspicuous creamy white or yellowish veins. They are popular for flower ...
V - V
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hart’s tongue fern is an attractive species with large, evergreen leaves. It was widespread in Europe, West Asia, and North America but in some locations including Czech Republic it is already listed among endangered species.
Hart’s tongue fern is the only hardy fern with entire foliag ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Crispum is a hart’s tongue fern variety from the undulatum group. Its narrow leaves are similar to Angustatum variety but exhibit gently crested margins. They are deep green, 30-40 cm long, dark green, highly glossy, and withstand deep frost without damage, only during very cold spells they ma ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This evergreen shrub of Japanese aucuba is a commonly known favourite especially in Britain and in milder parts of humid regions of Germany and Benelux. The first specimen was brought from Japan to Europe in 1783, and has been sought after ever since for its beautifully varigated/golden-spotted leav ...
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Arabesk is an attractive variety of Japanese azalea with large, deep red flowers. They come out in profusion from mid until end May. The evergreen foliage is dark green, with some burgundy red shades in autumn and winter, changing back to green before it starts flowering. This azalea grows slowly, m ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blaauw’s Pink has attractive, salmon pink small flowers with slightly darker throat. It has irregular growth and belongs to mid-sized azalea.
Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate, only about 2-3 cm long. In semi-shade and shade they remain on the shrub throughout winter, if placed in full sun ...
IV - V
0,3 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Danube is a German variety of Japanese azalea. It is a slow and dense growing plant with profusion of large, 3-4 cm across, widely open, purple-violet flowers with a darker blotch just like rhododendrons have. Leaves are small, almost flat, elliptic to oval, deep green and partly hairy. They ar ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Elsie Lee is a fantastic Japanese azalea variety bred already in 1960. It produces large, 5-7 cm across, double flowers of pastel pink colour. They come out in profusion usually from mid May for 2-3 weeks. Evergreen leaves are small, elliptic, and glossy. It was bred by Anthony Sammarello in Ohio, U ...
V - VI
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
F.C.F. is, so far, a non-registered variety of Japanese azalea from Italy. This small shrub produces abundance of semi-double flowers already in mid May. They are rich pink and completely cover the plant. The evergreen leaves are elliptic to oval, partly glossy, mid green and turn bronze in autumn a ...
V - V
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Another red flowering Japanese azalea from Hans Hachmann was bred in 1987 and was named Fridoline. It has medium-sized flowers: 4-4,5 cm wide of bright red colour. It blooms in late spring, from end May until mid June. Slow grower, mound-forming.
Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hachmann's Rokoko is another beauty from the collection of dwarf or low growing Japanese azaleas bred by German rhodo/azalea guru Hans Hachmann. It produces medium large, about 5 cm across, semi-double flowers of rich pink colour. They open from mid May until early June on the background of small, ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lady Dark is a new compact variety of evergreen - Japanese azalea. It makes profusion of purple violet flowers from mid May for about 2-3 weeks. They are single, open wide, and reveal delicate dotting on the upper petal. Leaves are small, narrowly elliptic, glossy, and usually reliably evergreen. It ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,6m
0,6 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Marinja® is another jewel among Japanese azaleas with double flowers. Its flowers are pure pink, 4-5.5 cm wide and each flower bears 17-21 flower petals. They come out from end May until mid June. It was bred by Hans Hachmann in 2004. It grows slowly, 10-year old plant is about 45 cm high and only 7 ...
V - VI
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Melina is a stunning variety of Japanese azalea. Its double or even triple flowers are bright pink and appear in rounded inflorescens late in the spring – end May/early June. It grows slowly and compact, spreading.
Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate, only about 2-3 cm long. In semi-sha ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Spider is a fabulous Japanese azalea for collectors who obviously do not suffer from arachnophobia. This exotic looking jewel produces semi-double flowers with narrow, acuminate flower petals. They are bright pink with purple pink dotting and white margins. They open in profusion from about mid ...
V
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
7a (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rosinetta® is another unique Japanese azalea bred by Hans Hachmann. It has pure pink, double or tripple flowers that are 4-6 cm wide and come out late in May, and continue blooming until mid June. It grows slowly, 10-year old plant is about 60 cm high and 80 cm wide.
Leaves are mid ...
V - VI
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLASH DANCE® is a modern series of evergreen azaleas from French nursery Minier from 2017. FLASH DANCE® SALMON produces large, single flowers that are soft salmon pink, and open in profusion from about late April for 3-4 weeks on the background of small, dark green, almost rounded, highly glossy, ev ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLASH DANCE® is a modern series of evergreen azaleas from French nursery Minier from 2017. FLASH DANCE® PINK produces semi-double flowers with two rows of larger petals, and a few dwarf sepals in the centre. They are bright pink, and open in profusion from about mid May for 2-3 weeks on the backgrou ...
V
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Satschiko azalea is sold under a trade name Geisha Orange and is really very close to orange. It has very soft red flowers with salmon orange tones. They open from late April and bloom for almost 3 weeks. Evergreen leaves are small, oval, dark green, and glossy. Geisha Orange azalea forms a compact ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
When Carolina azalea comes into bloom, it is as if the shrub has dressed itself in a ceremonial kimono – large, widely opened flowers with a rosy to salmon pink center, white edging, and purple speckling resemble painted plates overlapping in the tiered structure of the plant. Its habit is dense but ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The hybrid azalea Carolina Salmon derives from the variegated cultivar Carolina, but here the difference is striking: Carolina Salmon is entirely single‑coloured. If just for a split second the word dull came up, think again, or even better – look again! The combination of rich salmon‑pi ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Pink is a great name for a great plant. This Japanese azalea offers very large, double flowers of clear pink colour. They are 8-9 cm across and come out from mid May until early June. In late May the shrub is literally flooded by the profusion of flowers that almost completely cover the foliag ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you are fond of summer-flowering hybrid azaleas then this variety can easily become a jewel in your garden. Its name is Summer Sun and it is another Satsuki azalea. Soft red flowers look very attractive on the background of deep green foliage. They open in late June or early July and continue blo ...
VII - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Orange King is one of my favourite ‘royal couple’ barberry variety, right next to Apricot Queen. It makes a plentiful of small but fantastic deep orange flowers opening from scarlet red buds. They hang on the branches like little bells and resemble miniature fires, only upside down with ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Apricot Queen is a popular variety of Lolog’s barberry producing incredible quantity of rich golden-orange flowers in May. They are about 2cm long, and hang in clusters of 3-7 flowers under every leaf so you can imagine how glowing it is in full bloom. Flowering lasts for as long as 4 weeks, a ...
V - V
1 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shoeshine™ Rose a bergenia (elephant’s ears) variety from Syngenta breeders. It produces more compact, dense clumps with smaller, broadly oval to almost rounded, thick, evergreen leaves. They are medium green, pink margined in summer, and gain rose shades in autumn and winter. From late ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Marjoram (Origanum majorana) – a low, bushy perennial; after flowering it can be trimmed back, or for the best flavour it is often grown without allowing it to flower at all. Excellent with pulses, potato soups and traditional stuffings.
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) – a low, slow growing woody herb th ...
0,2 - 0,6m
0,2 - 0,6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ashton’s Pride is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Plain Jane) and camellia sasanqua (cv. Santozaki). It produces medium large, 6-8 cm wide, soft pink, single flowers with yellow ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ice Follies is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1984 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. x williamsii ‚November Pink‘ and c. oleifera. It produces large, 10-12 cm across, semi-double flowers. They are soft pink with a bit darker pink veins. ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Icicle is a showy, large-flowered hybrid camellia bred by dr. Ackermann from the United States National Arboretum. Its semi-double, soft pink flowers are 11 cm across, and open in April for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergreen, obovate, gently serrated at margins, deep green, and glossy. It grows fa ...
IV - V
1,8 - 2,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spring Frill is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1985 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. oleifera ‚Plain Jane‘ and c. vernalis ‚Egao‘. It produces large, 10-12 cm across, rose-like, double flowers with 34 frilled, rose-pink p ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter’s Star is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr.Ackerman in 1988. It produces stunning, large, single flowers of pure pink colour. The colour is darker as the flowers emerge, and gets paler as they mature. They have a pale, spicy fragrance, an ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter’s Sunset is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is one of the very rare varieties with variegated foliage. It produces small, bright pink, single, non-fragrant flowers with numerous yellow stamens in the centre from late October for 4-6 ...
X - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Adeyaka means Fascinating in Japanese, and the name was aptly chosen for this special Japanese camellia. It produces uniquely bell-shaped (but not nodding) flowers, 6-8 cm across when fully open, revealing multiple yellow stamens in the centre. The colour is rich velvet red, and flowers ap ...
III - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any further details. Another source says it comes from Germany, registe ...
III - IV
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dr. King is a Japanese camellia cultivar, a spring-flowering one, first introduced in 1944 by the Australian nursery Camellia Grove Nursery. It is a large-flowered cultivar with semi-double, highly decorative blooms measuring approximately 8 to 10 cm in diameter. The flowers display a distinctive sh ...
IV - V
2 - 3,5m
2 - 3m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fire and Ice, or Fire’n’Ice is a rock’n’roll among hardy Japanese camellias, and possibly the largest flowering double, red, hardy camellia so far. Its flowers are 9-10 cm across, semi-double or fully double with shorter sepals, rich red with yellow stamens in the centre. Flowers appear from ve ...
III - IV
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
New Zealand sedge is an evergreen perennial grass, usually featuring brownish foliage. Bronze Form is an upright growing variety with thin leaves in pale reddish-brown colour with bronze or orange hues. Only side leaves arch a little. They combine well with broad-leaved perennials with contrasting f ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUNNY BLUE™ is a unique variety of creeping sedge, bred by Head Ornamentals Inc. from Seneca, South Carolina, USA, but surprisingly patented only in Europe (EU 36925 of 2014), not in the US. You can recognize it at once by its unusually blue-green leaves, which are conspicuously wider than on those ...
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Ice Dance is one of its key varieties proved by decades of cultivation. It boasts rather wide (up to 1.5 cm) leaf blades that are erect, stiff, leathery, sharp, 30-40 cm long, deep green in the cen ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Irish Green is a pure green gem among variegated sedges. It makes 1-1.5 cm wide, strap-like leaves that are erect and only slightly arching, leathery but not so sharp, 30-40 cm long, dark green on ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergold, introduced in 1977, is now regarded as a pioneer among these colourful and evergreen Japanese sedges. It offers a broad, creamy yellow central stripe that runs along the leaf like a ray of light set between deep green margins. It is one of the earliest variegated sedges that gained wider a ...
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Everest is a Japanese sedge cultivar that first drew significant attention to the emerging EverColor® breeding line in 2009. Unlike the older ‘Evergold’, it offers a cooler, more refined variegation: the leaves have a deep green centre and broad, clean white margins that create a sharp contrast and ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Empress of China Chinese dogwood stands out above all for its abundant and reliable flowering on a fully leaved, evergreen plant. It produces striking, snow‑white bracts approximately 6–8 cm across, appearing in great numbers and creating an exceptionally clean, almost porcelain‑like eff ...
VI - VII
3 - 5m
3 - 4m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Sonja is an exceptionally compact witch’s broom of Japanese cedar, originating in the early 21st century. It was discovered by Sonja Horstmann, wife of the owner of the German nursery Baumschule Horstmann in Schneverdingen, as a spontaneous mutation on a plant growing in the Netherlands, a co ...
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ is a compact and dense growing variety of a hybrid daphne with long flowering period. Its small flowers are tubular, almost white inside and pale lilac pink outside. They have a strong and sweet perfume and are produced in profusion from late May until early July, and then sporadi ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PINK FRAGRANCE™, or also marketed under its complete name SPRING PINK ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™, is a sister variety which arose from breeding its predecessor – ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ variety. Its is a compact and dense growing hybrid daphne with long flowering period. It makes small, t ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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The Jewel of Desert series offers ice plants with exceptionally striking flowers in an extraordinary range of colours – from pure white and bright yellow through pink and several shades of red to fiery and orange tones that are truly eye‑catching. The flowers resemble large daisies, they are t ...
V - IX
0,05 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Delosperma congestum is a low‑growing, perennial rock garden plant that forms firm, dense cushions of tightly packed leaves. The leaves are short, fleshy, and evergreen, light to medium green in colour. In full sun, their surface often shows a subtle sparkle caused by tiny reflective cells, gi ...
VI - VII
0,05m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This is a charming variety of cheddar pink bred in Holzbecher botanical nursery in Lelekovice (Moravia) and named after the hill of the same name with a lookout tower - Babí lom. It is a small plant for rockeries and border edges with very sweetly scented, pastel pink, melliferous flowers atop short ...
V - VI
0,1 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese Rosy Buckler Fern (autumn fern) is an evergreen and very attractive fern species easily distinguished by brightly coloured young leaves and distinctly regular fronds. Brillance is a selection with a richer shade of golden orange to copper-red on newly emerging foliage that turns light green ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Koidzumiana is a Japanese Rosy Buckler fern which stands out for its beautifully coloured young leaves, like all varieties from this group. But koidzumiana has a more prominent rusty red shade, which changes to bronze-golden, and later leaves mature to deep green. The leaves are glossy, bi-pinnate a ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This evergreen silverthorn is a hybrid of e.macrophylla and e.pungens. Its leathery leaves emerge beige-grey and mature to glossy dark green with lots of grey dots making it look like stardusted. Thanks to the foliage it is sometimes called Russian olive which is not correct as this name is already ...
VIII - X
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a recent selection of Evergreen (Ebbing's) silverthorn, very probably of Italian origin (not confirmed). Unlike its mother plant - the species of Ebbing's silverthorn - it makes a compact and well-behaved shrub without overgrown twigs in one season. In fact, this sport makes ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen silverthorn TANEO was selected in the French nursery Pépinières Ladan and seen from up close it looks as if dressed in a soft leather jacket – its young shoots have a warm brown shade reminiscent of natural hide, and the mature leaves glow in dark olive green with a copper undertone a ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Limelight is my personal favourite among evergreen silverthorns. It has ovate, up to 10 cm long, leathery but thin leaves that are bright yellow in the middle and deep green at margins. The area between the centres and margins is light, soft green so the overall effect is 3-coloured. Newly ...
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MARYLINE® is a trade name for a striking selection of evergreen silverthorn, found by Albert Breneliére in France. It is a very bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are ver ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MARYLINE® is a trade name for a striking selection of evergreen silverthorn, found by Albert Brenelière in France. It is a very bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres ar ...
IX - X
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins are rich yellow, and the borderline between these two colours is light green but i ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub or small tree with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins are rich yellow, and the borderline between these two colours is lig ...
IX - X
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
In 2006, a miracle occurred that at first looked rather ominous – in a French nursery, all seedlings of this botanical species froze except for a single plant, even though everyone was convinced of its suitability for the French climate. One eucalyptus, one pot, survived an unusually severe winter t ...
5 - 10m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
In 2006, a miracle occurred that at first looked rather ominous – in a French nursery, all seedlings of this botanical species froze except for a single plant, even though everyone was convinced of its suitability for the French climate. One eucalyptus, one pot, survived an unusually severe winter t ...
5 - 10m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Canadale Gold is a sensational, fully hardy spindle variety with large, gently serrated, ovate to rounded leaves of mid green colour with bright yellow margins that turn pink in winter. It grows vigorously and bushy in sun or not too deep shade.
Wintercreepers are excellent, low shrubs that ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
As it happens with many other cultivars of the spindle, BLONDY®, too, was a matter of coincidence. It happened when gardener Gus Bolwijn found one branch on Sunspot variety showing distinctly different, very colourful leaves. This sport was then successfully cloned and we can now offer a very a ...
0,2 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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SUMMER RUNNER is an Irish cultivar of Fortune's euonymus that was discovered in 1993 by Val Farrell in Rathmooney, near Dublin. It was a natural mutation of the Sunspot cultivar (from 1978) and Val originally named it after his wife, Mickaela. Later, it was given the trade name SUMME ...
0,2 - 0,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
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Gold Queen is a cultivar of the Japanese spindle that produces compact, relatively narrow shrubs with strikingly bicoloured leaves. They have a dark green margin and a bright yellow centre, which immediately distinguishes it from the cultivar ‘Aureus’ with the opposite pattern. Young shoots are vivi ...
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GREEN SPIRE is a Japanese spindle selection introduced to market around 2000. It exhibits a strictly upright habit with neatly erect branches, densely covered with 3 cm long, oval, deep green, highly glossy, evergreen leaves with gently serrated margins. One would even say that one of its parents mu ...
1 - 2m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bearskin fescue or spiky fescue is a lovely perennial with bright green, narrowly linear, inward inrolled leaves that look spiky but are very soft and nice to touch indeed. The plant naturally forms small mounds and spreads very slowly. Its name bearskin fescue may sound just right if you imagine a ...
0,2 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
INTENSE BLUE® is a blue fescue of a striking colour. It was bred by Allure Tuinplanten and Amigra from the Netherlands. It was found in 2005 and introduced three years later. The plant makes well-behaved, symmetrical, extremely dense tufts of silvery blue foliage. Their colour literally calls f ...
0,2 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Variety
Fruiting type
Ripening period
Fruit size
Growth type
Colour
Flavour / quality
Karmen
June‑bearing
June
very large
...
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gambit Compact Pink is a Gaura variety forming neat tufts packed with pale pink flowers from June till the first frosts. They are borne on the background of deep green, narrowly lanceolate leaves that emerge deep maroon. Trimming off stems with spent flowers will encourage production of new ones.
...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Karmina cranesbill forms low, dense, and reliable clumps that spread steadily to create ground-covering cushions about 20–30 cm tall. In late spring and early summer, masses of rosy-lilac flowers rise on slender stems above the lush green foliage, lighting up the plant. Each flower has five broa ...
VI - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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When you look at this baby’s breath, it resembles a dainty alpine flower more than its robust florist cousins. Its blooms are perfectly symmetrical, as if cut from paper using the same stencil. They are small, white to pale pink, with fine veining that looks like a watercolour brushstroke. In parts ...
V - VII
0,1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Green Globe is a true gem among hebes. This variety, though relatively new to the market, has become one of the best-selling hebes ever. Its dominant feature is a deep but yet warm green colour of tiny, scaly leaves and mounding habit. This hebe does not flower. It can be used along garden pathways ...
0,2 - 0,4m
0,6 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pinguifolia hebe is probably one of the hardiest hebes of our climate (zone 6). It bears small, blue-green leaves and makes a mounding shrub, useful as a ground cover or a beautiful feature of a heather border. In early summer and often in early autumn it is covered with profusion of tiny white flow ...
VI - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
0,4 - 1m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dentata Variegata is a showy large-leaved variety of Persian ivy with varigated foliage. The evergreen leaves are about 12x12 cm large, heart shaped, pale green, mottled white, with rich creamy-white margins.
Its aerial roots cling to any surface (support). It grows faster than common ivy and reli ...
3 - 5m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sulphur Heart is another attractive large-leaved variety of Persian ivy with varigated foliage. The evergreen leaves are almost a size of an adult man's palm, heart shaped, leathery, slightly glossy, dark green at margins and of various depths of yellow and light green in the centre. Some leaves are ...
3 - 5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
When a shrubby version of ivy was discovered it was a breakthrough. A non-climbing ivy with even more attractive foliage was an entirely different plant that could be used in various ways unlike a climber. Now there is an improvement over this invention – a dwarf version of shrubby ivy, even m ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Green Ripple is an attractive variety of self-clinging English ivy. It has mid-sized, deep green leaves with 3 or 5 lobes and rippled margins. Another conspicuous feature are creamy veins inside the leaves. Branches produce aerial roots that cling to any surface (support).
Young plants grow slower ...
3 - 5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Irish ivy has large, upto 15cm long and wide 3- and 5-lobed leaves of deep green colour. It is suitable as a climbing plant for walls and fences as well as a superb groundcover. It prefers alkaline, moist, semi-fertile soil that is well drained. It is hardy to min. -29°C (USDA zone 5), however, we d ...
3 - 5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rock roses are popular ground-covering perennials available in many attractive colours. Ben Fhada is a yellow flowering variety producing large flowers with a conspicuous orange around the cenre. In fact it is composed of orange blotches at the base of each petal. They open from nodding buds for abo ...
V - VI
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Italian strawflower is an evergreen Mediterranean aromatic semi-woody perennial, sometimes classified as a shrub like lavender, with which it is easily confused before flowers appear. Its common name curry plant, as well as the smell of crushed foliage suggests it has to do something with curry but ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PENNY’S PINK is another hybrid Lenten rose developed by Rodney Davey and Lynda Windsor from Devon, England. It belongs to the Rodney Davey Marbled Group and is currently sold with a series name Frostkiss. It was launched in 2011 and is protected by US plant patent No. PP24149 from 2013.
PENNY’S P ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VERBOOM CINDERELLA hellebore was created by the Dutch breeder Henk Meijer for Kwekerij Verboom B.V. It is Helleborus orientalis hybrid producing 5-6 cm across, semi-double, white flowers with plentiful and conspicuous, dark maroon freckles. The flowers typically have 3 layers of petals and sepals, w ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHARMER® is a Lenten rose bred by Rodney Davey from the UK, one of his many beautiful hybrids released after 12 or more years of hard breeding work in 2019. It is a success of crossing h. lividus, h. niger, and h. x sternii for not only a beautiful bloom but also handsome foliage. That is a combinat ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Flash is one of the darkest hellebore varieties in the series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands. Its flowers are deep burgundy red and mature to pale purple with dark margins. The centre is decorated with numerous white stamens. Flowers come o ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Green is a unique hellebore variety bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands which was introduced to trade in 2013, with features including bright chartreuse green semi-double flowers. The centre is decorated with numerous white stamens. Fl ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hellebores are variable perennials which can be crossed easily with pollen transfer and new seedlings bear new features. With Double Ellen® being a Dutch hellebore series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands it was introduced to trade in 2013 with this se ...
II - IV
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Picotee is a gentle hellebore variety from the series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands, and with its pale pink to almost white, semi-double flowers with rich burgundy red margins. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from F ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Pink is a variable beauty among double flowering Lenten roses. The flowers emerge very pale pink or almost white with richer pink marbling, highlights or dotting, and mature to more uniform, darker pastel pink background on which the purple pink freckles are a dominant feature. Flowers ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Purple hellebore has the darkest burgundy purple red flowers we have seen so far. Its flowers are large, semi-double to fully double with numerous white stamens in the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Red is a double flowering Lenten rose with 3 rows of almost rounded, dark burgundy red petals decorated with white marbling at margins. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® White is an exquisite Lenten rose variety with white, double flowers. Their petals are slightly undulated, and the largest ones are decorated with less conspicuous lime green freckles, yet the overall appearance remains pure like fresh snow. Flowers come out according to weather, mostl ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Purple is a Lenten rose bearing single flowers of a deep maroon colour with a yellow-green centre and stamens whose pale cream shade contrasts strikingly with the dark petals. Depending on the weather, it flowers from February to April on upright stems reaching 30–35 cm in height. ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Red hellebore makes single, burgundy red flowers decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and a lime green eye around the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Spotted is a variable white flowering hellebore variety with various depth of burgundy red dotting. Flowers are decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and a lime green eye around the centre. They come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® White hellebore makes single, white red flowers decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and an a less conspicuous maroon eye right in the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® White Spotted hellebore makes single flowers with 5 to 7 clear white petals with a bright maroon blotch and dotting from the centre outwards leaving the margins white. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergr ...
II - IV
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ellwood's Empire is a natural mutation of an old and proved Ellwoodii Lawson cypress. Its scale-like needles are medium green with blue-green hues, and in spring its tips emerge bright lime-green or almost yellow-green which makes the whole shrub look very fresh and bright. It grows rather slowly i ...
1,5 - 2,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This variety called Aztec Pearl was bred by Peter Moore and introduced in 1989, when Hiller Nurseries celebrated their 125th anniversary. Its name perfectly describes this evergreen plant from the moment it begins to show flower buds. They are pearl-shaped, very light pink, and open into simple, sta ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
AZTEC GOLD is a Hillier Nurseries introduction from 2012, bred by Alan Postill. It is a bright golden-yellow-leaved choisya shrub. It produces profusion of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yellow stamens from late April until early June. Their perfume is very similar t ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GREENFINGERS® is a large-leaved Mexican orange variety from 2019, developed by Peter Catt from Liss Forst Nursery in Liss, Hamshire, England. It bears evergreen, softly leathery, glossy, palmate leaves divided into 7 leaflets, which have a distinct, spicy aroma when crushed, but do not use them for ...
V
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WHITE DAZZLER is a follow-up choísie to Aztec Pearl from Peter Moore, introduced in 1991. It produces masses of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yellow stamens in May and June. Their perfume is very similar to orange flowers hence its name Mexican orange or Mexican blo ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mary Nell is a hybrid holly from the USA, bred by Joe McDaniels in Tom Dodd Nursery in Alabama in 1962. It is a cross between large-leaved holly ilex latifolia and hybrid holly Red Delight which is a cross between ilex cornuta and ilex pernyi. Joseph C. McDaniels (1912-1982) was a renowned horticult ...
3 - 4m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nellie R. Stevens holly is one of the most cultivate hardy hollies worldwide simply because it is beautiful and versatile. It is a cross between English holly (ilex aquifolium) and Chinese holly (ilex cornuta). It grows relatively fast and can be trained into a gorgeous looking evergreen tree.
The ...
2 - 5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This Japanese holly is a unique species formerly known as ilex mutchagara. Its correct Latin name is far too long and a bit complicated to both pronounce and spell, hence its modern trade name IMPALA® holly.
The easiest way to describe IMPALA® holly is to compare it with Japanese box-lea ...
1,5 - 2,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This holly was given the name Alaska as it is the hardiest holly of all. From our experience we know that it is not only heavy frost hardy, but it can also stand up to direct sunlight in winter without any signs of sunburn. Well done!
The medium-sized leaves are emerald green, toothed, glossy and ...
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Argentea Marginata is an eye-catching cultivar of variegated English holly. Its sharply serrated, evergreen leaves are almost identical to those of the species but moreover are decorated with a wide brim of creamy white colour at margins. Young leaves show prominent purple red to dark pink hues as t ...
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ingramii
is a male English holly variety whose origin I did not manage to find. There are notes about its existence yet before 2000 but it appears to be commercially attractive only from about 2015 or so. It makes heavily toothed, mid-sized leaves or deep green colour with rich silver-white marblin ...
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lichtenthalii is a cultivar of European holly whose origins remain shrouded in mystery. You may come across it here and there in collectors’ gardens, occasionally in arboreta devoted to evergreen trees, but no one can tell you where it truly came from. Its name points to Lichtenthal near Baden‑ ...
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This holly seems to have identity crisis. In the book of varieties there are two names - Myrtifolia Aurea Maculata and Angustifolia Aurea Maculata. Both mean basically the same: narrow-leaved spotted gold. Well, I recon there must have been a reason then why naming them differently, supposedly there ...
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Queen, or also more logically called Silver King, is a male version of English holly. It has deep green, glossy leaves with attractive, creamy-white, spiny margins. Stems of new branches are purple. As a male plant it is an ideal pollinator of female varieties, mostly of aquifolium group, tha ...
2 - 4m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
White Cream? is a fantastic new variety of holly. It was bred in Germany by Ingo Stührenberg. White Cream? is a natural mutation of another English holly called Myrtifolia, hence its spiny margins. The leaves are bright creamy white in the centres, changing through light green to deep green at the m ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This Japanese holly is a popular variety for Japanese bonsai. It has dark green leaves similar to box. Fastigiata has upright habit without pruning and is rather slim. It is very popular for evergreen groups with spreading or groundcovering shrubs, for patios or front gardens. Fruits are small, glos ...
1,5 - 2m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Gem variety is a low, dense shrub with bright golden-yellow top leaves, leaving the bottom ones dark green. This bicolour effect is very elegant. Leaves are gently serrated at margins. Fruits, if any, are small, glossy black berries in autumn.
Pruning is possible in April: this will enc ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
One of the most elegant shrubs is undoubtedly this Japanese holly. It has leaves similar to boxwood and is often used as its substitute. Golden Rock? is a recent introduction from German town Wiesmoor, where Uwe Renken found it in 2000 as a natural mutation of another holly variety ca ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GEMBUX®, in America sold as GEM BOX®, is a true gem among inkberry varieties. It is renowned for extremely dense, rounded habit and slow growth, making it a great substitute for English box which proves rather difficult in the new millennium. Its evergreen leaves look like anything but hol ...
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Being addicted to special and rare plants I could not miss this unique holly which comes from the USA and is extremely hard to find in Europe. I cannot figure out why knowing that it proves to be one of the hardiest and at the same time utterly beautiful evergreen plants.
Long-stalk holly is a spin ...
3 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden King is a High Clare hybrid holly that will win you over with its conspicuously variegated, almost thornless leaves. They are evergreen, leathery, glossy, broadly oval to obovate, dark green in the middle and bright yellow at margins. It was discovered at the Bangholm Nursery in Scotland shor ...
1 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lawsoniana is my favourite. It is a female, variegated version of male plant Hendersonii which is just green. The leaves of Lawsoniana are deep green at the margins, grading through light green towards bright yellow centres. They are curled which gives the plant an extraordinary appearance. Being a ...
1,5 - 4m
1 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ripley Gold is a beautiful, variegated cultivar of Highclere holly from the second half of the 20th century (unfortunately, more precise details of its origin have not been preserved). Its evergreen leaves are broadly oval, usually smooth and spineless (entire-margined), slightly undulated, dark gre ...
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chestnut Leaf is probably the most common variety when you happen to come across a Koehne holly in Europe early 21st century. I am giving this date deliberately in case you are reading this article in 2050 or later, laughing how come that we used to be so deprived having just one Koehne holly then. ...
2 - 6m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Prince® is probably the most popular variety of all so-called blue hollies. It is a male plant that does not produce fruits but is a pollinator for female plants of this group (e.g. Blue Princess). On the other hand, it grows faster than female varieties and has larger, attractive leaves, ...
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
We are always happy to hear about any success as far as increasing plants hardiness. And when it happens and a new plant variety is hardy and at the same time beautiful we are lost for words. Casanova® is the one that left us speechless. It is a brand new variety that was only in 2006 introduce ...
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Germany has another novelty among blue hollies. Its name is Heckenpracht and it is a cross between ilex aquifolium Pyramidalis and ilex x meserveae Blue Prince®.
Heckenpracht is a bushy shrub with upright branches and evergreen, medium large, glossy leaves that are dark green and serrated at ...
1,5 - 2,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Stranger is a rare, compact growing blue holly variety from Germany. It is an upright, slow growing shrub with evergreen foliage. Leaves are very dark green, narrowly lance-shaped, almost spineless or just gently serrated at margins, and very glossy. As a male variety it has no fruit but is a ...
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Heckenstar® is quite a novelty from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 1998. It is a cross ilex aquifolium „Pyramidalis“ and ilex x meserveae „Blue Prince“® . The result is a strictly upright growing, very hardy, evergreen shrub. Outside Europe it ...
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Maid® is a female variety of blue holly. It produces abundance of tiny, white flowers in spring that are followed by attractive berries in autumn. They are bright red and glossy, and remain on the plant until the birds find them in winter. Once they do they will eat them all. In order to p ...
1,5 - 3,5m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Rascal® is a beautiful new variety of blue holly, found in US nursery Monrovia in 1996 as a natural mutation of another blue holly called Blue Boy. The plant exhibits unique features, distinctly different from its parent for which it was patented under PP9,999 as ilex x “Mondo̶ ...
0,5 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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You recognise silver ragwort at first glance by its striking silvery‑grey leaves, coloured by the finest felt of hairs nature seems capable of producing. At their base they are dark green, though you can hardly tell, because the whole clump looks as if someone had lightly dusted it with flour. ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Dust cultivar of silver ragwort looks as if it came from another world – delicate, silvery, with leaves so pale and finely cut it makes the heart leap. It forms low clumps with dense, slightly irregular branching that keeps the plant natural rather than overly tidy. The leaves are deeply divi ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bandeau is a mountain laurel variety of striking colour of flowers. They are very large – 2-3 cm across – and come out from pink buds. They bear a dark maroon band on almost white background sporadically decorated with tiny maroon dots. Twigs are coppery orange to red. The evergreen leav ...
V - VI
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Black Label is a German mountain laurel variety bred by a specialist kalmia breeder Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers and introduced in 2011. It is a cross between varieties Mitternacht and Ginkona. Its flowers are 2.5-3,5 cm across and combine a broad, deep maroon to almost black band on almost white backgrou ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,5m
1,5 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Galaxy is a very unusual variety of mountain laurel. Its complete botanical name is kalmia latifolia f.polypetala which means that it has strictly divided petals and that is unusual for a mountain laurel. The flowers make the same effect as deutzia. They are a combination of deep burgundy red and wh ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
You needn’t be a mountain laurel collector to fall for this new variety from the first sight. Its name is Ginkona and it has the largest flowers ever seen on this plant. They are up to 4 cm across, almost white with deep burgundy brown blotches that may join in a band around the flower. The ev ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Minuet bears large flowers with cinnamon red corolla and almost white centre and margins. Buds are light pink to pale red. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shades with white, all of ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Peppermint is one of the most sought after novelties that was hybridized and first introduced in 1991 by Richard Jaynes. The main colour of the flowers is white, with 10-12 deep red stripes along the petals in outward direction. The buds are white. Leathery leaves are elongated, flat, medium green. ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pinwheel is a unique variety with regular, star-shaped, crimson to burgundy red marbling inside the flower. The margins are almost white same as the buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and bu ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schokra is another dark-flowered mountain laurel variety from Germany, bred by Dr.Karl-Heinz Hübbers in 1993 a s across between Shooting Star and Mitternacht. Its flowers are deep burgundy red but not black, decorated with almost white margins. Buds are a combination of off-white and a hint of the i ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sterntaler mountain laurel is a successful result of a controlled breeding programme hybridizing two older varieties: Ginkona and Mitternacht. By the way a year later the same programme brought another nice variety Bandeau. The star-shaped flowers are the same large size as on Ginkona, decorated wit ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Exalting the beauty of lavender is like carrying coals to Newcastle. So let' concentrate on something special: white varieties.
White flowering varieties of lavender are still a bit unusual yet very handsome. They are fast growing subshrubs, sometimes also classified as woody ...
VI - VIII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Essence Purple is a compact lavender variety which forms an evenly rounded bush without fallen stems. It is about 40 cm tall and still very compact and very dense. Fragrant flowers are rich lavender violet and appear from June until August. Leaves are evergreen, linear, light green an ...
VI - VIII
0,4 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hidcote is a very popular variety of lavender with the brightest violet-blue flowers. It forms a compact and dense clump, ideal for beds where tall and leggy perennial is not required. Evergreen leaves are narrow, silvery blue-green. You can remove the stalks with spent flowers after ...
VI - VIII
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Munstead is a name for several plant varieties, all of which are somehow linked with Munstead Heath in southern Surrey, England, where Gertrude Jekyll's house called Munstead Wood was located. The house and garden were designed by Sir Edwin E. Lutyens and built by Thomas Underwood for Gertrude ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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White is perhaps an unusual colour for lavender, yet when placed among good companions it can beautifully highlight the surrounding shades just as easily as it can draw attention to itself with its purity. Edelweiss is an old lavandin cultivar that brings a gentle, clean presence to the border: its ...
VII - VIII
0,6 - 0,9m
0,7 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PHENOMENAL® lavandin is a proud introduction by an American lavender specialist Lloyd R. Traven from Peace Tree Farm in Pennsylvania where they perform a different, organic approach to growing of plants. He found it in a field of Grosso lavender as a whole plant mutation in 2007 and its patent PP241 ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Curly Red is an exceptional cultivar of leucothoe and is regarded as the first known selection with markedly curly, strongly undulating leaves, giving the impression that the small shrub has just returned from a hairdresser with a perm. The leaves are evergreen, very glossy and, combined with their ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rainbow is a multicoloured variety of leucothoe. It has mid green leaves with rich, creamy white variegation / marbling. New leaves emerge bright pink and in autumn they gain burgundy red shades. Rainbow flowers quite reliably with 5-7 cm long racemes of pieris-like flowers. It dislikes direct sunli ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Whitewater® leucothoe is a low, mound-forming evergreen shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves that have thin ivory variegation at the margins. In spring new leaves emerge pink, coppery and green, maturing to mid and dark green with creamy or ivory margins. In autumn and winter they turn various p ...
0,3 - 0,8m
0,3 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BURNING LOVE® leucothoe is a keiskei species i.e. it makes narrowly lanceolate leaves with a conspicuous tip. They are evergreen, leathery, very glossy, and change colours from crimson red when they emerge to dark green when mature, and dark burgundy red from autumn till spring, when they rever ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SCARLETTA® is one of the first truly successful registered leucothoe cultivars and is rightly regarded today as a historic yet still widely used classic (originated around 1980). It is reliable and has the rare ability to light up any garden corner. The plant carries evergreen, narrowly elliptic lea ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Korea Dwarf is a neat and compact version of Japanese privet forming congested shrubs with evergreen foliage. The leaves are 2.5-3.5 cm long, ovate to oval, dark green, and glossy. In June appear numerous lilac-like panicles composed of small, creamy white, narrowly funnel-shaped, sweetly fragrant f ...
VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rotundifolium is an irresistibly charming little chap. It is a compact, slow‑growing cultivar of the evergreen Japanese privet, distinguished by its rounded leaves that gave the plant its name. The foliage is evergreen, small, leathery and dark green, with slightly wavy margins and a glossy su ...
VII - VIII
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Texanum is a distinctive and easily recognisable cultivar of Japanese privet, notable at first glance for its gently undulating leaves and a fuller, more relaxed habit that is untypical for the species. The leaves are evergreen, leathery, narrowly ovate, usually 4–6 cm long, fresh green and striking ...
VII - VIII
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Excelsum Superbum is a highly attractive, variegated form of glossy privet. It makes large, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, ovate to oval, pale dark green leaves abundantly variegated butter yellow, often extended to the midribs. Directly contradicting its botanical name they are NOT glossy, they ar ...
IX - X
2 - 5m
1 - 2m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Excelsum Superbum is a highly attractive, variegated form of glossy privet. It makes large, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, ovate to oval, pale dark green leaves abundantly variegated butter yellow, often extended to the midribs. Directly contradicting its botanical name they are NOT glossy, they ar ...
IX - X
2 - 5m
1 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GREEN SCREEN is a remarkable cultivar of Chinese privet. It is a reliably evergreen shrub with medium-sized, evergreen, ovate leaves of attractive colouring. In spring, new growth emerges in a striking mahogany red, which gradually fades as the leaves mature, turning olive green. Before maturing to ...
VIII - IX
2 - 5m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Moneymaker is a clump forming lily-turf variety with attractive foliage and flowers. Its dark green, ribbon-like, semi-glossy, narrow leaves are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warmer areas. In early August are borne spikes of rich lavender violet flowers on strong, da ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Purple lily-turf is like an improved version of an older car type - better in all aspects compared to its predecessor: larger leaves, larger flowers, deeper colour. The foliage is ribbon-like, dark green, very glossy, and are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warme ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Glow is a Dutch introduction of box honeysuckle, found by Hendrik Johan Harmen Nijland in his nursery Nijland Siergroen in 2008 as a natural mutation of an older variety Maigrün. It makes small, 1-2 cm long, broadly ovate, evergreen leaves which are rich golden yellow in winter and spring, an ...
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Maigrün is a German variety of box honeysuckle valued for its unbeatable bright green, evergreen leaves that are a little larger than those on the species. The plant exhibits a more compact growth with arching branches that may resemble fern fronds. Leaves are very glossy and their colour remains br ...
0,3 - 0,6m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ferruginea is a southern magnolia variety with large, 24-26 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like flowers whose fragrance attracts not only bees and other insects, but also most perfume producers and every passer-by, especially in late afternoon and early evening when it releases its rich, sweet and c ...
VI - IX
4 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. They are beautifu ...
VII - VIII
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Goliath is a cultivar found by American botanist Albert Charles Smith (1906-1999) in former Caledonian Nurseries on British island Guernsey in 1910. The nursery no longer ...
VI - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
5a (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Goliath is bushier than the species. As you can tell by its name, something is going to be extraordinary here. True: the flowers are extremely large, often up to 30 cm wide, strongly fragrant and appear on the plant usually from June, often from late May if the end of spring is hot, and continue blo ...
V - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 4m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen - bull bay magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Ever since Little Gem bull bay magnolia appeared in European market, it has been a sought after variety ever since. Though, not everyone could grow this jewel s ...
VI - VIII
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. When crushed they release a fine resin perfume.
The amount of creamy white ...
VI - X
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Southern magnolia Twenty Four Below is next to Edith Bogue variety one of the two hardiest evergreen magnolias known to trade. It produces large, 24-28 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like, and fragrant flowers from July until September. Their scent attracts not only bees and other insects, but also ...
VII - IX
4 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ALTA® is a gorgeous southern magnolia of dense habit and narrowly columnar, very elegant shape that looks like a candle flame. From the first hot days of summer large – 20-24 cm across, creamy white, strongly sweet-scented flowers are produced singly and continuously for 2 months or a little longer ...
VII - VIII
3 - 6m
1 - 2m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Leatherleaf mahonia is an attractive, architectural shrub. It has distinctive and coarse, bold foliage. The evergreen leaves are pinnate, mid green to almost blue-green and only partly glossy. They have sharp spines along the margins. This mahonia is hardier for zone 6 as opposed to hybrid holly mah ...
II - III
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese breeder Seiju Yamaguchi from Mizunami-shi in Prefecture Gigu has been working with mahonias for some time now. In 2023, he comes with a completely unique product – a hybrid of threadleaf mahonia which is the world's first registered variety with golden yellow flowers and orange buds. ...
X - XI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Twilight nandina is a variegated beauty among heavenly bamboo varieties. It was found as a naturally occurring mutation of Gulf Stream variety by Neil Marek of Magnolia Gardens Nursery from Texas, USA, in 2010. In spring emerges clear pink foliage that quickly turns pure white before marbling appear ...
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MAGICAL LEMON & LIME nandina comes from American town Locustville in Virgina. It is a chance seedling of open pollinated plants of nandina domestica Aurea. Its most significant features are habit and leaf colour. MAGICAL LEMON & LIME boast very compact, almost congested habit and slow growth ...
0,4 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mondo grass is a highly attractive evergreen perennial from China and Japan. It is cultivated for handsome, strap-like foliage. Niger is a variety offering narrow, flat, grass-like leaves of extremely deep purple, almost black leaves. In midsummer appear small, light pink flowers on short stems foll ...
VII - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Turkey olive comes from Asia Minor where it was first found in the region of Lazistan (Turkey and partly Georgia) at the Black Sea coast. It is a warm and humid subtropical climate without winter frosts, but with enough precipitation during autumn and winter, i.e., large-leaved evergreen trees thriv ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you like spiny leaves and colours, this variety of holly osmanthus is a must have in your collection. Its name is Goshiki and you are right to assume that it comes from Japan where its name means 'Five Colors'. It was chosen not only for its spectacular colour, but also for its excellent tolera ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sasaba is a cultivar of holly osmanthus that will play with your senses if your visits to a garden centre aim at curiosities and hidden gems. Its leaves are so uniquely shaped that you may wonder for a long time whether you have ever seen anything similar. The only comparison that comes to mind is i ...
X - XI
1,5 - 2m
1,3 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Variegatus is a less well-known and rarely available holly osmanthus variety, which is unfortunate as it has much to offer. It is a slow-growing shrub, structurally and growth-wise reminiscent of the variegated cultivar Goshiki with yellow-green leaves. However, the leaves of this variety are w ...
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Saw-toothed sweet olive is one of the most fragrant members of its genus – its small, white flowers can fill the mountain air of western China with a sweet, jasmine-like scent that travels far beyond its modest appearance. This species originates from Sichuan province, where it grows at elevations a ...
IX - X
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Burkwood's sweet olive is a garden hybrid between Chinese osmanthus delavayi and Turkish osmanthus decorus. It is more beautiful and tougher than either of its parents. It boasts dense habit, profuse flowering, and handsome foliage. Evergreen leaves are leathery, ovate, 3-5 cm long, medium green, gl ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fortune's osmanthus is a cross between o.heterophyllus (small, very spiny leaves) and o.fragrans (large, entire leaves). It was first brought from Japan to Europe to Holland Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1856. Over the years its name has developed from osmanthus aquifolium to o.aquifolium var.latifo ...
X - XI
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you are looking for a great looking, ideally evergreen groundcover we have a tip for you: Japanese spurge. This perennial or subshrub comes from East Asia and boasts leathery, rich green foliage and low growth under the canopies of tall trees or shrubs.
The species of Japanese spurge bears dark ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,2m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you are looking for a great looking, ideally evergreen groundcover we have a tip for you: Japanese spurge. This perennial makes thick, partially woody stems when old, and keeps its deep green foliage all year round. The leaves are obovate and coarsely toothed.
Green Carpet is a reliable variety ...
0,2 - 0,2m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Narrow-leaved mock privet is another typical plant of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe, i.e. plants which cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet has narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, 4 ...
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FABULOUS™ DARK ROSE EYE is quite possibly the most intensely pink‑flowered moss phlox cultivar in the FABULOUS™ series. Not only because of its clear pink flowers but also thanks to the vivid purple pink eye, which amplifies the surrounding pink rather than creating contrast – u ...
IV - V
0,1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
David's photinia / Chinese stranvaeasia is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia Red Robin. It comes from China and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glossy but emerge dark burgundy red in the spring. Before autumn some ...
V - VI
1,5 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DYNAMO RED is an Australian variety of Japanese photinia from the town of Kulnurra, where it was selected by its breeder John Robb in 2001. One parent was the hardy variety Red Robin and the other was a male plant of p. glabra, so botanically the result should only be referred to as hybrid photinia ...
V - VI
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Taiwanese photinia is renowned for notably narrower leaves as opposed to Chinese photinia. Those are deep green, narrowly lance-shaped, and glossy. They emerge coppery red in spring, and in autumn many of older leaves turn scarlet red or light maroon, some plants may gain these shades all over.
It ...
VI
1,5 - 4m
1,5 - 4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PINK CRISPY photinia is a drama at first glance. Exceedingly showy foliage reveals creamy white variegation on dark green, slightly undulated, gently serrated, and broadly oval to obovate, evergreen leaves. And the real extravaganza show kicks off when new leaves emerge. They are so intensely pink y ...
2 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chinese photinia is a species which is less common in trade and almost nonexistent in European nurseries. Reason being that all European encyclopedias rate it much less winter hardy than David’s or Fraser’s photinia which are very popular evergreen shrubs used for hedges in zones 6 and h ...
1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Devil’s Dream is a German cultivar of Fraser's photinia, bred by Manfred Behrens in his nursery in Bad Zwischenahn, a town at the heart of the well‑known horticultural region of Ammerland. It is an evergreen shrub that, among the many existing cultivars, sits somewhere between the large& ...
IV
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Red Robin is the very first and, it must be said, still a remarkably successful cultivar of Fraser's photinia. Twenty years after its introduction it received the AGM (Award of Garden Merit) from the Royal Horticultural Society for its resilience, beauty and reliability. It is a New Zealand selecti ...
V
2 - 6m
2 - 5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHICO is the smallest photina known to trade so far. It is an evergreen shrub with small, glossy, broadly elliptic leaves with conspicuously serrated margins which bear strong resemblance to arbutus unedo foliage. They emerge bronze orange-red and mature to deep green. New leaves emerge at least twi ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This photinia was originally named Cassini, a very charming name, but the commercial world insisted on a new designation: PINK MARBLE®. It must be said that it is fits – this evergreen shrub bears ovate leaves intricately threaded with white and silvery tones that turn distinctly pink towards the en ...
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
From the very moment CARRÉ ROUGE photinia hit the market, it became an overnight sensation. It originates from the hugely successful ‘Red Robin’, but offers a far more compact and denser habit, with smaller leaves that look elegant and completely smother the plant’s coat, turning the photinia into a ...
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
From the very moment CARRÉ ROUGE photinia hit the market, it became an overnight sensation. It originates from the hugely successful ‘Red Robin’, but offers a far more compact and denser habit, with slower growth and smaller leaves that look elegant and completely smother the plant’s coat, turning t ...
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Forest Flame is a variety that belongs to floribunda group. It has deep green, elliptic, pointed, glossy leaves that emerge orange-bronze to fiery-orange coloured. Flowers are small, vase-shaped, compound in 10-15 cm long, hanging racemes. Buds are orange-red. We recommend dead-heading spent flowers ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Flaming Silver is a fantastic variety of a lily-of-the-valley shrub. This evergreen gem shows narrowly lance-shaped, evergreen leaves that are dark green in the middle and creamy white along the margins. New foliage is vivid red or purple-pink. This colour remains for a few weeks before it matures t ...
III - IV
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lustrous green foliage of Valley Valentine pieris complements extraordinary deep rose-pink flowers which come out from late March till early April. They are urn-shaped, sweetly scented, composed in long, pendent racemes, and last for 2-4 weeks. Deadhead spent flowers immediately after flowering so t ...
III - IV
0,8 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Variegata is a coloured form of Japanese pieris. Its leaves are dark green and glossy with bright white margins which turn pink in autumn. New leaves emerge coppery red. Well established plants grown under good conditions bear long racemes of small lily-of-the-valley like white flowers from March to ...
III - IV
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LITTLE GOLDY is a dwarf lily-of-the-valley shrub that follows a success of its preceding variety Little Frosty. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic, short, acuminate, soft green with golden hues and white variegation at margins. In spring they emerge in several colours of fruit jams – f ...
III - IV
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
POLAR PASSION® is a lily-of-the-valley shrub with dark purple pink flowers in dense racemes. Individual flowers are urn-shaped, slightly fragrant, and come out from late March for 6-8 weeks. Evergreen leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, dark green with white variegation, and emerge dark pink in l ...
III - V
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sarabande pieris was named with intention. Sarabande is the name of an old baroque dance of slow, dignified rhythm, originally in triple time, often with a slightly melancholic or ceremonial tone. The shrub reflects this perfectly: its habit is compact, gently open and gives the impression of branch ...
III - IV
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The species of Pieris taiwanensis is an elegant, evergreen shrub whose inflorescences – though similar to other pieris species – have their own easily recognisable character. From late summer it sets numerous buds in horizontal racemes, which open in spring into small, pure white, delicately scented ...
III - IV
0,8 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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The first thing any enthusiastic fern collector is likely to tell you about Asian saber fern is that it is probably the hardiest evergreen fern of all. And that is no exaggeration. At first glance, the plant appears robust and resilient, yet at the same time highly ornamental. Its unusually stiff, a ...
0,6 - 0,9m
0,6 - 0,8m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese holly fern is a glossy standout among evergreen ferns. It forms regular, dense clumps with a strong architectural presence. The fronds emerge from a short, robust rhizome in a characteristic shuttlecock‑like arrangement and reach approximately 60 to 80 cm in length. They are bipinnate ...
0,4 - 0,6m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Korean rock fern is a reliable, evergreen species with a calm, balanced character, distinguished by its mid‑green, highly glossy fronds. Unlike most other ferns of the same genus, its fronds are not fully double‑pinnate. The individual segments are almost fused at the base, forming large ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Caucasica cherry laurel belongs to a group of cultivars that seem to have been with us forever. They are pioneers from the golden rush of cherry laurels, the first to succeed and earn lasting recognition. Not only were they among the most attractive of their time, they also proved themselves where o ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cherry laurel Mano is a reliable, small to medium‑growing cultivar with a very clean and calm appearance. It stands out for its deep to dark green, highly glossy leaves, which are noticeably pale on the reverse and slightly thinner than those of most other, typically large‑leav ...
V - VI
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Miniredia is a slow‑growing dwarf cherry laurel variety with evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves measuring 7–8 cm in length and 4–5 cm in width, broadly elliptic in shape. In spring, the young foliage emerges in a striking amber‑orange colour, similar to cultivars such as ETNA® or ...
IV
2 - 3,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cherry laurel Novita became a sensation the very moment it hit the market – a true horticultural blockbuster. Its dark, intensely glossy leaves looked luxurious and were impossible not to fall in love with. On top of that, it grew strongly and vigorously, quickly finding its place wherever a den ...
V
3 - 6m
2 - 5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cherry laurel Novita became a sensation the very moment it hit the market – a true horticultural blockbuster. Its dark, intensely glossy leaves looked luxurious and were impossible not to fall in love with. On top of that, it grew strongly and vigorously, quickly finding its place wherever ...
V - V
3 - 6m
2 - 5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Otto Luyken is one of the hardiest and now truly classic low‑growing cultivars of cherry laurel. It is perhaps the only one to have reliably survived temperatures as low as –29 °C without a single leaf showing frost damage. Growth is slow and compact, with narrow, elongated, lance‑shaped ...
IV - V
1 - 2m
2 - 3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Otto Luyken is one of the hardiest and now truly classic low‑growing cultivars of cherry laurel. It is perhaps the only one to have reliably survived temperatures as low as –29 °C without a single leaf showing frost damage. Growth is slow and compact, with narrow, elongated, lance‑sh ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Zabeliana is an old cherry laurel variety whose birth dates back to the end of 19th century as it was introduced in Germany in 1898. There are no extent notes or articles about it, but it is believed to have been found by accident by a German botanist Hermann Zabel (1832-1912) who was already in ...
IV - V
1 - 1,3m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
5a (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The Northern Irish cherry laurel selection known as ‘Castlewellan’, marketed elsewhere in Europe as Marbled White, is a true treat for lovers of variegated foliage. And by reliably variegated, we really mean it: the marbled pattern that defines the plant and captivates at first glance is stable and ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cherry laurel ETNA® is a small miracle of the early 1990s. It was noticed by grower Adrian Straver because, among countless others, it stood out through the shape and colour of its leaves. The leaves are unusually formed – ovate at the base, widening towards the tip and ending almost flat ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
2 - 4m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BONAPARTE® is a beautiful cherry laurel cultivar with striking copper‑coloured new growth, once again personally discovered by nurseryman Adrian Straver as a continuation of his work with cherry laurels. It thus follows the highly successful cultivar ETNA®, his first major discovery from a ...
IV
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves. They emerge coppery orange just like on Etna® variety and can be distinguish ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves. They emerge coppery orange just like on ETNA® variety and can be distinguish ...
1 - 2m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GENOLIA® cherry laurel originates from Switzerland, where it was selected in 2002 at the nursery Pépinières de Genolier. It is a selection of a chance seedling that not only offered a distinct appearance but also demonstrated high hardiness following an unusually severe winter. The cultivar ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SOFIA is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety from 2020 and an attractive addition to the family of new and hardy varieties from Hungarian breeders. It was granted an EU patent 53851 in 2020, and a year before it won Gold Medal at a prestigious fair of novelties Plantarium 2019.
SOFIA is a dwarf ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Angustifolia is a popular cultivar of Portuguese laurel, valued for its more compact growth and narrower leaves. The foliage is evergreen, leathery and firmer than that of the species, slightly incurved, narrowly elliptic, 6–10 cm long and 1.5–3 cm wide, with a striking glossy surface. The leaves de ...
V - VI
2 - 6m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Angustifolia is a popular cultivar of Portuguese laurel, valued for its more compact growth and narrower leaves. The foliage is evergreen, leathery and firmer than that of the species, slightly incurved, narrowly elliptic, 6–10 cm long and 1.5–3 cm wide, with a striking glossy surface. The leaves de ...
V - VI
4 - 8m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Brenelia is a modern and attractive cultivar of Portuguese laurel from France, selected by Yves Brenelière in the early 21st century. It is distinguished by its larger, distinctly undulated leaves with a higher gloss. The foliage is evergreen, narrowly elliptic, typically 8–12 cm long and 2–4 c ...
V - VI
4 - 6m
3 - 4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Brenelia is a modern and attractive cultivar of Portuguese laurel from France, selected by Yves Brenelière in the early 21st century. It is distinguished by its larger, distinctly undulated leaves with a higher gloss. The foliage is evergreen, narrowly elliptic, typically 8–12 cm long and 2–4 c ...
VI
4 - 8m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Variegata is a collective name for variegated forms of Portuguese laurel, and it must be acknowledged that, although they remain relatively scarce, they are more than precious collectibles. Their principal ornamental feature lies in the evergreen, leathery leaves with creamy to whitish variegation, ...
V - VI
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TICO® Portugal laurel is exceptional. It is a vigorously growing, large‑leaved form of this evergreen species, which I fell in love with the very first moment I encountered its luxurious foliage – one of the most distinctive features of this selection. The leaves are conspicuously large, thick ...
VI
2 - 6m
3 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Orange Charmer firethorn produces mid-sized, bright orange, glossy berries maturing to the richest colour from mid to late September. Leaves are narrowly ovate, deep green and glossy, mostly evergreen. Branches have thorns. Berries are not edible but not poisonous and are scab resistant.
You can g ...
2 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holm oak or holly oak (holm is an old word for holly) is native to the Mediterranean and is spread from southern parts of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, to west Balkan and milder parts of North Africa. It used to form vast areas of evergreen forests most of which are chopped down today. It was f ...
8 - 15m
6 - 8m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holm oakis a natural species, not a hybrid despite two specific names in its Latin title. Integrifolia is one of its few selections first described in 1836. Its evergreen, leathery leaves are spineless with less conspicuous notches or serration at margins, often with none whatsoever. They are 3-6 cm ...
4 - 10m
3 - 6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The bamboo-leaf oak is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree whose leaves resemble those of bamboo. They are narrow, elongated to lanceolate, with finely serrated edges or almost entire. New foliage emerges in attractive shades that vary from seedling to seedling and may be bronze, salmon, red, or ...
5 - 12m
4 - 6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The cork oak is a medium-fast growing evergreen tree with leathery leaves. They are narrowly oval, bright silvery grey as they emerge and medium green and glossy when mature. The reverse retains a silvery gray indumentum. Older plants produce small, elongated acorns.
It has a highly attractive, d ...
6 - 10m
6 - 8m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Argenteovariegata buckthorn is an evergreen, fast-growing shrub with reliably variegated leaves. They are oval to ovate, alternate, dark green with silver-grey spots and distinct creamy white edges. They are small, only about 3-4 cm long, and densely arranged around the deep mahogany-red branches. I ...
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Best Dane is a rhododendron variety from the Dane series developed by Svend Hansen from Denmark. It is a seedling selection of wild growing r. yakushimanum and is very similar to the famous Koichiro Wada variety, compared to which it has larger leaves and flowers. Its evergreen leaves are elongated, ...
V - VI
0,6 - 0,8m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cunningham's White is probably the best known white flowering rhododendron hybrid. The upper petal is decorated with multicoloured flare – grading from yellow, green, and brown to deep red. Prolific, year-to-year bloomer.
For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. Rhododendrons ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Graziella is a unique variety with narrow leaves and deep red buds. Funnel to bell-shaped flowers are lilac pink and appear in early June. Leaves are dark green with deep burgundy tint. Though exotic looking it is hardy to min. -24°C. Sturdy plant.
For richer flowering and growth dead-head where po ...
V - VI
0,6 - 1m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hachmann's Picobello® is a proof that it is worth waiting for the best result of the many crossings a breeder has to make in order to have enough material to select new plants from. This gorgeous rhododendron makes outstanding, large flowers which are open wide, pure white with a deep garnet re ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This rhododendron is currently the flag ship of Hachmann’s nurseries in Germany. It was bred and introduced by Holger Hachmann in 2009, and named after his late father Hans Hachmann (†2004). It bears uniquely coloured flowers with almost white centres, deep violet purple margins, and vel ...
V - V
1 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Minas Snow is an excellent white flowering rhododendron variety from Canada from 1966. It makes pure white, gently frilled flowers with inconspicuous pale beige stigma in the throat. Being crossed with a yaku-hybrid it has very handsome leaves, and exhibits a more compact growth than its other paren ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Have you had a penguin in your garden yet? Well, here’s your chance to get one. This rhododendron is called Pinguin not just because it can take the cold but because of its beautifully contrasting flowers. They are only very light violet with conspicuous deep burgundy red, almost black blotch. ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Queen Bee, sometimes also called Berg's Queen Bee after its breeder Warren Berg, is a rhododendron hybrid, a cross between the Japanese species r. yakushimanum and the Indian species r. tsariense. Due to its latter parent it belongs to the sub-section lanata (wooly), which includes species and varie ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This is a lovely varigated form of a ponticum rhododendron. It is mostly grown for its spectacular foliage that is richly varigated with white. Flowers are pale lilac-purple and come out late in the season (early June). Not suitable for frost pockets and dislikes direct winter sun.
For richer flowe ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet Wonder is one of those rhododendrons that cannot be overlooked in spring. Its flowers display an exceptionally intense, almost neon‑bright cardinal red, which after opening quite literally lights up the garden and draws attention from many metres away. The blooms are bell‑shaped ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Moerheim is a dwarf variety with short, ovate, deep green, glossy leaves, a dense habit, and lilac-blue small flowers.
Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will perform superbly provided you plant them well. They mostly prefer bright to dappled shade or partial shade (partial sun). Morning ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
“Ramapo” is a dwarf variety with small, narrow, aromatic leaves of silvery-blue-green colour, a dense habit, and small, pink to light lilac flowers. Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will perform superbly provided you plant them well. They mostly prefer bright to dappled shad ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snipe is an attractive dwarf rhododendron raised as a hybrid of R. pemakoense and R. davidsonianum, introduced in 1975 by the British breeder Peter A. Cox (b. 1938), the author of more than thirty cultivars. It flowers in the first half of April, producing strikingly large blooms in soft lilac to pa ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Impeditum is a dwarf, mounding rhododendron species from China. This evergreen shrub has small, elliptic, blue-green leaves and small lilac-violet flowers in mid spring. Once in full bloom the shrub is totally covered with flowers for 2-3 weeks. It often makes some flowers in early autumn. It grows ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Makiyak is a Makino rhododendron that offers broadly bell-shaped flowers, which open from deep pink buds to light pink, almost white flowers. It starts blooming in the second half of May and, among other varieties of this special species, is popular for its abundant flowering, which is not always a ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rosa Perle is a true jewel. Yet before the flowers come out it strikes you with its unusual, highly decorative foliage. Its leaves are deep green, very narrow, up to 17 cm long an unlike other makinoi species they are flat. They are covered with silvery tomentum as they emerge, and have thick, wooly ...
V - V
0,5 - 1,3m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
NUGGET BY BLOOMBUX® is a beautiful rhododendron cross of r.hirsutum and r.micranthum. It is a compact, evergreen shrub with profusion of small but lovely flowers from late May until mid June. They open from salmon pink buds into pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers that look like miniature weigela ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BLOOMBUX® MAGENTA rhododendron is a sister variety which rose from the same breeding as NUGGET BY BLOOMBUX® and only differs in having deeper pink flowers with magenta calyxes. It is a beautiful rhododendron cross between r. micranthum and r. hirsutum. It is a compact, evergreen shrub with ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VARIETIES:
Oregon Thornless is a fantastic blackberry variety from the leading US blackberry producer: Oregon. It offers high yields of tasty fruit and does not irritate us with thorns. On top of that it has evergreen, deeply cut leaves so the plant looks beautiful even before it sets fruit. The b ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SENSATION® is a superb wood sage series developed by Tobias Braunig from Germany. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and usually compact habit with profuse flowering. SENSATION® COMPACT VIOLET is a perennial herbaceous sage variety producing deep violet flo ...
V - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This sweet box is believed to have come from western China where it probably originated as a natural hybrid of two species. Nowadays, you will not find it in the wild either because it is extinct or perhaps it never existed as a botanical species. Very interesting is a fact that there are no varieti ...
II - IV
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purple Stem is a Himalayan sweet box variety renowned for rich maroon stems in late winter and spring. They also may (but may not) turn purplish blue in autumn just like young stems of some blue hollies. It boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green foliage. In autumn are for ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter Gem is a Himalayan sweet box variety bred by Peter Moore from England. He succeeded in hybridizing a sweet box that will grow well in a pot which is something that sarcococca dislikes and will tolerate chalk (lime soil). Winter Gem boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRAGRANT VALLEY™ is a Canadian contribution to the Himalayan sweet box family. It is a chance seedling selected by Gurjit Sidhu in their Sidhu & Sons Nursery in Mission, British Columbia, Canada in 2002. It was one of only two plants out of 2,000 seedlings that showed different characteristics ...
I - III
0,3 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Groundcovering stonecrops are alpine perennials which are available in so many species and varieties that everyone can find his favourite. They are native to almost all continents including their coldest parts, except for Australia and Antarctica.
They are cultivated for their spreading, low habit, ...
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SPOT ON™ DEEP ROSE is a Caucasian stonecrop with deep rose to rich purple pink, star-shaped flowers from July until August. They are a magnet for bees that feast on them. Evergreen leaves are small, narrowly obovate, dark green and flushed maroon on flowering stems, otherwise almost rounded an ...
VII - VIII
0,1 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHICK CHARMS® is a fascinating and beautiful series of hens and chickens
including the award-winning gem Gold Nugget from 2017 that was bred by Chris Hanson and which emerges golden orange and red and shines like a real star. But it would be unfair not to mention the others which are no less beau ...
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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When I first saw the Toetie Froetie® houseleek series at the Plantarium horticultural fair, I believe it was in 2019, their display fascinated me just like everyone who passed by. The composition, featuring a dry tree with a charming little house nestled in its branches, looked like a miniature land ...
VII - IX
0,1 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
Houseleek, also known as hens and chickens, actually belongs to two genera – Sempervivum and Jovibarba. They are so similar that the horticultural trade does not generally differentiate between them, possibly because Sempervivum is an accepted synonym for Jovibarba. Houseleek originates from mountai ...
VII - VIII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you like the smell of Japanese skimmia in the spring, then this variety is ideal for you. Fragrant Cloud will cover you in lovely, sweet lilac-like perfume. It is a luxurious, evergreen plant with small, white flowers that open from lime green flowers buds formed in fat, upright panicles the prev ...
IV - IV
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RUBESTA® skimmia has dark green and glossy, evergreen leaves. In autumn are formed attractive terminal panicles composed of tiny, bright maroon flower buds which persist on the plant until early spring. Then they open into porcelain white, 4-petalled flowers with yellow anthers. They are intensely f ...
IV - V
0,5 - 0,7m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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RUBESTA® GIANT PINK represents a further step in the targeted breeding of Japanese skimmias, a programme long pursued in the Netherlands by Adrianus Jozeph Moerings. It builds on the success of the original RUBESTA® and its predecessor Rubella, placing emphasis on a stronger floral effect and a more ...
III - IV
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
I always feel a proud when describing a plant that comes from our Czech breeding. Prague viburnum is one of them and the name tells where exactly this hybrid originated in 1955. It is a cross between viburnum rhytidophyllum and viburnum utile.
Prague viburnum is an evergreen shrub with lustrous, g ...
V - VI
1,5 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Eskimo viburnum is a compact, free-flowering, densely branched shrub with a naturally rounded habit that it maintains without the need for regular pruning. Its main ornamental feature is the abundance of almost perfectly spherical flower heads composed of small, pure white flowers, which appear in e ...
V
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cinnamon-leaved viburnum is a beautiful evergreen shrub that was discovered in China by Ernest H.Wilson in early 20th century and brought to the USA in 1905. It is very similar to David’s viburnum but larger in every aspect. It bears large, evergreen, broadly elliptic, deeply veined leaves tha ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
David viburnum is a handsome, compact little shrub, with eye-catching foliage. The leaves have prominent, deep veins, which give this shrub an additional 3D image. They are elliptic, emerald green with rich red or burgundy red stalks, young twigs, and flower buds. The flowers open in early spring in ...
0,5 - 0,8m
0,6 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Angustifolia is a botanical term used for plants that have narrow leaves. In case of this variety of David viburnum the leaves are about 50% narrower but darker green compared to the species. They are evergreen, partly glossy, elliptic, and have 3 prominent, deep veins, which give this shrub an ...
0,8 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Want a fast grower to fill up an unattractive or empty space in the garden? Go for this one, leatherleaf viburnum will do the job fairly quickly. It has very showy leathery leaves with deep structure of veins. We suggest to control the size and shape by pruning/trimming in late spring to reach a des ...
V - VI
2 - 3m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The laurustinus cultivar Rock & Rolla® is one that truly earns its place in the spotlight. It was selected primarily for its unusually large, attractively shaped and coloured young foliage. New shoots emerge in vivid coppery-red tones that gradually mature into deep green. The leathery leaves ar ...
III - IV
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SPIRIT is compact laurustinus variety introduced by Antigone Plantvermeerdering B.V. and protected by European patent No. EU 2352 from 1997. It grows slowly into a mounding to rounded, densely branched shrub with attractive foliage and flower buds. Its evergreen leaves are up 4-6 cm long, ovate, lea ...
XII - IV
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LISAROSE® laurustinus is a dense and many branched evergreen shrub of broadly upright habit. Its leaves are 6-7 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and glossier than most other varieties. As early as in late August it starts to produce a p ...
X - III
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ralph Shugert is another periwinkle variety for lovers of variegated foliage. It was found by a nurseryman David Mackenzie from Michigan, USA, in 1986, and named after his fellow plantsman. It was a natural mutation of large-flowered Bowles’ Variety periwinkle after which it inherited large fl ...
IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Those of you who remember Keeping Up Appearances must know that there were four sisters, all of them had flower names: Hyacinth (the bossy one), Daisy (the warm-hearted romantic), Rose (the bimbo past her prime), and Violet. Violet is very important because even though you don’t see much of he ...
XI - VII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Large-flowered pansies offer lots of colours and flower types. You can choose just single-colour plants from the Pure category making a sophisticated one-tone bed/container, or choose two contrasting varieties using Speedy category with rays, or simply get all of them and mix them wildly i ...
X - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Citrus Twist Spanish dagger bears grey-green leaves whose striking yellow margins often extend deeper into the centre of the leaf in the form of irregularly wide yellow stripes, making the base green colour a secondary shade. As a bonus, from mid-summer arrives a third colour tone: scarlet red to sa ...
IX - XI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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