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Brilliant is one of the latest varieties of purple chokeberry which is a hybrid between red and black chokeberry. So far you can find it listed under three names: a.melanocarpa, a.arbutifolia, and a. x prunifolia which is probably the most correct name. It is cultivated for several reasons, and the ...
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1 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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
Darwin’s Snow Sprite is a dwarf astilbe from the simplicifolia group. It makes delicate, almost fern-like, elegantly incised at margins, deep green and highly glossy leaves. They are deciduous and emerge bronze tinged. Snow white flowers are formed in loose plumes atop only some 20 cm tall, sl ...
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0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Glowing Embers is my top favourite. It is true to its name: as if you were watching the very centre of fire, the petals are vivid orange with golden flashes. Very fragrant. Mid green leaves have bronze highlight from spring already.
Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position ...
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1,3 - 1,5m
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Swamp azaleas are a unique species of deciduous azalea of North American origin. These azaleas offer later flowering and extremely fragrant flowers. Juniduft is my favourite variety of swamp azalea. It produces medium sized, sweetly scented, soft pink flowers with a greenish-yellow blotch which make ...
VI - VI
1,3 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
“Mandarin Lights” comes from the Northern Lights line. This one has bright orange flowers with shades of red and yellow and frilled edges. Excellent hardiness to -35°C.
Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position with always moist soil. During temporary summer dry ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sarina is a large-flowered variety of this deciduous azalea, bred by Hans Hachmann already in 1963. Its flowers are rich scarlet red, slightly frilled at margins, and have a large, golden orange blotch on the upper lip. Fragrance is faint. Deciduous leaves are oval to elongated, mid green in summer ...
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1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Satan azalea says it all in its name. Fiery orange red flowers are large and sweetly scented, and open early in the azalea season – in the first half of May. Deciduous leaves are mid green, oval to elliptic, fresh green in summer and dark red in autumn. It grows moderately into an upright shru ...
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1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tunis azalea could be a perfect deciduous azalea choice for those who love striking colours. This variety offers large, rich salmon-red flowers with orange throats. Petal margins are a little undulated. It grows at medium speed rate forming a rather symmetrical shrub.
Deciduous azaleas are ericaceo ...
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0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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
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, only about 2-3 ...
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, d ...
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
Kermesina Rose is a must have for everyone who likes varigated or multi-cloloured flowers. These are pink with a clear white margin. It is a slow grower forming an irregular, mounding, compact shrub. It may happen to this variety that a certain amount of flowers comes out without white margins and i ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°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 ...
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0,5 - 0,6m
0,6 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Maischnee® is another Japanese azalea bred by German rhodo/azalea guru Hans Hachmann. It produces extra large, usually 7 cm across, pure white, open wide flowers late in the azalea season - commonly from late May until mid June. Profusion of flowers covers the shrub completely. The plant grows ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Poetry® is simply charming. It is an evergreen Japanese azalea discovered by Manfred Mann in his nursery in German nursery town Westerstede as a mutation of Gislinde variety with deep pink flowers. It is one of the few unique varieties with bi-coloured flowers. They are soft pink, margine ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,8m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to 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 ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rose Glow is an attractive barberry variety with deep purple red leaves marbled light pink. They are deciduous and remain coloured like that for most of the season at the top of the shrub. Foliage inside the shrub lacks variegation totally, and shows deep burgundy red colour which makes a lovely con ...
IV - V
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nanho Blue is one of three varieties of butterfly bush from the small Nanho series, which also includes the varieties Nanho Purple and Nanho White. It bears lavender-violet flowers and can be easily distinguished from other varieties by its significantly narrower leaves, giving it an airy appearance ...
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1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Culinary herbs have been an important item of almost every garden. Depending on who likes what you can find marjoram, rosemary, thyme or at least parsley in most European gardens. These plants usually come from warmer zones and therefore like plenty of sun and well-drained soil.
We offer individua ...
0,2 - 0,6m
0,2 - 0,6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Smoke tree might have a slight problem these days when smoking outside becomes prohibited ... just joking, the alleged smoke is what flowering of this shrub looks like. It blooms from
June to July and from a distance the clusters do look like purple smoke. The leaves of Royal Purple are deep burgund ...
VI - VII
2 - 5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lilla® smoke tree is a novelty that was first introduced at the Plantarium exhibition in Holland in 2011 where it received bronze medal. It is a dwarf version of Royal Purple variety with slower and more compact growth. It has deciduous, deep wine red, rounded leaves that turn scarlet red, oran ...
VI - VII
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS CORAL is hybrid coneflower makes flowers of intriguing colour mélange combining rich orange and scarlet red which results in soft and warm coral red tone. Central discs are deep mahogany red, cone-like, and provide plenty of nectar for butterflies, bumble bees as well as bees. Flowering b ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DELICIOUS NOUGAT® coneflower is a sister variety of DELICIOUS CANDY® bred by Marco van Noort from the Netherlands in 2016. It produces dense, compact clumps of short stems atop which open double flowers from mid July until late summer. They are creamy white with yellow-green centres. Their ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Delicious Candy® is one of the most fantastic purple pink coneflowers bred so far. Its semi-double, fragrant flowers appear atop 30-50 cm tall stems from early July until late September. The flowers are attractive for butterflies, bumble bees, and also bees can find a way to suck some nectar fr ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Eccentric® coneflower is another fully double coneflower variety producing large blooms with crested top and one layer of ray florets. The colour is vibrant red. Flowers are about 7-8 cm across, mildly scented, and appear atop thick and strong, up to 60 cm tall stems from July until early Septe ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Eccentric® Yellow coneflower is a unique yellow follow-up to a successful red flowering variety Eccentric®. It produces large blooms with crested top and one layer of ray florets of vivid yellow colour. Flowers are about 7-8 cm across, mildly scented, and appear atop thick and strong, up t ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dutch breeder Petrus Hendricus Oudolf has already patented 3 beautiful coneflowers: Vintage Wine, Fatal Attraction, and Virgin. This latest addition from 2006 named Green Jewel® was patented in 2008 under PP18678, and ever since its introduction it proves one thing – it is simply fascinat ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°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 quite a hand ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gilt Edge is a beautiful variety of this evergreen silverthorn. It has ovate, up to 10 cm long, leathery but thin leaves that are deep green in the middle and bright yellow at margins. Newly emerging leaves and twigs are silvery-beige. Apart from the foliage this plant is also interesting for its al ...
IX - X
1,8 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°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 very pal ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
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 is not pres ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kramer's Rote (syn. Kramer's Red) heath is one of the top favourite varieties among Darley Dale heaths. It makes a profusion of rich magenta pink, urn-shaped flowers from late February until late April. Its evergreen leaves are short, narrowly lance-shaped, almost linear, rich green in summer, and d ...
II - IV
0,2 - 0,3m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°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
Emerald Gaiety is a variety with small, evergreen leaves that are mid green with rich creamy white margins that look slightly yellow as new leaves emerge in the spring. Variegation tends to reach into the centre of the leaf. In autumn and winter majority of leaves turn pink or purple red and if some ...
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 3m
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 SUMMER RUNNER and wa ...
0,2 - 0,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
Beauty is simplicity. Or the other way round? Pearl bush confirms both. The name itself sounds very attractive and the shrub definitely is a show-stopper when in full bloom. This variety is a novelty from Dutch nursery town Boskoop, and was bred by Herman Geers.
Its name is Niagara®. This pear ...
V - V
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BLUSHING PEARL is a Dutch variety of pearl bush producing pink-tinged flower buds. The are almost spherical and before opening they resemble pearly on a string hence its common name. The flowers are 5-petalled, snow-white, composed in short racemes, and appear from late April for 2-3 weeks. They hav ...
IV - V
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°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
One of the hardiest figs for our climate (zone 6) is named Brown Turkey. As the name suggests the fruit is brownish-red or blackish-purple, relatively large and sweet. They do not require pollination. Immature fruit and branches contain sap which can be an eye and lip-irritant. Palmate leaves are ve ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden bell is one of the earliest blooming shrubs in Central European spring. Though considered one of the most usual, perhaps boring and omnipresent shrubs, once it puts up its millions of vivid yellow flowers it cheers up many tired faces. Forsythia x intermedia is a hybrid between F. suspensa x ...
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1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fine Line® buckthorn is a gorgeous shrub which in its few years on the market has managed to gain attention of many gardeners as well as landscape architects. It is a result of cross-pollination carried out by Ronald Williams in 1989, but only in 1999 he selected plants showing stable character ...
1 - 2m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet Tempest is a breathtaking avens variety from Scotland. It produces rich clumps of handsome foliage and sturdy stems with numerous, rich scarlet orange-red flowers already from April until early mid to late July, and then again in late summer. They are semi-double, large (3-5 cm across), and ...
IV - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°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
White Ripple is one of three (so far) attractive varieties of the Ripple ivy series. It has mid-sized, deep green leaves with creamy white variegation and marbling. They have acuminate, conspicuous tips, and rippled margins. Branches produce aerial roots that cling to any surface (support). Plants a ...
3 - 5m
full sun to shade
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
Burning Hearts is a rough oxeye variety with bright golden flowers. The ray florets are rich golden yellow with mahogany red-brown centers and are composed around small discs in one or two rows. The dramatic appearance of the plant is enhanced by the dark maroon tinge of dark green leaves and almost ...
VII - VIII
0,8 - 1,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Candy is one of its varieties and is truly as sweet as its name. The flowers are 16-18 cm across, with a deep crimson red eye in the centre producing purple pink rays running throughou ...
VIII - X
0,8 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Passion makes 16-18 cm wide flowers of deep pastel pink colour. They come out from mid August until early autumn atop about 80 cm tall stems. Deciduous leaves are richer red than most ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Jolly Heart is a wide-eyed variety with 15-16 cm large, white flowers decorated with a Rose-of-Sharon-like, bright red eye in the centre and a few short rosy-pink rays. They come out from ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Houttuynia, named to honour a Dutch botanist of the 18th century, is a ground covering perennial from East Asia, and Chameleon if one of its few varieties. It bears medium-sized, heart-shaped leaves similar to those of purple morning glory. Their margins are profusely variegated light yellow and pin ...
0,1 - 0,2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Annabelle is a famous and attractive variety of sevenbark, a hydrangea that can take almost anything. Its large flowers appear in mid summer and are lime-green as they emerge, quickly changing to fantastic pure white. They are spherical panicles, often up to 18 cm across. Leaves are mid to dark gree ...
VIII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The new millennium brought a hydrangea sensation called Endless Summer®. This developed into a hydrangea series composed of a few varieties, each of a different colour. The plants have been a big success as they flower reliably on both old and new twigs, and are very hardy. The only trouble is ...
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0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Limelight® is a panicle type hydrangea, not a mop-head one with big leaves and large flowers heads. Well, how to explain then that this new variety has even bigger flowers? Never mind, let’s just call them XXL size. The panicles are upto 30 cm long, fat blossoms of greenish-white colour w ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CONFETTI is a breathtaking new panicle hydrangea bred by Peter Vlasveld from the Netherlands. It combines all the positives you look for in a hydrangea: large flowers of beautiful colour, strong growth, long blooming period, minimum to zero care, and excellent hardiness. The inflorescence of CONFETT ...
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1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GROUNDBREAKER® is the world’s first series of groundcover panicle hydrangeas. The variety GROUNDBREAKER® BLUSH produces 15–20 cm tall panicles, composed of white‑pink blossoms whose pink shade intensifies towards late summer, yet remains rosy pink without turning red or magenta. The plants rea ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
0,6 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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GROUNDBREAKER® is the world’s first series of groundcover panicle hydrangeas. The variety GROUNDBREAKER® RUBY produces flower clusters 15–20 cm tall, which open in July in creamy white and soon turn to a cherry‑red shade, while new blossoms continue to appear on the shrub in pure white. This c ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
0,6 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SKYFALL is a panicle hydrangea of compact habit and small size. From mid July it produces large inflorescence packed with hyacinth-like individual flowers which emerge pale lime green, changing to cream white, and maturing to very pale pink in August and September. The plant forms nice shrubs with e ...
VII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Vanille Fraise® is a breathtaking novelty among panicle hydrangeas. It bears extra large flowers that emerge clear white in midsummer, turning light pink first and deep raspberry pink in late summer. The panicles are up to 30 cm long and 20 cm wide and remain on the plant for a long period of time.
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1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snowflake is possibly the earliest flowering oak-leaved hydrangea bred so far. From early June, as soon as hot weather comes, it produces large, cone-shaped, pendent panicles for about two months. They are 30-40 cm long and composed of white, double, sterile flowers whose petals grow in up to 5 laye ...
VI - IX
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ICE CRYSTAL is an eye catching variety of oak-leaved hydrangea. While its sister variety Burgundy makes leaves that are similar to those on English oaks, ICE CRYSTAL produces foliage á la swamp oak - very deeply cut and acute. They are deciduous, thick, rich green in spring and summer, and burgundy ...
VI - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DAREDEVIL is a very beautiful and hardy variety of mountain hydrangea, bred by French breeder Jean-Paul Davasse. US plant patent No. PP33412 was granted in 2021. It is a slow and upright growing, compact shrub with very deep maroon, almost black foliage with mahogany tones. The colour is stronger an ...
VI - IX
0,8 - 1,2m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RADIANCE is a low-growing shrubby St. John’s Wort with coloured foliage. In early spring, its leaves emerge dark salmon-pink along salmon pink twigs. As they mature, pink shades vanish, and the almost white leaves exhibit pale green marbling similar to Hakuro Nishiki or Flamingo Japanese willo ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°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
Many people mistake Japanese holly for buxus thanks to its small, evergreen leaves. Twiggy is slightly different. Its leaves are lighter green, very soft green as they emerge and mid green in summer along deep burgundy red branches. They are also evergreen, narrowly elliptic, gently serrated at marg ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,6 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°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
This torch lily originates in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Lesotho) where it grows in moist or even marshy areas because it is quite thirsty. In its home frost-free environment it is an evergreen perennial with semi-woody base (just like yucca), but it can be cultivated down to zone 6 ...
VII
0,6 - 1m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°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 flowering to ma ...
VI - VIII
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Curly Red® variety comes from Dutch town Boskoop where it was found as a naturally occurring mutation among plants of another variety named SCARLETTA®. It was fits introduced in 2003 and received the award of “most striking plant novelty” at the Aalsmeer flower market in Novemb ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
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 probably the top variety of leucothoe with lance-shaped, glossy leaves that emerge bronze or red, change to mid green in summer, and turn red in autumn and deep burgundy red in winter. It dislikes direct sunlight. However, if grown in full sun, it has to be well mulched and never ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Texanum is a highly attractive variety of Japanese privet, also called waxleaf privet. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, narrowly ovate, 4-6 cm long, bright green and glossy above, pale green and matte on the reverse. In mid-summer appears a quantity of about 10 cm long, terminal panicles composed ...
VII - VIII
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
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
Lithodora is a low, ground-covering perennial which remains evergreen in mild winters of zones 5 and 6, and fully evergreen in zone 7. Its prostrate, spreading branches lie on the ground and overlap edges of elevated beds, patios, and pots.
Grace Ward is a variety with deep blue, campanulate, smal ...
IV - VI
0,1 - 0,1m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This variety received its name after a French governor in Canada in 18 century, and has been in cultivation in France for more than 150 years. It is very popular in Britain, too, where it is considered fully hardy. And Italy, namely Tuscany, would most definitely lose its most spectacular symbol wit ...
VI - VII
3 - 8m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Star magnolia is a one of the earliest magnolias to flower in March already. It has star-shaped, pure white flowers with a lovely scent. As it blooms on bare branches early in the spring we recommend placing it in front of an evergreen shrub, e.g. cherry laurel, holly, or any bright green conifer, t ...
III - IV
2 - 4m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Apollo is a modern variety of Oregon grape offering leathery, deep green, glossy, pinnate leaves composed of holly-like leaflets with serrated or thorny leaf margins, and mainly beautiful flowers that come out in profusion every year in April. They are deep sulphur yellow and have a strong but fresh ...
IV
0,5 - 0,8m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°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
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
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
Tree peonies are beautiful, woody shrubs. Unlike the perennial type, these make woody branches that slowly form a low, mounding shrub.
Flowers are large, often double or full, of all possible colours – white, cream, yellow, orange, various shades of pink, purple and red, even violet. Leaves a ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
One of the most magnificent trees of our climate comes from East Asia and is called the Princess Tree or Empress Tree or even Foxglove Tree. Its main feature is giant leaves which can be as much as 30 cm long and wide, very hairy, pale to deep green. Thanks to them empress trees are often mistaken f ...
V - VI
5 - 10m
2 - 6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Spire is a hybrid between two types of perovskia. It was first introduced to RHS in 1961 and since late 80´s it has been in cultivation in most of the world with mild climate. It is a very hardy plant originally found in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) but is successfully grown even furthe ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LACEY BLUE is a stunning cultivar of Russian sage from England, celebrated for its abundant flowering, compact habit, and distinctive foliage. The blooms resemble tiny slippers, they are of intensely violet-blue colour and emerge from deep violet buds that appear as early as June. Though true f ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Camilvy photinia is Europe’s answer to the famous New Zealand cultivar ‘Red Robin’. It originates from the Netherlands, where it was bred by Peter Van Lieshout (Venhorst, NL) and named after his two daughters, Camily and Ilvy. He never patented it nor published detailed information about its or ...
V
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
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
Vase-shaped flowers are very light pink and hang on red stamens in long, pendent racemes. Katsura is the darkest variety with deep burgundy red new leaves, which turn dark green in summer. It grows medium slowly, forming a compact shrub with equal height and spread. No pruning required. If you want ...
III - IV
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Frosty is a dwarf lily-of-the-valley shrub bred by Ron van Opstal. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic, short, acuminate, medium green with white variegation at margins. In spring they emerge coppery orange to orange brown and their white margins gain pink shades. In winter pink colour ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Passion® is a new variety from Holland. The intention was to breed a new plant that will show more reliable flowering of deep red colour and will be healthier. Only introduced in 2006 this plant is a winner. It is a cross between pieris japonica and pieris japonica Valley Valentine.
The flowe ...
III - IV
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lily-of-the-valley shrubs are very popular ericaceous plants with attractive foliage and abundant flowering. Purity is another dwarf variety. It is similar to Prelude but more rounded and regular in habit. The flower buds are green and open into pure white, lily-of-the-valley-like white flowers in e ...
IV - IV
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
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
If you are looking for a variety of dwarf mountain pine that grows wide but remains compact and not very tall go for this subspecies called pumilio. It is a beautiful mound-forming shrub with short, deep green needles with a touch of grass green shade. It makes uneven lengths of new growth which mak ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,8 - 2m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BELLA SOL cinquefoil makes about 2.5 cm large flowers of rich orange colour which does not fade. Blooming begins in June and continues until September. The plant differs from a similar variety Orange Tip Top by more compact, almost dwarf grow. It is still too new to estimate its ultimate site, still ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nuuk is a pretty evergreen perennial cinquefoil with glossy foliage and numerous white flowers. The leaves are distinctly divided into 3 leaflets, each of them decorated with 3 small lobes at the tip. They are rich green, glossy like a glacier, and turning wine red for autumn and winter. Single flow ...
V - VI
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
1 (down to -46°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
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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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
Rhododendron Dora Amateis is an old favourite from the USA, bred in 1951 by Edmond Amateis from Brewster, New York. The plant is a cross between r.minus and r.ciliatum, and bears profusion of pure white, funnel-shaped flowers in May. The evergreen leaves are unique for a dwarf rhododendron, unlike m ...
V - V
0,5 - 1m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°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
Kalinka is a yakushimanum rhododendron bred by Hans Hachmann in 1983. It flowers are a unique combination of light pink, deeper lilac pink at frilled margins, and orange markings in the throat. They open from almost red buds in the middle of May and densely cover the whole plant. The evergreen leave ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Robert Seleger is a unique rhododendron variety. It was bred by Dietrich G. Hobbie from German nursery town Westerstede in 1960. It is a hybrid where only one parent is known: rhododendron calostrotum ssp. keleticum, nevertheless, the result is fascinating. Mounding habit, slow growth, neat and comp ...
V - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snipe is an attractive variety of dwarf rhododendron. It is a compact, low growing shrub with profusion of small, elliptic, evergreen leaves of dark olive green colour. After all frosts in first half of spring it produces numerous funnel-shaped, soft lilac-pink flowers that are very large compared t ...
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
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
Shamrock is a dwarf variety of rhododendron with loads of small, yellow-green flowers, and small leaves. It is sun and drought tolerant which makes it suitable for rockeries. Very hardy.
For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will per ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
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
Keleticum is a sought-after species of dwarf rhododendron from Tibet and SW China. It has deep lilac-pink to bright purple, small flowers on long-ish stalks, and 5-10 mm long, dark green, glossy leaves. It belongs to dwarf, prostrate growing rhododendrons forming cushion-like groundcovers. They are ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,3m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schönbrunn is a unique and beautiful semi-deciduous azalea. The flower petals are extremely narrow just like its linear, ribbon-like leaves. They are mid green, matte, and remain evergreen through mild winters. After cold winters they dry out and are replaced with new foliage after flowering. Annual ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1m
0,8 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VARIETIES
Jonkheer van Tets is a red currant from the Netherlands. This famous variety has long racemes of bright red berries of excellent taste, only medium sour. Best grown as espalier because it is a rampant grower. Ripens in July.
Kozolupský raný is an early maturing Czech variety from 2003. ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Braunlaub is an attarctive rodgersia podophylla variety from Germany with bronze-brown hues on large leaves. They are up to 40 cm across, glossy, fresh green as they emerge, and gain various depths of bronze to chocolate brown hues just before flowering. Flowers are creamy white, fragrant, composed ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Seafoam rose has numerous pure white semi-double or double flowers from late spring/early summer until early autumn. Most varieties are more disease-resistant than other rose types and even in fungi-prone periods keep their healthy leaves. They require almost no care apart from removing old flowerin ...
VI - XI
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
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
VARIETIES
Idaeus is the botanical species of raspberry producing slightly oval, rich pink-red fruit that is very aromatic, medium sweet, and its juice has a rich colour. It matures in early July is best eaten fresh, either off the bush or in fruit salads or smoothies. It can be canned, frozen, or m ...
VI - VIII
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Thundercloud is another dark-leaved variety of European elder. It is a sport of Guincho Purple from 1997 producing attractive purple red, almost purple black, deciduous leaves, and numerous flowers on young plants. They are formed in flattened panicles, open from rich purple pink buds to soft cotton ...
V - VI
2 - 3m
2 - 2,5m
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
SUNSPARKLER® LIME ZINGER stonecrop comes from the American breeding series Sunsparkler®, developed by renowned horticulturist Hans Hansen. This perennial guru is known for dozens of successful cultivars of echinaceas, heucheras, hostas, and other garden beauties. His work blends botanical precision ...
VIII - IX
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
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
This variety was first introduced in the UK in 1954. The seeds came from Korea hence its name: Miss Kim, Kim being the most common name in Korea. The scented flowers are pure lavender-lilac colour, opening from darker purplish buds. They are formed in upright panicles that are not as clustered as o ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Semperaurea is an attractive variety of yew. Its evergreen needles are bright yellow on the top of the shrub from spring to autumn and change to orange or golden yellow in winter. Foliage inside the shrub and on not insolated parts grade to mid to deep green. The plants grows at medium speed, making ...
1 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VARIETIES
Early:
Blue Suede – self-fertile, forms a compact shrub 90–150 cm tall, large light blue berries with sweet and aromatic flavor, ripens early in summer, suitable for containers, white spring flowers, foliage turns red to burgundy in autumn, fully hardy down to –26 to –29 °C.
Chant ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Tissington White is one of the most striking white forms of gentian speedwell. Early in spring it produces neat, nicely arranged and well‑behaved basal rosettes of fresh green leaves — well‑behaved meaning not like Bart Simpson — which remain evergreen in mild winters. They form a firm, ...
V - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°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
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
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
Burkwood viburnum is a garden hybrid between v.carlesii and v.utile made in England in 1924. It belongs to the most fragrant viburnums whose flowers people can smell from a distance of 7 or even 8 meters. Small, intensely sweetly scented, tubular flowers are composed in spherical clusters about 10 c ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
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
