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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 ...
V - V
1 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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 ...
V - VI
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 ...
V - VI
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 ...
V - VI
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
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
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, margined whit ...
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 ...
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
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
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
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
Bravo to French cultivators who come up with this new variety of bluebeard! Want to hear why we are so excited about it? Compared to its parent this one has deep green, larger leaves with silvery underneath; deeper blue and more numerous flowers; its flowering period is rather extended from mid Augu ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
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
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
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
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
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
Latin name enkianthus was made up from two Greek words although this deciduous shrub originates in Japan. It belongs to the heath family and also fits in there perfectly. No other rhododendron or azalea has its structure. Its main stems are always fully vertical with tops of small, alternate leaves. ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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
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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)
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
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
Dawyckii varieties of common beech are very popular for their habit and leaf colours. Dawyck Gold has upright, columnar habit, its initial slow growth changes after a few years to medium-fast, never really fast. Young leaves are bright yellowish green, turning to glowing grass gr ...
10 - 15m
1 - 3m
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
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
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 characteristic ...
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
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
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
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
...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRAISE MELBA® panicle hydrangea makes about 16 cm long and 12 cm wide panicles composed of mostly sterile (showy) flowers which emerge pale lime green and change to creamy white. However, earlier than others they turn glowing pink and purple pink as they mature during colder nights of late summer. T ...
VII - X
1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°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
St. John’s Wort belongs to the group of folk remedy herbs. This variety called Hidcote is grown for its large, showy flowers. They are deep yellow, 6 cm across, with 5 petals. Blooming period is quite long: the main flowering season is June to early July, and then it repeats flowering at the e ...
VI - VIII
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
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
Crimson and Gold is another hybrid variety of Japanese quince, a cross between ch.japonica and ch.speciosa with large, deep crimson red flowers with superb yellow anthers which dominate the flowers like royal crowns. They commonly open in the first decade of April, howe ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°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
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
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
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
Lavender is so widespread around the world that exalting its beauty is like carrying coals to Newcastle. And for the same reason - so many plants in cultivation in different conditions there are numerous more or less conspicuous variations that usually slip away unrecognized because the produce ...
VI - VII
0,6 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°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
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
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
Giant miscanthus, or also called mammoth miscanthus is possibly the tallest of all eulalias. It is a natural hybrid between m.sinensis and m.sacchariflorus. It makes up to 4m tall, strong stems within one growing season (after 3 years of growing). They are strong and sturdy. Leaves are wide, rich gr ...
3 - 4m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The species of sweet olive is an evergreen shrub from Asia where it occupies a wide area from the western Himalayas to Indochina, and among the large-leaved sweet olive species it stands out with one important feature – it has perfectly smooth (entire) leaf margins without a single prickle. On ...
X - XI
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aurantiacus, sometimes also called simply rubra, is a valued selected form of sweet olive which offers perhaps the strongest scented flowers. They are small, rich orange and their perfume also resembles orange zest and tangerines. It blooms profusely from the very end of the growing season, usually ...
X
3 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -18°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
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
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
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
Little Spire is a smaller, more compact cultivar of Russian sage, first introduced in 1995. Its flowers resemble tiny slippers — vivid inky violet-blue in colour — and emerge from deep purple buds that begin forming as early as June. While peak blooming occurs in the second half of summer, the richl ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,7m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Prime Time is a standout among Russian sages, bred by perennial specialist Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens in the United States. Compared to other cultivars, it impresses with early flowering, a compact habit, and exceptionally dense inflorescences. The flowers resemble tiny slippers in rich violet-b ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
Snowbelle is a dwarf mock orange with a profusion of snow white, sweetly fragrant, double flowers already from early June. It grows moderately into an upright and compact shrub, about 1.3m tall and wide. Deciduous leaves are narrowly ovate, 4-5 cm long, mid green.
Pruning is not necessary but can b ...
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
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
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
Dark leaves on ornamental shrubs as well as perennials are sought after for the contrast they can create with nearby plants with leaves of lighter colours. In horticulture you may have heard of ‚dramatic foliage‘ or plants ‚offering a drama‘ which simply means that these plants play a significant ro ...
VI
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Orion is a Czech variety of white currant. It produces long racemes of medium sized berries. They are sweet and juicy, and mature from midsummer. Shrubs are upright and strong. Very resistant to fungi diseases.
Weisse aus Jüterborg is a white currant variety with medium long racemes of ...
1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°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
VARIETIES
Captivator - midseason, almost thornfree variety with rich red, mid-sized, sweet fruit of a very good taste. Late July to early August. Very resistant to mildew. Upright, moderate to fast growth, average yield.
Invicta is an early variety from England producing yellow-green fruit of good ...
1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
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
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
BLACK LACE elderberry blooms from May to June with abundant, almost flat panicles composed of tiny, fragrant, five-petaled flowers. They are pale pink to white and open from smoky purple buds, which intensifies the flowering colour. It blooms profusely. By the end of summer, it produces a large numb ...
V - VI
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
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
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
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
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
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
Red Pixie lilac dates back to mid 20th century when Max Peterson of Ogallala Lilacs in Meadowlark Hill, Nebraska (USA) found a uniquely looking plant among other lilacs. He assumed it was a natural hybrid between two lilac species growing close to each other: Syringa pubescens subsp. julianae ‘ ...
V - VI
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°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
Cultivar
Type
Ripening time
Berry size
Pollination
Bush height
Hardiness
Flavour / quality
Unique trait
Patriot
northern highbush ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink blueberries, now commonly called Pinkberry® are a modern attraction of early 2000's. The first plant was achieved by American breeder Mark Ehlenfeldt from Agricultural Research Service (ARS), who in 1991 crossed rabbiteye blueberry whose immature fruit is pink, and usual highbush blueberry ...
IV - V
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,3m
full 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
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
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
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
Supaga is a Latvian table grape with very light, almost white berries that give the vine a clean, delicate appearance. The clusters are medium to large, conical, and often carry short side wings, which makes them look naturally irregular. The berries are oval to slightly pointed, with a thin, transl ...
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
