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We always love presenting unusual and rare plants. Among those we only select the ones that are not just rare but also beautiful and can enrich your garden with a new feature. This time we have a real jewel for conifer lovers.
It is a dwarf Korean fir named “Brillant”. It is a compact and almost ...
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for zone 5+6
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Whitewater variety is a masterpiece created by Janet N. Egger from the Terra Nova® Nurseries in Oregon, USA. It bears beautifully variegated leaves that look like they have been intentionally white painted over and over for a patina effect. The leaves are up to 23 cm long and 17 cm wide. Whitew ...
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Sandwort is a superb, low-growing, and profusely flowering perennial with hundreds of small, single, white flowers from mid spring until early summer. The leaves are very narrow, elliptic, rich green and make a dense cushion which remains evergreen all year round. Newly planted sandwort might be a l ...
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Sweet Dreams armeria bears clear pink flowers composed in 3-4 cm wide, spherical flowerheads atop sturdy, 15-20 cm tall, leafless stems. The inflorescence resembles ornamental onion flowers but without any scent. They bloom incredibly long time: from late April until early autumn. Evergreen leaves a ...
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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 ...
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Gold dust is a low growing, mat forming perennial not just for rockeries or dry walls. It produces masses of panicles with rich yellow flowers on thin but sturdy, 20-25 cm tall stems. Flowers come out from mid spring, usually early May and continue flowering for 3-4 weeks. Leaves are narrowly ellipt ...
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Amoena is a Japanese azalea with small to mid-sized, bright, deep fuchsia pink flowers, hose in hose, that totall cover the plant when in full bloom. They come out in mid May and continue until early June. Thanks to their bright colour it will light up the daker corners of your garden.
Leaves are ...
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Arabesk is an attractive variety of Japanese azalea with large, deep red flowers. They come out in profusion from mid until end May. The evergreen foliage is dark green, with some burgundy red shades in autumn and winter, changing back to green before it starts flowering. This azalea grows slowly, m ...
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Blaauw’s Pink has attractive, salmon pink small flowers with slightly darker throat. It has irregular growth and belongs to mid-sized azalea.
Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate, only about 2-3 cm long. In semi-shade and shade they remain on the shrub throughout winter, if placed in full sun ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Girard’s Rose is another Girard azalea variety that originated in Girard Nurseries in Ohio, USA. Flowers of this one are bright rosy pink and open up in May. The evergreen foliage is mid green, turning deep burgundy red in autumn and winter, changing back to green with warm days of spring. Gir ...
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Hot Shot Variegated is a Japanese azalea with small, elliptic, dark green leaves with white margins. They are evergreen in zone 7 and semi-evergreen in zone 6 when temperature drops below -18°C. The plant will always make new leaves in spring again even it loses foliage completely. The flowers are l ...
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Johanna is extremely popular for its deep red flowers anddark leaves. It flowers so abundantly that leaves almost disappear under the cloud of flowers. It is a slow grower forming a nice, mounding, compact shrub.
Small, ovate to rounded leaves are mid green as they emerge, turning deep burgundy red ...
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Kermesina was historically the first of the Kermesina series of Japanese azalea, bred by The Boskoop Research Centre in the Netherlands around 1940. Its flowers are small but numerous, deep purple-pink. They appear in profusion from mid May until early June. It is a slow grower forming an irregular, ...
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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 ...
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Königstein is an old fortress near Dresden, Germany, as well as a name for this Japanese azalea. It was bred at Pillnitzer castle gardens, close to Königstein fortress. It is a slow and dense growing plant with profusion of large, 3-4 cm across, widely open, purple-violet flowers with a darker blotc ...
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Rosinetta® is another unique Japanese azalea bred by Hans Hachmann. It has pure pink, double or tripple flowers that are 4-6 cm wide and come out late in May, and continue blooming until mid June. It grows slowly, 10-year old plant is about 60 cm high and 80 cm wide.
Leaves are mid to dark gr ...
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Schneeperle® is a gorgeous, pure white Japanese azalea from Hans Hachmann. Its double flowers are snow white and abundant. Individual flowers are abou 4-5 cm wide and come out from mid May until early June. It grows slowly, 10-year old plant is about 35 cm high and 55 cm wide.
Leaves are mid t ...
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Stewartstonian is becoming the most sought-after evergreen azalea with red flowers. The red is soft, almost orangey red, as far as we can talk about orange in Japanese azaleas. It grows moderately and forms a fairly compact shrub that does not need to be pruned.
Slightly glossy leaves are ovate, s ...
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Conversation Piece is definitely something to talk about. This azalea has extremely large flowers of two colours: light pink and white. The varigation differs from plant to plant, some blooms may be just pink, others mottled white or be entirely white with pink stripes and so on. It flowers later in ...
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Nuccio’s Lucky Charm is another fascinating Satsuki azalea. This hybrid bears medium-large flowers of dusky pink colour. The first buds begin to open on the first hot days of June (usually mid of the month) and continue blooming for as long as 4 weeks. It was bread by Nuccio Nursery of Souther ...
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Perla del Verbano is a sensational new variety of evergreen hybrid azalea that originated in Northern Italy. It bears profusion of bright pink, double = hose in hose flowers from end June until late July. They appear continuously so you can enjoy them for as long as a month under ideal conditions. P ...
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Shoka (sometimes also misspelled as Sogha) is a hybrid Satsuki azaleawith large flowers. They are predominantly white with bright purple pink blotch, or they can come out lilac-pink with the same blotch, or they can be either colour with a stripe of the other colour. Quite picky this azalea, isnR ...
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Eroica is a bergenia variety with rich purple pink flowers. They are campanulate, born in clusters, and open atop red flushed, 35-40 cm tall stems. The evergreen leaves are broadly heart-shaped, almost rounded, medium green with bronze and red shades in autumn and winter. Blooming begins in mid Apri ...
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Shoeshine™ Rose a bergenia (elephant’s ears) variety from Syngenta breeders. It produces more compact, dense clumps with smaller, broadly oval to almost rounded, thick, evergreen leaves. They are medium green, pink margined in summer, and gain rose shades in autumn and winter. From late ...
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Hard fern is an evergreen fern with deep green, glossy leaves. The fronds are 30-50 cm long, erect. It dislikes direct sun and does best in partial shade or even deep shade. It needs moist, light and acidic soil. In shade it withstands drought. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5).
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Lochinch is a hybrid butterfly bush which originated as a natural mutation in the gardens of the Lochinch Castle in Scotland around 1940. It is possibly a hybrid between the most utilized b.davidii and its Chinese relative, more tender sister b.fallowiana.
Lochinch buddleja produces about 25 cm lon ...
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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 ...
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Marsh marigold is our native perennial, naturally occurring from Central to North Europe as well as in North America and North Asia. It loves boggy and constantly moist locations in full sun. It is very variable and during a spring walk you can find several plants of slightly different appearance, y ...
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Frosted Curls is a tufted, evergreen New Zealand hair sedge variety with narrow leaves that curls at tips. The leaves are light green in spring and summer, after flowering in late summer they turn light sandy yellow, and finally in winter they are soft bronze.
This sedge is a low-maintenance grass ...
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for zone 5+6
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BUNNY BLUE™ is a unique variety of creeping sedge, bred by Head Ornamentals Inc. from Seneca, South Carolina, USA, but surprisingly patented only in Europe (EU 36925 of 2014), not in the US. You can recognize it at once by its unusually blue-green leaves, which are conspicuously wider than on ...
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Japanese sedge is a perfect companion plant for evergreen arrangements because this grass-like perennial remains in leaf all year long. The stiff and glossy leaves are dark green with wide, creamy-white margins.
It needs well-drained but constantly moist and humus-rich soil. When established it wi ...
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Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Irish Green is a pure green gem among variegated sedges. It makes 1-1.5 cm wide, strap-like leaves that are erect and only slightly arching, leathery but not so sharp, 30-40 cm long, dark green on ...
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for zone 5+6
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Japanese sedge is a perfect companion plant for evergreen arrangements because this grass-like perennial remains in leaf all year long. Evergold is a variety with linear, narrow leaves that are creamy yellow in the centre and have dark green margins. It is a well-behaved plant not spreading througho ...
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Heavenly Blue is a favourite variety of bluebeard. It has profusion of purple-blue flowers at the end of summer that attract bumble bees and butterflies. The leaves are deep green on the upper side and silvery blue-green beneath. They have an interesting scent which recalls cooking herbs.
The shrub ...
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Summer Sorbet bluebeard is a fantastic novelty from England. It is a natural mutation of Kew Blue variety. Summer Sorbet has colourful foliage – the leaves are dark green in the centre with rich yellow margins. Flowers are violet-blue, come out at the end of summer and continue blooming for as ...
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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 ...
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Feelin‘ Blue is a striking Dutch introduction of Himalayan cedar, which in fact turned out to be one of the most reliable cedars we ever had. Formerly a ground-covering plant is often staked up to a bamboo stick in order to form an appearance of a classic but much smaller cedar tree with pictu ...
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Autumn Blue is a dwarf or ground-covering variety of hardy plumbago. It bears gentian-blue, 5-petalled, 1-2 cm large flowers, borne in terminal clusters from August till the first frost. In hot summers the flowers appear early in the month, in average or cold summers from late August. Deciduous leav ...
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Hardy plumbago is a superb substitution for its tender relative common in the Mediterranean.
This one has even deeper blue flowers with 5 petals, mid-green, bristly, obovate, deciduous leaves with purple margins and purple stems. The plants itself is very dense and in full sun bears profusion of f ...
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Creeping dogwood originates in North America (N. USA and Canada), Greenland, and N. Asia. It is a tough, rhizomatous perennial which forms a beautiful carpet of attractive foliage and flowers.
Being a dogwood, its true flowers are inconspicuous, tiny and composed in small, spherical heads. But the ...
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Gold Nugget is an iceplant variety with rich yellow flowers, 2-3 cm across, flowering in masses from late spring until midsummer, later flowers appear sporadically.
Iceplant loves sunny and dry locations, excess watering could kill this plant. It is best for rockeries with plenty of gritty material ...
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Copper is a gorgeous iceplant variety from the SUNTROPICS® series introduced by Volmary in 2022. It makes rich golden flowers with amber orange to copper red hues. They are large and appear in profusion from the first really hot days of late May and sporadically keep popping up until August, we ...
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This is a charming variety of cheddar pink bred in Holzbecher botanical nursery in Lelekovice (Moravia) and named after the hill of the same name with a lookout tower - Babí lom. It is a small plant for rockeries and border edges with very sweetly scented, pastel pink, melliferous flowers atop short ...
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Maiden pinks are popular mat-forming perennials from Europe that have been grown for centuries. Leuchtfunk, also called Flashing Light is a variety with small but very attractive, cerise red flowers. This variety lacks perfume but offers a long blooming period – from June until end July, even ...
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Leopard’s bane is a slow growing perennial with cheerfully yellow daisy-like flowers. They came out in late spring on 10-20 cm long stems, one by one, and form a heavily blooming mound that keeps flowering for several weeks. Deciduous leaves are light to mid green, heart-shaped.
It will grow ...
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The real king of all British ferns, and not only in the U.K, is this male fern called ´Cristata the King´. Throughout the mild and colder zones of Europe, this fern is a must have. Quite a robust one for a perennial, it creates long, arching fronds with striking crested tips. Each frond can grow up ...
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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 ...
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Emerald'n'Gold spindle has bright green leaves in the centre and vivid yellow edges that often override the green colour giving a golden effect to the whole shrub. In autumn and winter majority of leaves turn pink or purple red and if some of them fall down in spring the plant quickly replaces them. ...
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Broom is not a kind name for a beautiful shrub like this genista. Truth is, however, that its tine leaves are less obvious for its numerous, slender, arching branches which might look a little disorganized but still not broomy.
Genista produces masses of bright yellow to golden yellow flowers in M ...
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Winged broom or arrow-shaped broom is an attractive species from the fabaceae family. Its natural habitat spreads from South and Central Europe to Balkan. It forms low shrubs with green, prostrate branches and profusion of flowers.
Winged broom is cultivated for its showy, bright yellow flowers fo ...
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TUTTI FRUTTI is a French variety of avens bred by Julien Caillarec. He is a passionate grower, breeder, and plant specialist who, together with his father Daniel, runs Pépinières Caillarec, a nursery specialising in perennials. This nursery, established in 1991, offers more than 2,500 species, ...
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Not everyone can afford growing a large tree in his garden but would like to enjoy its foliage. Dwarf varieties are perfect solutions to this problem. And Troll is one of the most recent solutions among them. This German word means hobbit and hobbits, as we know them, are usually small. Troll is a d ...
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SUNFLARE™ is a 2016 variety of Hakone grass, whose name, as a synonym for solar flare, suggests something vivid and striking. How true. It is a deciduous grass that in early spring floods your garden with thin, about 1 cm wide, soft leaves of the brightest chartreuse colour, which gradually ma ...
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VIV® Elsa is a Lenten rose from the VIV® series producing attractive flowers combining white background and deep maroon marbling. They come out early in the season – if forced, they can bloom atop 30-40 cm tall, strong, upright stems from October, otherwise from mid-winter. New flowe ...
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Pretty Ellen® White hellebore makes single, white red flowers decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and an a less conspicuous maroon eye right in the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves ...
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Midnight Rose is a coral bells variety with very dark foliage. The leaves are large, deep purple red, almost black with rosy pink spots. In June and July small grayish-pink flowers appear atop 65-75 tall stems but if you think they spoil the image of the perfect leaves you can cut them off yet befor ...
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Halcyon is a mythical bird which was supposed to announce the arrival of happiness and serenity after winter solstice. It is also a popular plantain lily variety cultivated for its unique colour and superb garden performance. It makes mid-sized, about 16x10 cm large, thick, heart-shaped, distinctly ...
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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 ...
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for zone 5+6
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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 ...
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St. John’s Wort is a well know perennial from our meadows and fields. The gardeners, however, selected species which are shrubby and have additional features for common use in gardens. Gemo is a new variety of this group and comes from Denmark.
It is a low, dense growing shrub with erect stem ...
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This false cypress is a dwarf, mound forming variety belonging to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Nana is a green version, very slow growing, ideal in ...
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Cypress family belongs to old time favourites in Central Europe. This golden thread-leaf sawara cypress proves the fact. It has string-like branches that elegantly droop to the ground. It is low growing, making a compact and dense, dwarf shrub with lime green needles and golden new growths. For best ...
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Pink Ice™ is a lovely hybrid variety of candytuft with profusion of soft pink flowers atop 10-15 cm tall stems. They last for a long time and new buds appear along the stems when you trim the plant cutting away faded tops. This way the plant can bloom until midsummer. Leaves are deep green, na ...
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0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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
Corkscrew rush is a highly ornamental evergreen plant for boggy soil and wet conditions. It produces up to 45 cm tall, dark green, shiny, spiraled stems along which insignificant brown flowers appear in early summer.
It likes constantly moist or wet, acidic soil in full sun or partial shade. It ca ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Creeping juniper is a useful and maintenance-free shrub, popular with landscapers because it is trouble-free, easy to grow, and needs very little care – virtually none. It comes from Canada and forms evergreen cushions of various colours. Andorra Variegata is an eye-catching variety with cream ...
0,3 - 0,4m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
/b>Elf is a dwarf variety of mountain laurel. It grows slowly but very dense, making almost white flowers with a thin pink circle in the middle. Buds are white or very pale pink. Leathery leaves are small, narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combinin ...
VI - VI
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The very first time we saw Felice lavender it was obvious that it would be a bestseller. A compact plant with plenty of flowers and the most important feature above all - so fragrant! It releases its scent without touching it. Just bend over or move the pot or simply stand against the wind and you W ...
VI - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sometimes labeled Dwarf Snow Lady this shasta daisy is a compact and robust perennial which remains small = dwarf. Its flowers are large, about 6 cm wide, pure white with fat yellow centres. The plant is covered with blooms from mid June until mid summer. Deadheading may prolong flowering time until ...
VI - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LewisiaMountain Dreams is a variety forming thick rosettes of symmetrically layered evergreen leaves which resemble large-leaved houseleeks. From beneath the leaves rise short but sturdy stems with sprays of numerous flowers. They are about 2 cm across, and of rich shades of striking colours like ca ...
V - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Big Blue lily-turf is perhaps one of the most common lily-turf varieties in North America. It is comparable to Royal Purple variety in Europe. From late summer it produces 30-45 cm tall, purple flushed stems, topped with terminal spikes composed of rich lavender violet, spherical buds which burst to ...
VIII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Purple lily-turf is like an improved version of an older car type - better in all aspects compared to its predecessor: larger leaves, larger flowers, deeper colour. The foliage is ribbon-like, dark green, very glossy, and are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warme ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Thick-leaved evergreen honeysuckle comes from China and has small but very pretty and glossy leaves. They are rounded, rich green with purple margins in summer and dark purple red in autumn and winter. Little Honey® is a recent introduction from the Netherlands which produces profusion of honey ...
VI - VI
0,1 - 0,1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Maigrün is a German variety of box honeysuckle valued for its unbeatable bright green, evergreen leaves that are a little larger than those on the species. The plant exhibits a more compact growth with arching branches that may resemble fern fronds. Leaves are very glossy and their colour remains br ...
0,3 - 0,6m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mondo grass is a highly attractive evergreen perennial from China and Japan. It is cultivated for handsome, strap-like foliage. Niger is a variety offering narrow, flat, grass-like leaves of extremely deep purple, almost black leaves. In midsummer appear small, light pink flowers on short stems foll ...
VII - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°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
Fernleaf peony is a collector’s choice. This perennial peony is a true gem in any rockery or garden bed. It emerges in early spring with fern-like, finely divided, cut leaves that form a fluffy tuft from which comes out a spherical bud that will open into a lovely flower. It needs warm and sun ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
2 (down to -45°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: pachysandra (Japanese spurge). This perennial keeps its deep green foliage all year round. The leaves are obovate, coarsely toothed, and in case of Green Sheen variety so glossy that you might think they are ...
0,2 - 0,2m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,1m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Emerald Cushion Blue is a compact moss phlox with lavender violet, small flowers which open on large, emerald green cushions of evergreen leaves from late April. This phlox makes a good groundcover in almost no time, however, for good habit, dense growth and to eliminate bare, woody stems we recomme ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,2m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MacDaniel's Cushion is possibly the top favourite rich pink variety of moss phlox. Its flowers are rich neon pink and open from late April on dense, emerald green cushions of evergreen leaves. It is quite compact, however, for good habit and in order to eliminate bare, woody stems we recommend trimm ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,1m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FABULOUS™ is a moss phlox series bred by Dutch breeders Florensis B.V. FABULOUS™ ROSE is a clear pink flowering variety with distinctly notched flower petals. Blooming begins in late April and continues for an incredible period until late June. Needle-like leaves are short, medium to lig ...
IV - VI
0,1 - 0,1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FABULOUS™ is a moss phlox series bred by Dutch breeders Florensis B.V. FABULOUS™ WHITE is a pure white flowering variety with distinctly notched flower petals. Blooming begins in late April and continues for 3-4 weeks. Needle-like leaves are short, medium to light green, linear, and ever ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Some time ago crossing of two species of photina resulted in an extremely successful and attractive plant: Fraser photinia. It is called Red Robin and in countries with mild winters it is one of the top favourites for evergreen hedges. But now we are introducing a new plant which, though based on th ...
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Gem is a true dwarf among dwarf conifers. It is a sport of Nidiformis Norway spruce with mid to pale green, very short needles and very compact habit. The plant keeps very dense and needs no shaping to look nice. Naturally it forms a globose or mounded shape.
Growing dwarf conifers is very ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Carsten’s Wintergold is a selection of very popular Wintergold with stunning winter colour. The needles are deep green from mid spring until early autumn. Then they begin turning yellow and from end autumn until the last cold days of spring they are vivid yellow. This colour is unbeatable so f ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Humpy is a very beautiful variety of dwarf mountain pine introduced in 1979. It grows extremely slowly into a cushion-like, mound-forming shrub that is some 50 cm tall and a little over one meter wide in 15 years. Its evergreen needles are short, stiff, rich green, and are borne in pairs. Annual gro ...
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
After a huge success with BREPO® variety, a breeder of pines from Switzerland Henri Bregeon comes up with another dwarf pine variety, this time called Marie Bregeon. It is a result of a controlled crossbreeding of pinus nigra and pinus densiflora, both of which were H.Bregeon’s own select ...
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Balloon flower is another showy perennial with violet-blue flowers in summer. They are bell-shaped with 5 petals opening wide, growing on tops of 20-25 tall stems. Buds are large, balloon-shaped.
Leaves are toothed at margins, green or bluish green and emerge very late. We recommend marking a plac ...
VII - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This bamboo is an attractive dwarf type that is commonly used as ground cover. Its mid-sized leaves are 5-7 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, fresh green and regularly arranged on the stems making a dense, luxurious mound. It comes from Japan.
It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If you want ...
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pygmaeus is a dwarf bamboo species native to Japan. It is often used as lawn alternative as it is a fast and densely growing perennial that can create a nice groundcover in no time. Within 10 years it can take up a space of about 3x3 meters. It has possibly the smallest leaves of the whole group. Th ...
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This bamboo is a popular groundcover. Its mid-sized leaves are 10-14 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, and distinctly white variegated. It comes from Japan.
It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If you want to keep it in a certain area of your garden we recommend using root barriers. Leaves a ...
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Common polypody is a usual fern of mild and colder parts of Europe. It is evergreen and has about 30-40 cm long, thin stalks with mid green leaflets with rounded ends.
It grows best in semi-shade but can be cultivated in full sun or full shade as well. It grows in woodland leafmould or epiphytical ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This fern brings softness to your shady garden. The fronds are very decorative, composed of many, tiny leaflets forming a lacy-like, glossy leaves of bright green colour. They are evergreen. Though they are very hardy and can withstand heavy frosts evergreen we suggest cutting off all leaves in spri ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,6 - 0,8m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
“Mount Vernon” is an American variety of the lowest cherry laurel which is used for borders, rock gardens, and most often as a luxuriously looking groundcover. The leaves are highly glossy, bright to deep green and slightly drooping which brings an extra elegant feature. Although this is ...
V - V
0,3 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Otto Luyken is probably the best known and the hardiest selection among cherry laurels. It is a small, healthy shrub, which predominantly spreads to sides. It reaches no more than 1,5m in many years, therefore can be used be used for planting under trees or as a ground cover. Pointed leaves are glos ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1,5m
2 - 3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bonfire is a spectacular new variety of dwarf ornamental peach with edible fruit. It has profusion of typical peach-like, light pink flowers that are clustered along short branches in a dense crown. The leaves are fantastic deep burgundy red and glossy, narrow and elongated, and not much smaller tha ...
IV - IV
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
5a (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Edelweiss is a Japanese rhododendron that belongs to the Yakushimanum group. These were crossed with the species originally found on Yakushima Island, Japan. It bears rich trusses of large, bell-shaped flowers that open from clear pink buds to only slightly pinkish white flowers with beautifully fri ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lavendula is a gentle touch of lilac-lavender colour in your ericaceous border. This slow growing rhododendron is a fantastic piece with medium-sized flowers that are much bigger than the leaves. Those are evergreen and leathery, elliptic with a sharp tip. It is a successful cross between the follow ...
V - V
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Luisella bears profusion of small lilac-violet flowers and blue or almost turquoise leaves. It belongs to dwarf rhododendrons which grow low, like groundcovers, and form cushions that are very popular in Japanese-style gardens as so-called live stones. When in full bloom it offers a stunning show of ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°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
7 (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
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fantastica tells it all in its name. A truly fantastic combination of white flowers with neon-bright pink margins. It is a yakushimanum sport, growing slowly and very compact, flowering reliably and abundantly every year. It likes full sun.
For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. ...
V - V
0,5 - 1m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°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
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This rose is probably one of the most popular polyantha rose by Kordes. Its name means gardener´s delight and if you like strong and vibrant colours you will understand. The flowers are fully double, raspberry pink-red, rain-resistant, and appear in profusion from early summer until early autumn. Fo ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Knirps® is a fantastic groundcovering rose myde by Kordes in 1997. It has 5cm wide, bright pink flowers making an eternal carpet that flowers profusely from June till October. Very strong and healthy, absolutely disease-free.
Recommended spacing: 5 plants per square meter.
Planting instructio ...
VI - X
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rotilia® is a polyantha rose with deep crimson red flowers that make a flowering carpet from June well through October. It is an absolutely healthy, disease-resistant variety, awarded ADR in 2002.
Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the graftin ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Roxy® is a miniature rose from Kordes Lilliputs® collection which comprises of small and healthy, repeat flowering roses. Roxy® produces abundance of small, fully double, only about 4 cm across flowers of the deepest purple pink colour with no fragrance. Leaves are almost entirely dis ...
VI - XI
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
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
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT® is a low-growing rose listed among ground-covering varieties, but fortunately, it does not create those typical tangles of thorny branches just above the ground from which fallen leaves cannot be cleaned in autumn without ending up with scratched hands. It produces short ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ZWERGENFEE 09® is another fascinating addition to the group of absolutely healthy and reliable miniature floribunda roses bred by Kordes Rosen. It produces clusters of small, fully double, vibrant red flowers continuously from June until November on the background of glossy, healthy foliage whi ...
VI - I
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lavender cotton is a fantastic low, mound-forming shrub with very attractive silvery blue, finely textured foliage. It is evergreen so it decorates your garden all year round. Moreover, in summer in produces masses of small, vivid yellow flowers heads on long stalks. Leaves have an interesting, spic ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRAGRANT VALLEY™ is a Canadian contribution to the Himalayan sweet box family. It is a chance seedling selected by Gurjit Sidhu in their Sidhu & Sons Nursery in Mission, British Columbia, Canada in 2002. It was one of only two plants out of 2,000 seedlings that showed different characteristics ...
I - III
0,3 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Willowleaf sweet box is a charming species of this little-known evergreen shrub, native to northern Pakistan. Its generic name refers to the similarity of its narrow foliage to willow leaves. Unlike those, however, sweet box has evergreen leaves. They are up to 14 cm long, bright green, leathery, an ...
II - IV
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter savory is a hardy evergreen subshrub, sometimes also classified a woody perennial, bearing small, rosemary-like, narrow, bright green, and glossy leaves releasing a strong spicy fragrance. From about mid April appears a profusion of small, pink to purple pink flower which are best removed yet ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TRINA is an autumn saxifrage variety from the DANCING PIXIES® series with attractive flowers. It is a low-growing perennial whose blossoms consist of strikingly elongated petals, with one or two asymmetrically protruding from each flower, making them completely unique and playfully whimsical. T ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TIA is an autumn saxifrage variety from the DANCING PIXIES® series with attractive flowers. It is a low-growing perennial whose blossoms consist of strikingly elongated petals of uneven length. They are glowing pastel pink in colour and appear atop 20-25 cm tall stems. They bloom from late summ ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TILDA is an autumn saxifrage variety from the DANCING PIXIES® series producing gentle, apple-blossom-like, almost white flowers with light pink reverse of the petals and pink buds. The centres are decorated with showy yellow pistils. TILDA makes extremely profuse inflorescence and looks like a ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
THEA is a snow-white queen among autumn saxifrage from the DANCING PIXIES® series producing single, 5-petalled, star-shaped, pure white flowers. They come out atop slightly taller stems towering above a handsome clump of attractive foliage. The leaves are deciduous, highly glossy, almost rounde ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mariposa Blue is a compact and free-flowering variety of scabious with large, pastel lavender violet flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. They appear in profusion atop about 20 cm tall stems and the plant is a true flower factory as it starts blooming ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Small scabious is a smaller version of this common perennial, naturally found in our countryside. It makes small leaves of two types: the basal leaves are pinnatifid (they look like those on dandelions), and stem leaves, as if they did not belong there, are extremely narrow and deeply cut (like thos ...
VI - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Groundcovering stonecrops are alpine perennials which are available in so many species and varieties that everyone can find his favourite. They are native to almost all continents including their coldest parts, except for Australia and Antarctica.
They are cultivated for their spreading, low habit, ...
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Coraljade is a deciduous variety of stonecrop developed by American breeder Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan who is known in our country as the creator of many beautiful sages. It is a low-growing, compact perennial forming elegantly smooth cushions with grey-green, fleshy leaves ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Peach Pearls is a deciduous variety of stonecrop introduced by Terra Nova Nursery from Oregon, USA. It is a low-growing, compact perennial forming elegantly smooth cushions with fleshy, ovate, olive-green leaves with rich maroon hues on insolated parts. From mid-summer are formed cymes of dusky pink ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SPOT ON™ DEEP ROSE is a Caucasian stonecrop with deep rose to rich purple pink, star-shaped flowers from July until August. They are a magnet for bees that feast on them. Evergreen leaves are small, narrowly obovate, dark green and flushed maroon on flowering stems, otherwise almost rounded an ...
VII - VIII
0,1 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SEDUCTION® GREEN WHITE is a stonecrop variety from the Seduction® series bred by the Dutch company Florensis. Yet before flowering, you will be impressed by its fabulous foliage. The medium green leaves are conspicuously variegated, bearing a wide white brim at margins. They are deciduous, ...
IX - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHICK CHARMS® is a fascinating and beautiful series of hens and chicks 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 is in fact a plant of two genus - sempervivum and jovibarba. They are so similar that the trade does not really differentiate them, possibly also because sempervivum is an accepted synonym for jovibarba. Houseleek comes from mountainous regions of Asia, Central Russia, and almost all Europ ...
VII - VIII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
...
V
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Tuffet is a gorgeous variety of white cedar (arborvitae). It is a cushion-forming, small, slow growing conifer with golden-orange leaves on top of the shrub, and bright green at the bottom. In winter it gains reddish-purple shade on insolated parts. It makes about 6cm per year and looks a lit ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FIREBALLS is a Dutch variety of cowberry from the Netherlands, bred by Sierteeltkwekerij Maarten Bloemen, a nursery in Venhorst, the Netherlands. It produces a profusion of small, glossy, red fruit for a long period of time - from late summer often until spring unless the berries get killed by hard ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 1m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Atropurpurea is a burgundy purple flowering periwinkle variety. Its pinwheel-shaped flowers are divided into 5 petals, 2-2.5 cm across, and bloom continuously from mid spring until early summer while May flowering is the most abundant. Leaves are dark green, ovate, evergreen, leathery, and glossy.
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IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gertrude Jekyll is a superior periwinkle variety over Alba variety. It offers more abundant flowering of slightly larger flowers, or they at least seem larger as the petals are wider and not so detached from each other. They are snow white, pinwheel-shaped, divided into 5 petals, 2-2.5 cm across, an ...
IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Illumination is a fascinating periwinkle variety with highly attractive foliage. The leaves are striking yellow in the centre and dark green at margins. Pinwheel-shaped flowers are violet blue, divided into 5 petals, 2-2.5 cm across, and bloom continuously from mid spring until early summer while Ma ...
IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ralph Shugert is another periwinkle variety for lovers of variegated foliage. It was found by a nurseryman David Mackenzie from Michigan, USA, in 1986, and named after his fellow plantsman. It was a natural mutation of large-flowered Bowles’ Variety periwinkle after which it inherited large fl ...
IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Periwinkle is a European native plant growing wildly in the woods of Central Europe to Caucasus. It is a prostrate, evergreen groundcover offering a long flowering period.
Pinwheel-shaped flowers of Bowles' Variety variety (La Grave) are 3cm wide, have 5 divided petals of blue-violet colour with pr ...
IV - VI
0,2 - 0,2m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MONET® weigela comes from the Netherlands where it was found in 2001 as a natural mutation of another variety called Tango. MONET® is a dwarf plant, growing into a lovely cushion with variegated foliage. The leaves are broadly elliptic, mid green in the centre with a wide creamy-beige band ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Yucca is a fantastic plant which does resemble exotic parts of the world but is extremely hardy. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped, pale green leaves which are rigid but not sharp when touched. In second half of June it produces numerous creamy-white, bell ...
VI - VII
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Sword is an attractive variety of Adam’s needle with coloured leaves. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped, leaves which are rigid but not sharp when touched. They are bright yellow in the centre and pale green along the margins. In second half o ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
