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Bear’s breeches variety Whitewater is a true tour de force by Janet N. Egger of Terra Nova® Nurseries in Oregon, USA. At first glance, it captivates with its boldly variegated leaves, whose pattern resembles an irregular wash of white paint – without symmetry or repetition, and with a softly patinat ...
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0,4 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MILLY ROCK™ RED yarrow makes warm red flowers with yellow centres composed in almost flat corymbs atop about 30-40 cm tall stems. Flowering begins in June and continues until late August. Fern-like leaves are finely cut and rich grass green, basal leaves are larger than stem leaves. Removing s ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Metallica Crispa is a striking cultivar of pyramidal bugleweed, a species native to alpine regions of Europe. Unlike the more vigorous A. reptans, this form grows in compact rosettes and spreads slowly. Its foliage is highly ornamental and semi-evergreen in mild climates. The leaves have a metallic ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ostara is a unique variety of ornamental onion. It is an interspecific hybrid between the low-growing species a. karataviense and purple-flowered species a. atropurpureum. The result is a beautiful variety with large, broad leaves and stems that are shorter than usual: only some 30-40 cm high. They ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Simpler East Indian hollyfern is one of the few outdoor ferns with variegated leaves. Its name simplicior refers to the difference with a. aristata, compared to which it has shorter leaves with conspicuously separated lateral petioles with leaves of the second pinnacle - they are bi-pinnate. Moreove ...
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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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0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hart’s tongue fern is an attractive species with large, evergreen leaves. It was widespread in Europe, West Asia, and North America but in some locations including Czech Republic it is already listed among endangered species.
Hart’s tongue fern is the only hardy fern with entire foliag ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Crispum is a hart’s tongue fern variety from the undulatum group. Its narrow leaves are similar to Angustatum variety but exhibit gently crested margins. They are deep green, 30-40 cm long, dark green, highly glossy, and withstand deep frost without damage, only during very cold spells they ma ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Darwin’s Snow Sprite is a dwarf astilbe from the simplicifolia group. It makes delicate, almost fern-like, elegantly incised at margins, deep green and highly glossy leaves. They are deciduous and emerge bronze tinged. Snow white flowers are formed in loose plumes atop only some 20 cm tall, sl ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YOUNIQUE™ is a trade name of a new astilbe series from the Netherlands. Plants from this series excel in abundant flowering and healthy foliage. YOUNIQUE™ Carmine (‘Verscarmine’) is a variety from 2009, bred by Jan Verschoor, with deep carmine red flowers that look like baroq ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fireberry astilbe was bred by Dutch perennial specialist Jan Verschoor as an a. arendsii x a. japonica hybrid. Patent No. PP20658 was granted in 2010. It is a compact to almost dwarf variety producing short, congested inflorescence composed of vibrant pink flowers. They open from late June atop shor ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YOUNIQUE™ is a trade name of a new astilbe series from the Netherlands. Plants from this series excel in abundant flowering and healthy foliage. They are a cross between a.arendsii and a.japonica, bred by Jan Verschoor. YOUNIQUE™ Pink is variety with dense, bright bright pink plumes. They bloom on 2 ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YOUNIQUE™ is a trade name of an attractive astilbe series from the Netherlands. Plants from this series excel in abundant flowering and healthy foliage. They are a cross between a.arendsii and a.japonica, bred by Jan Verschoor. YOUNIQUE™ White makes large and tall plumes of pure white co ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Red Beauty is a Japanese painted fern variety with pale green leaves with silver grey hues especially on young leaves whose midribs are distinctly dark magenta purple, just like its stems. As this colour disappears from the stems as the leaves mature, it remains on the midribs and contrasts beautifu ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shoeshine™ Rose a bergenia (elephant’s ears) variety from Syngenta breeders. It produces more compact, dense clumps with smaller, broadly oval to almost rounded, thick, evergreen leaves. They are medium green, pink margined in summer, and gain rose shades in autumn and winter. From late ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Heart is a Siberian bugloss variety discovered by Peter Jan Willemsen in 2010 producing large, softly hairy, broadly heart-shaped, up to 20 cm wide leaves. Their colour is brilliant silver within almost entire surface of the leaves expect for dark green veins and margins.
In mid spring, com ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
III - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
STARINA SPRING BELL is a charming, blue to blue-violet flowering cultivar of a low-growing bellflower, bred by the Dutch breeder Pim Kaagman in the town of Andijk. It is a freely and long-flowering perennial with a compact cushion of foliage, above which the flowers rise clearly and remain well visi ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
White Star is an elegant, white-flowering cultivar of the Carpathian bellflower, characterised by distinctly open, star-shaped flowers and a naturally compact habit. In contrast to deeply bell-shaped types, its flowers appear lighter and more delicate, with clearly separated lobes that create a clea ...
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0,2 - 0,3m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
New Zealand sedge is an evergreen perennial grass, usually featuring brownish foliage. Bronze Form is an upright growing variety with thin leaves in pale reddish-brown colour with bronze or orange hues. Only side leaves arch a little. They combine well with broad-leaved perennials with contrasting f ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Amethyst in Snow is a unique variety of mountain bluet where blue is truly out of the question. This perennial makes the most amazing flowers with amethyst purple centres and snow white or very pale pink ray florets on 30-40 cm tall stem that do not bend. Flowers are produced from early June, and co ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Corydalis calycosa is a beautiful perennial with blue flowers. Its originates in central China, more precisely in the Sichuan province. Although the province's climate mostly belongs to the subtropical monsoon belt, the central and northern parts have snow-capped mountains and even the Dagu Glacier. ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese Rosy Buckler Fern (autumn fern) is an evergreen and very attractive fern species easily distinguished by brightly coloured young leaves and distinctly regular fronds. Brillance is a selection with a richer shade of golden orange to copper-red on newly emerging foliage that turns light green ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Koidzumiana is a Japanese Rosy Buckler fern which stands out for its beautifully coloured young leaves, like all varieties from this group. But koidzumiana has a more prominent rusty red shade, which changes to bronze-golden, and later leaves mature to deep green. The leaves are glossy, bi-pinnate a ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sunset fern is a beautiful piece with amazing colour play of its new leaves. They emerge bright golden yellow with rich salmon-pink tones. The fronds are 40-60 cm long, semi-erect, and glossy. They turn rich green when mature. They remain evergreen and beautiful without any sing of damage down to ab ...
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
INTENSE BLUE® is a blue fescue of a striking colour. It was bred by Allure Tuinplanten and Amigra from the Netherlands. It was found in 2005 and introduced three years later. The plant makes well-behaved, symmetrical, extremely dense tufts of silvery blue foliage. Their colour literally calls f ...
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0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Following this lineage is the modern cultivar BLOOM ME AWAY, bred in the Netherlands by Garry Grueber. It originated as a selection from open pollination of other hybrid cranesbills in 2012 in the growing area of Warmond. Its flowers are notable for always facing upwards and turning towards the sun ...
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0,4 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Max Frei is a variety of bloody cranesbill which originates from Europe and north Turkey. It was introduced by Hans Frei nursery in Germany in 1976 and was found as a natural mutation in Max Frei’s alpine garden in Switzerland.
It produces 3-4 cm large, rich lilac pink flowers above cute, de ...
V - VII
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0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Striatum is a bloody cranesbill variety of UK origin. It is cultivated for its large, 3-4 cm across, pale pink flowers with conspicuous pink veins. Their colour fades as the flowers mature. They are produced in profusion from late May until early July above cute, deeply-lobed, partially glossy, deep ...
V - VII
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0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bell Bank avens was bred by Geoffrey Smith, a British TV presenter of gardening programmes. Most likely a cross between g. rivale and g. ‘Borisii’ it boasts cute, semi-double, 3-4 cm across, pastel pink flowers with ruffled margins. Centres are packed with yellow-green stamens. Stems are ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lady Stratheden, aka Goldball, is a hybrid Chilean avens with rich golden yellow flowers. They are semi-double, 3-4,5 cm across, and open frm as early as late May atop 40-60 cm tall stems. If regularly dead-headed, strong plants continue producing stems with more flowers until late summer, without d ...
V - VII
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0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FIERY TEMPEST® is the third addition to the Tempest series of avens bred by Elizabeth MacGregor from Scotland in order to achieve vigorous plants with extended flowering season and large flowers. Its flowers are about 4 cm across, semi-double, glowing red with dark orange hues and centres decor ...
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0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PRETTICOATS™ PEACH is a playful clown among avens. It produces masses of multi-coloured flowers for an extended period. They are semi-double, ruffled at margins, pale yellow and salmon pink as they emerge and pale peach pink as they mature. The main blooming season may begin as early as in lat ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The CENSATION™ series of avens is bred by Armand Kremer from a German perennial nursery Green Globe. Yellow Fluffy is a cheerful variety with banana yellow flowers tinged salmon pink on the reverse. They are 3-4 cm wide, semi-double, and open atop 35-45 cm tall maroon stems. It begins to bloom ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHARMER® is a Lenten rose bred by Rodney Davey from the UK, one of his many beautiful hybrids released after 12 or more years of hard breeding work in 2019. It is a success of crossing h. lividus, h. niger, and h. x sternii for not only a beautiful bloom but also handsome foliage. That is a combinat ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Flash is one of the darkest hellebore varieties in the series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands. Its flowers are deep burgundy red and mature to pale purple with dark margins. The centre is decorated with numerous white stamens. Flowers come o ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Picotee is a gentle hellebore variety from the series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands, and with its pale pink to almost white, semi-double flowers with rich burgundy red margins. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from F ...
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semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Pink is a variable beauty among double flowering Lenten roses. The flowers emerge very pale pink or almost white with richer pink marbling, highlights or dotting, and mature to more uniform, darker pastel pink background on which the purple pink freckles are a dominant feature. Flowers ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Pink Spotted is another freckled hellebore with pale pink petals and burgundy red dots on semi-double flowers. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate, and deep green and form ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® Red is a double flowering Lenten rose with 3 rows of almost rounded, dark burgundy red petals decorated with white marbling at margins. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Double Ellen® White is an exquisite Lenten rose variety with white, double flowers. Their petals are slightly undulated, and the largest ones are decorated with less conspicuous lime green freckles, yet the overall appearance remains pure like fresh snow. Flowers come out according to weather, mostl ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Pink hellebore makes single, soft pink flowers with gentle maroon dots near the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate, and deep green and form a compact clump.
He ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Purple is a Lenten rose bearing single flowers of a deep maroon colour with a yellow-green centre and stamens whose pale cream shade contrasts strikingly with the dark petals. Depending on the weather, it flowers from February to April on upright stems reaching 30–35 cm in height. ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Red hellebore makes single, burgundy red flowers decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and a lime green eye around the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Spotted is a variable white flowering hellebore variety with various depth of burgundy red dotting. Flowers are decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and a lime green eye around the centre. They come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® White hellebore makes single, white red flowers decorated with a bunch of creamy beige stamens and an a less conspicuous maroon eye right in the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergreen leaves are ...
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semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® White Spotted hellebore makes single flowers with 5 to 7 clear white petals with a bright maroon blotch and dotting from the centre outwards leaving the margins white. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems. Evergr ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pretty Ellen® Yellow Spotted Gold is a fantastic Lenten rose cultivar that stands out not only for its unusually buttery yellow sepals. Its true distinction lies in the rich golden-yellow nectaries deep within the throat of the flower, forming a radiant ring around the stamens and ovary. Combined wi ...
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semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The most popular daylilies are the ones with an eye in the centre as well as those of a deep and unusual flower colour. Calico Jack is the eyed one. The petals are bright golden yellow and have slightly frilled margins of the same colour as the strong, crimson red eye in the centre. Flowers open ful ...
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full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Elegant Candy is a daylily with large, open wide, soft salmon pink flowers that have a yellow throat and narrow red corolla in the centre. The stems are medium sized, very strong.
The leaves are deep green, strong and healthy. They appear early in the spring and persist until winter unlike spring b ...
VI - VII
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0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Night Embers is a lush variety of daylily with velvet-like, deep red, double flowers that come out in July on sturdy stems. Margins show a less distinct yellow line.
The leaves are deep green, strong and healthy. They appear early in the spring and persist until winter unlike spring bulbs whose lea ...
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0,5 - 0,7m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cherryberry is another coral bells variety from the Indian Summer series holding a berry name. It produces a colourful merge of tasty colour resembling a cherry pie filling. In other words they are dark cerise to almost maroon towards the margins, and rich amber to burnt orange in the centre. On top ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lime Marmalade? Wow, that must be something extraordinary, sharp and sweet at the same time. Just this coral bells variety bred by Jane N.Egger from the famous Oregon based Terra Nova Nurseries in the USA. It makes dense tufts or upright growing foliage of striking colour - the ruffled leaves combin ...
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0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Much like the legendary diamond, Pink Panther coral bells is an absolute stunner. This richly coloured perennial boasts leaves in vibrant pink shades, with purple undertones, metallic reflections, and deep burgundy veins. Botanically, its leaves are round, but thanks to their prominent lobed ed ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
Marvelous Marble™ Silver is a coral bells variety with shallowly lobed, orbicular leaves which emerge purple red in spring and as the temperature rises, leaf margins reveal green colour while leaf centres remain dark maroon or almost purple red. All year round they are decorated with heavy silvery g ...
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MULBERRY is a heuchera from the Indian Summer series, and its name refers to the mulberry fruit. Do you know it? It’s deep purple to almost black, but when you crush it, it bursts with a rich purple-red, sweet juice—just like the color of this stunning plant’s leaves. The foliage is intense purple, ...
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0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
The main appeal of Bedazzled hosta lies in its contrast, which works even from a distance, despite the fact that it is not a large-leaved cultivar. It forms a low, compact and very dense clump. The leaves are approximately 15 cm long and 10 cm wide, with a cordate base and eight to ten pairs of vein ...
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semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Mammoth is a monumental, blue‑leaved hosta cultivar valued for its exceptionally large, strongly textured foliage and calm, sculptural habit. It forms a massive, broadly domed clump of heavy, deeply quilted, broadly ovate leaves whose surface is strikingly blue‑green to steel blue i ...
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semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
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for zone 7
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First Frost hosta claims as much attention in a shady garden as other comparably bold, foliage‑driven perennials. From the moment it emerges, this is not a delicate, elegant plantain lily intended merely as a supporting plant, but a cultivar of distinctly majestic presence, whose main strength ...
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semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fortunei Aureomarginata belongs among the best-known and most frequently utilized plantain lily varieties. Apart from its beauty, it is renowned for extreme tolerance to direct sunlight as well as to slugs who do not like the taste of its foliage. The leaves are medium large to large, 25-35 cm long ...
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full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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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full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Cherry Berry is a smaller yet striking cultivar of hosta that captivates not only with its vivid colouring but also with the shape of its leaves. The leaves are narrowly lance‑shaped, with a fresh green brim, a clean white centre that remains stable throughout the season and does not fade even ...
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semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Patriot hosta is one of the proven classics, valued for its striking leaf contrast and long‑term reliability in the garden. It is a very boldly coloured and well‑shaped cultivar, forming a low, broadly spreading clump with a regular habit, reaching about 30 cm in leaf height and around 7 ...
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semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Queen Josephine is a large‑leaved hosta cultivar whose foliage looks as if it were cut from thick parchment – firm, weighty and strongly sculpted.
The base colour is a deep green, at the beginning of the season often carrying a faint bluish‑grey bloom reminiscent of blueberry skins, w ...
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full sun to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
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for zone 7
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The main appeal of Bedazzled hosta lies in its contrast, which works even from a distance, despite the fact that it is not a large-leaved cultivar. It forms a low, compact and very dense clump. The leaves are approximately 15 cm long and 10 cm wide, with a cordate base and eight to ten pairs of vein ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sunny Halcyon hosta is like a little sun in a shady garden. The colour of its leaves is truly exceptional among hostas. It forms a low, softly mounded clump with a cushion‑like habit, reaching about 30 cm in height and around 50 cm in width, with a moderate growth rate. The leaves are approxim ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Wide Brim is a variegated plantain lily variety with broadly heart-shaped leaves. They are pale green to dark blue-green in the centre and have wide, light yellow (in spring) to creamy white (in summer) brims at margins. In late summer appear thick, 40-50 cm tall stems with numerous, pale lavender v ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hardy gloxinia is a beautiful perennial with eye-catching, almost exotic looking flowers which decorates the garden with showy flowers in early summer and attractive leaves until autumn.
Tubular, widely trumpet-shaped flowers are deep rose-pink, yellow throated, and are borne on 10-25 cm long, erec ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hardy gloxinia is a beautiful perennial with eye-catching, almost exotic looking flowers which decorates the garden with showy flowers in early summer and attractive leaves until autumn.
Tubular, widely trumpet-shaped flowers are now white, yellow throated, and are borne on 10-25 cm long, erect ste ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shepherd’s scabious is a maintenance-free perennial from South and Western Europe. Blue Beacon is a selection from Blue Light variety with a little taller stems producing more flowers of a deeper indigo blue to violet blue colour. They are almost spherical, and continue coming out until late S ...
VI - IX
0,2 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kevin Hurd from Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA, is a perennial breeder and among his targets are e.g., pinks, hardy hibiscus, and daisies. Banana Cream Shasta daisy is his work of art which he created in 2008 by crossing l. ‘Leumayel’ and l. ‘Sunny Side Up’. The res ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Liriope has dark green, ribbon-like, semi-glossy foliage. The leaves are narrow and evergreen in mild winters of zone 6 and reliably evergreen in warmer areas. In early August are borne spikes of rich lavender violet flowers on strong, dark stems. They usually overgrow the leaves by not more than 10 ...
VIII - IX
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Moneymaker is a clump forming lily-turf variety with attractive foliage and flowers. Its dark green, ribbon-like, semi-glossy, narrow leaves are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warmer areas. In early August are borne spikes of rich lavender violet flowers on strong, da ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Purple lily-turf is like an improved version of an older car type - better in all aspects compared to its predecessor: larger leaves, larger flowers, deeper colour. The foliage is ribbon-like, dark green, very glossy, and are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warme ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purrsian Blue is a compact variety of catmint bred by Kevin Hurd from Walters Gardens, USA, in 2009. It naturally makes dense, cushion-like clumps with 30-40 cm tall, deep purple blue stems holding rich violet blue flowers from June until October without a need to cut back the plant after the first ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°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
Korean rock fern is a reliable, evergreen species with a calm, balanced character, distinguished by its mid‑green, highly glossy fronds. Unlike most other ferns of the same genus, its fronds are not fully double‑pinnate. The individual segments are almost fused at the base, forming large ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Ensign is truly a flagship among blue-flowering lungwort varieties. Its flowers boast a deep gentian blue shade and only some have a magenta purple throat. They are shortly funnel-shaped and come out atop 20-30 tall, fleshy stems from early spring - usually late March till late A ...
IV
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Miss Elly lungwort belongs to this group of Pulmonaria × cultorum hybrids and first appeared on the market around 2008. It is characterized by a dense, compact, cushion‑forming habit and in early spring (April-May) opens tubular flowers in a deep, dark blue colour; this cultivar is not commonl ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Raspberry Splash lungwort stands out with its unique flower colour, which is initially vibrant raspberry pink and later transitions to purple and bluish violet. This change is caused by chemical processes in the flower cells, specifically by changes in pH, which influence pigments called a ...
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
Shrimps on the Barbie – how does that sound to you? Picture this: a barbie doll brought to life, sunbathing, using a shrimp cocktail in place of sunblock leaving her disproportionate vinyl body covered with seafood while a 90’s smash by Danish band Aqua is blasting out. But. Barbie is ...
IV
0,2 - 0,2m
0,4 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This lungwort was discovered by Bob Brown in his nursery in 1995, and named after his wife Diana Clare. It belongs to the large-leaved species and bears about 30 cm long, rather narrow, lanceolate, hairy leaves, whose surface is almost entirely covered with silver colour. Flowers are small, campanul ...
IV
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
OPAL is an attractive lungwort variety with variegated foliage and delicate, very light pink and mauve to almost white flowers. It was discovered in 1986 by Elisabeth Susan Cupitt of Blooms of Bressingham as a chance seedling among many plants of the species. In C.E. climate flowering begins during ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schneehügel means 'A Heap of Snow' and this German wood sage variety is exactly what the name suggests. A small and compact variety of wood sage, whose stems usually do not exceed 40 cm in height and a single plant is about the same width. It truly looks like a small pile of snow slowly thawing in a ...
V - VII
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rose Marvel is another unique woodland sage variety from Christa Kievit with extremely large, right purple pink flowers, possibly the largest we’ve seen so far on any woodland sage. They open from deep burgundy red calyxes and are formed in erect, 10-15 cm tall spikes atop 25-30 cm long stems. ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BLUE MARVEL is a unique sage variety with large, hypnotizing deep indigo blue flowers, possibly the bluest we’ve seen so far on any woodland sage. They are formed in erect, 10-15 cm tall spikes atop 25-30 cm long stems. Blooming begins in early June and continues for 3-4 weeks. Then the plant ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TOURAN™ NEON ROSE is a moss saxifrage selection of an older variety Blutenteppich against which it has more compact habit, earlier flowering, and glowing neon pink. They appear from mid April atop about 10 cm tall, slender, deep maroon stems.
The plant forms a compact clump of ever ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Butterfly Blue is a small scabious variety with large, rich lavender blue flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. They appear on 10-20 cm tall, slender, well-branched stems from late spring until early autumn. Deadheading is recommended for continuous flo ...
VI - IX
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Autumn Joy is a much easier name to pronounce than its German original Herbstferude. This orpine has large, oval, light green, thick leaves. In late August it produces almost flat cymes of deep pink flowers. They continue blooming until mid autumn and even after flowering they remain attractive bri ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSPARKLER® LIME ZINGER stonecrop comes from the American breeding series Sunsparkler®, developed by renowned horticulturist Hans Hansen. This perennial guru is known for dozens of successful cultivars of echinaceas, heucheras, hostas, and other garden beauties. His work blends botanical precision ...
VIII - IX
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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
SEDUCTION® ROSÉ SOIRÉE is a stonecrop variety from the Seduction® series bred by the Dutch company Florensis. All plants from the series boast compact growth, dense habit and large inflorescences. ROSÉ SOIRÉE makes deep raspberry red, star-shaped flowers with pale pink sepals. They are borne atop on ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SEDUCTION® ROSE CHARM stonecrop is part of the Seduction® breeding series developed by the Dutch company Florensis. This cultivar quickly gained popularity thanks to its compact growth habit, abundant flowering, and attractive appearance. It produces small, star-shaped flowers composed of soft pink ...
VIII - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Feather grass comes from a country where it would definitely be called maravilloso as it comes from Mexico, Argentina, and can also be found in New Mexico and Texas in USA. Ponytails is a compact and a little shorter variety with thin, soft green foliage and about 30-40 tall stems with plume-like fl ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dan Heims, the breeder of Pink Skyrocket foamflower from the American nursery Terra Nova, describes the colour of its buds as shrimp‑pink – and he is right. And perhaps to give the cultivar a touch of drama, he named it Pink Skyrocket, because its flower spikes rise like a firework shot into t ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spring Symphony foamflower captivates with its delicacy and abundant flowering as soon as its raceme-like inflorescences open in April. With a touch of well‑deserved poetry, it appears like a light spring mist with a pink hue rising above the foliage before one fully realises that winter has t ...
IV - V
0,1 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Tissington White is one of the most striking white forms of gentian speedwell. Early in spring it produces neat, nicely arranged and well‑behaved basal rosettes of fresh green leaves — well‑behaved meaning not like Bart Simpson — which remain evergreen in mild winters. They form a firm, ...
V - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Ulster Blue Dwarf belongs among the most compact varieties of spiked speedwell, as if someone had taken an ordinary spicata and reduced it to a garden bonsai without losing any of its strength or colour. It forms low, dense, almost cushion‑like clumps, from which short but surprisingly profuse ...
VI - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ANNIVERSARY BLUE is a winning selection of speedwell bred by German branch of Dutch breeding company Florensis B.V., in Quedlinburg. It boasts rich indigo blue flowers arranged in slim, erect spikes from late June until early autumn. Yes, this speedwell continuously produces new flowering spikes whi ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
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
Ralph Shugert is another periwinkle variety for lovers of variegated foliage. It was found by a nurseryman David Mackenzie from Michigan, USA, in 1986, and named after his fellow plantsman. It was a natural mutation of large-flowered Bowles’ Variety periwinkle after which it inherited large fl ...
IV - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Those of you who remember Keeping Up Appearances must know that there were four sisters, all of them had flower names: Hyacinth (the bossy one), Daisy (the warm-hearted romantic), Rose (the bimbo past her prime), and Violet. Violet is very important because even though you don’t see much of he ...
XI - VII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Large-flowered pansies offer lots of colours and flower types. You can choose just single-colour plants from the Pure category making a sophisticated one-tone bed/container, or choose two contrasting varieties using Speedy category with rays, or simply get all of them and mix them wildly i ...
X - VII
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Waldsteinia geoides is one of the few representatives of its genus, yet at the same time the best known. In the wild it is found mainly in Central Europe, where it inhabits light deciduous forests, stony slopes, and humus-rich, well-drained soils. Unlike some related species, it does not form creepi ...
III - VI
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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