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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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I'm not a huge fan of multi-coloured combinations — I admit that. But when I visited the Plantarium trade fair in 2023 and saw the exhibition by the Dutch company Florensis, showcasing their rising star — a modern yarrow series called Milly Rock, planted in mixed containers with three to five shade ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Fanal astilbe is one of the earliest varieties with red flowers. It begins to bloom in mid June and forms rich raspberry red flowers atop 30-50 cm tall stems. Leaves are divided, healthy, glossy, mahogany red as they emerge and turning dark green before flowering starts. It was awarded AGM (Award of ...
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Mainz is a japonica hybrid astilbe from 1952. Its flowers are cotton-candy-like pink plumes atop almost 50 cm tall stems and bloom from late June. Leaves are dark green, divided, heavily serrated at margins, healthy, and glossy.
Grow astilbe in humus-rich soil. If planted in boggy or regularly wat ...
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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Takion Blue is a peach-leaved bellflower from the Takion series offering compact, almost dwarf plants of superb flowering. The flowers are large, light violet blue, open wide and outward facing almost like balloon flowers. They come out on about 40 cm tall, densely branched stems ...
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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 ...
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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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Everest is a Japanese sedge cultivar that first drew significant attention to the emerging EverColor® breeding line in 2009. Unlike the older ‘Evergold’, it offers a cooler, more refined variegation: the leaves have a deep green centre and broad, clean white margins that create a sharp contrast and ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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DELICIOUS NOUGAT® coneflower is a sister variety of DELICIOUS CANDY® bred by Marco van Noort from the Netherlands in 2016. It produces dense, compact clumps of short stems atop which open double flowers from mid July until late summer. They are creamy white with yellow-green centres. Their longevity ...
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Blue Hobbit is a tiny version of sea holly. It makes a lovely cushion with prickly flower-heads decorated with narrow bracts at the bottom. They come out in June and only in July they gain the typical steel blue shade which remains over a long period without fading.
These plants are ideal for dry ...
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Bearskin fescue or spiky fescue is a lovely perennial with bright green, narrowly linear, inward inrolled leaves that look spiky but are very soft and nice to touch indeed. The plant naturally forms small mounds and spreads very slowly. Its name bearskin fescue may sound just right if you imagine a ...
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Blue fescue is an attractive perennial – grass forming low mounds of short, silvery blue, thin foliage. It grows only about 20 cm tall but in summer it is decorated with approx. 40 cm tall stems with light beige spikes of flowers. They can be removed at any time if blue foliage is key feature ...
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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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Variety
Fruiting type
Ripening period
Fruit size
Growth type
Colour
Flavour / quality
Karmen
June‑bearing
June
very large
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SPINTOP MANGO is another beautiful blanket flower variety from the SpinTop™ series and one of those cultivars that draw attention in almost any planting. Its blooms have the brightest shade of gold with soft orange tones, just like ripe mango, and look almost good enough to bite into. With a diamete ...
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SpinTop™ Copper Sun is a unique variety with petals that are rolled up into narrow trumpets. They are a combination of rich copper red and amber golden at tips. The centres are yellow with red corolla when young, and mature to dark ruby red. Blooming usually begins in mid June and continues restless ...
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SpinTop Yellow Touch left me breathless when I first saw its ingenious flowers. While yellow in many bi-coloured blanket flowers occupies a large enough portion to almost outstrip the overall flower appearance, here you will find something entirely different - a very fine line at the petal tips, so ...
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Gambit Compact Pink is a Gaura variety forming neat tufts packed with pale pink flowers from June till the first frosts. They are borne on the background of deep green, narrowly lanceolate leaves that emerge deep maroon. Trimming off stems with spent flowers will encourage production of new ones.
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Every gaura series must have its white flowering variety and Gambit is no exception. Gambit White gaura produces pure white flowers like tiny butterflies whirling among thin stems. The plant is more compact than older varieties yet airy enough to enable movement in the slightest breeze. Trimming off ...
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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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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 ...
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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 in la ...
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Orange Pumpkin avens belongs among modern cultivars and is characterised by uniquely fully double flowers in the vivid colour of Hokkaido pumpkin. Its greatest strength is its stable, long and repeat flowering from late spring into summer, often with a second flush in the cooler end of the season. T ...
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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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Rock roses are popular ground-covering perennials available in many attractive colours. Ben Fhada is a yellow flowering variety producing large flowers with a conspicuous orange around the cenre. In fact it is composed of orange blotches at the base of each petal. They open from nodding buds for abo ...
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PENNY’S PINK is another hybrid Lenten rose developed by Rodney Davey and Lynda Windsor from Devon, England. It belongs to the Rodney Davey Marbled Group and is currently sold with a series name Frostkiss. It was launched in 2011 and is protected by US plant patent No. PP24149 from 2013.
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VERBOOM CINDERELLA hellebore was created by the Dutch breeder Henk Meijer for Kwekerij Verboom B.V. It is Helleborus orientalis hybrid producing 5-6 cm across, semi-double, white flowers with plentiful and conspicuous, dark maroon freckles. The flowers typically have 3 layers of petals and sepals, w ...
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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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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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Double Ellen® Green is a unique hellebore variety bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands which was introduced to trade in 2013, with features including bright chartreuse green semi-double flowers. The centre is decorated with numerous white stamens. Fl ...
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Hellebores are variable perennials which can be crossed easily with pollen transfer and new seedlings bear new features. With Double Ellen® being a Dutch hellebore series bred by Ellen Akerboom from Nachtvlinder Nursery in Ter Aar, the Netherlands it was introduced to trade in 2013 with this se ...
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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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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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Double Ellen® Purple hellebore has the darkest burgundy purple red flowers we have seen so far. Its flowers are large, semi-double to fully double with numerous white stamens in the centre. Flowers come out according to weather, mostly from February until late April atop 30-35 cm tall, upright stems ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Last update 15-08-2011.
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Chicago Apache daylily is a sought-after variety thanks to its vibrant red colour. It produces firm flowers on strong stems from mid to late summer (July-August).
Last update 27-05-2012.
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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.
Last update 27-05-2012.
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Ruffled Apricot is a tetraploid daylily introduced in 1972, with large flowers approximately 18 cm across. The base colour is apricot, enriched by lavender‑pink midribs and a golden‑apricot throat that shifts to a pale green hue towards the centre. The petal edges are distinctly ruffled, ...
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Striking, provocative, and beautiful. That is another excellent coral bells variety bred by Jane N.Egger from the famous Oregon based Terra Nova Nurseries in the USA. It is called Cherry Cola and has medium-sized, only slightly ruffled leaves with rounded lobes. Their colour is an extraordinary shad ...
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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 ...
VI - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
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 ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
Banana Kid is a compact yet expressive hosta cultivar with medium‑sized leaves whose colour shifts through the season from bright grass‑green to warm banana‑yellow tones. The leaves are broadly heart‑shaped to almost rounded, with a pronounced tip and strong ribbing that give ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun 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 ...
VII - VIII
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
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 ...
VII - VIII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
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 ...
VII - VIII
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°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 ...
VII - VIII
0,2 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
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
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
WESTERN STAR LEO is a Shasta daisy variety introduced by Syngenta Flowers in 2016. It bears beautiful, snow white, uniform flowers with yellow discs from late May until early July, and again from mid August. Leaves are deep green and glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, distinctly serrated. The plant make ...
VI - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blazing star is a popular perennial in European gardens. It makes spikes of button-like flowerheads which open from the top of the inflorescence downwards and last for a long time. Kobold is a variety with the deepest purple flowers and shorter stems – upto 50 cm. Linear leaves are mid green l ...
VII - VIII
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Butter Pixie lily is a compact dwarf Asiatic hybrid, typically 30 to 40 centimetres tall, forming firm, upright stems densely clothed with narrow, glossy green leaves and carrying clear, butter‑yellow flowers with minimal spotting, which open reliably even in cooler summers. It belongs to the ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Matrix is a fiery red lily with an orange throat, belonging to the compact Asiatic hybrids. It reaches approximately 40 to 50 centimetres in height, forming firm, upright stems densely clothed with narrow, deep green leaves and carrying large flowers with fine spotting, which open reliably even in c ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Orange Pixie lily is a compact dwarf Asiatic hybrid, about 30 to 40 centimetres tall, forming firm, upright stems densely clad with narrow, dark green, glossy leaves and carrying striking, pure orange flowers with minimal spotting, which open reliably even in cooler summers. It belongs to the older ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°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
Cranberry Lace® is another dwarf beebalm variety from bred by Hubertus Gerardus Oudshoorn from the Netherlands as a cross between other dwarf varieties Cranberry Lace® and Pink Lace®. It forms neat and very compact tufts with upright branches holding bright purple flowers that are not ...
VIII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Lace® is a dwarf beebalm variety from the Netherlands. It was discovered as a naturally occurring seedling of unnamed parents of monarda didyma in 2002. It forms a neat and very compact tuft with upright branches holding rich pink flowers that are not smaller than those on tall varieties. ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BALMY™ LILAC is a beebalm from the BALMY™ series developed by Scott Trees for Ball Horticultural Company in the USA in 2012. It makes compact tufts with strong, upright stems holding rich lilac pink flowers from late June until midsummer. Deciduous leaves are widely lance-shaped, deep gr ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
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
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 ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,5m
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
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
The Bumble series of woodland sage is bred by Hans A. Hansen from the Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA. Bumblesnow sage produces snow white flowers composed in spike-like, fat spires atop only some 30 cm tall stems. It makes dense tufts which bloom from late May until early July. Late summer ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Perennial sage lovers surely know one of the most popular and sought-after variety with deep purple violet stems called Caradonna. In 2018 its improvement was introduced called Caramia. It boasts the same colours, twice or three times more flowers, and a more compact, shorter habit. Caramia makes co ...
V - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°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
SENSATION® is a superb wood sage series developed by Tobias Braunig from Germany. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and usually compact habit with profuse flowering. SENSATION® COMPACT VIOLET is a perennial herbaceous sage variety producing deep violet flo ...
V - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BLUE BOUQUETTA® is a fantastic dwarf woodland sage found as a mutation of a salvia bestseller Ostfriesland by Theo Alkemade in their nursery in Dutch town Lisse in 2013. It forms small and neat mounds of only some 20 cm tall, upright stems producing deep violet blue flowers. The plants are dens ...
VII - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SENSATION? is a superb new perennial salvia series. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and compact habit with profuse flowering. Sensation? Deep Blue produces short but chubby spikes of deep violet blue flowers from mid spring until late summer if you deadhead regula ...
V - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SENSATION® is a superb new perennial salvia series. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and compact habit with profuse flowering. Sensation® Deep Rose begins its show in mid May when spikes of rich purple red flowers buds appear on about 30 cm tall spikes. T ...
V - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Caradonna sage belongs among the top perennial bestsellers all around Europe. In 2021 arrives its new sister, a chance seedling discovered by Jonathan J. Tuite in England and was named CARADONNA PINK INSPIRATION. It does not bear blue flowers but boasts charming rosy pink flowers attached to deep pu ...
V - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
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
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
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
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
Mr.Goodbud is an excellent new variety of orpine from TerraNova Nurseries that was patented in 2005. This beauty was bred to achieve the best possible colour and dense habit and the result is amazing. Mr.Goodbud produces extremely large heads composed of vibrant purple pink flowers. They come out fr ...
IX - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
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® 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
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The Homestead Purple variety of rose vervain is nothing short of a legend among verbenas. Its story began quite unassumingly: in 1992, two prominent American botanists, Allan Armitage and Michael Dirr, were traveling through the hot state of Georgia, famously nicknamed the “Peach State” for its abun ...
VI - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,9m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Veracity Rose is a low-growing to ground-covering cultivar of rose vervain with a compact, spreading habit and a height of around 15–20 cm — and in exceptional cases, with cautious watering and regular feeding, even up to double that. But the most fantastic thing isn’t its vibrant pink colouring, wh ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°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
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
Ivory is a stunning variety of weak-leaf yucca, a form of Adam’s needle with variegated foliage. Its leaves have wide, creamy white margins. Centres are light green as the leaves emerge, changing to blue-green and dark green when they mature. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erec ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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