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This easy to grow shrub has many names and all of them say something about the beautiful perfume of the flowers: sweetshrub, strawberry shrub, or even pineapple shrub. They really smell like a few types of fruit: strawberry, apple, and even melon. Sweetshrub is native to much of the eastern USA and ...
V - VI
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Venus is one of the fascinating inventions which followed Richard Hartlage’s breakthrough with hybridizing sweetshrub species in early 1990’s. This variety was bred by Dr. Thomas Ranney of the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station in Fletcher, NC, USA, and patented in 2005 under ...
V - VII
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hartlage Wine is an interspecific hybrid sweetshrub bred by Richard Hartlage in 1991, a former student of NC State University, USA. He managed to cross calycanthus floridus and sinocalycanthus chinensis. The result is a very floriferous deciduous shrub with quite large 6.9-8.5 cm across flowers. The ...
VI - VIII
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ashton’s Pride is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Plain Jane) and camellia sasanqua (cv. Santozaki). It produces medium large, 6-8 cm wide, soft pink, single flowers with yellow stamens ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
INDIAN SUMMER® is one of the latest varieties among trumpet creepers. It is a successful cross between c.tagliabuana and c.radicans that originated in the Netherlands and was patented in the USA under the name Kudian.
It blooms abundantly from early July until the first frosts if the plant ha ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
HINT OF GOLD bluebeard is a showstopper due to its vibrant golden chartreuse leaves. They are larger than on most other bluebeards – up to 5.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, deciduous, and bear interesting fragrance when crushed. They cover the plant completely and make it an attractive item long befo ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is an Italian dwarf variety of Atlas cedar. This evergreen conifer has short, sharp, mid green needles. It grows slowly, forming a rounded shrub. To maintain a perfect shape it may be pruned beginning of spring.
It is suitable for large rockeries, in full sun. It is widely soil adaptable i ...
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,8m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Horizon is an interesting variety of Himalayan cedar with weeping branches. The needles are evergreen, yellow-green when young and in summer, turning blue-green as they mature and in the shade. The shape of the shrub is irregular, making horizontal branches with weeping ends.
It grows slowl ...
1 - 1,5m
1 - 3m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Buttonbush is a very interesting shrub, popular with collectors. Its main feature are flowers that are perfect spheres with tiny, pure white, tubular flowers. They are followed by small, green fruit. It flowers on current year’s wood. They have a nice scent and attract butterflies.
Deciduous ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dennis James Werner is a Distinguished Professor of Horticultural Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA, and a breeder who specializes in buddleja, peaches, and redbuds. Regarding the last mentioned he has developed and already patented 8 beautiful varieties, some of which are ...
IV
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Benifuji is a Japanese dogwood variety which in this case originated in Japan, near Mount Fuji. It was found among selected seedlings in Shinkyo Gotenba-shi nursery already in 1970, still, its patent was released only in 1994 (PP8,676).
Benifuji (or Beni Fuji) is a Japanese dogwood with the deepest ...
V - VI
2,5 - 3,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
“Satomi” is the most sought after variety among the Japanese ones. Its flowers are of light to deep pink colour that is unevenly spread throughout the flowers. Technically, they are not flowers but 4 flower bracts composed around small flower heads. They are up to 10 cm wide and conspicu ...
VI - VI
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GOLDEN SPIRIT® is a new variety of smoke tree from Boskoop, Netherlands, patented in 2000 by Sanders-van Harn a Adriana Christina Bastiona under the name „Ancot“.
It is unique for its bright lime-yellow foliage on relatively long stalks compared to the leaf size. Leaves are oval t ...
VI - VII
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lilla® smoke tree is a novelty that was first introduced at the Plantarium exhibition in Holland in 2011 where it received bronze medal. It is a dwarf version of Royal Purple variety with slower and more compact growth. It has deciduous, deep wine red, rounded leaves that turn scarlet red, oran ...
VI - VII
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Quince is an old-fashioned fruit species that is re-gaining well-deserved attention again. There are new varieties which are very tasty as well as good looking. Vranja bears large fruit that is typically pear-shaped, rich yellow when ripe and highly aromatic. Flowers are also large, pinkish white.
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IV - V
2 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Storm is a pink flowering variety of Chinese flowering quince from the DOUBLE TAKE™ series. From early spring it makes large, 4-6 cm across, semi-double, crepe-myrtle-like, pink flowers with partially frilled margins. They commonly open in the first decade of April, however, if the winte ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet Storm is a unique variety of Chinese flowering quince from the DOUBLE TAKE™ series. From early spring it makes large, 5-6 cm across, semi-double, camellia-like flowers of rich red color, decorated with yellow stamens in the centre. They commonly open in the first decade of April, howe ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cypress trees and shrubs are very popular for their variable shapes, leaf types and colours. Stardust is a variety with almost flat needles of pale green colour near the main stem, grading to greenish-yellow towards the bright golden-yellow ends of the branches which tend to droop slightly as they g ...
3 - 6m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The Hinoki cypress is both a must-see and a must-have thereafter. Its dark green foliage is tightly congested, forming a tiny mound. It forms twisting fan-shaped branchlets in dense tiered layers.
Want to ask how fast it grows? Well it takes the same time as your partner does getting prepared for ...
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fringe tree is a very rare and beautiful small shrub or small tree. In early summer it has profusion of upto 20 cm long pendent panicles of fragrant, shiny snow-white, narrow flowers. Female plants produce bluish black berries, however, usually only male plants are sold in nurseries.
Mid to deep g ...
V - VI
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This variety called Aztec Pearl was bred by Peter Moore and introduced in 1989, when Hiller Nurseries celebrated their 125th anniversary. Its name perfectly describes this evergreen plant from the moment it begins to show flower buds. They are pearl-shaped, very light pink, and open into simple, sta ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
AZTEC GOLD is a Hillier Nurseries introduction from 2012, bred by Alan Postill. It is a bright golden-yellow-leaved choisya shrub. It produces profusion of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yellow stamens from late April until early June. Their perfume is very similar t ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GREENFINGERS® is a large-leaved Mexican orange variety from 2019, developed by Peter Catt from Liss Forst Nursery in Liss, Hamshire, England. It bears evergreen, softly leathery, glossy, palmate leaves divided into 7 leaflets, which have a distinct, spicy aroma when crushed, but do not use them for ...
V
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WHITE DAZZLER is a follow-up choísie to Aztec Pearl from Peter Moore, introduced in 1991. It produces masses of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yellow stamens in May and June. Their perfume is very similar to orange flowers hence its name Mexican orange or Mexican blo ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
