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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 ...
VII
0,3 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Spike is a dark-leaved variety of bugbane with deep maroon to almost black, large leaves. They are 3-ternate-pinnate, with palmate, lobed, sharply toothed basal leaves. It is very attractive when new, bright green leaves emerge amongst intensely dark foliage. In late summer rise slender, dark s ...
VIII - IX
1 - 1,2m
0,4 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MILLY ROCK™ YELLOW TERRACOTTA yarrow makes attractive flowers combining brick orange-red and pastel yellow colours. They are 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 ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Millenium is a beautiful variety of ornamental onion with about 30 cm tall, strong stems atop which appear 4-5 cm wide flower heads composed of numerous rich lilac pink, slightly fragrant flowers. They open from early July and continue blooming for about 4-6 weeks, sometimes there are belated flower ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pinball Wizard is a hybrid variety of ornamental onion, a cross between a.macleanii and a.cristophii. It produces extremely large globes of star-shaped, violet flowers from late May until late June. The inflorescence is up to 20 cm across, and strong stems reach only about 50-60 cm. Strap-shaped, ba ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,6m
0,2 - 0,2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ornamental onions, too, have their white sheep in the herd. This beauty is called Mount Everest and is a large flowered variety of Persian onion from Central Asia. It makes 12-14 cm across flower heads composed of numerous star-shaped, pure white flowers with beige stamens in June for about 3 weeks. ...
VI
0,6 - 0,8m
0,2 - 0,2m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WINKY series of columbine comprises of strong varieties of several colors. They form compact and symmetrical clumps which look like precisely hand-tied bouquets. WINKY Red White produces unique, glossy flowers of rich burgundy red colour with white margins. They are borne atop about 60 cm tall stems ...
IV - VI
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Powis Castle is an English variety of wormwood that is also called Brass Band. It is most likely a spontaneous hybrid between the species a. arborescens and a. absinthium from the Middle East where wormwoods willingly hybridize among themselves. One plant was found growing in a garden in Yorkshire b ...
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,8m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Washington astilbe is as iconic as the White House in the US capital of the same name (plus the D.C., obviously). Elegant yet ostentatious, tall enough not to be overlooked but not so much to overshadow its surroundings, and pure in colour like the endeavour of anyone who swears an oath to his count ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spotlight astilbe does deserve its name. It is a spectacular variety with soft pink flowers that stand proudly above handsome, dark green, maroon-flushed leaves. They are deciduous, glossy, distinctly serrated at margins, and are usually unpalatable to any pests – especially slugs, making this astil ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
