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Some trees are admired for other features than just flowers or foliage. There are many of us who easily fall head over heels in love with a picturesque bark like that on paperbark maple from China. It peels off in thin, almost paper-like shavings even on young plants which makes it one of the most s ...
5 - 7m
3 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sango-kaku is a Japanese maple that has so many colours that we are lost for words. Its main attraction is the colour of bark which is orangey-red in summer and bright coral red in winter. The palmate leaves have 5 lobes and emerge orangey-yellow with salmon pink shades, changing to l ...
2 - 4m
1 - 2,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mimosaceae plants are common and popular mainly in southern Europe for their high tolerance to drought as well as attractive and long lasting flowering. Even though they come from subtropical parts of the world there is one species hardy enough to be grown in our climate - silk tree.
Silk tree come ...
VII - IX
3 - 5m
3 - 6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Saskatoon is a native Canadian species of juneberry. It is cultivated for very tasty and juicy fruit which are deep purple to blue-purple berries similar to blueberries. They are formed in short clusters and best picked when fully ripe = when it turns the deepest colour. It can be used in any way yo ...
IV - IV
1 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
1 (down to -46°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Juneberry is a large shrub cultivated mostly for its delicious and healthy fruit. It is a large deciduous shrub or a small tree.
Flowers are star-shaped, white and scented and appear in mid spring. Oval leaves are up to 8 cm long, emerge bronze and mature to green colour, turning scarlet red or dee ...
IV - V
2 - 6m
2 - 5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Birches are typical trees of Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as some northern regions. Himalayan birch grows slower and not as tall as white birch so you can try one in your garden, too.
Doorenboos is naturally a multi-stemmed shrubby tree with thick trunks. They are highly attractive for the cr ...
7 - 10m
4 - 6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The cultivar Monumentalis is a true delicacy among hornbeams. It is an extremely slow‑growing variety with a strictly conical habit, resembling a green obelisk. It grows only a few centimetres per year, reaching around 4–5 metres in height and 1–2 metres in width. The leaves are deciduous, bri ...
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aurea variey bears huge, tropical looking, heart shaped leaves (20-25 cm large), of bright yellow-green colour. They are slightly hairy like suede, pleasant to touch. They have interesting scent similar to tobacco leaves that allegedly repels insects.
Beginning of summer 20-30 cm tall upright pani ...
VI - VII
2 - 8m
2 - 6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Yellow wood is a rare, though fully hardy tree that deserves more attention. Its origin is not clear and definite. Usually this small tree or large shrub is connected with Kentucky, USA, but many plants grow freely on limestone cliffs on China and Japan. It used to be a jewel of royal gardens and ar ...
VII - VII
5 - 10m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Venus® is a trade name for this lovely plant. It is truly much nicer than the original variety name “KN30-8”. It is as mathematical as the breeding equation: (cornus kousa „Chinensis“ x cornus nuttalli „Goldspot“ ) x cornus kousa „Rosea“. The res ...
VI - VI
2 - 4m
3 - 5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Milky Way is an old time favourite. It has snow white to creamy white flowers. Technically, they are not flowers but 4 flower bracts composed around small flower heads. They are 6-10 cm wide and conspicuous as they come out in June when the shrub is in leaf, and the foliage makes a dense, green back ...
V - VI
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins are rich yellow, and the borderline between these two colours is light green but i ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Seven son flower is a fascinating shrub that was first found in China by Ernest H.Wilson more than a hundred years ago, in 1907. Still, it took almost 80 years before this plant was cultivated commercially.
Seven son flower is a large shrub or a small tree with 3 predominant features. Leaves, inflo ...
VIII - X
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Not many trees bloom in mid or even late summer when all the spring flowering beauties have only leaves. Golden-rain tree is one of the few.
In late July/early August upto 30 cm long panicles of small, bright yellow flowers appear on this medium sized tree. The flowers can remain on the tree for a ...
VII - VIII
5 - 15m
5 - 10m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ENDURING SUMMER® is an American crepe myrtle series bred by Joshua H.Kardos. The plants boast compact, rounded habit and excellent resistance to diseases. ENDURING SUMMER® RED produces vibrant red flowers composed in large racemes, similar to those on lilac hence its other name summer lila ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aureomarginatum is a tulip tree variety that truly shines in spring. Its uniquely saddle-shaped, deciduous leaves emerge bright green, edged with a striking, irregular daffodil-yellow margin. It’s a spectacular sight – and one to savour – because this burst of spring colour is fleeting. As summer ar ...
VI - VII
15 - 20m
6 - 10m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Umbrella magnolia is a unique plant of its species. It is quite unusual though easy to grow. Its main feature are exotic-looking, large leaves that can grow 30-45 cm long. Their colour is mid-green flashed with bronze from spring to early summer. They are soft and slightly hairy beneath, crowded at ...
V - VI
6 - 10m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fortune's osmanthus is a cross between o.heterophyllus (small, very spiny leaves) and o.fragrans (large, entire leaves). It was first brought from Japan to Europe to Holland Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1856. Over the years its name has developed from osmanthus aquifolium to o.aquifolium var.latifo ...
X - XI
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The cultivar Vanessa belongs among the narrowly growing forms of Persian ironwood and is distinguished by attractive, broadly oval leaves with pronounced veins. In spring they are fresh green, in summer some retain reddish margins, and in autumn they transform into several layers of radiant colours ...
8 - 12m
3 - 5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chinese photinia is a species which is less common in trade and almost nonexistent in European nurseries. Reason being that all European encyclopedias rate it much less winter hardy than David’s or Fraser’s photinia which are very popular evergreen shrubs used for hedges in zones 6 and h ...
1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Oriental photinia is a heavily underutilized hardy shrub that is still very rare both in gardens as well as European garden centres. This deciduous shrub is native to Korea, China, and Japan. Although the evergreen sisters of this photinia are more commercially successful we would like to introduce ...
VI - VI
2 - 3,5m
2 - 3,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purpurascens is a less common English oak variety with red foliage. It forms medium large trees with spreading canopies and almost horizontal branches. Deciduous leaves are partly leathery, bright maroon as they emerge, turning deep green with mahogany red hues in summer, and in autumnchange to rich ...
8 - 15m
8 - 15m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Latifolia is a large-leaved version of chaste tree. Botanically not a variety, just a selection of the species, still, I can see that it is the most sought-after chaste tree today. It is easily distinguished by both larger leaves and inflorescence that contains more individual flowers owing to which ...
VIII - IX
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
