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A spectacular new variety of silk tree comes from Japan and is called Summer Chocolate®. It was discovered in 1990 as a seedling in a controlled planting of Albizia julibrissin in 1990. It was patented in the USA under PP 13,822 in 2003. It is considered a rarity for lovers of exotic-looking pl ...
VII - VIII
2 - 5m
2 - 5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ombrella® is one of the earliest selections of silk tree, discovered by the French grower and nurseryman André Bourquin in southern France, in the Drôme region near Valence, around 1986. He first noticed the darker, deep green leaves and in summer he was struck by the much richer, raspberry pink flo ...
VII - IX
2 - 6m
1 - 3m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TROPICAL DREAM is a silk tree variety from Belgium where it was selected by Johan Possemiers around 1984. It was selected among many seedlings raised from seeds collected around Seoul in South Korea. Though, it took many years to reach the trade as only in 2015 it was first introduced at Plantarium ...
VII - VIII
3 - 5m
3 - 6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MERCURIUS is a French variety of hardy strawberry tree, bred by Jean Giraudet from the French nursery Pépinières du Bocage in Sèvremont, near the city of Nantes in the west of France, and introduced in 2020. This is an absolutely adorable shrub with a slower growth and almost rounded ...
IX - XI
0,7 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ is a compact and dense growing variety of a hybrid daphne with long flowering period. Its small flowers are tubular, almost white inside and pale lilac pink outside. They have a strong and sweet perfume and are produced in profusion from late May until early July, and then sporadi ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PINK FRAGRANCE™, or also marketed under its complete name SPRING PINK ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™, is a sister variety which arose from breeding its predecessor – ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ variety. Its is a compact and dense growing hybrid daphne with long flowering period. It makes small, t ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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The Jewel of Desert series offers ice plants with exceptionally striking flowers in an extraordinary range of colours – from pure white and bright yellow through pink and several shades of red to fiery and orange tones that are truly eye‑catching. The flowers resemble large daisies, they are t ...
V - IX
0,05 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Delosperma congestum is a low‑growing, perennial rock garden plant that forms firm, dense cushions of tightly packed leaves. The leaves are short, fleshy, and evergreen, light to medium green in colour. In full sun, their surface often shows a subtle sparkle caused by tiny reflective cells, gi ...
VI - VII
0,05m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tropical Dream is a dream of many lovers of exotic plants. This desert candle variety produces about 1.5m tall stems holding numerous star-shaped flowers. They emerge almost white with prominent orange stamens but as the spike opens more flowers upwards, they change colour to pale lemon yellow which ...
VI - VII
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Italian strawflower is an evergreen Mediterranean aromatic semi-woody perennial, sometimes classified as a shrub like lavender, with which it is easily confused before flowers appear. Its common name curry plant, as well as the smell of crushed foliage suggests it has to do something with curry but ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Dust cultivar of silver ragwort looks as if it came from another world – delicate, silvery, with leaves so pale and finely cut it makes the heart leap. It forms low clumps with dense, slightly irregular branching that keeps the plant natural rather than overly tidy. The leaves are deeply divi ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Oriental poppy is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Picotée is a gorgeous variety with white flowers with creased petals that have broad, frilled, orange-pink margins. Blooming begins from late May and lasts until late June. Basal leaves are hairy, pinnatis ...
V - VI
0,6 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Narrow-leaved mock privet is another typical plant of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe, i.e. plants which cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet has narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, 4 ...
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Italian stone pine, often called just umbrella pine, is a long-lived conifer with fresh green, evergreen, and relatively soft needles 10-20 cm long, which grow in pairs and densely cover the branches creating an impenetrable screen. Young plants grown from seeds till the age of about ten years first ...
10 - 20m
8 - 15m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The cork oak is a medium-fast growing evergreen tree with leathery leaves. They are narrowly oval, bright silvery grey as they emerge and medium green and glossy when mature. The reverse retains a silvery gray indumentum. Older plants produce small, elongated acorns.
It has a highly attractive, d ...
6 - 10m
6 - 8m
full sun
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Midnight Model meadow clary is definitely the deepest coloured salvia we have seen so far. It belongs to the FASHIONISTA™ series bred by Hans. A. Hansen from Walters Gardens in Michigan, USA. From late May it produces 50-60 cm tall, strong stems holding deep violet blue, nettle-like flowers that las ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This meadow clary hybrid is truly Pretty in Pink just like its name suggests. It belongs to the FASHIONISTA™ series bred by Hans. A. Hansen from Walters Gardens in Michigan, USA. From late May it produces 50-60 cm tall, strong stems holding purple pink, nettle-like flowers that last for about 3 week ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full 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
Citrus Twist Spanish dagger bears grey-green leaves whose striking yellow margins often extend deeper into the centre of the leaf in the form of irregularly wide yellow stripes, making the base green colour a secondary shade. As a bonus, from mid-summer arrives a third colour tone: scarlet red to sa ...
IX - XI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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