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Iberis 'MASTERPIECE'™
(candytuft)

Masterpiece™ this candytuft truly is. Originally a ground-covering perennial turned into a strong, bushy and stocky habit plant whose stems are so erect that it looks like a bunch of cut flowers precisely arranged in ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iberis 'PINK ICE'™
(candytuft)

Pink Ice™ is a lovely hybrid variety of candytuft with profusion of soft pink flowers atop 10-15 cm tall stems. They last for a long time and new buds appear along the stems when you trim the plant cutting away faded ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.3 - 0.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'NELLIE R.STEVENS'
(holly - TREE FORM)

Nellie R. Stevens holly is one of the most cultivate hardy hollies worldwide simply because it is beautiful and versatile. It is a cross between English holly (ilex aquifolium) and Chinese holly (ilex cornuta). It grows rel ...


	2 - 5m	1.5 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex IMPALA®
(Japanese holly)

This Japanese holly is a unique species formerly known as ilex mutchagara. Its correct Latin name is far too long and a bit complicated to both pronounce and spell, hence its modern trade name IMPALA® holly. ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'AMBER'
(holly)

This special holly was brought by Hillier Nurseries, UK, before 1955. Still, known mainly by horticulturists it was not recognized by general public and that was a pity because this plant has something new to offer. Luckily, it appears that with a new millennium th ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'J.C. VAN TOL'
(holly)

J.C.van Tol variety, more than any other holly, is known for making almost spineless leaves when the plant reaches a height of abt. 1m. They are glossy, deep green to olive green on the undersides. It is a female veriety bearing showy, bright red berries that appear abundant ...


	1.5 - 3m			6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'MYRTIFOLIA'
(myrtle-leaved holly)

Some hollies are not sought-after for their colourful fruits but other features which make them unique and which may highlight your garden with. Myrtifolia holly is a quite rare, male cultivar of common holly. It has deep green, narrow, super glossy leaves that are regularly ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'NORTHERN LIGHTS'
(holly)

Since we specialize in evergreen broadleaved plants we are always happy to see a beautiful novelty belonging to this group. Northern Lights is a beautiful holly from Dutch nursery town Boskoop, and was found as a naturally occurring mutation of Ala


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'PYRAMIDALIS'
(holly)

Pyramidalis is a popular female variety, mainly in Germany where it freely grows in parks and cities. It makes a beautiful and dense shrub of broadly pyramidal habit, well branched from the base. It has deep green, glossy leaves that are almost spineless. It is self-fertile so it bears profusion of ...


	3 - 5m			6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'RUBRICAULIS AUREA'
(varigated holly)

Rubricaulis Aurea is supposed to be the hardiest holly from the aquifolium group with varigated foliage. The leaves are deep green in the centre with rich yellow, spiny margins which turn pink in cold months. It is a female variety which bears red fruits in the autumn. To do ...


	1 - 2m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'SILVER QUEEN'
(English holly)

Silver Queen, or also more logically called Silver King, is a male version of English holly. It has deep green, glossy leaves with attractive, creamy-white, spiny margins. Stems of ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'WHITE CREAM'®
(common holly)

White Cream is a fantastic new variety of holly. It was bred in Germany by Ingo Stührenberg. White Cream is a natural mutation of another English holly called Myrtifolia, hence its spiny margins. The leaves are bright creamy white in the centres, changing through light green t ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex colchica
(Black Sea holly)

Black Sea holly lives naturally in the regions of Balkan Peninsula, Caucasus, and some parts of Turkey. It is becoming less and less common in the wild mainly because of excess exploitation of forests which make the typical microclimate for this holly. It used to b ...


	1 - 2m	1.5 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'CONVEXA'
(Japanese holly)

Convexa is a variety of Japanese box-leaved holly which is most popular with bonsai growers and is ideal for topiaries. Compared to the species it grows denser and more compact so when pruned or clipped it never leaves an empty hole. The very glossy leaves are mid to dark green, 1-2 cm long, they ar ...


	1 - 2m	1.3 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

ilex crenata 'FASTIGIATA'
(Japanese holly)

This holly is a popular variety for Japanese bonsai. It has dark green, glossy leaves similar to box. This cultivar has upright habit without pruning and is rather slim. It is very popular for evergreen groups with spreading or groundcovering shrubs, for patios or front gardens. Fruits are small, gl ...


	1.5 - 2m	0.3 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'GOLDEN GEM'
(Japanese holly)

Golden Gem variety is a low, dense shrub with bright golden-yellow top leaves, leaving the bottom ones dark green. This bicolour effect is very elegant. Leaves are small and glossy, gently serrated at margins. Fruits, if any, are small, glossy black berries in autumn. Pruning is possi ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'STOKES'
(Japanese holly)

Stokes is an elegant and small variety of Japanese holly. This evergreen shrub grows slowly and makes small, elliptic, deep green and glossy leaves that are almost flat. Its branches form a frond-like structure when young, ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'TWIGGY'
(Japanese holly)

Many people mistake Japanese holly for buxus thanks to its small, evergreen leaves. Twiggy is slightly different. Its leaves are lighter green, very soft green as they emerge and mid green in summer along deep burgundy red ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.6 - 1.3m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'Icoprins11' DARK GREEN
(Japanese holly)

DARK GREEN is a Japanese holly variety which says it all in a name. Evergreen, small, oval leaves are very dark green, handsome, and glossy, and appear along deep purple red stems. Being a female variety, it produces profus ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 2.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x 'NELLIE R. STEVENS'
(Nellie R. Stevens holly)

Nellie R. Stevens is one of the most widely used hardy hollies worldwide, and at the same time one of the most beautiful. It is a cross between English holly ilex aquifolium and Chinese holly ilex cornuta. It grows relatively fast and can be trained into a gorgeous ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'CAMELLIIFOLIA'
(Highclare holly)

Camelliifolia is a beautiful and robust plant that is not very new worldwide but has not yet been in wide cultivation in Europe. Which is a pity. It is an elegant and densely leaved, evergreen holly with entire, mostly spineless, elliptic, camellia-like leaves with a hard tip. T ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'GOLDEN KING'
(Golden King holly)

Golden King holly is a beautiful and easy to grow shrub with almost spineless leaves. They are oval to rounded, deep green in the centre and richly varigated yellow at the margins. The colder the weather, the deeper yellow margins. Golden King name, however, is a sort of a screw-up: this p ...


	1 - 2m			5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'LAWSONIANA'
(Highclare holly)

Lawsoniana is my favourite. It is a female, variegated version of male plant Hendersonii which is just green. The leaves of Lawsoniana are deep green at the margins, grading through light green towards bright yellow centres. They are curled which gives the plant an extraordinary appear ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'WILSONII'
(Highclare holly)

Wilsonii is a rare variety of Highclare holly. It bears 5-7 cm long, oval to oblong, deep green and very glossy leaves. They are mildly spiny when young and lose spines as the plant grows taller than 1m, then new leaves become mostly entire with just one sharp tip. It is a femal ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly)

Chestnut Leaf is probably the most common variety when you happen to come across a Koehne holly in Europe early 21st century. I am giving this date deliberately in case you are reading this article in 2050 or later, laughing how come that we used to be so deprived having just one Koehne holly then. ...


	2 - 6m	1.5 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE PRINCE®'
(blue holly)

Blue Prince® is probably the most popular variety of all so-called blue hollies. It is a male plant that does not produce fruits but is a pollinator for female plants of this group (e.g. Blue Princess). On the other hand, it grows faster than female varieties and has larger, ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'CASANOVA®'
(blue holly)

We are always happy to hear about any success as far as increasing plants hardiness. And when it happens and a new plant variety is hardy and at the same time beautiful we are lost for words. Casanova® is the one that left us speechless. It is a brand new variety that was only in 2 ...


	1.5 - 2.5m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENPRACHT'
(blue holly)

Germany has another novelty among blue hollies. Its name is Heckenpracht and it is a cross between ilex aquifolium Pyramidalis and ilex x meserveae Blue Prince® ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'JADE STAR'
(blue holly)

Jade Star is an attractive version of a blue holly with variegated leaves. It was found by W.Renken in 1994 as a sport of another very popular blue holly variety Blue ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'Mondo' LITTLE RASCAL®
(blue holly)

Little Rascal® is a beautiful new variety of blue holly, found in US nursery Monrovia in 1996 as a natural mutation of another blue holly called Blue Boy. The plant exhibits unique features, distinctly different ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae GOLDEN GIRL®
(blue holly)

GOLDEN GIRL ® is probably the first ever patented holly with yellow berries in the world, US plant patent 7652 from 1990, as a cross between ilex aquifolium ´Fructa Lutea´and ilex rugosa . Yellow fruits are an awesome feature because it never happened with any other blue hol ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae BLUE MAID®
(blue holly)

Blue Maid® is a female variety of blue holly. It produces abundance of tiny, white flowers in spring that are followed by attractive berries in autumn. They are bright red and glossy, and remain on the plant until the b ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1 - 1.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENFEE®'
(blue holly)

Heckenfee® is a new variety of blue holly from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 2000. It is a female variety of its male form Heckenstar. This means that this cross produces berries. Outside Europe it is distributed under trade name Castle Spire™. ...


	2 - 3m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Incarvillea delavayi
(hardy gloxinia)

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 l ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Indigofera heterantha
(Himalayan indigo)

Himalayan indigo is an unusual shrub from, wonder of wonders, Himalayas. Its deciduous, compound leaves are pale green and look like miniature locust leaves. Flowers cannot be compared to anything you normally see growing in Central European gardens. They are pea-like, formed in erect racemes ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Indigofera kirilowii
(Kirilow's indigo)

Indigo is a genus of over 700 species from various habitats. The African species indigofera tinctorial was historically the first source of blue dye before lapis lazuli was discovered. Chinese indigo – Kirilow’s indigo ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'BEDTIME STORY'
(bearded iris)

Bedtime Story is a beautiful name for a beautiful iris. Calming colours with a happy ending that every bedtime story deserves. It produces amethyst violet flowers with purple red veins and white and yellow beard in the thro ...


	0.5 - 0.6m			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'CALIGULA'
(bearded iris)

Caligula is another showy bearded iris variety with large flowers. They are bi-coloured: top petals are rich golden yellow, and the beard is velvety reddish brown. Sword-like leaves are deciduous, pale green. Flowering stal ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'EDITH WOLFORD'
(bearded iris)

It seems that fashion rules are not valid in the world of botany. Which is only right. Just imagine, ladies, that you would take a soft canary yellow top and lavender violet skirt. It would most certainly be a scandal pictured in all fashion magazines. However, Edith Wolfo ...


	0.8 - 1m			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'GOING MY WAY'
(bearded iris)

Going My Way is a gorgeous iris which was bred and introduced in the same year when Frank Sinatra made his perhaps most famous cover of all time – the song My Way. The variety was bred by James Gibson and makes large ...


	0.8 - 1m			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'HONEY GLAZED'
(bearded iris)

Honey Glazed is as beautiful as delicious sounds its name. This bearded iris makes large flowers with dark amber orange falls (lower petals) and soft yellow standards (upper petals). Sword-like leaves are deciduous, pale gr ...


	0.6 - 0.7m			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'IMMORTALITY'
(bearded iris)

If you want to stay immortal in the world of botany publish a book, best choice is an encyclopaedia, or name a variety of yours by that name: Immortality. This bearded iris produces large, fragrant, pure white flowers atop ...


	0.7 - 0.8m			3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SIVA SIVA'
(bearded iris)

Many beautiful plants bear names of significant or famous people of various fields. So why not calling one a name of god! Precisely one of Indian gods Siva. And to prove our point say it twice: Siva Siva. This bearded iris ...


	0.8 - 1m			3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SKY FIRE'
(bearded iris)

If you like rich, fiery colours you will fall in love with this beared iris from 1980 called Sky Fire. It has several shades of rich fiery orange and golden colours, highlighted with several thin red veins. Sword-like leave ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SULTAN'S PALACE'
(bearded iris)

When beautiful Scheherazade told her king a thousand and one story in Arabian Nights – a book of stories about 11 centuries old they dwelled in Sultan’s palace. Its beauty commemorates this bearded iris – ...


	0.7 - 0.8m			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris 'SUNSET SKY'
(bearded iris)

I was always attracted by flowers whose variety names included the word sunset because I love all colours of setting sun. This bearded iris named Sunset Sky has a unique combination of pale golden yellow of the standards an ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris ensata 'ANGEL MOUNTAIN'
(Japanese iris)

Angel Mountain is a poetic enough name for a gorgeous variety of Japanese iris. Its unique, extra large flowers are up to 20 cm across, almost white with purple violet paint strokes and vivid yellow flames in the throat. Fl ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.2 - 0.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris sibirica 'DOUBLE STANDARD'
(Siberian iris)

Double Standard iris is from the double flowering range of Siberian iris. Double Standard produces very attractive deep indigo violet-blue flowers with pale golden yellow throat with conspicuous veins. Narrow leaves are pa ...


	0.7 - 0.8m			3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iris sibirica 'UNCORKED'
(Siberian iris)

Uncorked is a funny name for this Siberian iris. So let’s drink out of its bottle of beauty. It makes pastel violet falls with golden yellow centres and violet veins, and soft violet to sky blue standards. Narrow leav ...