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Salix helvetica
(Swiss willow)

Swiss willow is a cute little shrub, a uniquely dwarf version of willow. It is our native taxon whose natural habitat extends north-east to Poland, south-west to France, and is most often found in the Alps and Tatras. You can recognize it by its smoot, soft leaves. ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salix integra 'FLAMINGO'
(dappled willow)

Flamingo is a newer sport of so popular Hakuro Nishiki dappled willow from 1979. It was found in a Dutch nursery Salixkwekerij Bontekoe, and boasts earlier colouring of new leaves and twigs that are rich pink, just like fla ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia 'PURPLE SPRING'
(meadow clary)

Purple Spring is a meadow clary hybrid producing about 50 cm tall stems with dark purple blue, nettle-like flowers. They come out along with the earliest sage varieties offering a great flower display already in mid May in ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia 'Bocofpea' FEATHERS PEACOCK
(hybrid lavender sage)

FEATHERS PEACOCK is a highly attractive hybrid lavender sage. It has unique foliage and unusual inflorescence. It blooms quite early, already in mid-May it makes up to 55 cm tall, hairy stems topped with slightly drooping s ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia Color Spires® 'AZURE SNOW'
(meadow clary)

Imagine deep blue sky just before a summer storm covered with white snowflakes. This is exactly how Azure Snow meadow clary hybrid looks. It belongs to the COLOR SPIRES® series bred by Hans. A. Hansen from Walters Gard ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia FASHIONISTA™ 'MIDNIGHT MODEL'
(meadow clary)

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 ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia FASHIONISTA™ 'PRETTY IN PINK'
(meadow clary)

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 tal ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'BUMBLEBERRY'
(woodland sage)

The Bumble series of woodland sage is bred by Hans A. Hansen from the Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA. Bumbleberry sage produces deep pink flowers along deep magenta purple stems only some 30 cm tall. Flowers are c ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'BUMBLESNOW'
(woodland sage)

The Bumble series of woodland sage is bred by Hans A. Hansen from the Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA. Bumblesnow sage produces snow white flowers composed in spike-like, fat spires atop only some 30 cm tall stems. ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'CARADONNA'
(wood sage)

Caradonna is a beautiful wood sage which looks like annual salvia farinacea, yet this beauty is a true perennial. Caradonna makes compact clumps with erect stems 40-60 cm tall, very dark purple blue, almost black, be ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'MIDNIGHT PURPLE'
(woodland sage)

Midnight Purple is a woodland sage variety from the Midnight series developed by Dümmen Orange™, but is not related to the American variety Midnight Model from Walters Gardens which belongs among meadow sage hybrids. ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'OSTFRIESLAND'
(wood sage)

Ostfriesland (East Friesland) is a flat lowland in North Germany, renowned for fertile soil and mild, humid climate which is why there are a lot of nurseries. No wonder that this wood sage received the same name, rememberin ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'Florsaldblu' SENSATION® DEEP BLUE
(wood sage)

SENSATION is a superb new perennial salvia series. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and compact habit with profuse flowering. Sensation Deep Blue


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'Florsalroz' SENSATION® DEEP ROSE
(wood sage)

SENSATION® is a superb new perennial salvia series. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and compact habit with profuse flowering. Sensation® Deep Rose


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'Grusalrp' RIANNE PURPLE
(woodland sage)

In 2013 Dutch breeder André de Gruyter registered his beautiful blue woodland sage variety named Rianne, not knowing that 6 year later he would find a natural mutation of it with even larger flowers on taller stems and larger foliage. It was patented as PP32 ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia x sylvestris 'Balsalarv' BLUE MARVEL
(woodland sage)

BLUE MARVEL is a unique sage variety with large, hypnotizing deep indigo blue flowers, possibly the bluest we’ve seen so far on any woodland sage. They are formed in erect, 10-15 cm tall spikes atop 25-30 cm long stem ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia x sylvestris 'MAINACHT'
(wood sage)

Mainacht (syn. May Night) is a hybrid between salvia nemorosa and salvia pratensis. It is a clump forming perennial with 50-60 tall spikes of deep indigo blue flowers from May until early July. Leaves are mid green, lanceolate, wrinkled, and so ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sambucus nigra 'BLACK BEAUTY'
(European elder)

European elder is the father of a very new variety called “Black Beauty”, introduced in 2002 by the Dutch. It has the darkest leaves available – deep burgundy, and with its striking pink panicles of flowers it is undoubtedly the jewel in the group. Its vigorous growth helps this sh ...


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

Sambucus nigra 'Eiffel1' BLACK TOWER
(European elder)

BLACK TOWER is another child from the nursery breeding programme of popular Black Beauty and Black Lace®. It was awarded a prize for ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.2 - 1.3m	full sun to shade		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sambucus nigra 'Eva' BLACK LACE®
(European elder)

Black Lace is a variety of European elder that has lace-like, deep burgundy leaves that look like those of dissectum Japanese maples. Flowers are striking pink panicles that appear in May. Its vigorous growth helps this shrub soon make a dense cover of leaves that are vivid purp ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sambucus nigra 'Jdeboer001' GOLDEN TOWER
(European elder)

GOLDEN TOWER is a slender growing variety of European elder, a sister variety of BLACK TOWER, but this time with golden foliage. Its deciduous leaves emerge bright l ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sambucus racemosa 'PLUMOSA AUREA'
(cut leaf red-berried elder)

Plumosa Aurea is an attractive variety of red-berried elder. It has striking foliage that will perfectly contrast with dark green or purple-leaved shrubs. The deciduous, pinnate leaves are finely cut and may look like a short fern frond. Their colour is bright golden yellow with ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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Santolina chamaecyparissus
(lavender cotton)

Lavender cotton is a fantastic low, mound-forming shrub with very attractive silvery blue, finely textured foliage. It is evergreen so it decorates your garden all year round. Moreover, in summer in produces masses of small, vivid yellow flowers heads on long stalks. Leaves have an interestin ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca confusa
(sweet box)

This sweet box is believed to have come from western China where it probably originated as a natural hybrid of two species. Nowadays, you will not find it in the wild either because it is extinct or perhaps it never existed as a botanical species. Very interesting ...


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

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Pmoore03' WINTER GEM
(Himalayan sweet box)

Winter Gem is a Himalayan sweet box variety bred by Peter Moore from England. He succeeded in hybridizing a sweet box that will grow well in a pot which is something that sarcococca dislikes and will tolerate chalk (lime so ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
(Himalayan sweet box)

Humilis is possibly the lowest growing, natural variety of Himalayan sweet box. It forms dense clumps or ground-covering colonies with handsome evergreen foliage. Its leaves are deep green, leathery, 6-8 cm long, lance-shap ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca saligna
(willowleaf sweet box)

Willowleaf sweet box is a charming species of this little-known evergreen shrub, native to northern Pakistan. Its generic name refers to the similarity of its narrow foliage to willow leaves. Unlike those, however, sweet box has evergreen leaves. They are up to 14 ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Scabiosa columbaria 'PINK MIST'
(small scabious)

Small scabious is a smaller version of this common perennial, naturally found in our countryside. It makes small leaves of two types: the basal leaves are pinnatifid (they look like those on dandelions), and stem leaves, as if they did not belong there, are extreme ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sciadopitys verticillata
(Japanese umbrella pine)

Japanese umbrella pine is an exquisite-looking conifer with dark green needles. They are glossy, 5-12 cm long and grow in whorls of 15-20. They are borne at the shoot-tips like the spokes of an umbrella, hence it name. In Japan it grows some 10m tall, however, in our climate you can count ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sciadopitys verticillata 'BEAUTY GREEN'
(Japanese umbrella pine)

Japanese umbrella pine is an exquisite-looking conifer resembling pine thanks to its needles but botanically it has nothing in common with them. There are quite a few varieties available in the trade now that will fit even a small garden.


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

Sciadopitys verticillata 'STERNSCHNUPPE'
(dwarf Japanese umbrella pine)

Japanese umbrella pine is an exquisite-looking conifer resembling pine thanks to its needles but botanically it has nothing in common with them. Did you fall in love with this gorgeous conifer but the species is too large for your small garden? Worries gone – ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum
(groundcovering stonecrops)

Groundcovering stonecrops are alpine perennials which are available in so many species and varieties that everyone can find his favourite. They are native to almost all continents including their coldest parts, except for Australia and Antarctica. They are culti ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.3 - 0.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'GLOBE YELLOW'
(orpine)

Globe is a stonecrop series characterized by a neat, globular to dome-shaped habit and low growth. Globe Yellow is an innovative variety as it bears yellow flowers, yet it is not a ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'MATRONA'
(orpine)

Matrona is a German variety of orpine. It is renowned for its robust habit with large, oval, light green, thick leaves with purple margins and purple stems. In late August it produces almost flat cymes of pale lilac to pink ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'RED SPARKLE'
(cliff stonecrop)

Red Sparkle is a cliff stonecrop of neat habit. In spring emerge small, elliptic leaves which later change to broadly oval to almost rounded. They are pale green with dusky red hues. From midsummer are formed wide, flat pan ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'HERBSTFREUDE'
(orpine)

Autumn Joy is a much easier name to pronounce than its German original Herbstferude. This orpine has large, oval, light green, thick leaves. In late August it produces almost flat cymes of deep pink flowers. They continue blooming until mid autumn and even after flowering they ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'CARL'
(stonecrop)

Carl is an English stonecrop variety which often compared to Herbstfreude (Autumn Joy) stonecrop. Carl is a little shorter and more compact. From late August open brilliant purple pink flowers composed in dome-shaped panicl ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'MOJAVE JEWELS RUBY'
(stonecrop)

Mojave Jewels Ruby is a stonecrop variety from AB Cultivars in the Netherlands from 2018. It makes extremely dark foliage and stems which perfectly contrast with its flowers. Deciduous leaves are broadly elliptic, mildly se ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'MR.GOODBUD'
(orpine)

Mr.Goodbud is an excellent new variety of orpine from TerraNova Nurseries that was patented in 2005. This beauty was bred to achieve the best possible colour and dense habit and the result is amazing. Mr.Goodbud prod ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'RED CAULI'
(stonecrop)

Red Cauli is a Dutch addition to the family of upright growing stonecrops and I love it. Why, you may ask, when it makes smaller flowers heads than many modern varieties? Well, perhaps just because of that – don’ ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'XENOX'
(ice plant)

Xenox is a Dutch ice plant variety bred by a very skillful breeder of perennials Hubertus Gerardus Oudshoorn. It was selected from cross-pollinated seedlings of sedum telephium in 2003. The new plant is notably compact R ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum SUNSPARKLER® 'Dazzleberry'
(stonecrop)

Dazzleberry stonecrop emerges with small, oval, deciduous, dark blue-green leaves flushed dark purple red in spring, and mature to deep purple blue or almost deep burgundy red in summer. Huge flower heads measure up to 20 c ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum cauticola 'LIDAKENSE'
(cliff stonecrop)

Cliff stonecrop is Japanese native plant popular for its compact growth and profuse flowering. Lidakense is one of the top varieties producing small, oval, deciduous, silvery blue-green leaves flushed with purple pink, and ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.2 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum spectabile 'BRILLANT'
(stonecrop)

Brillant is a spectacular stonecrop variety with vivid pink flowers that could only be compared to Neon variety, but with larger flowerheads. Individual flowers are numerous, small, star-shaped, formed in almost flat termin ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum spurium 'Setz0001' SPOT ON™ DEEP ROSE
(Caucasian stonecrop)

SPOT ON™ DEEP ROSE is a Caucasian stonecrop with deep rose to rich purple pink, star-shaped flowers from July until August. They are a magnet for bees that feast on them. Evergreen leaves are small, narrowly obovate, ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum takesimense 'Nonsitnal' ATLANTIS
(Korean stonecrop)

Korean stonecrop was first described by Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakain at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a groundcovering species with thick foliage and small flowers. The new variety ATLANTIS was easy to fin ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum telephium 'MUNSTEAD DARK RED'
(orpine)

Munstead Dark Red is a good old buddy in the world of orpines. We can call it a classic now as it gained so much well-deserved attention and praise, and is still among the top stonecrop varieties. It produces pale but darke ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum telephium SEDUCTION® GREEN WHITE
(stonecrop)

SEDUCTION® GREEN WHITE is a stonecrop variety from the Seduction® series bred by the Dutch company Florensis. Yet before flowering, you will be impressed by its fabulous foliage. The medium green leaves are conspi ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum telephium SEDUCTION® ROSÉ SOIRÉE
(stonecrop)

Sedum telephium (Hylotelephium) 'Florserodl'

SEDUCTION® ROSÉ SOIRÉE is a stonecrop variety from the Seduction® series bred by the Dutch company Florensis. All plants from the series boast compact growth, dense habit and large inflorescences. ROSÉ SOIRÉE mak ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sempervivum CHICK CHARMS®
(houseleek)

CHICK CHARMS® is a fascinating and beautiful series of hens and chicks including the award-winning gem Gold Nugget from 2017 that was bred by Chris Hanson and which emerges golden orange and red and shines like a real ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.2 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sempervivum, Jovibarba
(houseleek)

Houseleek is in fact a plant of two genus - sempervivum and jovibarba. They are so similar that the trade does not really differentiate them, possibly also because sempervivum is an accepted synonym for jovibarba. Houseleek comes from mountainous regi ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sequoiadendron giganteum
(Giant redwood)

Giant redwood or Sierra redwood, sometimes concisely called the Big tree is truly a big tree. In fact, the biggest in the world ever measured. It comes from Sierra Nevada mountains in east California, USA, and all synonyms describ ...


	25 - 50m	4 - 8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sequoiadendron giganteum 'GLAUCUM'
(Giant redwood)

Glaucum giant redwood is a smaller variety of this evergreen conifer with glaucous needles. It was first described by Christoph Friedrich Otto in 1860. Its habit is very narrowly conical even at older age. If sufficiently i ...


	15 - 30m	3 - 5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Silene dioica 'ROLLIES FAVOURITE'
(campion)

Silene dioica (Lychnis hybrida 'Rolly's Favourite')

Rollies Favourite (syn. Rolly's Favourite) is a long flowering, eye-catching campion variety with rich pink flowers composed in terminal panicles atop 35-40 cm tall stems from early May until July. It was bred by Hubertus G ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'FRAGRANT CLOUD'
(Japanese skimmia)

If you like the smell of Japanese skimmia in the spring, then this variety is ideal for you. Fragrant Cloud will cover you in lovely, sweet lilac-like perfume. It is a luxurious, evergreen plant with small, white flowers that open from lime green flowers buds formed in fat, upri ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.3m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'PEROSA'
(Japanese skimmia)

In 2017 Dutch grower T.C. van Eijk comes with a gorgeous new variety of Japanese skimmia with variegated leaves. There have been a few skimmias with variegated foliage already but they are dwarf. Perosa is not and though it ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'RUBELLA'
(Japanese skimmia)

Skimmia is a very nice small shrub, often used as a groundcover. It comes from Japan and the Himalayas. It needs a shady spot or a semi-shade as it loses leaf colour and suffers from sunburn in full sun. In the spring it has clusters of tiny fragrant flowers. It needs well cultivated, permeable, aci ...


	0.2 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.8m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'Moerings 3' RUBESTA®
(Japanese skimmia)

Dutch series RUBESTA® of Japanese skimmia is bred by Adrianus Jozeph Moerings and his first introduction, called solely RUBESTA®, is an improvement over a bestselling male ...


	0.5 - 0.7m	0.5 - 0.8m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'MARLOT'®
(Japanese skimmia)

Skimmia japonica (syn. 'Godrie's Dwarf')

Marlot® skimmia is the mother variety of the forthcoming mutations Magic Marlot® and Mystic Marl ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.6m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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Solidago 'GOLDEN DWARF'
(golden rod)

Golden Dwarf is a dwarf variety of golden rod valued for its abundant flowering in late summer. It produces fireworks of striking yellow, seedless, tiny flowers composed in terminal racemes on short stems. They are 40-50 cm ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sophora japonica 'PENDULA'
(Japanese pagoda tree)

If you went looking for a tree typical for every city you would find jacarandas in Buenos Aires, London planes in London, and in Prague you would be struck by the beauty of Japanese pagoda trees. Numerous specimens were planted there many years ago. Now they have skyscraping trunks and huge c ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sophora japonica 'REGENT'
(Japanese pagoda tree)

Japanese pagoda tree is a beautiful large tree with exotic looking leaves and flowering in August. It bears deciduous, pinnate, rich green leaves similar to locust leaves but individual leaflets are more elliptic and longer. They change to yellow in autumn and fall down quickly. The whole lea ...


	15 - 25m	10 - 15m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sophora japonica 'WINTER GOLD'
(Japanese pagoda tree)

Winter Gold Japanese pagoda tree is a novelty brought by the new millennium. It produces vibrant shades of lemon yellow new leaves, and is decorated with rich golden yellow colour or twigs and branches in winter. The pin ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sorbus aria 'LUTESCENS'
(whitebeam)

Lutescens is a whitebeam variety from 1885. It is highly valued for its striking silver foliage in spring. The leaves are deciduous, 10-12 cm long, broadly ovate, deeply veined, and serrated at margins. Their silver colour ...


	5 - 9m	2 - 3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sorbus aucuparia 'EDULIS'
(mountain ash)

Mountain ash is a common tree in our country. In the 19th century a variety with edible fruit was found in Moravia, Czech Republic, it is called Edulis. It bears deciduous, pinnate leaves composed of deep green leaflets, serrated at margins. They change to orange, red and ye ...


	6 - 10m	3 - 6m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Spiraea x billardii 'TRIUMPHANS'
(spiraea)

Spiraea is a common shrub of Central-Europeans parks. This low-maintenance plant is available in many species and varieties each of which offers a different feature. Triumphans is a spiraea variety with pure pink flowers formed in erect, dense panicles. Deciduous leaves are ...


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

Stachys monieri 'HUMMELO'
(Monier's alpine betony)

Monier’s Alpine betony is an outstanding species of this interesting perennial. Most of other betonies are grown for attractive foliage, however, Hummelo is a special variety that offers not only pretty foliage but al ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Staphylea colchica
(Colchis bladdernut)

This bladdernut species comes from Colchis - nowadays Georgia in Caucasus, and represents one of the oldest melliferous plants of the region. There are records saying that it was also grown in large pots so it could be moved to greenhouses in winter and forced to e ...


	2 - 3.5m	2 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stewartia monadelpha
(tall stewartia)

Tall stewartia comes from Korea and South Japan. It is possibly the tallest of the species, yet quite slender and conical growing, most often multi-stemmed tree. Its trunks are possibly the key feature why collectors and plant lovers seek after this plant. The bark ...


	15 - 25m	4 - 6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stewartia rostrata
(fragrant stewartia)

Fragrant stewartia comes from South China (not to be confused with stewartia sinensis) and, as the name suggests, bears profusion of mildly fragrant flowers. Do not expect lilac's strength of perfume, just a faint, rose-like aroma. Flowers open from purple red buds ...


	4 - 6m	3 - 5m	semi-shade / partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stipa tenuissima 'PONYTAILS'
(feather grass)

Feather grass comes from a country where it would definitely be called maravilloso as it comes from Mexico, Argentina, and can also be found in New Mexico and Texas in USA. Ponytails is a compact and a little shorter variet ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stokesia laevis 'MEGA MELS'
(Stoke's aster)

Mega Mels is a provocative variety of Stoke’s aster producing enormously large flowers that are 10-12 cm across! It was found by Dutch grower Adrianus van Heesbeen from Rijsbergen. The flowers have cornflower-like flo ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stokesia laevis 'PURPLE PARASOLS'
(Stoke's aster)

Purple Parasols is the very first Stoke’s aster with extra large flowers. It was a naturally occurring mutation of a seedling found by Clyde Scott Warren in Hebron, KY, USA in 1993. Its XL flowers are 10-12 cm across ...


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

Styrax japonicus
(Japanese snowbell)

We like offering less usual plants which are beautiful and fully hardy at the same time (we are in zone 6). This Japanese snowbell is one of them. It is a graceful, spreading, deciduous tree with almost horizontal branches that form nearly a flat canopy when mature. Its main attraction ar ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Styrax japonicus 'PINK CHIMES'
(Japanese snowbell)

Pink Chimes is a rare variety of Japanese snowbell with pink, bell-shaped flowers that hang on short stalks underneath the leaved branches. Leaves are glossy, ovate to elliptic, mid to dark green, turning yellow or red in autumn. It can be pruned at the end of winter. Grow it ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Styrax obassia
(fragrant snowbell)

Fragrant snowbell is a large bush or a small tree which, in spite of its name, does not bear highly fragrant flowers. It is closely related to Japanese snowbell and comes from the same regions of Asia: Kor ...


	3 - 8m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa 'AGNES SMITH'
(Canadian lilac)

Agnes Smith is an elegant variety of Canadian lilac with snow white flowers. They are sweetly scented, tubular, formed in more or less upright panicles. The difference between these and common lilacs is that panicles of Canadian lilac are not as clustered as on common lilac, flo ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa 'RED PIXIE'
(dwarf lilac)

Red Pixie lilac dates back to mid 20th century when Max Peterson of Ogallala Lilacs in Meadowlark Hill, Nebraska (USA) found a uniquely looking plant among other lilacs. He assumed it was a natural hybrid between two lilac ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa 'REDWINE'
(Canadian lilac)

Redwine is a Canadian lilac of so far the deepest burgundy red colour. It sweetly scented flower are tubular, and formed in partially pendent panicles. The difference between these and common lilacs is that panicles of Canadian lilac are not as clustered as on common lilac, flow ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa 'ROYALTY'
(Canadian lilac)

Among Canadian lilacs you can also find one whose colour resembles common lilacs – thanks to its lavender or bluish-lilac flowers. Its name is Royalty. They are tubular, sweetly scented, formed in upright panicles and appear in abundance every year. The difference between ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa 'SMSJBP7' BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple
(hybrid lilac)

BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple is a hybrid lilac with dark lilac pink to light purple flowers and dark purple buds. They are tubular and composed in lose erect racemes, and open from mid May until early June and re-bloom from ...


	1.5 - 2m	1.5 - 2.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa TINKERBELLE®
(dwarf lilac)

TINKERBELLE® is a trade name for a dwarf lilac that was bred by Neal S. Holland from North Dakota, USA, in 1985, and patented in 1999 under PP12,294. It is a cross between syringa meyeri Palibin and syringa microphylla ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa Bloomerang® 'PINK PERFUME'
(hybrid lilac)

Pink Perfume is a Dutch addition to the Bloomerang® series of re-blooming lilacs marketed by Proven Winners® in USA. The plant was bred by Andre Franciscus van Nijnatten from Zundert, the Netherlands, in 2003, and ...


	1 - 1.5m	1.3 - 1.8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa josikaea
(Hungarian lilac)

Hungarian lilac has its origin in Rumania and obviously Hungary. It prefers cooler climates to perform well. Its sweet scented flowers are formed in upright panicles that are not as clustered as on common lilac. Their colour is pink. The individual flowers are longer and tubular and look some ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1.5 - 3.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa meyeri 'PALIBIN'
(Meyer lilac)

Meyer lilac comes from China and is a dwarf plant. Palibin is a variety with flower panicles that are just a little larger as opposed to the species. The colour of the flowers is lavender pink, the buds are burgundy purple. It grows very slowly, forming a dense mound, flowering ...


	0.5 - 1.3m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa meyeri 'Anny200817' FLOWERFESTA® PINK
(Korean lilac)

FLOWERFESTA® PINK is a compact, repeat-flowering lilac with pure pastel pink, very fragrant flowers. They come out for the first time in late May and bloom for about 3 weeks. After a short pause they re-bloom in early ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa microphylla 'SUPERBA'
(littleleaf lilac)

Superba is probably the only variety of littleleaf lilac used in commerce today. It boasts profuse erect racemes composed of small, tubular, soft pink, and sweetly fragrant flowers in May. They unfold into 4 tips but you ca ...


	1.5 - 2m	2 - 3.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa patula 'MISS KIM'
(lilac)

This variety was first introduced in the UK in 1954. The seeds came from Korea hence its name: Miss Kim, Kim being the most common name in Korea. The scented flowers are pure lavender-lilac colour, opening from darker purplish buds. They are formed in upright panicles that are not as ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'ANDENKEN AN LUDWIG SPÄTH'
(common lilac)

Andenken an Ludwig Späth (syn. Souvenir de Luis Spaeth) is a sought-after lilac variety mainly for its deep purple violet. The inflorescence is longer and narrower than on other commonly known varieties, made up of short, t ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'BELLE DE NANCY'
(common lilac)

Belle de Nancy (The Beauty of Nantes) is one of over 200 lilac cultivars bred and introduced by a little-known French horticulturist Victor Lemoine. This one was introduced in 1891 and bears soft pink, semi-double flowers c ...


	2 - 3m	3 - 4m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'CHARLES JOLY'
(common lilac)

Charles Joly and Michel Buchner are probably the most common lilac varieties in the Czech Republic. The flower colour of Charles Joly is rich lilac-pink. The inflorescence is composed of single, very ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'KATHERINE HAVEMEYER'
(common lilac)

Katherine Havemeyer lilac is another unique double-flowering variety producing much darker coloured buds than opened flowers. Its panicles can be erect or slightly pendent, they are shorter than those on other common lilacs ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'MADAME LEMOINE'
(common lilac)

Madame Lemoine is a true lady among lilacs, therefore we should not state her age. So let’s just admit that she is a long-time star on the lilac sky. Irrespective of the amount of newly bred varieties she is still the queen among snow white flowering lilacs. The flowers ar ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'MICHEL BUCHNER'
(common lilac)

Michel Buchner and with Charles Joly are probably the most common lilac varieties in the Czech Republic. The flower colour of Michel Buchner is a bit difficult to de ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy' BEAUTY OF MOSCOW
(common lilac)

Who would believe that this lilac has been cultivated since 1943. It was bred by a Russian breeder and named Krasavitsa Moskvy, but in international horticultural trade its English name (BEAUTY O ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa x 'MINUET'
(Canadian lilac)

Minuet is a dwarf variety of Canadian lilac. It produces tubular, sweetly scented, light mauve flowers composed in erect panicles, coming out about 2 weeks later than flowers on common lilacs i.e. mid to end May. It grows s ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa x chinensis 'SAUGEANA'
(Rouen lilac)

Saugeana is a Rouen lilac variety producing rich lilac red to pale purple violet flowers from mid May, usually filling the gap between common lilac and Preston lilac. Individual flowers are tubular, composed in erect panicl ...