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Salix elaeagnos 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(hoary willow)

Angustifolia is a subspecies of hoary willow from South and Central Europe. It is a dwarf version growing only 1 or 2 meters tall. It is so different from the species that many gardeners and botanists prefer its classificat ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 2m		4 (down to -34°C)	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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salvia nemorosa 'BLAUHÜGEL' (BLUE HILL)
(woodland sage)

Blauhügel is a woodland sage commonly sold as Blue Hill in English speaking countries. It makes charming, pastel violet to pale violet blue flowers in spike-like inflorescence atop only 30-40 cm tall, upright stems. Floweri ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°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		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		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			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sambucus nigra 'LACINIATA'
(European elder)

Laciniata is an expression used in dendrology for foliage that is deeply and finely lobed, just like Dissectum for Japanese maples. This variety of European elder offers the same foliage quality: finely lobed leaves of mid green colour. Panicles of white flowers appear in May. Its vigo ...


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

Sambucus nigra 'Sanivalk' INSTANT KARMA
(European elder)

INSTANT KARMA is a unique variety of European elder, found as a natural mutation in England in 2013. It produces variegated leaves with thin, soft yellow margins when young, maturing to almost white in summer. In late sprin ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

Saponaria 'BRESSINGHAM'
(soapwort)

Soapwort is a herbaceous plant native to Europe and Asia, closely related to lychnis and silene. Its name refers to saponins contained in leaves and stems which were used to produce soap in the past. In horticulture mostly perennial species are cultivated.


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.3 - 0.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sassafras albidum
(white sassafras)

Sassafras is a beautiful tree, originally from China, Taiwan and North America, with attractive leaves. It has irregular growth making each one a specimen. The leaves are fresh green, mostly 3-lobed with rounded ends, however on one plant you will also find leaves with 2 lobes, and also le ...


	6 - 10m	2 - 3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Scabiosa columbaria 'BUTTERFLY BLUE'
(small scabious)

Butterfly Blue is a small scabious variety with large, rich lavender blue flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. They appear on 10-20 cm tall, slender, well-branched stems from ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.4m		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		5b (down to -27°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		3 (down to -40°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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sedum 'CHOCOLATE CHERRY'®
(ice plant)

Chocolate Cherry®, yummy! Though inedible, this ice plant invented by Dutch breeder Marco van Noort was named aptly describing the coloration of flowers and foliage. It makes small, only about 4cm across, dome-like inf ...


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

Sedum TOUCHDOWN™ 'Teak'
(orpine)

TOUCHDOWN™ Teak orpine will instantly catch your attention when passing by a bed with many orpine varieties. It has such a rich purple brown colour of leaves that remains deep and vibrant from spring till autumn. They ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		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		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		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		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		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		4 (down to -34°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sequoiadendron giganteum 'GREENPEACE'
(Giant redwood)

Greenpeace is a beautiful giant redwood variety of this evergreen conifer from the Netherlands. It is renowned for rich lawn-green to emerald green foliage which does not turn bronze in winter. Its habit is widely conical t ...


	20 - 40m	5 - 10m		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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'Moerings1' WHITE DWARF®
(Japanese skimmia)

WHITE DWARF® is a dwarf, male Japanese skimmia variety. It has evergreen, leathery, broadly elliptic, deep green, and glossy leaves. In early spring it produces large clusters composed of tiny, creamy white flowers with yellow anthers. They are strongly ...


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

Skimmia reevesiana
(Chinese skimmia)

Reevesiana is a sought after subspecies of skimmia. It is a hermaphrodite plant that does not need a male pollinator to produce berries. These are vivid red and are follow tiny, white flowers in the autumn and winter. Evergreen leaves are elongated, elliptic, deep green and glo ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.3m		5b (down to -27°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		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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sorbus aria 'MAGNIFICA'
(whitebeam)

Whitebeam is a European native from warmer regions of our country. It is a long-lived tree, able to cope with air-pollution and heavy clay soil which most other trees may find difficult to adapt to, which is why it has become common in public landscaping.


	5 - 12m	3 - 4m		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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Spiraea japonica 'ANTHONY WATERER'
(Japanese spiraea)

Antony Waterer is a beautiful variety of Japanese spiraea with the most striking colour. In mid June open rich corymbs of small, vivid pink flowers that are best deadhead to promote further flowering. If this is done regula ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stachyurus chinensis 'CELINA'
(Chinese spiketail)

Chinese spiketail is a lovely shrub from China with handsome racemes of pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers in early spring. Flower buds are beginning to form in late summer and in case of Celina variety they open up in end March or early April, contrasting beautifully with the pur ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 3m		6 (down to -23°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		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		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		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stokesia laevis
(Stoke's aster)

Stoke’s aster is a genus of just this one species. I fell in love with this charming perennial the first time I laid my eyes on it when I first saw it at Plantarium exhibition in Boskoop, the Netherlands, where it was presented as a little known, showy perenn ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stokesia laevis 'MEL'S BLUE'
(Stoke's aster)

Mel's Blue Stoke’s aster is a chance seedling found by Adrianus van Heesbeen from the Netherlands in 2007. Compared to the species Mel's Blue has more rounded habit, more stems that are stronger and produce more flowe ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stranvaesia davidiana
(Chinese stranvaesia)

Stranvaesia davidiana (Photinia davidiana)

David's photinia / Chinese stranvaeasia is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia Red Robin. It comes from China and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glos ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 3m		5b (down to -27°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Styrax japonicus 'FRAGRANT FOUNTAIN'
(Japanese snowbell)

Fragrant Fountain is a weeping form of Japanese snowbell with strictly pendent branches, forming a uniform, very compact habit. Flowering begins in late May and continues for 3-4 weeks. Flowers are followed by small, hard, ...


	2 - 3.5m	1.5 - 2m		6 (down to -23°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		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		5 (down to -29°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		3 (down to -40°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		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		3 (down to -40°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		3 (down to -40°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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa reflexa
(nodding lilac)

Nodding lilac bears pure pink flowers that are formed in hanging panicles. Individual flowers are tubular and open from deep pink buds. They have a sweet scent. Oval leaves are mid green, 15 cm long, deciduous. This lilac grows about 3m tall and has arching branches so give it some space i ...


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

Syringa vulgaris 'SENSATION'
(lilac)

Sensation is a variety with a perfect name. Its individual flowers are deep purple to violet with rich, white margins = an eye-catcher even for those who consider lilacs far too usual. They are strongly fragrant. Stiff leaves are heart-shaped, upto 10 cm long, mid to dark green. Li ...


	2.5 - 4m			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 ...