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Montpellier maple is a typical Mediterranean tree commonly found in dry, coastal or mountainous landscapes of Portugal, France, and Italy. It makes small, three-lobed, leathery but deciduous leaves, which are medium green in summer, and turn yellow, amber orange or ...


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

Agapanthus 'NORTHERN STAR'
(Afrikan blue lily)

Northern Star is another hardy African blue lily variety from England, bred by Richard J Fulcher. It makes soft ink blue flowers with dark purple blue stripes. They are funnel-shaped, formed in large umbels atop 60-80 cm ta ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Agapanthus 'POLAR ICE'
(African blue lily)

Unlike most of other African blue lilies which are blue this gem shows off with its pure white flowers. They are trumpet-shaped, composed in rich umbels and appear at the tips of about 60-80 cm long, sturdy stems. Strap-like leaves are about 2-3 cm wide, mid green. Blooming time begins with h ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Agapanthus 'PM003' EVERPANTHUS POPPIN' PURPLE
(African blue lily)

EVERPANTHUS® POPPIN’ PURPLE is a special variety of hardy African blue lily with purple blue (not sky blue) flowers. Individual flowers are funnel-shaped, composed in large umbels, and open one by one thus extend ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Albizia julibrissin
(silk tree)

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 - si ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'ROUGE SELECTION'
(silk tree)

Rouge Selection is a French silk tree introduction of similar characteristics to Ombrella® variety. It grows faster and a little taller and exhibits a purple tint on young leaves. Its flowers are sweetly scented, rich ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'Boubri' OMBRELLA®
(silk tree)

Ombrella® belongs to the hardy group. It was a chance selection from France which was observed and cultivated, and later on patented under the name Boubri. It differs from the species by darker leaves and deeply coloured flowers. Exotic looking flowers are pinky-red, hairy spheres wit ...


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

Aralia elata 'AUREOVARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Aureovariegata Japanese angelica tree is another variegated form of this east Asian taxon. It boasts showy variegation of leaf margins that are rich yellow in spring and turn paler in summer to almost white when the flowers ...


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

Aralia elata 'VARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Variegata is one of the first (or possibly the very first) variegated mutation of Japanese angelica tree which probably explains it rather botanical, charmless name. Nonetheless the plant itself is charm impersonified! ...


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

Camellia japonica 'ALBA SIMPLEX'
(hardy camellia)

Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any furth ...


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

Camellia japonica 'KIMBERLEY'
(hardy camellia)

Kimberley is another old Japanese camellia variety from early 20th century, and awarded AGM by RHS in 1934. It produces beautiful, cup-shaped, rich scarlet red blossoms with a crown of yellow stamens. Flowering begins in Ap ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	1.3 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chilopsis linearis 'BURGUNDY'
(desert willow)

Burgundy is a beautiful variety of desert willow of untraceable origin, possibly a selection of Rio Salado with slightly paler flowers. Burgundy desert willow makes deep maroon, velvety flowers with white and yellow stripes ...


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

Choisya 'AZTEC PEARL'
(Mexican orange)

This variety called Aztec Pearl was bred by Peter Moore and introduced in 1989, when Hiller Nurseries celebrated their 125th anniversary. Its name perfectly describes this evergreen plant from the moment it begins to show flower buds. They are pearl-shaped, ...


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

Choisya 'Ap cg001' LITTLE BEE®
(Mexican orange)

LITTLE BEE® is a dwarf variety of hybrid Mexican orange, bred by Alan Postill from the Hillier Nurseries from 2021. It is a short growing, compact, evergreen shrub with sweetly fragrant flowers. It produces a profusion ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.8 - 1m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'Limo' GOLDFINGERS
(Mexican orange)

Possibly every plant is capable of creating its gold-leaved mutation. No wonder Peter Moore helped choisya with this process when crossing choisya ternata Sundance with choisya arizonica pollen. It was named GOLDFINGERS and ...


	1 - 1.3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'Lissfing' GREENFINGERS®
(Mexican orange)

GREENFINGERS® is a large-leaved Mexican orange variety from 2019, developed by Peter Catt from Liss Forst Nursery in Liss, Hamshire, England. It bears evergreen, softly leathery, glossy, palmate leaves divided into 7 l ...


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

Choisya 'Londaz' WHITE DAZZLER
(Mexican orange)

WHITE DAZZLER is a follow-up choísie to Aztec Pearl from Peter Moore, introduced in 1991. It produces masses of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant ...


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

Crocosmia 'COLUMBUS'
(montbretia)

Columbus is a rich golden yellow flowering montbretia. Its funnel-shaped (campanulate) flowers are like Indian curry combined with an attractive necklace of a few crimson dots and small flames under the throat. They appear ...


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

Cupressus sempervirens 'GARDA'
(Mediterranean cypress)

Garda is a selected form of Tuscan cypress found in the Italian Lake Garda region. It naturally forms slender, evergreen columns, whose dense branches are covered with dark green, scale-like needles that do not lose their c ...


	6 - 12m	1 - 2m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Daphne x transatlantica 'SUMMER ICE'
(daphne)

Summer Ice is a variegated form of hybrid daphne caucasica found by Bob Tichnor of Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Centre in Oregon, USA. The source does not say whether the plant is ...


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

Daphne x transatlantica 'Blafra' ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™
(daphne)

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 per ...


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

Daphne x transatlantica 'Blapink' PINK FRAGRANCE™
(daphne)

PINK FRAGRANCE™, or also marketed under its complete name SPRING PINK ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™, is a sister variety which arose from breeding its predecessor – ETERNAL FRAGRANC ...


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

Hibiscus moscheutos EXTREME CLOUDY PINK
(swamp mallow)

EXTREME CLOUDY PINK is a spectacular variety of swamp mallow whose flower size is really extreme: you can expect flowers that are reliably 20 cm across and that we measured only on young plants. So, let’s expect a cou ...


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

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Sparkle' EXTREME SPARKLE
(swamp mallow)

EXTREME SPARKLE is a unique swamp mallow variety with medium large flowers - 18-19 cm across. They are not pure white like older varieties, their petals show prominent pink venation towards the pink eye in the centre. Flowe ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'FIREBALL'
(swamp mallow)

Swamp mallow and its hybrids have been sought after plants for the past few years now. They are perennials with sturdy stems that have large, tropically looking flowers. Fireball is a unique variety with large, about 15-25 cm across, clear red flowers from midsummer until early ...


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

Hibiscus x 'JAZZBERRY JAM'
(swamp mallow)

Jazzberry Jam swamp mallow is a stunning variety with large flowers, up to 25 cm wide, of rich magenta pink colour and ruffled margins. They come out from mid August atop very strong, almost 1.5m tall stems that do not bend ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'PLUM CRAZY'
(swamp mallow)

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	0.8 - 1.2m	0.6 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'ROBERT FLEMING'
(swamp mallow)

Robert Fleming is a rich red flowering hardy hibiscus with large, 22-24 cm across flowers from early August until early October. Leaves are green, deciduous, hydrangea-like broadly heart-shaped at the bottom of the plant, a ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Akata204' FUJIN®
(swamp mallow)

FUJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nove ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Akata88' RAIJIN®
(swamp mallow)

RAIJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nov ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Tahi05' CAROUSEL Géant Red
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Géant Red bears large flowers - 15-18 cm across - of deep red colour ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi12' CAROUSEL Pink Candy
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Candy is one of its varieties and is truly as sweet as its name. ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi16' CAROUSEL® Pink Passion
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Passion makes 16-18 cm wide flowers of deep pastel pink colour. ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi56' CAROUSEL® Jolly Heart
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Jolly Heart is a wide-eyed variety with 15-16 cm large, white flowers ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Jacobaea maritima
(silver ragwort)

Silver ragwort comes from the Mediterranean basin and its home is in all South-European countries, as well as North Africa, Turkey, and Greece. It makes woolly, evergreen leaves which are densely covered with the finest silvery grey indumentum that nature invented. ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia 'ROYAL CASTLE'
(torch lily)

Royal Castle torch lily comes from a strain of seeds formerly called Royal Castle Hybrids. They showed some colour variations which were not always welcome by the gardeners. That’s why growers selected t ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia caulescens
(torch lily)

This torch lily originates in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Lesotho) where it grows in moist or even marshy areas because it is quite thirsty. In its home frost-free environment it is an evergreen perennial with semi-woody base (just like yucca), but i ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia rooperi
(Rooper's torch lily)

Rooper’s torch lily originates in South Africa where it grows in moist or even marshy areas as it belongs among thirsty species. In its home frost-free environment it is an evergreen perennial with semi-woody base (just like yucca), but it can be cultivated d ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'BURGUNDY COTTON'®
(crepe myrtle)

<>Burgundy Cotton® crepe myrtle was bred by Dr.Carl Whitcomb, a breeder well-known for his achievements in the field of crossing hardy crepe myrtles. Burgundy Cotton® enriches the range with white flowers on dark foliage. Flowers are formed in large panicles producing enormous n ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'HOPI'
(crepe myrtle)

Hopi is a crepe myrtle hybrid variety suitable for zone 6 and higher. It produces rich panicles of bright pink flowers earliest of all known hardy varieties so far introduced – it begins blooming in late July or early ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'LIPAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Lipan crape myrtle is one of Dr. Egolf’s creations from the US National Arboretum. It is a beautiful and fast-growing variety that naturally forms a multi-stemmed shrub/tree with beautifully colored trunks. The flower ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'PURPLE MAGIC'
(crape myrtle)

Purple Magic is a showy crepe myrtle variety of compact (now dwarf) habit. It makes bright purple flowers with violet hues arranged in upright panicles, and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to Septemb ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'RHAPSODY IN PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Rhapsody in Pink is another crape myrtle novelty bred and introduced by Dr.Carl Whitcomb. It was first introduced in 2006 and has been a sought after crape myrtle since. It bears rich panicles of pure pink flowers on the background of burgundy red foliage. The inflorescence keep ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'TUSCARORA'
(crepe myrtle)

Tuscarora is another successful cold-hardy lagestremia hybrid variety from the US National Arboretum. It has bright coral pink to scarlet red flowers composed in upright panicles and appear, according to the quality of the ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'WORLD'S FAIR'
(crepe myrtle)

World’s Fair is a short growing crepe myrtle variety producing arching branches on shrubs that seldom exceed one meter tall and some 1.5m wide. Bright pink flowers are composed in terminal racemes and open continuousl ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'Gamad VI' BERRY DAZZLE®
(crepe myrtle)

BERRY DAZZLE® is another crape myrtle introduction by Michael A.Dirr from Georgia, USA. It is a chance seedling of Pocomoke from 2002 forming small, compact and very dense shrubs with bright fuchsia pink flowers, compo ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'Piilag B5' ENDURING SUMMER® RED
(crepe myrtle)

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 ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'HOUSTON'
(crape myrtle)

Houston is a hardy variety of c crape myrtle bred by American horticulturist David Chopin from Pennsylvania. It produces soft red, almost watermelon red flowers from late July or early August until the last sunny and warm ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'PETITE PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Petite Pink crepe myrtle belongs to the Petite series which means 'small' in French and that's exactly what all of its varieties are. Petite Pink has bright pink flowers composed in smaller racemes compared to tall varietie ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'POWHATAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Powhatan is an Indian crepe myrtle variety (not a hybrid) developed at the US National Arboretum. It is a compact, moderately fast-growing shrub or small tree with a dense, almost impenetrable canopy with slightly arching b ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica RHAPSODY IN BLUE
(crepe myrtle)

RHAPSODY IN BLUE is an attractive crape myrtle variety from the Play It Again® series introduced in 2022. The series comprises of varieties with double flowering on the same panicle and in a few cases dar ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'Hoch1065' 'PURPLE STAR'
(crepe myrtle)

PURPLE STAR is an amazing crepe myrtle variety introduced in 2020 with rich purple violet flowers composed in short, upright panicles. They are non-scented and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to Sept ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit X' DOUBLE DYNAMITE®
(crepe myrtle - STANDARD TREE)

DOUBLE DYNAMITE® is an improved crepe myrtle variety of DYNAMITE® from 2014. It bears some of the reddest flowers on the background of dark maroon folia ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'EDITH BOGUE'
(southern magnolia)

This evergreen pearl among flowering trees is one of the hardiest southern magnolias ever selected. It was named after a lady from New Jersey, USA, who grew magnolias in her garden. One bad winter nearly all of them died. Only this one survived -30°C. So she decided to make cuttings and later on had ...


	5 - 8m		full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'FERRUGINEA'
(southern magnolia)

Ferruginea is a southern magnolia variety with large, 24-26 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like flowers whose fragrance attracts not only bees and other insects, but also most perfume producers and every passer-by, especial ...


	4 - 8m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'FRANCOIS TREYVE'
(southern magnolia)

Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. The ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'LITTLE GEM'
(southern magnolia)

Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora ALTA® ('T.M.G.H.')
(southern magnolia)

ALTA® is a gorgeous southern magnolia of dense habit and narrowly columnar, very elegant shape that looks like a candle flame. From the first hot days of summer large – 20-24 cm across, creamy white, strongly swe ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(southern magnolia)

Goliath is bushier than the species. As you can tell by its name, something is going to be extraordinary here. True: the flowers are extremely large, often up to 30 cm wide, strongly fragrant and appear on the plant usually from June, often from late May if ...


	3 - 8m	3 - 4m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phellodendron amurense
(Amur cork oak)

Amur Cork Tree is a beautiful specimen tree native to a large area around the Amur River in N.E. Asia - Manchuria, the Amur region in Russia, and Mongolia. Since the winter temperatures can drop to -40 °C there, no wonder that it is popular especially in countries ...


	8 - 15m	8 - 15m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phillyrea angustifolia 'GREEN UP'
(narrow-leaved mock privet)

Green Up is a narrow-leaved mock privet selection introduced after 2020. It exhibits slower, narrower, and more uniform growth compared to the species. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, 3-4 cm long ...


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

Phillyrea latifolia
(mock privet)

Large-leaved mock privet is possibly the key feature of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe. They cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet is called large- ...


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

Pinus pinea SELEKCE
(Italian stone pine)

Being a plant lover based in Europe and perhaps a bit of a traveler, too, I suppose you must have been to the Mediterranean at least once in your life, am I right? And there, you must have come across one of the key features of the Mediterranean landscape apart from the Tuscan cypress – the


	10 - 20m	8 - 15m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pseudolarix amabilis
(Golden larch)

Pseudolarix amabilis (syn. Pseudolarix kaempferi)

Pseudolarix is a genus of one species only pseudolarix amabilis - golden larch, formerly also called p. kaempferi after the German naturalist, physician, and botanist Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). He was a man of many interests, all of which led to Asia (history, ...


	10 - 20m	6 - 12m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pulmonaria 'MAJESTÉ'
(lungwort)

Majesté is a French lungwort hybrid variety producing very large, up to 50 cm long, hairy, and broadly lanceolate leaves. They are almost completely silver, with only a thin, dark green margin. They are produced in profusio ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pulmonaria longifolia 'DIANA CLARE'
(lungwort)

This lungwort was discovered by Bob Brown in his nursery in 1995, and named after his wife Diana Clare. It belongs to the large-leaved species and bears about 30 cm long, rather narrow, lanceolate, hairy leaves, whose surfa ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.6m	semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rodgersia pinnata
(rodgersia)

Rodgersia is a majestic looking perennial for lovers of dramatic shapes and sizes. Rodgersia pinnata has palmately divided leaves composed of 5 large, broadly lance-shaped, and heavily veined, mid green leaflets with serrated margins. They grow along the leaf stalk ...


	0.5 - 0.8m		semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Tricyrtis formosana 'Innotripf' PINK FRECKLES®
(toad lily)

Toad lily is a rhizomatous plant with orchid-like leaves and unusual star-shaped flowers with 6 heavily spotted petals and stigmas. PINK FRECKLES® is a compact variety producing light lilac pink to pale violet flowers ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Wisteria brachybotrys 'SHOWA-BENI' ('AKA-KAPITAN')
(silky wisteria - STANDARD TREE)

Flowers of Showa-beni (or ‘Aka-kapitan’) silky wisteria open from rich pink buds into pastel pink flowers with a conspicuous yellow-green spot on the upper lip. Individual flowers are pea-like, about twice the s ...


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

Yucca filamentosa 'BRIGHT EDGE'
(Adam's needle)

Bright Edge is another variegated Adam’s needle. Its leaves are enriched with wide, bright yellow margins. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped leaves which are rigid but not s ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca rostrata
(beaked yucca)

Beaked yucca is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, steel-blue leaves formed in a dense rosette. The blades are 40-60 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. You can also come across specimens with a thin yellow margin but those do not seem to be considered separate or named ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca rostrata 'SAPPHIRE SKIES'
(beaked yucca)

Sapphire Skies is a valued beaked yucca variety with a more pronounced leaf colour. It is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, rich blue-green, silver-frosted leaves with jade hues. The blades are 40-60 cm long and 1-2,5 cm wi ...