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Abies nordmanniana
(Caucasican fir)

Caucasian fir is perhaps the most beautiful conifer of our climate. No wonder that it is also a commercial bestseller as a Christmas tree. Its short needles densely cover the branches; they are deep green and very glossy, with silvery undersides. Fresh growths are intensely bright green. T ...


	12 - 18m	3 - 5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Abies numidica
(Alegrian fir)

Algerian fir is a beautiful conifer from North Africa (Algiers, Morocco) and is widely cultivated in South Europe (the Mediterranean). It is very tolerant to drought, heat, and poor soil but very sensitive to pollution and long-lasting frost under -23°C. The nee ...


	6 - 15m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer buergerianum
(trident maple)

Trident maple is an attractive medium-sized tree with unusual leaves. They are three-lobed and their size, depth of lobing as well as autumn colour may vary greatly with location. The deciduous leaves are deep green and glossy, turning yellow, orange and bright red in autumn. They change c ...


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

Acer campestre 'NANUM'
(field maple)

Nanum is a dwarf variety of Field maple, suitable for small gardens and avenues with limited space. It grows slowly into a small tree some 2.5m tall and wide. The leaves are deciduous, deep green, with 3-5 rounded lobes, tu ...


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

Acer monspessulanum
(Montpellier maple)

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

Acer palmatum
(Japanese maple)

The species of Japanese maple is a green-leaved tree or rather a large shrub. End even though among landscapers and general green-finger-public the red-leaved versions tend to be more popular I suppose that this is the most beautiful and elegant tree of our climate. With its naturally green leaves i ...


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

Acer palmatum 'BLOODGOOD'
(Japanese maple)

Bloodgood is a purple-leaved Japanese maple variety of rapid growth which will create the typical Japanese garden atmosphere both as a specimen tree and as a backdrop. It is a very successful variety, especially thanks to t ...


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

Acer platanoides
(Norway maple)

Norway maple is a native European tree commonly cultivated in countries and regions with harsh winters. It is one of the most common street and park in Czech and Slovak republics. Its tolerance against pollution, low winter temperatures, and vigorous growth made it ...


	15 - 25m	10 - 20m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'COLUMNARE'
(Norway maple)

Columnare is a slender form of Norway maple with deciduous, 10-15 cm across, broadly palmate leaves that are green in summer and turn golden orange and bright yellow in autumn. The crown is very narrow – only about 3m ...


	15 - 18m	3 - 5m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'CRIMSON SENTRY™'
(Norway maple)

Crimson Sentry is most certainly a key feature of many mid-sized and small gardens. Its yearly growths are short so it will easily fit even in a front yard. It is an eye-catching variety of Norway maple owing to the foliage. The leaves are bright purple-burgundy when young, ...


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

Acer platanoides 'GOLDEN GLOBE'
(Norway maple)

Golden Globe is a dwarf Norway maple i.e. one of those with large leaves as opposed to Japanese maples with small and dissected foliage. One of the big advantage of Norway maple is its resistance against majority of common ...


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

Acer platanoides 'ROYAL RED'
(Norway maple)

Royal Red is a majestic looking Norway maple for large gardens, parks, and city avenues. Its palmate leaves are dark crimson red, almost black, and glossy, turning amber orange or orange-red in autumn. In spring, just as leaves emerge, it flowers profusely with many small yellow ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 10m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer pseudoplatanus
(sycamore maple)

Sycamore tree is one of our native maple species and its natural habitat extends vertically from the north of Europe (with the exception of the northernmost peaty locations) to the mountainous areas of southern Europe, and horizontally from the colder parts of west ...


	15 - 30m	10 - 20m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer pseudoplatanus 'BRILLIANTISSIMUM'
(sycamore)

Men usually get mad when women describe colours with expressions like salmon pink, peachy red etc. Well, men, get ready for another hit below the belt: we have a tree whose leaves are SHRIMP pink. Not familiar with that colour? Go to the nearest restaurant and have a prawn-cocktail to see what the f ...


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

Acer pseudoplatanus 'SIMON-LOUIS FRÈRES'
(sycamore maple)

Simon-Louis Frères is a beautiful sycamore maple variety from France introduced in 1881. Its leaves emerge bright pink and as they unroll and mature, each leaf becomes uniquely marbled white and green in various portio ...


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

Acer rubrum 'BRANDY WINE'
(scarlet maple)

Brandy Wine is another fantastic scarlet maple variety. It forms a compact, bushy, oval-shaped crown with three-lobed, deciduous, rich green leaves on red stalks in summer, which turn deep burgundy red and later vivid carmi ...


	6 - 10m	4 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer rubrum 'Franksred' 'RED SUNSET'
(scarlet maple)

Red Sunset belongs to the top favourite scarlet maples. It makes eye-catching display of autumn colour. Its deciduous leaves are three-lobed, mid-sized, rich green in summer and bright scarlet red in autumn. It grows fast, ...


	15 - 18m	9 - 12m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer saccharinum 'PYRAMIDALE'
(silver maple)

Pyramidale is a silver maple variety with attractive, deeply cut foliage with prominent red veins. The leaves are deciduous, rich green in summer, turning yellow, golden and orange-red in autumn. The tree forms a widely col ...


	12 - 18m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer saccharinum f.laciniatum 'WIERI'
(silver maple)

This silver maple will draw your attention to the deeply cut leaves which resemble Japanese dissectum maples. The name silver describes the underneath of the leaves which are silvery gray and glitter in the wind. In too fertile soil the branches can grow as much as 1 meter within one year ...


	15 - 20m	6 - 12m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer tataricum ssp. ginnala
(Amur maple)

Amur maple is a subspecies of a less cultivated species called Tatar maple. This one comes from NE Asia, precisely Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and mainly the Amur River valley between Russia and China. It can be variable in habit but usually forms a vase-shaped, ...


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

Acer x conspicuum 'RED FLAMINGO'
(hybrid snake-bark maple)

Even among a hundred trees you will notice Red Flamingo hybrid snake-bark maple first. Such a colourful small tree must have been brought directly from Mars where red is constantly in vogue. It is a stunning variety making ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aesculus indica 'SYDNEY PEARCE'
(Indian horse chestnut)

Sydney Pearce is an English variety of Indian horse chestnut, selected by the man of the same name in 1935, when he was working as an assistant curator of the Royal Gardens at Kew near London, England. It boasts unique, gau ...


	10 - 15m	12 - 18m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aesculus x carnea 'BRIOTII'
(red horse chestnut)

Red horse chestnut is a fantastic tree which is usually planted in large gardens and parks, and as a street tree. Although, this hybrid grows a little slower (30 cm a year) making some 6x4m when 20 years old. Briotti is a popular variety with big, upright panicles of deep pin ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'EVI'S PRIDE'
(silk tree)

Evi's Pride (also spelled Evey's Pride) is a purple-leaved form of silk tree which boasts with better hardiness and richer flowering as opposed to Summer Chocolate®< ...


	3 - 5m	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

Alnus glutinosa 'IMPERIALIS'
(common alder)

Common alder is a European native plant. There are varieties, however, that are very uncommon and I am not afraid to say exquisite. Such as this variety: Imperialis. Imperialis alder ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula 'YOUNGII'
(Young´s weeping silver birch)

European white birch is an attractive tree which, however, in its basic form is not suitable for small-sized gardens. However, this selection is excellent for every garden or even a tiny spot at your doorway. It is a weeping white birch, called Youngii. It is commonly 2-3m t ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula 'Globe' MAGICAL® GLOBE
(dwarf European white birch)

MAGICAL® GLOBE is a dwarf selection of European white birch. It comes from Australia where it is called Lollipop Birch. Its makes stiff, strong, slow growing branches with very handsome, fresh green, glossy foliage. Es ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.3 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

This is the species of north-american trumpet creeper trained into a tree with a real stem. It bears terminal cymes of rich red, trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer until the first frosts. Pinnate leaves are deep green and enhance its tropical appearance. Being originally a climbing ...


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

Campsis radicans 'FLAVA'
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

This trumpet creeper is really trained into a small tree. 1 or 2 meter tall trunk with a blooming crown gives this exotic looking plant a new glamour. Beautiful, golden-yellow flowers grow at the ends of new branches. They come out in July and don’t stop till the first frosts.


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis x tagliabuana 'Kudian' INDIAN SUMMER®
(trumpet vine - STANDARD TREE)

INDIAN SUMMER® is another gorgeous variety of trumpet creeper which was trained into a small tree. It is a brilliant idea because such form does not need a trellis or a wall, it can stand anywhere in the garden, on its own or in the middle of other, smaller shrubs. The trumpet ...


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

Campsis x tagliabuana SUMMER JAZZ ™ FIRE
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

Campsis x tagliabuana ('Takarazuka Fresa')

SUMMER JAZZ™ FIRE is a showstopper with its brilliant vibrant red flowers. They are large, possibly not as large as the yellow variety from this series, about 5-6 cm across, and appear from mid July. They are composed in long racemes that may contain 6 ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Caragana arborescens 'WALKER'
(pea tree)

Pea tree is a low-maintenance plant which is also often grown in very inhospitable locations because it can take almost anything: hard frost, dry soil, full sun, wind and absolute neglect. Walker is a variety commonly grafted on short or medium-sized stems with weeping branc ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carpinus betulus 'PENDULA'
(weeping hornbeam)

Pendula is a weeping form of hornbeam. Mature plants make gracious looking specimens with irregularly weeping or cascading branches. Their crowns are usually not too symmetrical providing a unique appearance for every plant. Naturally the crown grows slowly into a large, umbrell ...


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

Carpinus betulus 'FASTIGIATA'
(hornbeam)

One of the original trees found in natural woodlands of Europe is hornbeam. Varieties of this deciduous tree are becoming more and more popular in gardens, too. Fastigiata, syn. “Pyramidalis” is an elegant, slow growing hornbeam with columnar habit and branches g ...


	8 - 12m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Catalpa bignonioides
(southern catalpa)

Catalpas have been grown in our country for many years. The species may be found in every larger city as an important feature of a city park. It offers outstanding points of interest such as large leaves in summer and long cigar-shaped seed pods in winter, hence its name Indian Bean Tree. ...


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Catalpa bignonioides 'NANA'
(dwarf catalpa)

Nana variety is a lot different to the species. It can be found under its second Latin name catalpa bungei. It is a small tree that can be considered dwarf as opposed to its parent. It was bred to achieve an attractive tree with exceptional foliage but of reduced size to fit even a sma ...


	2 - 3.5m	2 - 4m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica f. 'GLAUCA PENDULA'
(weeping blue Atlas cedar)

This variety is a weeping form of blue Atlas cedar. It has distinct silvery-blue persistent larch-like needles born in whorls of 30-45. Their striking colour makes the tree a gorgeous lawn specimen same as an ideal feature when combined with other, dark green conifers. Just remember that this ...


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

Cedrus deodara 'FEELIN' BLUE'
(deodar cedar)

Feelin‘ Blue is a striking Dutch introduction of Himalayan cedar, which in fact turned out to be one of the most reliable cedars we ever had. Formerly a ground-covering plant is often staked up to a bamboo stick in order to form an appearance of a clas ...


	0.2 - 3m	0.5 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'GOLDEN HORIZON'
(Himalayan cedar)

Golden Horizon is an interesting variety of Himalayan cedar with weeping branches. The needles are evergreen, yellow-green when young and in summer, turning blue-green as they mature and in the shade. The shape of the shrub is irregular, making horizontal branches with weeping e ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus deodara 'ROBUSTA GLAUCA'
(Himalayan cedar)

Himalájský cedr is the most graceful of all cedars. Robusta Glauca is an Italian selection with long, evergreen needles. Their colour is from blue-green to almost silvery blue while new shoots are soft green.


	10 - 15m	5 - 7m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus libani
(cedar of Lebanon)

Cedar of Lebanon is a majestic specimen tree with needle-like dark green to blue-green foliage that looks like larch but is evergreen. Young trees are densely branched from the ground but low branches can be removed in the autumn if planted close to houses to make more room beneath. The branc ...


	10 - 20m	10 - 15m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cladrastis kentukea
(yellow wood)

Yellow wood is a rare, though fully hardy tree that deserves more attention. Its origin is not clear and definite. Usually this small tree or large shrub is connected with Kentucky, USA, but many plants grow freely on limestone cliffs on China and Japan. It used to be a jewel of royal gardens ...


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

Cornus controversa 'VARIEGATA'
(wedding cake tree)

This giant dogwood has another name which, in my opinion, characterizes the plant much better = wedding cake tree. Looking at the habit of the more commonly grown cultivar Variegata one knows exactly what it means. This beauty can easily become a show-stopping specimen in ...


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

Corylus maxima 'PURPUREA'
(purple-leaved filbert)

Filbert is a hazelnut species from S.E. Europe and S.W. Asia and exhibits a vigorously growing many-stemmed shrub with deciduous leaves. Purpurea is an old variety with deep maroon to near black leaves. They are 5-12 cm lon ...


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

Crataegus x lavalleei 'CARRIEREI'
(Lavallée's hawthorn)

Carrièrei hawthorn differs from the original hybrid by a much more profuse blooming and therefore a magnificent display of fruit in autumn. It is a small to mid-sized tree whose leaves, though deciduous, remain on the ...


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

Crataegus x persimilis 'SPLENDENS'
(plumleaf hawthorn)

Crataegus x persimilis (syn. c. x prunifolia)

Splendens hawthorn is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful trees of northern hemisphere not only among hawthorns. It is valued for its lush, glossy foliage and a profusion of red berries. Leaves are deciduous, broadly elli ...


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

Cryptomeria japonica 'GLOBOSA NANA'
(Japanese cedar)

One of the most beautiful conifers of our climate is Japanese cedar. There are many species and varieties. Globosa Nana was first discovered in 1923 in Japan, where it is called Mitama-sugi. It is a dense, compact conifer with rounded branches. The needles are curved, inward- ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Elaeagnus angustifolia
(oleaster)

Oleaster is the oldest species from the genus cultivated in Czechia. It is a small deciduous tree or a tall shrub native to a wide range from the Caucasus, through southern Europe to Central Asia. Its most attractive feature are the narrow, olive-like leaves which ...


	3 - 6m	3 - 4m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'GILT EDGE'
(evergreen silverthorn - STANDARD TREE)

Gilt Edge is one of the first registered varieties of evergreen silverthorn with variegated foliage. It makes leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy leaves with dark green centres and thick yellow margins. ...


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

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Viveleg' OLIVE MARTINI™
(evergreen silverthorn - STANDARD TREE)

Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub or small tree with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins a ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'DAWYCK GOLD'
(Dawyck Golden beech)

Dawyckii varieties of common beech are very popular for their habit and leaf colours. Dawyck Gold has upright, columnar habit, its initial slow growth changes after a few years to medium-fast, never really fast. Young leaves are bright yellowish green, turning to glowing grass g ...


	10 - 15m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'PENDULA'
(weeping European beech)

Pendula is a weeping form of European beech first introduced by George Loddiges in his nursery in London, UK, in 1836. It bears deciduous, 6-10 cm long, broadly elliptic-ovate, glossy leaves that emerge bright green, mature ...


	8 - 20m	5 - 15m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'PURPLE FOUNTAIN'
(weeping copper beech)

This red-leaved variety of common beech was a chance seedling from 1975. It is a slow growing small tree with weeping branches that do not need staking. The deciduous leaves are rich purple or nearly reddish-black, glossy. Thanks to its slow growth rate and reduced size it is suitable for ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'RIVERSII'
(European beech)

Riversii (syn. 'Purpurea Major') is a variety of European beech, a slow growing big tree with deep maroon leaves. They are elliptic-ovate, deciduous, emerge bright burgundy red, maturing to deep purple maroon and deep gree ...


	15 - 18m	5 - 10m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'Verschuurfag1' MIDNIGHT FEATHER
(European beech)

MIDNIGHT FEATHER is a unique variety of European beech from the Netherlands with attractive foliage. Its deciduous leaves are deep maroon during the season and brighter burgundy red in autumn. They are glossy and conspicuou ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'PURPUREA TRICOLOR'
(European tricolor beech)

Beech is a reliable and hardy tree of our climate. Variety Purpurea Tricolor has deep burgundy red leaves with pink margins that, upon conditions, can reach the centre of the leaf. Natural habit is quite airy and thin when young. When mature it reaches well over 10 meters bu ...


	3 - 15m	3 - 10m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fraxinus angustifolia 'RAYWOOD' (syn. 'Flame')
(Claret ash)

Raywood is a very elegant variety of a deciduous tree called Claret ash. Its leaves are pinnate, up to 25 cm long and are composed of narrow, elliptic and very glossy individual leaflets that are deep green in summer and turn breathtaking shades of brilliant carmine red and deep ...


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Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'SUMMIT'
(green ash)

Summit is a green ash variety sought-after for mostly two features: it is a male tree – not producing seeds and unwanted seedlings, and its vibrant autumn colour. The pinnate leaves are deciduous, composed of 5-9 broa ...


	12 - 15m	7 - 12m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba
(maidenhair tree)

Maidenhair tree is probably one of the oldest species on Earth. It was here some 180 million years ago … obviously it was the time when the Dead Sea was still ill. Its extreme tolerance of various conditions made it survive to our time. One tree can live as long as 2000 years. It bel ...


	15 - 30m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'EIFFEL'
(maidenhair tree)

Eiffel is an attractive maidenhair tree variety from the beginning of the new millennium. It makes compact, more densely branched trees or multistemmed shrubs with deciduous, 4-7 cm wide, fan-shaped, divided, mid green leav ...


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

Ginkgo biloba 'FASTIGIATA BLAGON'
(maidenhair tree)

Fastigiata Blagon is a French variety of maidenhair tree with narrowly conical or almost columnar growth. It bears deciduous, 4-7 cm wide, fan-shaped, divided, mid green leaves (botanically classified as needles), that chan ...


	8 - 12m	2 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'HORIZONTALIS'
(maidenhair tree)

Horizontalis is a small variety of maidenhair tree with almost flat canopy with deciduous, 4-7 cm wide, fan-shaped, divided, mid green leaves (botanically classified as needles), that change to fantastic shade of bright gol ...


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

Ginkgo biloba 'TROLL'
(dwarf maidenhair tree)

Not everyone can afford growing a large tree in his garden but would like to enjoy its foliage. Dwarf varieties are perfect solutions to this problem. And Troll is one of the most recent solutions among them. This German word means hobbit and hobbits, as we know them, are usually small ...


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

Gleditsia triacanthos 'RUBYLACE'
(thornless honey locust)

Some of you, gleditsia lovers, may have read about this quite rare and unique version of honey locust. Its charm consists in the unusual colour of leaves. They are bright purple as they emerge, turning chocolate brown later and light bronze in summer. They are pinnate or bi-pinnate and look l ...


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

Gleditsia triacanthos 'SKYLINE'
(honey locust)

If you like elegant leaves tha are not as bold as London plane tree leaves for example, have look at this honey locust. It is called SKYLINE and as it belongs to i ...


	9 - 15m	3 - 6m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis
(honey locust - thornfree)

Inermis is a very elegant forma of honey locust with no thorns! They can be found on the species, not on this plant, and are very dangerous, so nothing to worry about here. It has bright green, fern-like leaves that are ...


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

Heptacodium miconioides
(seven son flower)

Seven son flower is a fascinating shrub that was first found in China by Ernest H.Wilson more than a hundred years ago, in 1907. Still, it took almost 80 years before this plant was cultivated commercially. Seven son flower is ...


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

Hibiscus 'Resi' FULL BLAST™
(hybrid rose-of-Sharon)

Resi is a Dutch variety of hybrid hibiscus (h. syriacus x h. paramutabilis) bred by Piere Theunissen and introduced by the nursery Piet Vergeldt Boomkwekerijen in 2008. In the US it is sold under the brand name


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'HAMABO'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

“Hamabo” will no doubt attract your attention thanks to its rare, pink-red veins on pale pink or almost white flower petals, each of which has its own deep red blotch in the centre. The shrub is always erect and slightly rounded with age. It has very decorative leaves th ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'TOTUS ALBUS'
(rose-of-sharon)

Totus Albus is a very elegant variety that bears large, 7-9 cm across, flowers of pure white colour, sometimes with dwarf lacy petals in the center. They come out reliably every year in July and don’t stop blooming until all buds have gone - sometimes by end September. Pruning is not needed. B ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'WOODBRIDGE'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Woodbridge is an ideal choice for everyone who loves shiny-coloured flowers in summer. They are bright pink, sometimes of a faint lavender touch, with a bright red eye in the middle, small enough not to disturb the entire colour of the bloom. They come out every year in July and don’t stop blo ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'OISEAU BLEU'
(rose-of-Sharon)

This Rose-of-Sharon variety has a French name Oiseau Bleu which was difficult enough to be replaced with an English translation Blue Bird. It had long been the only blue variety in trade until Marina (BLUE SATIN™) appeared in 1996, and in 2007 a much deeper blue variety from France named ULTRA ...


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

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

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

Ilex aquifolium 'ARGENTEA MARGINATA'
(English holly - female - STANDARD TREE)

Argentea Marginata is an eye-catching cultivar of variegated English holly. Its sharply serrated, evergreen leaves are almost identical to those of the species but moreover are decorated with a wide brim of creamy white col ...


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

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly - female - STANDARD TREE)

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, laughin ...


	2 - 6m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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 ...


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

Koelreuteria paniculata
(golden-rain tree)

Only few trees in Central European climate can boast of summer flowering while all other shrubs and trees have only leaves after their spring flowers have vanished. Golden-rain tree is one of the few. It is a deciduous tree native to China and naturally occurring i ...


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

Koelreuteria paniculata 'FASTIGIATA'
(golden rain tree)

Golden-rain tree is one of the few trees of our climate blooming in summer. This variety, moreover, is yet somewhat rare which makes it a sought-after item. Fastigiata golden-rain tree ...


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

Laburnum anagyroides
(golden rain)

The most popular form of flowers are racemes. Golden rain is a perfect example with its long racemes of deep yellow pea-like flowers. This species makes very dense, 10-30 cm long racemes of yellow flowers. Clover-like leaves are bright to mid green, 3-palmate. This medimum sized shrub slowly grows a ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'NATCHEZ'
(crape myrtle)

Natchez is another hardy hybrid of crape myrtle. It has profusion of white flowers from mid summer. Deciduous leaves are 3-4 cm long, elliptic to obovate, very glossy, mid green in summer, turning red and orange in autumn. Older plants reveal cinnamon red flaking-off bark. Natch ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	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 indica 'Whit II' DYNAMITE®
(crepe myrtle)

DYNAMITE® is one of the reddest crepe myrtle varieties currently known to trade. It belongs to the Play It Again® series which comprises of varieties with double flowering on the same panicle and in ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°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

Ligustrum lucidum 'EXCELSUM SUPERBUM'
(Chinese privet)

Excelsum Superbum is a highly attractive, variegated form of glossy privet. It makes large, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, ovate to oval, pale dark green leaves abundantly variegated butter yellow, often extended to the mi ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 3m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua
(sweetgum)

This is the species of sweetgum. Its maple-like, star-shaped leaves are medium-deeply or deeply cut and have fresh green colour. As it is reproduced mainly by seeds the plants often vary even if grown from seeds of the same parent. This results in plants having slightly different characterist ...


	8 - 15m	3 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'GUM BALL'
(sweetgum)

If you like sweetgum and you are afraid of its size in maturity try this one. Gum Ball is a great variety with dwarf growth and reduced size. After 10 years it can grow to some 2.5m with a total of 3m in maturity. Its crown is quite regular even without pruning. The leaves are iden ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'NAREE'
(sweet gum)

Naree sweet gum was found as a spontaneous mutation of the species in Australia and did not reach Europe until after 2000 – it was first introduced by the Junker’s Nursery from Milverton, United Kingdom, in 2002 ...


	6 - 10m	3 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'ROTUNDILOBA'
(sweetgum)

We are happy to introduce one of the most beautiful and very rare variety of sweetgum called Rotundiloba. The Latin name says it all: with rounded lobes. Its leaves show distinctly rounded lobes on 3 segments of a 5-lobed star-shaped leaves. They are deciduous, deep green, gloss ...


	3 - 7m	2 - 4m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'SAFRO'
(sweetgum)

We are happy to present our selection of a sweetgum that was gained in Italian nurseries. It bears our name SAFRO®and we believe that you will find it as attractive as we do. It is a deciduous tree that has larger leaves than the species. They are deeply lobed, fresh green, ...


	8 - 15m	4 - 7m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'SLENDER SILHOUETTE'
(columnar sweetgum)

Slender Silhouette is a beautiful sweetgum which could be your perfect choice for a small garden or a miniature front yard. A 5m tall plant seldom exceeds 1m wide. It is a slow growing version of sweetgum with strictly upright and columnar habit. The leaves are quite large, con ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'STELLA'
(sweet gum)

Stella is an attractive sweet gum selection, similar to Stared variety, yet a little broader in habit. Its leaves are beautiful, 15-20 cm large, deciduous, star-sh ...


	6 - 12m	2 - 4m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'WORPLESDON'
(sweetgum)

Worplesdon is a popular sweetgum variety among both growers as well as customers. It is a reliable and hardy selection that grows well without any additional maintenance. It has deep green, deciduous leaves that are star-shaped, deeply lobed, often with a pair of small teeth ben ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'STARED'
(sweetgum)

Stared is one of the most recent varieties of sweetgum with leaves cut so deep like a too low neck on a frock of a lady who forgot she was going to attend a charitable ball “Help Africa” and not a teenager party “Miss Bikini – Monokini”. Liquidambar ...


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

Liriodendron tulipifera 'AUREOMARGINATUM'
(tulip tree)

Belonging to the same family as magnolia, common name tulip tree may be misleading. This is the tree with huge lyre-shaped, deciduous leaves which do appear to miss a lobe. This variety is called Aureomarginatum because its ...


	15 - 20m	6 - 10m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriodendron tulipifera 'FASTIGIATUM'
(tulip tree)

Fastigiatum is a columnar variety of yellow poplar tree / tulip tree which has two advantages as opposed to the species. First - it is narrower and will fit into a mid-sized garden. And secondly, and for most of us perhaps more importantly, it flowers from very young age. As opp ...


	7 - 13m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'ATHENE'
(magnolia)

Athene is a large-flowered magnolia hybrid, a cross between magnolia „Mark Jury“ and magnolia x soulangeana „Lennei Alba“. The flowers have almost white petals with deep red or purple r ...


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

Magnolia 'SUSAN'
(girl magnolia)

Susan magnolia has narrow, goblet-shaped flowers of deep pink, nearly red colour outside and slightly lighter red inside. This is the reddest coloured variety among spring magnolias. It flowers reliably already when young. It does not require pruning at all. As it has flower buds at the ends ...


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

Magnolia 'Jurmag1' BLACK TULIP®
(magnolia)

Another jewel among magnolias came from New Zealand, again, and was raised by Mark Jury. Its name is Black Tulip® and has been sought after thanks to its very deep purple colour of flowers. They are rich purple in colour, not too large – only about 10-15 cm across, go ...


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

Magnolia denudata
(Yulan magnolia)

Yulan magnolia is the most spectacular species among white flowering magnolias. The flowers are snow white and appear on bare branches in April. The bark is quite dark and offers a nice contrast to the flowers. Deciduous leaves are oval to obovate, upto 15 cm long, mid green of a shade that remai ...


	6 - 10m		full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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 'GOLIATH'
(bull bay magnolia - STANDARD TREE)

Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Goliath is a cultivar found by American botanist Albert Charles Smith (1906-1999) in former Ca ...


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

Magnolia tripetala
(umbrella magnolia)

Umbrella magnolia is a unique plant of its species. It is quite unusual though easy to grow. Its main feature are exotic-looking, large leaves that can grow 30-45 cm long. Their colour is mid-green flashed with bronze from spring to early summer. They are soft and slightly hairy beneath, crow ...


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

Malus 'ROYAL BEAUTY'
(crab apple)

Some crab apples can easily compete with Japanese ornamental cherries as far as the beauty and colours of their flowers. This is the case of ´Royal Beauty´. It is a small tree growing about 2.5m tall, with weeping, somewhat narrow crown. In the spring it brings a profusion of deep pink to light purp ...


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

Malus 'ROYALTY'
(crab apple)

This crab apple is a beautiful small tree with excellent flowering in the spring. The flowers are deep pink to bright purple and are followed by non-edible dark purple-red small fruits. The leaves are small-ish as opposed to real apple, glossy, deep burgundy red throughout the season with no ...


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

malus domestica 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS'
(apple tree - late)

Golden Delicious is a favourite apple brand. It comes from the USA, 1890. The fruit is sweet, juicy and crisp, of golden yellow to greeny-yellow colour. Its size is dependent on soil fertility. The fruit can be very large. It is usually trouble-free as far as late frosts and ...


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

Malus domestica 'JONAGOLD'
(apple tree - late)

Jonagold is a great dessert apple variety that combines the best of both its parents. It has the sweetness of Golden Delicious as well as mild sharpness and aroma of ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'MELROSE'
(apple tree - late)

Melrose is an attractive and tasty late apple. It is a result of crossing Jonathan and Red Delicious. The apples are sweet and crunchy. Their colour is red. Ideal snack apple or for cooking. Tastes best about one month from picking. It can be stored until end February. Apple ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'PRŮSVITNÉ LETNÍ' (syn. Weisser Klarapfel)
(early apple)

This is probably the earliest apple in our climate, of Russian origin from around 1800. Its name is different in every country, the English name is White Transparent. It produces good crops of medium-large to large fruit wi ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'REINE DES REINETTES'
(apple tree - early autumn)

Malus domestica (Zlatá reneta, Goldparmäne, Parména zlatá, King of the Pippins)

Reine des Reinettes (King of the Pippins, Goldparmäne) is a mid-season apple with golden-orange skin, with profusion of red stripes. It is medium-sized, rounded, and can be picked from September until October, and stores we ...


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

Malus toringo 'SCARLETT'
(Siebold's crabapple)

Scarlett crabapple is a fantastic addition to the collection of spring flowering ornamental apples and cherries. This one, however, has more than one feature to look at (just like Scarlett Johansson who may have been a reas ...


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

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
(dawn redwood)

There’s a horticultural legend from mid-1940’s which goes something like this: For centuries, metasequoia had been believed to be extinct in the wild and buried only in fossils just like trilobites. It wasn't until 1941 that a live specimen was found in ...


	10 - 30m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Morus alba 'PENDULA'
(weeping white mulberry)

White mulberry and its Pendula variety is one of the top popular weeping trees. No wonder – apart from its beauty it offers tasty fruit. Moreover its small size makes it an ideal specimen tree even for small gardens. ...


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

Morus alba 'FRUITLESS'
(white mulberry)

Plane-leaved mulberry has many admirers thanks to its almost exotic large leaves. Fruitless is a follow-up variety from Italy eliminating the only set back this tree may have when it comes to cleanliness: it is sterile (mal ...


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

Morus alba 'MACROPHYLLA'
(white mulberry)

Macrophylla is a beautiful cultivar of white mulberry with an exotic touch. Its other name says plane-leaved which aptly describes its most prominent feature: large, sycamore-like, deeply ...


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

Myrica pensylvanica
(northern bayberry)

Northern bayberry is native to eastern coast of North America, and obviously Pennsylvania where its name comes from. It is probably the showiest of all hardy myricas thanks to its light green, leathery, and highly glossy foliage which resembles pittosporum. Leaves ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia serratifolia 'REV100' CRUNCHY®
(Chinese photinia - standard tree)

CRUNCHY® is a French introduction of Chinese photinia invented by Jean-Pierre Faure. When I first saw it I was amazed at its similarity to Coppertone loquat, especially as a standard tree. Loquat is a Mediterranean, te ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

Red Robin is a New Zealand selection of Fraser's photinia which is considered the first and also possibly the most successful Fraser's photinia variety of 20th century. After 20 years from its introduction it received the A ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

Tree form or PINK MARBLE® photinia has evergreen, ovate, and glossy leaves of dark green colour with white margins and silvery-white veins just like marble has, that gain pink shades in autumn and winter. However, the ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser photinia)

This photinia was given a nice name Cassini, but is marketed as PINK MARBLE®. That name tells the truth, though. PINK MARBLE® is an evergreen shrub producing dark green le ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'Mandarino' CARRÉ ROUGE
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

Carré Rouge is a selection of Fraser's photinia from Red Robin variety. It is commonly believed to have originated in French Nantes, however, the truth is that th ...


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

Picea orientalis 'AUREOSPICATA'
(golden Caucasian spruce)

Caucasian spruce is an attractive conifer with an interesting habit. Lateral branches grow horizontally first, later they rise a bit upwards in an angle of about 45° while new growths are slightly drooping. Aureospicata is a variety with bright yellow new foliage that lasts for ...


	8 - 15m	4 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus densiflora 'ALICE VERKADE'
(Japanese red pine)

If you like Mediterranean umbrella pines but feel sorry that it is too tender for our climate try to have a look at this selection of dwarf Japanese red pine. It is called Alice Verkade and has bright green, soft needles. It is a slow growing plant making only about 7-10 cm per ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra ssp. nigra
(Austrian pine)

Austrian (black) pine was first classified by Austrian botanist Johann Arnold (not Schwarzenegger) in 1785. It is a hardy tree which escaped Austria in early 20th century, and can now be found all around Europe, down to Turkey, and in North Africa. Hard to say if M ...


	10 - 30m	6 - 8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°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

Pinus sylvestris
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. It bears 5-7 cm long, mid green needles with a slight bluish overlay. They are borne in pairs and remain on the tree for 3 ...


	2 - 15m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'GLAUCA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Glauca is a selected variety with blue green needles ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platanus orientalis 'DIGITATA'
(oriental plane)

Digitata is a naturally occurring form of oriental plane, now considered a variety. It was first described by British botanist George Henry (1806-1879) who also admitted that the tree had been put into commerce some 30 earl ...


	15 - 25m	15 - 20m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platanus x acerifolia
(London plane tree)

Some trees have identity crisis and scientists are trying to trace up their true origin. As these efforts often end up in argumentative sessions we tend to choose the easiest possible explanation. In the case of this London plane tree we rather believe it comes from Cenozoic platanus aceroide ...


	5 - 30m	2 - 20m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platycladus 'AUREA NANA'
(oriental arborviatae)

Aurea Nana is a dwarf conifer with golden-yellow, scale-like leaves. It belongs to cypress family and is known under its other name – oriental thuja. It grows slowly, keeps it compact shape and dense habit and is suit ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus 'SNOW FOUNTAINS'®
(weeping cherry)

Originally named Snofozam after it was put to trade this hybrid weeping cherry received a nicer name Snow Fountains® which tells everything. In the spring it produces masses of lightly scented pure white flowers along plentiful of weeping branches that may run almost ...


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

Prunus armeniaca 'SAN CASTRESE'
(apricot tree - midseason)

San Castrese is an Italian, vigorously growing apricot variety producing fruit from about early August in CE climate. The fruit is golden yellow to pale orange, only slightly red flushed, almost rounded, sweet, aromatic, le ...


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

Prunus avium 'BURLAT'
(sweet cherry tree)

Burlat is an early variety of sweet cherries. The fruit is vivid to dark red, mid-sized or large, very sweet and juicy, with medium firm flesh. As it is very precocious it is not vermicular. It is partly self-fertile but benefits from being pollinated by another early cherry. ...


	3 - 7m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'GIORGIA'
(sweet cherry - early)

Giorgia is an early sweet cherry variety from Verona in Italy where it was bred by Giorgio Bargioni. It produces about 3 cm wide cherries of 7-9 g from approximately last week June (depending on weather). They are crispy an ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'HEDELFINGEN'
(sweet cherry)

Hedelfingen is a very good variety of sweet cherry. It bears medium-sized fruit in early summer. Fruit is sweet and crunchy and partly resistant to cracking. It gains its colour about a week before it is truly mature. It needs protection from cherry-worms. It is not self-fert ...


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

Prunus avium 'NAPOLEON'
(bigarreau cherry)

Napoleon is a mid-season variety of sweet bigarreau cherry. Its fruit ripens in early July. Fruit is large, heart-shaped, yellow and red, getting deeper red as it matures on the tree. The flesh is aromatic, sweet, and has excellent taste. It needs protection from cherry-worms. ...


	3 - 6m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'STELLA'
(sweet cherry)

Stella is one the best modern self-fertile varieties of sweet cherries. It comes from Canada and produces reliable crop of large, sweet, very dark red, juicy fruit from end July. Self-fertile means it does not need a pollin ...


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

Prunus avium 'Grace Star' MAXIMA
(sweet cherry - self-fertile)

MAXIMA is a modern, medium early, self-fertile cherry variety from Italy. It starts blooming only about 2 days later than Burlat (another medium-early variety) which helps the flowers escape cherry fruit flies that damage l ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus cerasifera 'NIGRA'
(cherry plum)

This ornamental cherry plum is popular in demand for its deep burgundy leaves, almost no maintenance at all and no special soil requirements. Deciduous leaves are ovate to elliptic, of deep burgundy red colour. Such shade is perfect to break an overall green landscape with or to be used i ...


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

Prunus domestica 'PRESIDENT'
(moyer plum - late)

President is an amazing moyer plum variety of excellent taste and late maturity. Unlike most moyer plums such as Stanley of Jojo which can be picked up as early as in late August, you have to be more patient for President a ...


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

Prunus domestica 'REINE CLAUDE D`OULLINS'
(golden gage)

Reine Claude d´Oullins is another French variety out of Reine Claude range. It is a greengage with large, spherical fruit of greeny-yellow fruit. It is delicious, sweet and juicy taste, the flesh is attached to the core. It is an early variety that ripens from mid to end of Augu ...


	3 - 4m	2 - 4m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus domestica 'STANLEY'
(moyer plum)

Stanley is one of the most tasteful and reliable varieties of plums. The fruit is sweet and juicy, though firm. Flesh is orange-yellow, skin is smooth, deep violet-blue. The fruit is excellent fresh as well as canned, high sugar content makes them ideal for drying. It blooms ...


	2.5 - 6m	2 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus domestica 'ŠVESTKA DOMÁCÍ' ('Quetsche d'Alsace')
(European plum - midseason)

Quetsche d’Alsace is one of the oldest European plum varieties that was first described in German Alsace in 1914, hence its name. Still, it is so old and of unclear origin that most producing countries gave it its own ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 3.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus domestica ssp.syriaca 'MIRABELLE de NANCY'
(cherry plum)

Mirabelle de Nancy is a cherry plum which is believed to be present and popular in France since the 15th century. Cherry plum is specific fruit, something between damson and plum. This var ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'MINIREDIA'
(cherry laurel - standard tree)

Miniredia is a 2021 introduction of dwarf cherry laurel variety from French nursery Hortival Diffusion (Minier). It was bred by Patrick Pineau as a cross between Caucasica Nana and un unnamed seedling. It grows slowly and h ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'NOVITA'
(cherry laurel - STANDARD TREE)

Novita is a new sensation among cherry laurels. Eventually there is a hardy variety which has benefits of the formerly more tender ones: it grows fast and big, has large leaves of a nice colour, and is surprisingly hardy fo ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'OTTO LUYKEN'
(Cherry laurel)

Otto Luyken is one of the best known as well the most reliable and the hardiest selection among cherry laurels. Its evergreen pointed leaves are glossy and dark green. In April and May appears a profusion of erect racemes c ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'JM34' KLEOPATRA®
(Cherry laurel - STANDARD TREE)

KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen le ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)

Angustifolia is a very elegant variety of Portugal laurel. Irrespective of its origin it belongs to the hardiest evergreen plants for our climate and performs better than some large-leaved cherry laurels. It has narrower le ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)

Brenelia is an elegant novelty variety of Portugal laurel from early 21st century. In appearance and use it is similar to Angustifolia variety but has larger leaves with undulated margins and exhibit faster growth. The stal ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'Ybrazo1' TICO®
(Portugal laurel)

You can easily fall in love with this Portugal laurel if you like evergreen plants. It will enchant you with its lush, glossy leaves. They are large, thick, somewhat undulated, and emerge coppery orange, turn soft green, and mature to dark green in summer. They res ...


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

Prunus persica 'FAYETTE'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

If you like peaches and are looking for a heavy cropper try Fayette. This freestone variety bears large fruit that can be compared to the modern varieties. It has smooth, deep red skin with some yellow-orange shades, yellow flesh, and sweet taste. It matures from end August unti ...


	3 - 4m	2 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus persica 'REDHAVEN'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

Redhaven is one of the most successful commercial varieties of peach in the world. It comes from the USA, and was registered in 1973. It flowers profusely, is self-fertile and very productive. The fruit is mid-sized, with yellow and red hairy skin and yellow flesh and ripens ...


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

Prunus persica var.nucipersica 'Zaitabo®' BIG TOP®
(nectarine)

Big Top® is a yellow-flesh nectarine with regular, rounded, mid-sized fruit with deep red skin. It has excellent, sweet, taste. It is not easily detached from stone. Flowering is not abundant but very productive. It flowers from end March until early April. Fruit ripens usu ...


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

Prunus serrulata 'KANZAN'
(flowering cherry)

Just like many beautifully flowering trees or shrubs, this flowering cherry too comes from China. It even bears a name of an ancient tendai buddhist temple. Kanzanu is a mid sized tree with double pink to magenta flower ...


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

Prunus serrulata 'KIKU-SHIDARE-ZAKURA'
(Cheal´s weeping cherry)

True pink is the colour of this beautiful Cheal´s Weeping Cherry. Either a standard or a half standard tree, this flowering cherry always has rather pendulous branches forming a wide crown. Double flowers appear on bare branches at the end of April and continue throughout May already with ...


	2.5 - 3m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus serrulata 'ROYAL BURGUNDY'
(flowering cherry)

God bless all botanists who restlessly create new and yet more beautiful crosses and hybrids of plants, so we can enjoy splashes of colours and abundant flowering in our gardens. Many of us thought Kanzan to be the best flowering and the most beautiful cherry. Well, get ready for a ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'AUTUMNALIS ROSEA'
(Higan cherry)

The prunus genus contains over 400 species which are useful and beautiful at the same time. There are cherries, plums, peaches or sloes, as well as flowering Japanese cherries, cherry laurels etc. This variety received its name for the season in which it can re-flower if the end of autumn is warm. < ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'AUTUMNALIS'
(higan cherry)

Autumnalis is a popular variety of Higan cherry. It received its name for the season in which it can re-bloom if the weather is sunny and warm. Be it early late autumn, early or mid winter this tree will open its pinkish bu ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'PENDULA ROSEA'
(weeping Higan cherry)

Weeping Higan cherry has rich pink, double flowers in early cherry season. It makes pendent branches that soon reach the ground. It is the right spring-teller as it announces warmer weather as one of the first flowering trees. It seldom grows taller than 3 m which ...


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

Prunus x yedoensis
(Yoshino cherry)

Yoshino cherry brings joy to spring gardens with profusion of white flowers borne from deep red calyxes. It is a hybrid cherry that came from crossing prunus sunhirtella and prunus speciosa. The flowers appear on bare branches in early spring – around April and are followed by deciduous ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 7m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pterocarya fraxinifolia
(Caucasian wing nut)

Caucasian wing nut is one of my favorite trees. I first saw it growing in the castle garden of Třeboň chateau where it was ingeniously and logically placed as a focal point in the front of the main facade. And despite its size I knew immediately that I wanted to gr ...


	15 - 20m	10 - 15m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pyrus calleryana 'CHANTICLEER'
(Callery pear)

Callery pear is a flowering (ornamental) pear tree which is cultivated for its profuse flowering in April. The tree produces a huge quantity of snow white flowers followed by small, almost spherical fruit that is edible but not too tasty. Chanticleer is a famous variety of na ...


	8 - 13m	4 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pyrus communis 'CLAPP'S FAVOURITE'
(pear tree)

Clapps Favourite is an early pear tree variety that was first introduced in the USA before 1860. It bears medium-sized pears with greeny-yellow skin, red flushed. The flesh is sweet, soft and juicy, “melt in the mouth”. It is ideal snack fruit eaten just as picked fr ...


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

Pyrus communis 'CONFERENCE'
(pear tree)

Conference is a famous pear tree from the 19th century. It was first introduced at the National British Pear Conference in 1885, hence its name. It has medium-sized fruit that is pyriform if cross-pollinated, or banana-shaped if self-pollinated. The fruit is pale green with ...


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

Pyrus communis 'WILLIAMS'
(pear tree)

Williams is probably the most known and spread out pear in the world. Its complete name is Williams bon Chretien and comes from the UK, 18th century. It is an early variety bearing mid-sized or large fruit with light green or yellow skin. The flesh is very juicy, aromatic, an ...


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

Pyrus salicifolia 'PENDULA'
(weeping silver pear)

Among quite a few English names of this species I think that silver pear is best. This deciduous tree really belongs to a pear family and has silvery blue-green, willow-like, narrow leaves. They emerge much greener in mid spring, along with the white, scented, 5-pe ...


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

Quercus ilex
(holm oak)

Holm oak or holly oak (holm is an old word for holly) is native to the Mediterranean and is spread from southern parts of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, to west Balkan and milder parts of North Africa. It used to form vast are ...


	8 - 15m	6 - 8m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus ilex var. integrifolia
(holm oak)

Holm oakis a natural species, not a hybrid despite two specific names in its Latin title. Integrifolia is one of its few selections first described in 1836. Its evergreen, leathery leaves are spineless with less conspicuous ...


	4 - 10m	3 - 6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus palustris
(pin oak)

Pin oak is a beautiful large tree you can see growing in moist or boggy places. It has beautiful leaves, deeply lobed. They are deciduous, glossy green in summer and orange, red and burgundy purple in autumn. Pin oak is one of the most attractively coloured trees in autumn in the wild. It ...


	15 - 20m	8 - 12m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus palustris 'Pingreen' GREEN PILLAR®
(pin oak)

It is always so nice to learn about a new plant that represents a smaller version of a large species just because many of us want to enjoy its features without having to fear that it will take up the whole of our garden. GREEN PILLAR® is one of them. It ...


	7 - 15m	1 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus robur
(English oak)

Oaks are common trees of our natural woodlands. They border our ponds, occur naturally in our mixed forests, and make magnificent specimen trees in our parks and arboretums where less common species or rare varieties can be seen. English oak and sessile oak are the ...


	20 - 30m	15 - 20m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus robur 'PURPURASCENS'
(English oak)

Purpurascens is a less common English oak variety with red foliage. It forms medium large trees with spreading canopies and almost horizontal branches. Deciduous leaves are partly leathery, bright maroon as they emerge, tur ...


	8 - 15m	8 - 15m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus x warei 'Long' REGAL PRINCE®
(hybrid oak)

Columnar hybrid oak REGAL PRINCE® is a result of crossing seeds of English oak (quercus robur Fastigiata) and swamp white oak (quercus bicolor). The aim was t ...


	7 - 15m	3 - 6m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhamnus frangula 'ASPLENIIFOLIA'
(fernleaf buckthorn)

We always notice a happy smile on our customers’ faces when we show them a plant that is beautiful and maintenance-free at the same time. This is the case of fernleaf buckthorn – a gorgeous shrub that requires zero care from the minute you plant it. It has very narrow, fern-li ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ribes nigrum
(blackcurrant)

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	1 - 2m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ribes rubrum
(red currant)

VARIETIES Jonkheer van Tets is a red currant from the Netherlands. This famous variety has long racemes of bright red berries of excellent taste, only medium sour. Best grown as espalier because it is a rampant grower. Ripens in July.


	1 - 2m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ribes uva-crispa + ODRŮDY
(gooseberry)

VARIETIES Captivator - midseason, almost thornfree variety with rich red, mid-sized, sweet fruit of a very good taste. Late July to early August. Very resistant to mildew. Upright, moderate to fast growth, average yield.

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

Robinia pseudoacacia 'FRISIA'
(golden locust)

European gardens love colours. And the truth is what a tropical garden has to offer in terms of colours of the flowers, our gardens can easily compete beating it with colours and shapes of the leaves. Hence one of our most attractive trees, a jewel among gold-leaved: golden locust. It was fir ...


	5 - 8m	3 - 6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Robinia pseudoacacia 'TWISTY BABY®'
(contorted black locust)

An attractive eye-catcher is this medium-sized shrub with contorted branches. This black locust is a grafted selection with bright green leaves that curl as well as the twigs. The plant produces new growths all season long which give the shrub a fresh appearance until the autumn. It does not bloom r ...


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

Robinia pseudoacacia 'UMBRACULIFERA'
(mop-head acacia)

Umbraculifera is a dwarf variety of black locust that originated in Austria in 1813. It makes deciduous, 25-30 cm long, pinnate leaves, composed of up to 23 elliptical or oval leaflets. They emerge light green and mature to ...


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

Robinia x margaretta 'Pink Cascade' CASQUE ROUGE
(black locust)

Casque Rouge locust offers a stunning display of deep pink to fuchsia-purple flowers in mid spring. They are pea-like, formed in 15-20 cm long racemes. You can make the tree flower profusely again in mid summer by pruning i ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'KORbin' SCHNEEWITTCHEN®
(standard rose - floribunda (Kordes))

SCHNEEWITTCHEN® (Snow White) is a pure white floribunda rose from 1958 bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997). In 1983 it received a prestigious award Rose of the Year 1983 which it truly deserves. It produces 5-6 cm large, ...


	0.8 - 1.5m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salix matsudana 'TORTUOSA'
(dragon's claw willow)

Salix matsudana (s.babylonica var.pekinensis)

Dragon's claw willow called Tortuosa is possibly the most popular variety of this species. It produces upright, twisted branches which become pendent with age, creating a very romantic scenery, especially with an elegant be ...


	4 - 8m	3 - 6m	full to partial sun		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

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

Tamarix parviflora
(small-flowered tamarisk)

Tamarisk (salt cedar) is a beautiful plant with tiny leaves and profusion of plume-like flowers. This one is called small-flowered and produces pink flowers from about mid May until early June. They are composed in short, 3-4 cm long racemes along arching twigs wit ...


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

Tamarix ramosissima 'PINK CASCADE'
(tamarisk)

Tamarisk is a beautiful plant with tiny leaves and profusion of flowers in late summer. The flowers are small, pink, composed in long racemes. Deciduous leaves are scale-like, blue-green, very small. Overall appearance is feathery and very fluffy and the plant looks great in a Mediterranean-s ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Taxodium distichum 'CASCADE FALLS'®
(swamp cypress)

Cascade Falls is an exciting new variety of bald cypress. It is a novelty from New Zealand, patented in the USA under PP12,296 in 1999. Its eye-catching feature are its pendent branches forming several cascades from the top of the graft. It is a deciduous conifer with bright green, lin ...


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

Tilia cordata
(small-leaved linded)

Linden trees (limes) are generally large, long-lived plants that can be found in broad avenues, in parks or in old villages. Small-leaved lime was declared our national tree of the Czech Republic in 1848 and it is a national tree of Slovakia and Slovenia, too. It i ...


	15 - 25m	7 - 10m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Tilia cordata 'RANCHO'
(small-leaved linden)

Rancho is a small-leaved linden variety sought-after for its slow growth and much smaller size in maturity. It was bred by Edward Scanlon from Olmsted Falls in Ohio, USA, and introduced in 1961. It makes dense canopies with ...


	8 - 12m	4 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Tilia cordata 'WINTER ORANGE'
(linden tree)

Winter Orange is an outstanding linden tree variety. It features rich orange colour of branches in winter, vivid yellow leaves in autumn, and bright red buds in spring. The leaves are broadly heart-shaped, mid green, decidu ...


	10 - 12m	4 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ulmus x hollandica 'WREDEI'
(golden elm)

This elm is a slender shrub - a cross between ulmus minor and ulmus glabra from Germany, yet from 1875. It has been a popular small tree or rather a shrub ever since. Its size is suitable for gardens with restricted space as it seldom grows more than 1,5m wide and can be 3-5m tall. The lea ...


	3 - 5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	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

Wisteria floribunda 'ROSEA'
(Japanese wisteria)

Wisterias are undoubtedly the queen of flowering climbers. Rosea is a pink flowering variety of Japanese wisteria. Slightly fragrant flowers are formed in 30-70 cm long racemes and appear along with the leaves from early May until early June. Pinnate leaves look rather exotic an ...


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

Wisteria floribunda 'DOMINO'
(Japanese wisteria - STANDARD TREE)

Domino is another attractive variety of Japanese wisteria. In older sources you can also find its other name ’Issai’. It produces medium sized, compact racemes with fragrant, pea-like flowers that are a combinat ...