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

Acer cappadocicum 'RUBRUM'
(Cappadocican maple)

Among maples that do not belong to the Japanese group you can also find jewels that offer something a little more extraordinary compared to common species. Cappadocian maple is one such example. This species comes from Asia and is known for 2 varieties –


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

Acer conspicuum 'RED FLAMINGO'
(snakebark maple)

Even among a hundred trees you will notice this one first. Such a colourful small tree must have been brought direct from Mars! Moreover, it is so unique and special that the botanists cannot decide whether to list as acer conspicuum or acer rubescens. Red Flamingo is a stunning var ...


	2 - 3.5m			6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer griseum
(paperbark maple)

Some trees are admired for other features than just flowers or foliage. There are many of us who easily fall head over heels in love with a picturesque bark like that on paperbark maple from China. It peels off in thin, almost paper-like shavings even on young plan ...


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

Acer negundo 'FLAMINGO'
(ash-leaved maple)

Shapes and colours are usually the key features of Japanese maples. But there are other maples, too, that can offer other than green colour plus various leaf shapes. And on top of that they grow much faster. This is ash-leaved maple, also called box elder. Flamingo is so far ...


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

Acer platanoides 'CRIMSON KING'
(Norway maple)

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


	10 - 15m	5 - 9m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'DRUMMONDII'
(Norway maple)

Drummondii is a variegated form of Norway maple, only some 100 years old. The decades from its birth proved its popularity which is still very high. The leaves are beautifully creamy white variegated at the margins, with bright green centres. Apart from pruning at the end of ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'GLOBOSUM'
(Norway Maple)

Another website I came across calls this Norway maple a meat-ball-on-a-stick. Quite funny, actually, but in fat it truthfully describes the shape of this small tree. Well, that only in case the author meant a good housewife who made proper, perfectly spherical meat balls. Globosum


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

Acer pseudoplatanus 'LEOPOLDII'
(sycamore)

Sycamore trees are our native plants and their various cultivars find their use perhaps in all types and sizes of gardens. If your garden is not very big and you would still like a maple of this kind try this one. It was first introduced at the end of 19th century and has been a sought after ...


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

Acer rubrum
(red maple)

Red maple is one of the most spectacular big-sized trees suitable for large gardens, parks or city avenues. It has mid-sized leaves that are green in summer, changing to yellow, orange and predominantly red in autumn. Seedling vary with autumn shades. It grows moderate fast into an almost ...


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

Acer rubrum 'OCTOBER GLORY'
(red maple)

Red maple is one of the most spectacular big-sized trees suitable for large gardens, parks or city avenues. October Glory is a variety cultivated for its smaller size and fantastic autumn foliage colour. It has mid-sized leaves that are glossy and green in summer, changing to or ...


	9 - 13m	4 - 6m		5 (down to -29°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		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer saccharinum
(silver maple)

Silver maple is a tall tree from North America. It is valued for its attractive foliage and resistance to most weather whims. Its deciduous leaves are 3 to 5 lobed, deeply cut, bright green above and silvery white beneath. Wait for the wind if you want to see their ...


	20 - 30m	15 - 20m		4 (down to -34°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		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		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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer x freemanii AUTUMN BLAZE®
(maple)

A beautiful hybrid maple between acer saccharinum and acer rubrum was bred in the USA and is called Autumn Blaze®. It has the best of both the parents. Deciduous leaves are deeply lobed, deep green in summer and orange to bright red in autumn. The stalks are re ...


	9 - 13m	6 - 9m		4 (down to -34°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ailanthus altissima
(tree of heaven)

Tree of heaven is a beautiful name for an extraordinary plant. It comes from China but is completely hardy in our climate. It is a tall tree suitable for large garden, parks or as a street tree. It is grown for unusually big leaves that can be half a meter long. The are compound of upto 30 ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'Pos1' TROPICAL DREAM
(silk tree)

TROPICAL DREAM is a silk tree variety from Belgium where it was selected by Johan Possemiers around 1984. It was selected among many seedlings raised from seeds collected around Seoul in South Korea. Though, it took many ye ...


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

Alnus glutinosa 'LACINIATA'
(common alder)

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	15 - 20m	6 - 8m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Amelanchier lamarckii
(juneberry)

Juneberry is a large shrub cultivated mostly for its delicious and healthy fruit. It is a large deciduous shrub or a small tree. Flowers are star-shaped, white and scented and appear in mid spring. Oval leaves are up to 8 cm long, emerge bronze and mature to green colour, turning scarlet r ...


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

Betula pendula 'PURPUREA'
(purple birch)

Purpurea is a red-leaved variety of European silver birch. Is second name pendula makes us believe it should be weeping, but the truth is different. This birch grows into narrowly pyramidal shape some 4-5 m tall and its branches get pendent as they spread to sides. But they n ...


	4 - 5m	1 - 3m		2 (down to -45°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		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		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans
(trumpet creeper - tree form)

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

Campsis radicans 'FLAVA'
(trumpet creeper - tree form)

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

Campsis x tagliabuana SUMMER JAZZ™ GOLD
(trumpet creeper - tree form)

Campsis x tagliabuana ('Takarazuka Yellow')

SUMMER JAZZ™ Gold is a fascinating new variety of hybrid trumpet creeper. It makes very large flowers whose size is the same as those on Chinese trumpet creeper – 8 cm across. They are rich golden yellow with pr ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	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		2 (down to -45°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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Castanea sativa + ODRŮDY
(sweet chestnut)

Sweet chestnut is cultivated for several beautiful features. The deciduous leaves are deep green, elliptic to oblong, up to 20 cm long, distinctly serrated and glossy, turning deep golden yellow in autumn. Flowers are creamy beige catkins that appear in July. They ...


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

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

Catalpa x erubescens 'PURPUREA'
(purple Indian Bean Tree)

Do you like a tall tree but are afraid it would be too big for your small garden? Well, if you have enough will to prune it every one or two years you can always control its size provided it is not an ash type tree growing about 1 m every year. Thus you can enhance the look of your garden with somet ...


	3 - 9m	3 - 6m		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			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		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		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		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	5 - 15m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus libani 'PYRAMIDALIS'
(cedar of Lebanon)

Cedar of Lebanon is the most popular cedar in our country as it combines two important features: it is fully hardy and has the typical, beautiful cedar shape. In this case, however, we are bringing you a rare variety called Pyramidalis. Difficult to guess what this cedar is all about, eh? ...


	9 - 15m	3 - 5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'PENDULUM'
(katsura tree)

Pendulum is a weeping form of katsura tree which forms picturesque cascades of flexible branches. Leaves are deciduous, rounded to heart-shaped, and emerge purple red, change to rich green in spring with some bluish tones i ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'FOREST PANSY'
(eastern redbud)

Eastern redbud is a lovely, deciduous, small tree or a large shrub where the word “love” is the key feature. Why? Because its leaves are in a perfect shape of a heart that we are used to draw as an icon. Moreover, Forest Pansy variety has burgundy red to deep burg ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'RUBY FALLS'
(eastern redbud)

Ruby Falls is undoubtedly one of the darkest coloured little trees that will grab your attention thanks to its dark burgundy red, typically heart-shaped, approximately 8x10 cm large leaves and a weeping habit. Its crown is quite compact and the branches may ...


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

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'PENDULA'
(Nootka cypress)

Weeping forms of nootka cypress are darlings among conifers. Their unique structure makes the tree look like a conifer with veils. Pendula is a variety where the main branches are horizontal and deflected, lateral branches ...


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

x Chitalpa tashkentensis 'SUMMER BELLS®'
(chitalpa)

The orchid-like flowers are pale to bright pink with a yellow throat and frilled margins. Flowers have a lovely, sweet scent. Summer Bells® is a chitalpa variety repeating flowering. It starts in early summer and last for 2-3 weeks, and then again in second half of August f ...


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

Crataegus laevigata 'PAUL'S SCARLET'
(hawthorn)

This very attractive hawthorn can be either a great specimen in your garden or used as a hedge. In late May the branches will be covered with bright pink to crimson red clusters of double flowers. The leaves have 3-5 rounded lobes and are deep green and shiny. It grows as a large shrub or ...


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

Cupressus arizonica 'FASTIGIATA AUREA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress comes from SW of the USA and is probably the only true cypress that can stand winters down to zone 6. Fastigiata varieties are of columnar habit and are a sought after plant for both exotic types of gardens as well as typical Central-European landscapes where it will cre ...


	5 - 9m	1 - 3m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus arizonica 'FASTIGIATA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress is an extraordinary conifer whose steel-blue needles will leave no doubt that this one is really something. The species of this cypress comes from SW of the USA, while Fastigiata variety was selected in Italy. It has distinctly silvery-blue to glaucous colour o ...


	5 - 11m	1 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Davidia involucrata 'SONOMA'
(dove tree)

Sonoma dove tree is a sensation that has been a subject of excited debates and positive comments on horticultural forums for some time now. It is a variety that arose from grafts taken from Sonoma Heritage Tree No.20 at Son ...


	6 - 8m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Elaeagnus x ebbingei
(evergreen silverthorn - tree form)

This evergreen silverthorn is a hybrid of e.macrophylla and e.pungens. Its leathery leaves emerge beige-grey and mature to glossy dark green with lots of grey dots making it look like stardusted. Thanks to the foliage it is sometimes called Russian ol ...


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

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

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


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

Fagus sylvatica 'ASPLENIIFOLIA'
(fern leaved beech)

Beeches are common trees in our climate. This fern leaved beech has narrow, deeply cut leaves, 5-10 cm long, glossy. It maintains low branches and forms a shrubby tree which seldom goes over 10 m, but it is usually much smaller. It is suitable for medium sized gardens, and should you not wish to hav ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'DAWYCK PURPLE'
(Dawyck Purple beech)

Dawyckii varieties of common beech are very popular for their habit and leaf colours. Dawyck Purple has upright, columnar habit, its initial slow growth changes after a few years to medium-fast, never really fast. Spring leaves are striking purple, colour slightly deepens throug ...


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

fagus sylvatica 'DAWYCK'
(Dawyck beech)

Dawyckii varieties of common beech are very popular for their habit and leaf colours. Dawyck Dawyck has upright, columnar habit, its initial slow growth changes after a few years to medium-fast, but never really fast. Deciduous leaves are vivid green, their colour retains their ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'ROHAN OBELISK'
(European beech)

Rohan Obelisk beech produces deciduous leaves with coarse margins. They are glossy, slightly undulated, and emerge bright burgundy red, mature to deep copper red to almost brown-red while leaves which lack direct sunlight a ...


	8 - 12m	2 - 3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'RIVERSII'
(European beech)

Riversii (syn. “Purpurea Major”) is a slow growing big tree with deep purple leaves. They are elliptic-ovate, deciduous, emerging bright burgundy red, maturing to deep purple and deep green inside the crown in summer, and eventually turning copper orange in autumn. Natu ...


	15 - 18m	5 - 10m		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 ...


	10 - 15m	2 - 5m		5 (down to -29°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			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		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		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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ginkgo biloba 'MARIKEN'
(maidenhair tree)

Mariken is a new variety from 1999. It is a dwarf form with short branches, densely covered with foliage. It is usually available as a small shrub suitable for rockeries, or a half-standard for gardens with less space, or a standard tree. Thanks to its dense growth and attractive folia ...


	0.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m		3 (down to -40°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		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos 'SUNBURST'
(honey locust)

Sunburst is a mid-sized tree grafted at the bottom so the whole plant is thornless. It is usually offered as a feathered tree with branches from the ground level. It can also be trained into a tree form with a thin crown in 2m height. The trunk still keeps producing buds with leaves wh ...


	5 - 9m	2 - 4m		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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gymnocladus dioica
(Kentucky coffee tree)

Kentucky coffee tree is a gorgeous tree from North America that is no doubt rare in Europe. The key feature are its large, bi-pinnate leaves that can grow anything from 40 cm up to 1m long. They are composed of rich forest green, narrowly ovate to elliptic, 3-5 cm ...


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

Hamamelis x intermedia 'DIANE'
(witch hazel)

Diane bears the deepest red flowers, so far cultivated. They are fringe-like and appear on bare wood from the first warmer days of February and keep blooming for 6 to sometimes 8 weeks! Leaves are similar to hazel, but larger and turn bright orange-red in autumn. Witch hazel is a beautiful shrub or ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m		5 (down to -29°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		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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


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

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

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


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

Juglans regia +odrůdy
(common walnut)

Common walnut is a native tree of the Old World. Its natural habitat lies between South-eastern Europe and Himalayas. Irrespective of its large size it is still one of the most sought-after fruit trees of our country. Walnut has attractive, pinnate foliage that have a unique scent. Flower ...


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

Koelreuteria paniculata
(golden-rain tree)

Not many trees bloom in mid or even late summer when all the spring flowering beauties have only leaves. Golden-rain tree is one of the few. In late July/early August upto 30 cm long panicles of small, bright yellow flowers appear on this medium sized tree. The flowers can remain on the t ...


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

Laburnum alpinum 'PENDULUM'
(golden rain)

Golden rain comes from mountainous parts of southern Europe. The natural habitat of this one is even closer to our border: central- and south-European Alps. The flowers are slender racemes, composed of pea-like, bright yellow flowers with a deep red blotch in the centre. They are 15-40 cm ...


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

Laburnum anagyroides 'SUNSPIRE'
(golden rain)

Sunspire is a recent introduction of laburnum (golden rain) from the alschingeri group. These plants don’t come from France and Balkan like their parent species, but naturalized in Tirol, north Italy and Croati ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Laburnum x watereri 'VOSSII'
(golden rain)

The most popular flower forms are racemes. Golden rain is a perfect example with its long racemes of deep yellow, pea-like flowers. Vossii variety makes up to 60 cm long racemes of bright yellow flowers. Clover-like leaves are bright to mid green, 3-palmate. This medium size ...


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

Larix kaempferi 'DIANA'
(Japanese larch)

Diana is one of the most eye-catching trees in our garden that customers fall in love with at the first sight. It is a Japanese larch with slightly contorted branches that reveal their orange bark especially in winter months. The deciduous needles are fresh green and soft to tou ...


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

Larix kaempferi 'STIFF WEEPER'
(Japanese larch)

Weeping form of deciduous larch Stiff Weeper is one of the most sought-after conifers in our country. It has strictly pendent branches with no horizontal growth. The crown looks like a head of a long-haired girl. The needles are about 4 cm long, bright green with a silvery blue shade, ...


	0.5 - 2m	0.5 - 1m		4 (down to -34°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'AUREA'
(sweetgum)

Aurea is a sweetgum variety with varigated leaves showing irregular splashes of yellow. They turn pink and purple in autumn. In gardens with limited space for roots it seldom grows taller than 10m, however, in parks and in southern countries you may encounter much taller and obviously very ...


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

Liriodendron tulipifera
(yellow poplar)

Belonging to the same family as magnolia, common name tulip tree may be misleading since this name is often used for magnolias with saucer-shaped flowers. Hence gardeners rather use its other name yellow poplar. This is the tree w ...


	25 - 30m	10 - 15m		5 (down to -29°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriodendron tulipifera 'EDWARD GURSZTYN'
(dwarf tulip tree)

Edward Gursztyn is a compact or almost dwarf variety of yellow poplar. It makes a uniform, rounded canopy and very hadsome, typical saddle-shaped leaves. They are deciduous, green in summer and yellow in autumn. No flowers ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2m		5b (down to -27°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia '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, gob ...


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

Magnolia 'SPECTRUM'
(magnolia)

Spectrum is a magnolia hybrid from 1963. It was bred by W.Kosar from the US National Arboretum as a cross between magnolia liliiflora Nigra and m ...


	6 - 8m	4 - 8m		5b (down to -27°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		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			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		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'LITTLE GEM'
(southern magnolia)

How strange to combine ‘grandi’ and ‘little’ in one name. Well, in case of this gorgeousness we do not care a bit. This selection is a special variety with reduced size of everything: overall size, leaves and flowers. On the other hand there is much more of everything. The gl ...


	2 - 4m			6b (down to -21°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		6 (down to -23°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			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia x brooklynensis 'YELLOW BIRD'
(Yellow Bird magnolia)

“Yellow Bird” magnolia is a cross between magnolia acuminata and magnolia brooklynensis “Evamaria” from 1967. Yet that year it was suggested the best yellow cultivar so far. Well, a lot of time has passed and these days there are a few more girls to ask t ...


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

Magnolia x soulangeana 'RUSTICA RUBRA'
(saucer magnolia)

Based on the successful crossing of saucer magnolia a new variety was bred at the end of the 19th centutry. Its name is Rustica Rubra or just Rubra and comes from the nursery town Boskoop in the Netherlands. The beautifully scented flowers are goblet- to saucer-shap ...


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

Malus 'RED OBELISK'
(crabapple)

Red Obelisk is a narrowly pyramidal variety of crabapple. It produces very large and sweetly fragrant flowers from late April until mid May. They open from rich purple pink buds into pale pink flowers, followed by vibrant r ...


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

Malus 'ŠAMPION'
(apple tree - late)

Šampion is a great variety of late apple bred in the Czech Republic in 1977 as a cross between Golden Delicious and Cox Orange Pippin. It produces semi-large to large, rounded fruit of sweet taste and with a lot of juice. I ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	2 - 3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'FUJI'
(apple - late)

Fuji is a remarkable jabloně of great popularity. It was bred in Fujisaki, Japan, in 1939 as a cross between Red Delicious and Virgina Ralls Genet. Thanks to its qualities it became the top selling and favourite apple of Ja ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m		5 (down to -29°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			4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'GRANNY SMITH'
(apple tree - late)

Granny Smith is a famous apple variety from Australia from late 1800´s. It is renowned for sharp flavour and tough, lime green skin. Fruit eaten fresh is chrunchy and juicy. Thanks to firm texture it is ideal for cooking as it keeps its shape. Fruit matures late and stores well. ...


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

Malus x 'SCARLET'
(crabapple)

Scarlet crabapple is a fantastic addition to the collection of spring flowering apples and cherries. This one, however, has more than one feature to look at (just like Scarlett Johansson who may have been a reason for giving this tree its name …) Scarlet is a flowering crabapp ...


	3 - 6m	1.5 - 3.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Mespilus germanica
(medlar)

Medlar is a less known fruit tree from S.W.Asia. It is a small tree or a large deciduous shrub whose close relative is loquat, a less hardy species of the same genus. So if you are looking for a tree with similar foliage but hardier try this one. The mid green leaves are stiff, part ...


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

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
(dawn redwood)

Dawn redwood was believed to be extinct for centuries. Until first specimen were brought from China in 1941 and propagated throughout the world. It is a deciduous conifer which, thanks to its flat, fresh green needles, is often mistaken for swamp cypress (taxodium ...


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

Metasequoia glyptpstroboides 'Ogon' GOLDRUSH
(dawn redwood)

GOLDRUSH is a trade name for a new variety patented as Ogon when it was brought from Japan in 1993, by a Dutch horticulturist Peter Zweinburg. It is a rare, deciduous conifer with bright golden-yellow or yellowish green, opposite, flat, soft needles that fade to coppery-red in t ...


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

Morus alba 'PLATANIFOLIA'
(plane-leaved mulberry)

This mulberry is very special. Deeply cut, dark green, glossy leaves draw your attention as they bear strong resemblance to leaves of plane trees. Many of the largest leaves at the ends of the branches keep their green colour until late in the autumn when they fall down green. The crown is wi ...


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

Paulownia tomentosa
(empress tree)

One of the most magnificent trees of our climate comes from East Asia and is called the Princess Tree or Empress Tree or even Foxglove Tree. Its main feature is giant leaves which can be as much as 30 cm long and wide, very hairy, pale to deep green. Thanks to them empress trees are often mis ...


	5 - 10m	2 - 6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia 'Kolmavoca' MAGICAL VOLCANO
(photinia - tree form)

MAGICAL VOLCANO is a new photinia bred by Peter R.Kolster from the Netherlands in 2009. It is a cross between popular Fraser’s hedging photinia and Chinese photinia serratifolia. It is renowned for extremely serrated leaf margins, compact ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'COMPACTA'
(Fraser's photinia - tree form)

Compacta (or Robusta Compacta) is another selection of Fraser's photinia from early 21st century. It exhibits a very compact and dense growth with dark wine red new leaves. It grows about half the size as opposed the famous ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia - tree form)

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

Photinia x fraseri PINK MARBLE® ('Cassini')
(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 leav ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser's photinia - tree form)

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

Photinia x fraseri 'Mandarino' CARRÉ ROUGE
(Fraser's photinia - tree form)

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

Pinus 'BREPO'®, 'PIERRICK BREGEON'
(dwarf hybrid pine - standard/tree form)

BREPO® is a very decorative dwarf pine variety. It has bright green, long needles that are thinner than p.nigra but are similarly stiff. It naturally forms symmetrical, rounded crowns which need no trimming whatsoever. ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m		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 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 Mother Nature needed a ...


	10 - 30m	6 - 8m		3 (down to -40°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		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platanus x hispanica 'ALPHEN'S GLOBE'
(dwarf plane tree)

Alphen’s Globe has been a sought after small tree in the last decade or so since it offers beauty of its parent – plane tree - but much smaller dimensions which make it suitable even for small gardens. Its deciduous leaves are large – 20 cm wide, glossy gree ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 3m		5 (down to -29°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		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Populus deltoides 'PURPLE TOWER'
(eastern cottonwood)

In 2011 and 2012 the internet sites, forums, and gardeners’ blogs got flooded by pictures and information about a poplar variety that received gold medal at an international plant exhibition in Moscow in 2011. Its name is Purple Tower and it was bred in Polan ...


	2 - 10m	1 - 3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus 'OKAME'
(flowering cherry)

This uncommon flowering cherry called Okame comes from Taiwan. It is a small tree bearing neon pink flowers with yellow stamens in early spring. It grows moderately and is well branched even without pruning. Still, for idea ...


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

Prunus 'TAIHAKU'
(Great white flowering cherry)

Taihaku is an old Japanese flowering cherry brought to England in 1900. It is commonly called Great white flowering cherry as it boasts possibly the largest flowers of all white varieties. ...


	6 - 8m	6 - 10m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus armeniaca 'LUIZET'
(apricot - early)

Luizet apricot is one f the most suitable ones from our climate because it blooms late which helps it avoid late spring frost. On the other hand it is an early variety with fruit maturing in mid-summer. Fruit is rounded to oval, deep orange with irregular red flushes, very ar ...


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

Prunus avium 'MOREAU'
(sweet cherry)

Moreau is a dark-skinned variety of sweet cherry which has been popular with growers for many decades. It bears sweet and aromatic fruit in early July. It is medium resistant to cracking and cherry diseases. It needs protection from cherry-worms. It is not self-fertile and ne ...


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

Prunus avium 'SUNBURST'
(sweet cherry - late - self-fertile)

Sunburst is another modern variety of self-fertile sweet cherries. It produces heavy yields of large, dark red, glossy, free-stone fruit of excellent flavour – sweet and juicy. Harvest begins in late July. The fruit i ...


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

Prunus avium 'VAN'
(sweet cherry tree)

Van is a mid-season variety of sweet cherry. Its fruit ripens in early July. Fruits are large, heart-shaped, deep red, almost black. The flesh is aromatic, sweet, and has excellent taste. It needs protection from cherry-worms. It is not self-fertile and needs a pollinated for ...


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

Prunus cerasus 'MORINA'®
(sour cherry - medium late)

Morina® is a partially self-fertile variety of sour cherry. It produces large, spherical, dark red, glossy, freestone fruit. The flesh is dark red, more sour than sweet, and the fruit ripens between 5th and 6th cherry ...


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

Prunus cerasus 'SCHATTENMORELLE'
(sour cherry - medium late - self-fertile)

Schattenmorelle is a sour cherry variety with bright red fruit. The flesh is red, sour, not very sweet, and very juicy. Freestone. It is a self-fertile variety that needs no pollination partner. It crops reliably every year, bearing plentiful of fruit at the ends of partly w ...


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

Prunus cerasus 'ERDI BÖTERMÖ'
(sour cherry - medium early - self-fertile)

Erdi Bötermö is a Hungarian variety of sour cherry which may please sečet cherry lovers, too, as this variety is both sweet and sour. It bears medium-sized fruit early in the season, deep red with red flesh and a lot of juice. Still, the fruit remains consistent and is great for ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m		5 (down to -29°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 - 7m	2 - 4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus domestica 'REINE CLAUDE VIOLETTE'
(purple gage)

Reine Claude Violette is a French variety of greengage with mid-sized, round fruit of violet fruit. It has delicious, sweet and juicy taste and ripens at the end of August. It flowers in May and is self-fertile. It can be kept smaller by pruning. Young trees should be pruned ...


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

Prunus domestica 'STANLEY'
(plum tree)

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

Prunus kurilensis 'RUBY'
(flowering plum tree)

This flowering plum is a unique shrub of small-sized gardens. Thanks to its size it is suitable for even the smallest of gardens. The main feature – flowers – appear earliest of all flowering cherries and plums. They are soft pink with yellow stamens and there is always profusion of them ...


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

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

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

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

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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel)

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. The stalks and new stems are rich ...


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

Prunus mume 'BENISHIDORE'
(Japanese apricot)

When in full bloom this Japanese apricot is a true eye-catcher. Benishidore is a variety with dark pink single flowers which appear early in the spring and may be followed by small, spherical, hairy, edible fruit of sour to bitter taste. It is a small tree with a wide crown reaching about 2.5m high ...


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

Prunus padus 'COLORATA'
(bird cherry)

European bird cherry is native to our continent, it wildly grows in all its parts except for its hottest southern regions. Variety “Colorata” is grown in gardens for its beautiful pink flowers that are born in upright racemes and have a lovely fragrance. Young leaves are bronze red turni ...


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

Prunus persica 'DIXIRED'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

Dixired is an American peach tree variety. It produces large, almost perfectly round fruit with golden yellow and red skin. The flesh is aromatic, very good, mildly sweet and incredibly juicy which means that it is not free ...


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

Prunus persica 'MICHELINI'
(white flesh peach tree)

Michelini is an old and popular peach tree variety with white flesh. The skin is mostly red with only some creamy white parts. Fruit is large, rounded, juicy, and very sweet. The white flesh has red stripes nearer the stone ...


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

Prunus persica 'ROMEA'
(peach tree - late cling)

Romea is an Italian cling peach variety, possibly the earliest among late - already in mid August it can offer immensely beautiful fruit of delicious flavour in Central European climate. The skin is rich golden yellow with ...


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

Prunus persica 'SPRING CREST'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

SpringCrest peach tree is another favourite growing happily in our garden and bearing fruit every year. It has proved hardy to -27°C with no damage. It flowers in mid-season here, and early in warmer parts of the country. We suggest planting it in free space so it can feel co ...


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

Prunus persica 'SUNCREST'
(peach tree - late)

Suncrest is a late peach tree variety, a cross between Alamar and Gold Dust. It produces large, rounded fruit with only slightly flattened tops. The skin is yellow-green, remarkably flushed carmine red when mature. The fles ...


	3 - 3.5m	3 - 4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus persica 'AMSDEN'
(peach tree - early)

Amsden is an old American peach tree variety from Missouri renowned for high resistance to leaf curl. It is an early variety producing peaches from late July (C.E.) i.e. 15-20 days before Redhaven. They are rounded and weig ...


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

Prunus persica var.nucipersica 'NECTARED'
(nectarine tree - late)

Nectared is an American nectarine tree variety that has been in trial cultivation since 1972. So far (until 2019) there have been 3 generations called by numbers 4, 6, and 9. Nectared is a late variety producing large, roun ...


	3 - 3.5m	3 - 3.5m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus serrulata 'AMANOGAWA'
(flowering cherry)

Spring in the garden is announced by flowering Japanese cherries. Amanogawa is a fantastic variety with narrowly columnar growth. In early spring it produces masses of double or semi-double, light pink flowers that may turn to clear white later. Young leaves are bronze, changing ...


	4 - 7m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (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		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		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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus serrulata 'SHIROTAE'
(flowering cherry)

Another treasure from the flowering cherry box was probably derived from prunus serrulata with serrated leaves. This small tree has almost horizontal branches with drooping ends. Snow white, single or semi-double fragrant flowers are large and born in pendent clusters in April. Mid-green oblong leav ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'PENDULA'
(weeping higan cherry)

The prunus family contains over 400 species that are useful and beautiful at the same time. There are cherries, plums, peaches or sloes, as well as flowering Japanese cherries, evergreen cherry laurels and many more. Pendula higan ...


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

Pyrus communis 'BOHEMICA'
(pear tree - late )

Bohemica is a Czech pear tree variety from 1997. It makes medium sized fruit (170-180g) with green to yellow green skin with pale red flush, and white, juicy, aromatic, and sweet flesh. Harvest begins from mid October and t ...


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

Quercus cerris
(Turkey oak)

Turkey oak is a handsome mid-sized tree with lovely foliage. The leaves are fresh green until early summer, changing to mid green in summer and pale yellow in autumn. They are typically about 12 cm long, deeply lobed with rounded lobes, and glossy It grows slowly or medium fast into a tree ...


	8 - 13m	5 - 13m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus coccinea
(scarlet oak)

Scarlet oak comes from eastern parts of USA and is considered one of the toughest and long-lived species. It is quite difficult trying to differentiate it from closely related red oak (q.rubra) or


	15 - 20m	10 - 15m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus dentata
(Daimyo oak)

Daimyo oak, or also called Japanese emperor oak produces possibly the largest foliage of all species. Its deciduous leaves are anything from 20-40 cm long and half as wide, medium green in summer and amber orange to pale brown in ...


	10 - 15m	6 - 8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus frainetto
(Hungarian oak (Italian oak))

Hungarian oak is a very handsome tree with attractive foliage. Its leaves are distinctly margined with small, rounded lobes. They are deciduous, up to 20 cm long and glossy, bright green when they emerge, turning darker green in summer, leaving a showy texture of light green veins. Autumn col ...


	8 - 25m	3 - 15m		5b (down to -27°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		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus myrsinifolia
(bamboo-leaf oak)

Bamboo-leaf oak, or sometimes also called Chinese evergreen oak is a rare evergreen tree that is not widely used in cultivation in Europe which is a great pity. It has evergreen, bamboo-like, lance-shaped, narrow leaves that emerge bronze-purple and mature to a dark green. Compared to cherry ...


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

Quercus palustris 'GREEN DWARF'
(dwarf pin oak)

We are always utterly happy when we can introduce a plant which in its original form was too tall or wide for a usual-size garden. But thanks to special breeding we can then enjoy dwarf varieties with slower growth which still keep their main features. This pin oak is a perfect example. The thick co ...


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

Quercus rubra
(red oak)

Red oak is also called American oak thanks to its origin in north-eastern USA and Canada, owing to which it is very cold hardy. And just like many other very hardy trees also this one gets considerably tall when adult. Red oak can grow up to 20 m, and even a bit more in large parks where it h ...


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

Quercus x turneri 'PSEUDOTURNERI'
(Turners oak)

Pseudoturneri is a later variety of Turners oak. Its leaves are very similar to common oak, mid green, shallowly lobed and partly glossy. Compared to its hybrid parent it is a little smaller, hardier, and holds its leaves more reliably over the winter. Still, some leaves may fal ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°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 to ...


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

Ribes nigrum
(blackcurrant)

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

Ribes rubrum
(white currant)

VARIETIES Orion is a Czech variety of white currant. It produces long racemes of medium sized berries. They are sweet and juicy, and mature from midsummer. Shrubs are upright and strong. Very resistant to fungi diseases.


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

Robinia hispida var. rosea
(hairy locust)

Robinia hispida var. rosea (Robinia elliottii)

The original name of this shrub is hairy locust because of the twigs that are covered with bristly purplish-brown hairs. Pea-like, rose-pink flowers are formed in short clusters and come out at the end of spring for 2-4 weeks. In hot and sunny summer it blooms for the second time at the e ...


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

Robinia pseudoacacia 'UMBRACULIFERA'
(mop-head acacia)

i>Umbraculifera is a popular variety of locust with 25-30 cm long pinnate, deciduous leaves that are made of up to 23 elliptic to ovate individual dark green leaflets. New leaves appear all season long so there are always some new at the tip of the branches, looking really fresh. A ...


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

Robinia x margaretta 'CASQUE ROUGE'
(black locust)

Robinia x margaretta (syn. 'Pink Cascade')

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

Rosa 'MUNSTEAD WOOD'
(David Austin standard rose)

Munstead Wood is a luxury addition to the family of deep purple red roses by David Austin. This English rose produces large, very dark wine red, fully double flowers with an extraordinary perfume. The fragrance is rich, ver ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	0.5 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Salix integra 'HAKURO-NISHIKI'
(dappled willow)

Hakuro Nishiki dappled willow is probably the most popular willow in our country. It originated in Japan and was introduced to Europe by a Dutch botanist Harry van den Laar in 1979. Its deciduous leaves are small, elliptic, 3-4 cm long, pea green with rich cream-white variegation. When ...


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

Sassafras albidum
(white sassafras)

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


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

Sequoiadendron giganteum
(Giant redwood)

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


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

Sophora japonica 'PENDULA'
(Japanese pagoda tree)

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


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

Sophora japonica 'REGENT'
(Japanese pagoda tree)

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


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

Sorbus 'DODONG'
(whitebeam)

Whitebeams domesticated in our landscape a long time ago and do well. Some are showy, others are more useful than pretty, yet worth growing. Dodong is a variety which originated from seeds that were collected on Korean island Ullung Do in 1976. The tree was named a ...


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

Sorbus aria 'LUTESCENS'
(whitebeam)

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


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

Sorbus aria 'MAGNIFICA'
(whitebeam)

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


	5 - 12m	3 - 4m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sorbus aucuparia 'EDULIS'
(mountain ash)

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


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

Stewartia monadelpha
(tall stewartia)

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


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

Styrax japonicus 'JUNE SNOW'
(Japanese snowbell)

June Snow is a narrowly columnar variety of Japanese snowbell with strictly upright branches which produce a profusion of small, snow white, sweetly scented flowers in June for a longer period than other varieties. They are ...


	6 - 10m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Syringa vulgaris 'CHARLES JOLY'
(common lilac)

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


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

Tilia cordata 'GREENSPIRE'®
(small-leaved linded)

Linden trees are usually large plants that can be found in broad avenues, in parks or in old villages. They are beautiful but due to their size only a few gardens can accommodate one. As the demand was so high for smaller-sized plants the breeders came with a few varieties in the last few dec ...


	12 - 15m	6 - 10m		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		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ulmus glabra 'PENDULA'
(wych elm)

Pendula elm is a wych elm variety with strictly weeping branches and large leaves. It is very similar to a sister variety Camperdownii which forms a more cascadin ...


	3 - 6m	3 - 5m		4 (down to -34°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		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Wisteria brachybotrys 'SHIRO-KAPITAN'
(silky wisteria)

Silky wisteria is one gorgeous flowering plant. What makes it different compared to other wisterias are its silky leaves and fat racemes of flowers, that are creamy white with a yellowish spot in the centre. The individual flowers are about twice the size of other wisterias. They open late &# ...


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

Wisteria brachybotrys 'SHOWA BENI'
(silky wisteria)

Silky wisteria is one gorgeous flowering plant. What makes it different compared to other wisterias are its silky leaves and stumpy racemes of flowers. Showa Beni ('Aka-kapitan') is a recently introduced variety with pink and white flowers with a conspicuous yellow spot. The ind ...


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

Wisteria floribunda 'ALBA'
(japanese wisteria)

Alba is a variety of Japanese wisteria. It has extremely long racemes of pure white flowers that appear in early May along with leaves or after they have emerged. The racemes can be 50-70 cm long and are followed by long seed-pods hiding poisonous seeds. Pinnate leaves look rath ...


	8 - 10m			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			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Wisteria sinensis
(chinese wisteria)

Chinese wisteria is no doubt the queen of flowering climbers. Clusters of very fragrant violet flowers are 25-35 cm long and appear on bare wood earlier than on other wisterias, usually in April. Rather exotic looking pinnate leaves are mid green and densely cover the plant and its support. I ...