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Magnolia 'YELLOW RIVER'
(Yellow River magnolia)

This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese ...


V - V	3 - 5m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	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 ...


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

Magnolia 'VULCAN'
(magnolia)

Vulcan is an awesome magnolia hybrid raised in New Zealand by Felix Jury in 1990. Yet before it got its attention by gardening public it was used for further hybridizing and became a parent for excellent varieties such as < ...


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

Magnolia x soulangeana
(saucer magnolia)

It was in 1826 when the very first bloom of this famous saucer magnolia came into the world. It was bred by French botanist Etienne Soulange-Bodin who 6 years before that success made a cross between m.denudata and m.liliflora. It blooms on bare branches with beautifully scented, gob ...


IV - V	4 - 8m		semi-shade / partial sun	5 (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 ...


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

Magnolia 'CHARLES COATES'
(magnolia)

Among deciduous magnolias there are varieties that bloom later than most of the Asian ones. This selection named Charles Coates originated in England in Kew, famous for its Kew Gardens, by crossing m.sieboldii and


V - VI	3 - 5m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'CLEOPATRA' ^PBR
(magnolia)

Cleopatra is another magnolia success by a renowned magnolia breeder Vance Hooper from New Zealand. It is a cross between Sweet Simplicity and B ...


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

Rhus typhina 'LACINIATA'
(laceleaf staghorn sumac)

This very hardy shrub is a commonly known sumac. Laciniata, however, means lace-leaf and that makes this variety an exclusive specimen. Fern-like leaves are long, deeply cut, bright grass green with pinkish-purple new twigs and stalks. In the autumn they turn to orange-gold. Due to its unique shape ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser photinia)

Fraser’s photinia is a popular shrub in countries and regions with milder winters. It is a hybrid between photinia glabra and photinia serratifolia. Red Robin is a variety with larger and glossier leaves producing a fantastic coppery and red colour when they ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Mariblon' GENOLIA®
(cherry laurel)

GENOLIA® is an excellent addition to the family of hedging cherry laurels. It comes from Switzerland, and was bred by Pepiniéres de Genolier in 2002. It forms a handsome, columnar, evergreen shrub which requires no pru ...


IV - V	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade		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	full sun	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	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus arizonica 'SULPHUREA'
(smooth cypress)

Smooth cypress comes from SW of the USA and is probably the only true cypress that can survive winters of zone 6. Sulphurea is a French variety from 1963. As the name suggests, it has light yellow colour of new growths that ...


	3 - 5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii
(Leyland cypress)

Leyland cypress is a natural hybrid genus between cupressus macrocarpa and chamaecyparis nootkatensis. It is a fast growing conifer, used mainly in hedges and as a windbreak. It produces flattened sprays of scale-like, dark green leaves. The branches are not pendent, not ere ...


	2 - 20m	2 - 4m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'GOLD RIDER'
(Leyland cypress)

Gold Rider is still quite new in the Leyland cypress family. It produces flattened sprays of bright yellow-green, scale-like leaves. The branches are not pendent, not erect. Something in between and that makes it stand apar ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cornus 'VENUS®'
(Venus® dogwood)

Venus® is a trade name for this lovely plant. It is truly much nicer than the original variety name “KN30-8”. It is as mathematical as the breeding equation: (cornus kousa „Chinensis“ x cornus nuttalli „Goldspot“ ) x cornus kousa „Rosea“. ...


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

Juniperus chinensis 'TORULOSA'
(Hollywood juniper)

Torulosa Chinese juniper is a unique variety that grabs attention in any garden. Young plants grow strictly upright forming a slender column, and as they age new branches appear at the bottom, swerving a bit from the centra ...


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

Juniperus scopulorum 'BLUE ARROW'
(Rocky mountains juniper)

Blue Arrow juniper is as thin as a supermodel. This conifer has a truly slim, columnar habit and attractive blue-green to almost silvery blue colour. It is often compared to another juniper variety called Skyrocket against ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Abies concolor 'ARGENTEA'
(white fir)

Argentea, formerly 'Candicans', is a superb variety of white fir with almost silver to silvery glaucous foliage and smaller size when adult. Its needles are soft, borne erect on almost horizontal to slightly ascending branches. The tree shap ...


	6 - 10m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'EXMOUTH'
(southern magnolia)

Exmouth bull bay magnolia is notably different from her sisters for the leaves. They are thinner but tough, undulated, a little larger, with thinner film of rusty brown hairs on the undersides. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. They ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'KAY PARRIS'
(southern magnolia)

Evergreen - bull bay magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Ever since Little Gem bull ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(southern magnolia)

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


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

Magnolia virginiana 'GLAUCA'
(sweet bay)

Sweet bay is a unique magnolia species that was first described by Carl Linnaeus, founder of modern taxonomy, already in 1753. Magnolia virginiana, that was the Latin name it received, was the very first magnolia species ever listed under this name. Interestingly, ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE PRINCE®'
(blue holly)

Blue Prince® is probably the most popular variety of all so-called blue hollies. It is a male plant that does not produce fruits but is a pollinator for female plants of this group (e.g. Blue Princess). On the other hand, it grows faster than female varieties and has larger, ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	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 ...


IV - V	4 - 6m	1.5 - 2m	full sun		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 ...


IV - V	4 - 7m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Parrotia persica 'VANESSA'
(Persian ironwood)

We have another lovely tree for you who have small gardens but love large trees. This is a compact version of Persian ironwood called Vanessa. . Deciduous leaves of this rather columnar, tall shrub are smooth and slightly glossy, with prominent veins, light green when they em ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - shrub)

We are specialists in evergreen plants and offer the widest possible range of hardy, quality plants. 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 ...


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

Pterostyrax corymbosa
(little epaulette tree)

Epaulette tree comes from China and Japan. There are two very similar species and even though they are both called the same common name, this one often gets the epithet v. It is a mid-sized, often multi-stemmed tree or spreading shrub, about one third smaller than ...


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

Thuja occidentalis 'SMARAGD'
(arborvitae)

Smaragd (or Emerald) is an old variety of white cedar, popular for its dense growth and columnar habit which is useful especially in small gardens where a hedge made of it should not take up much space. It has rich emerald ...


	2 - 5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°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 ...