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Abelias belong to the most popular flowering shrubs of dwarf to small sizes, mainly thanks to its long flowering period: June-October. Variety Edward Goucher was introduced by a botanist of the same name in the USA in 1911 as a cross between abelia x grandiflora and abelia schumannii.
This elegan ...
VI - X
0,3 - 1m
0,3 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kaleidoscope® is another novelty of the turn of the century. It drags attention thanks to its multicoloured foliage, but not only that. This abelia was found as a naturally occurring mutation of abelia x grandiflora “Little Richard” by nurseryman Randall Dale Lindsey in North Caroli ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Glossy abelia is a garden hybrid between abelia chinensis and abelia uniflora, and is sometimes also called abelia rupestris. Its dominant feature is profuse flowering from late June until late autumn. Flowers are small, funnel-shaped, pure white, and decorated by pale red calyxes thanks to which th ...
VII - X
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Ice is a variety of bog rosemary with bright silvery blue leaves. They are linear-lance-shaped, 2-3 cm long. Urn-shaped flowers appear from mid spring until early summer and are light pink. It is a slow growing, mound-forming or ground-covering.
It loves moist to wet places with humus-rich, co ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,6m
0,6 - 1m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a dwarf bog rosemary with green foliage and profusion of light pink flowers. Leaves are rosemary-like, linear-lance-shaped, 2-3 cm long. Urn-shaped flowers are paler than on Nikko variety and appear in abundance from end April until early June. It is a slow grower forming a neat cushion ...
IV - VI
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hachmann's Rokoko is another beauty from the collection of dwarf or low growing Japanese azaleas bred by German rhodo/azalea guru Hans Hachmann. It produces medium large, about 5 cm across, semi-double flowers of rich pink colour. They open from mid May until early June on the background of small, d ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hino Crimson (or Hino-Crimson) is an evergreen azalea with rich red flowers. They are 3-4 cm across and have prominently rounded petal tips. They come out in profusion usually from mid May for 2-3 weeks. Evergreen leaves are 2-3 cm long, elliptic, deep green, glossy, and turn bronze in winter. It wa ...
V - VI
0,6 - 0,8m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rosebud is an old variety of Kurume Japanese azalea bred an introduced by J.J.Chisholm in 1934. It bears unique, double flowers of soft pink colour. They look like those on Indian azaleas but are very hardy and bloom from mid May until early June. Evergreen leaves are small, elliptic, and glossy. Ro ...
V - VI
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
After a success of variegated azalea cultivars Silver Sword and Hot Shot Variegated, there is a new one called Silver Queen. It boasts extra large, pure pink, openly funnel-shaped flowers in May. Evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic, acuminate, glossy, mid green with thin creamy white margins. Sil ...
V
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
JULIETTE is an evergreen Japanese azalea bred by Holger Hachmann in 1990 as a cross between Squirrel and Chippewa. It was introduced in 2004. Its flowers are 3-4 cm across, open wide, soft red to salmon red with orange tones and slightly undulated margins. They come out in May for 2-3 weeks. Evregre ...
V
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLASH DANCE® is a modern series of evergreen azaleas from French nursery Minier from 2017. FLASH DANCE® SALMON produces large, single flowers that are soft salmon pink, and open in profusion from about late April for 3-4 weeks on the background of small, dark green, almost rounded, highly ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WALBERTON’S® MAUVE RUFFLES is an evergreen azalea producing extraordinary flowers. They are large, semi-double or fully double, mauve to lilac pink with ruffles margins. They open in profusion from about late April for 3-4 weeks on the background of small, dark green, narrowly elliptic, p ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WALBERTON‘S® PINK RUFFLES is an evergreen azalea producing extraordinary flowers. They are large, semi-double or fully double, clear pink with ruffled margins. They open in profusion from about late April for 3-4 weeks on the background of small, dark green, narrowly elliptic, partially g ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
REPETITA® RED is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extended bloom time. REPETITA® RED azalea produces large, 7-8.5 cm across, sin ...
V - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
REPETITA® CORAL is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extended bloom time. REPETITA® CORAL azalea produces large, 7-8 cm across, c ...
V - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Atropurpurea Nana is a red-leaved, dwarf variety of well-known barberry. Its deciduous leaves obovate to elliptic, emerge rich red, and if grown in full sun they turn deep burgundy red in summer and bright carmine red in autumn. New shoots are always red. Bottom leaves without much sunlight remain l ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LITTLE PURPLE is a dwarf and compact buddleja producing dark violet blue flowers. The inflorescence is conical, slim, around 10 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers. They are moderately, sweetly fragrant and bloom from late June until late September. Deciduous ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LITTLE PINK is a dwarf and compact buddleja producing enchanting soft pink flowers. The inflorescence is conical, slim, 10-12 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers. They are moderately, sweetly fragrant and bloom from late June until late September. Deciduous l ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUZZ™ MAGENTA is another compact buddleja from the BUZZ™ series. It makes deep magenta-violet fragrant flowers. The inflorescence is conical, 20-25 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers with an orange throat. They are sweetly scented and bloom from late June until late Se ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
STERLING SILVER brings a welcoming refreshment into the bluebeard family. It also produces violet blue flowers like all the others yet there is something more to catch your eye – prominent silvery blue-green shade of the foliage. The deciduous leaves are a little larger as opposed to the paren ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
STEPHI is a unique bluebeard variety with flowers that are not blue. They are pale pink to almost white on a clear sunny day. All other features are identical to most other caryopteris varieties. It is a deciduous shrub with fragrant leaves that are medium green, narrowly lanceolate, shallowly notch ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,7m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ends.
It grows slowl ...
1 - 1,5m
1 - 3m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hummingbird is a cute name for a cute and truly dwarf sweet pepper bush variety. From late July it produces a profusion of rather short, spike-like, erect racemes composed of creamy white, sweetly scented flowers. They last for 2-3 weeks but a well-established shrub may produce 2 or 3 flushes of flo ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Summer Ice is a variegated form of hybrid daphne caucasica found by Bob Tichnor of Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Centre in Oregon, USA. The source does not say whether the plant is a mutation of unnamed hybrids or an existing variety Jim’s Pride with g ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ is a compact and dense growing variety of a hybrid daphne with long flowering period. Its small flowers are tubular, almost white inside and pale lilac pink outside. They have a strong and sweet perfume and are produced in profusion from late May until early July, and then s ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
In 2020 American company Proven Winners® introduces a stunning compact new deutzia provisionally called Compact Paradise. It is very similar to successful varieties YUKI CHERRY BLOSSOM and YUKI SNOWFLAKE but produces incredible amount of flowers.
Compact Paradise is a unique deutzia producing ...
VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RASPBERRY SUNDAE is a horticultural treat. Ever since its introduction in 2014, this Deutzia has been outperforming many other older varieties. Bred by English grower Ian J. Ashton from Warsash in Southampton (Southern England) it is a cross between Magicien (a variety) and D. setchuenensis var cory ...
V - VI
0,6 - 1,2m
0,6 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YUKI SNOWFLAKE deutzia overwhelms you with a profusion of small, snowy flowers. They are single and truly cover the plant like a late snowfall, creating almost a waterfall effect on its arching branches. They are non-fragrant and bloom from about mid May for 3-4 weeks. Then it is best to prune the s ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
COOL SPLASH is a variegated cultivar of southern bush honeysuckle forming small, deciduous shrubs with attractive variegated foliage and small honeysuckle-like golden yellow flowers. Leaves are stalk-less, lance-shaped, acuminate, mid green in the centre, and cream white variegated at margins. In au ...
VI - VII
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dwarf varieties of Japanese euonymus (spindle) are the hardiest of all Japanese spindles. This one has small, narrow, leathery, green leaves with white margins. It forms a compact, slow-growing shrub which makes it ideal for rockeries and small or front gardens. Pruning is possible but not necessary ...
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Microphyllus Aureovariegatus is a Japanese spindle variety with small, golden-yellow variegated leaves. They are elliptic and small, only about 3 cm long. They have mostly golden-yellow colour with small green centres. Leaves inside the bush tend to show less yellow and more green.
The shrub grows ...
0,3 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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V - VII
0,5 - 0,7m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
New Zealand hebe (veronica) is a non-flowering hebe hebe odora hybrid, hardier than its parent. It has small, rich emerald green, evergreen leaves on erect branches. The plant forms a neat cushion of a sharp, dome-shaped outline, and can be lightly clipped or shaped in early spring after all frosts. ...
0,5 - 1,3m
0,6 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pinguifolia hebe is probably one of the hardiest hebes of our climate (zone 6). It bears small, blue-green leaves and makes a mounding shrub, useful as a ground cover or a beautiful feature of a heather border. In early summer and often in early autumn it is covered with profusion of tiny white flow ...
VI - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
0,4 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Italian strawflower is an evergreen Mediterranean aromatic semi-woody perennial, sometimes classified as a shrub like lavender, with which it is easily confused before flowers appear. Its common name curry plant, as well as the smell of crushed foliage suggests it has to do something with curry but ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WHITELIGHT® is a compact and dense growing panicle hydrangea variety producing slightly smaller (12-14 cm tall and wide) panicles composed of tiny fertile flowers and numerous larger sterile flowers. They come out pale lime green, soon turn to creamy white, and mature to light pink in late summ ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MIRACLE® BLOSSOM St. John’s Wort offers a breath-taking shade of its berries – they are soft pastel pink and follow golden yellow to almost golden orange flowers which open in several flushes from late June until late September. Its deciduous, broadly ovate leaves are dark green wit ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MIRACLE® ATTRACTION is rated the most attractive variety of all MIRACLE® series of St.John's wort. It has extended blooming season owing to which the plant keeps on producing flowers in the midst of numerous berries. Flowers are 2-3 cm wide, rich golden yellow, and come out from late June ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
What else can you expect from a plant whose variety name says MIRACLE® MARVEL? An extraordinary sight, I believe, and it is correct in case of this St. John’s wort hybrid variety. From midsummer it produces dark maroon berries that follow bright golden yellow flowers. Those open in severa ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MIRACLE® PISTACHE St.John's wort offers a unique colour of its berries – they are bright pistachio green. They follow small, yellow flowers that open in several flushes from late June until late September. Its deciduous, broadly ovate leaves are dark green. The plant forms dense shrubs wi ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RADIANCE is a low-growing shrubby St. John’s Wort with coloured foliage. In early spring, its leaves emerge dark salmon-pink along salmon pink twigs. As they mature, pink shades vanish, and the almost white leaves exhibit pale green marbling similar to Hakuro Nishiki or Flamingo Japanese willo ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Gem variety is a low, dense shrub with bright golden-yellow top leaves, leaving the bottom ones dark green. This bicolour effect is very elegant. Leaves are small and glossy, gently serrated at margins. Fruits, if any, are small, glossy black berries in autumn.
Pruning is possible in April: t ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Indigo is a genus of over 700 species from various habitats. The African species indigofera tinctorial was historically the first source of blue dye before lapis lazuli was discovered. Chinese indigo – Kirilow’s indigo comes from Korea, north China and South Japan.
Kirilow’s indig ...
VI - VIII
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tiddlywinks is one of a few dwarf mountain laurels available so far. It was bred by Richard Jaynes in 1978 and introduced to trade ten years later. It makes a profusion of smaller flowers that are soft pink outside, almost white inside, and open from pink buds. It is very similar to kalmia myrtifoli ...
V - VI
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spear Blue is a lovely lavender introduction by Kieft Seed from 2018. It is a compact variety with extended flowering period. It produces long, fat spikes of deep violet, fragrant flowers opening from purple blue buds. First flowers appear in June and more and more are produced in several flushes th ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Flames® leucothoe is a love at first sight if you like vibrant red colours. It has short, narrowly ovate, evergreen leaves with a conspicuous tip. They emerge rich red in spring, mature to medium green with red margins in summer, and change to vibrant carmine red in autumn, and glossy wi ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Curly Red® variety comes from Dutch town Boskoop where it was found as a naturally occurring mutation among plants of another variety named SCARLETTA®. It was fits introduced in 2003 and received the award of “most striking plant novelty” at the Aalsmeer flower market in Novemb ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DARK DIAMOND® leucothoe is a small evergreen shrub with large, 8-10 cm long and about 4 cm wide, leathery, glossy leaves. They are acuminate and emerge rich carmine red and mature to dark green while tips of the branches keep on producing new, small, red leaves until the autumn. Then the whole ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rainbow is a multicoloured variety of leucothoe. It has mid green leaves with rich, creamy white variegation / marbling. New leaves emerge bright pink and in autumn they gain burgundy red shades. Rainbow flowers quite reliably with 5-7 cm long racemes of pieris-like flowers. It dislikes direct sunli ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Whitewater® leucothoe is a low, mound-forming evergreen shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves that have thin ivory variegation at the margins. In spring new leaves emerge pink, coppery and green, maturing to mid and dark green with creamy or ivory margins. In autumn and winter they turn various p ...
0,3 - 0,8m
0,3 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LOVITA is a unique variety of leucothoe. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly ovate to short lanceolate with a distinct tip. Their colour is bright burgundy red as they emerge, maturing to dark olive green in summer, and turning crimson red and burgundy red with brown hues in autumn and winter. This co ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarletta® is probably the top variety of leucothoe with lance-shaped, glossy leaves that emerge bronze or red, change to mid green in summer, and turn red in autumn and deep burgundy red in winter. It dislikes direct sunlight. However, if grown in full sun, it has to be well mulched and never ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Korea Dwarf is a neat and compact version of Japanese privet forming congested shrubs with evergreen foliage. The leaves are 2.5-3.5 cm long, ovate to oval, dark green, and glossy. In June appear numerous lilac-like panicles composed of small, creamy white, narrowly funnel-shaped, sweetly fragrant f ...
VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Apollo is a modern variety of Oregon grape offering leathery, deep green, glossy, pinnate leaves composed of holly-like leaflets with serrated or thorny leaf margins, and mainly beautiful flowers that come out in profusion every year in April. They are deep sulphur yellow and have a strong but fresh ...
IV
0,5 - 0,8m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nandina originally comes from India, China and Japan but this variety is a smashing introduction from New Zealand. It is called Firepower and shows various colours of leaves throughout the year. Common name heavenly bamboo refers to its crinkly leaves that really whisper like papery bamboo when touc ...
0,3 - 0,8m
0,3 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Six Hills Giant is a popular catmint variety of vigorous growth. It grows up to 90 cm tall and wide and looks like a small shrub. From June open small, pale violet flowers along and atop slender stems. Mint-scented leaves (and possibly the whole plant) look very similar to perovskia, they are small, ...
VI - X
0,8 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Growers and fans of lily-of-the-valley shrubs probably know Little Heath variety, but few of them know that there was a selection made some time ago with only green foliage. In my view it is much more elegant since there is no variegation to disturb its beautiful green colour.
Little Heath Green pi ...
0,3 - 1m
0,3 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BAMBINO® is another beautiful dwarf hybrid pine, following success of its forerunners Marie Brégeon and BREPO®. It has medium to dark green, 3-4 cm long needles that recall those of pinus mugo. The plant naturally forms symmetrical, mounding shrubs which need no trimming whatsoever, and gr ...
0,5 - 0,8m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BELLA SOL cinquefoil makes about 2.5 cm large flowers of rich orange colour which does not fade. Blooming begins in June and continues until September. The plant differs from a similar variety Orange Tip Top by more compact, almost dwarf grow. It is still too new to estimate its ultimate site, still ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SOFIA is a dwarf cherry laurel that can easily be mistaken for a holy because of its distinctly serrated (not spiny) leaves. Hoar frost makes a picturesque sight in autumn and winter and you will want to make a photo of them every time you pass them by. They are evergreen, leathery, narrowly lance-s ...
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
NUGGET BY BLOOMBUX® is a beautiful rhododendron cross of r.hirsutum and r.micranthum. It is a compact, evergreen shrub with profusion of small but lovely flowers from late May until mid June. They open from salmon pink buds into pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers that look like miniature weigela ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUMMER OF LOVE® is a showy floribunda rose bred by Kordes Rosen in Germany and launched in 2017. It produces 6-7 cm wide, single, cherry-red flowers with yellow centres. They bloom repeatedly in several flushes from June until October. They lack a fragrance but offer plenty of bee food, therefo ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT® is a low-growing rose listed among ground-covering varieties, but fortunately, it does not create those typical tangles of thorny branches just above the ground from which fallen leaves cannot be cleaned in autumn without ending up with scratched hands. It produces short ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLIRT 2011® is a dwarf, miniature rose with small pink flowers that truly flirt with you: today they are neon-bright and bold, and tomorrow, as if blushing, they reveal just pastel pink tones. The flowers are about 4-5 cm wide, semi-double, and playfully tousled when fully opened. They bloom pr ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ZWERGENFEE 09® is another fascinating addition to the group of absolutely healthy and reliable miniature floribunda roses bred by Kordes Rosen. It produces clusters of small, fully double, vibrant red flowers continuously from June until November on the background of glossy, healthy foliage whi ...
VI - I
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This sweet box is believed to have come from western China where it probably originated as a natural hybrid of two species. Nowadays, you will not find it in the wild either because it is extinct or perhaps it never existed as a botanical species. Very interesting is a fact that there are no varieti ...
II - IV
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purple Stem is a Himalayan sweet box variety renowned for rich maroon stems in late winter and spring. They also may (but may not) turn purplish blue in autumn just like young stems of some blue hollies. It boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green foliage. In autumn are for ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter Gem is a Himalayan sweet box variety bred by Peter Moore from England. He succeeded in hybridizing a sweet box that will grow well in a pot which is something that sarcococca dislikes and will tolerate chalk (lime soil). Winter Gem boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRAGRANT VALLEY™ is a Canadian contribution to the Himalayan sweet box family. It is a chance seedling selected by Gurjit Sidhu in their Sidhu & Sons Nursery in Mission, British Columbia, Canada in 2002. It was one of only two plants out of 2,000 seedlings that showed different characteristics ...
I - III
0,3 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you like the smell of Japanese skimmia in the spring, then this variety is ideal for you. Fragrant Cloud will cover you in lovely, sweet lilac-like perfume. It is a luxurious, evergreen plant with small, white flowers that open from lime green flowers buds formed in fat, upright panicles the prev ...
IV - IV
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
In 2017 Dutch grower T.C. van Eijk comes with a gorgeous new variety of Japanese skimmia with variegated leaves. There have been a few skimmias with variegated foliage already but they are dwarf. Perosa is not and though it exhibits dense and compact growth its leaves are comparable in size with the ...
III - IV
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Reevesiana is a sought after subspecies of skimmia. It is a hermaphrodite plant that does not need a male pollinator to produce berries. These are vivid red and are follow tiny, white flowers in the autumn and winter. Evergreen leaves are elongated, elliptic, deep green and glossy. The plant grows ...
IV - IV
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Eve Price laurustinus is truly a classic today. Its evergreen leaves are up to 8 cm long, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and with conspicuous venation. In autumn it produces a profusion of highly attractive terminal cymes composed of rosy pink flower buds whi ...
XII - III
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SPIRIT is compact laurustinus variety introduced by Antigone Plantvermeerdering B.V. and protected by European patent No. EU 2352 from 1997. It grows slowly into a mounding to rounded, densely branched shrub with attractive foliage and flower buds. Its evergreen leaves are up 4-6 cm long, ovate, lea ...
XII - IV
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Color Guard is another variegated Adam’s needle. It is a tough and beautiful variety. Its sword-like are medium soft, definitely not sharp as those of yucca gloriosa, deep green at margins and butter yellow to rich yellow in the centre. Between these two colour appear soft green highlights. Fr ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 1,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Variegata is an old and proved variety of Spanish dagger which originated as a mutation of the green-leaved species. Its leaves are evergreen, 40-60 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, medium green with blue-green hues, variegated creamy to pale yellow at margins. They have a sharp tip and remain beautiful for ...
IX - XI
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
