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Media mock privet bears evergreen, opposite, 3-4 cm long, broadly elliptic, very dark green, leathery, and glossy leaves. In mid or late spring appear profusion if tiny, insignificant, creamy white flowers followed by small, blue-black, spherical fruit which recalls tiny balls of black pepper when f ...
3 - 4m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CRUNCHY® is a French introduction of Chinese photinia invented by Jean-Pierre Faure. When I first saw it I was amazed at its similarity to Coppertone loquat, especially as a standard tree. Loquat is a Mediterranean, tender tree which is not hardy here at all so CRUNCHY® photinia will make ...
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the English Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) f ...
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2 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you like Mediterranean umbrella pines but feel sorry that it is too tender for our climate try to have a look at this selection of dwarf Japanese red pine. It is called Alice Verkade and has bright green, soft needles. It is a slow growing plant making only about 7-10 cm per year, forming a beaut ...
1 - 2m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 to the ground unless pruned ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aprikose von Nancy, De Nancy, Gros Peche or simply Nancy Peach is an old and proven variety of apricots from 1709. It originated in France and is valued for production of large fruit of excellent taste and good garden performance. The fruit is almost rounded, deep orange, red flushed, the flesh is a ...
IV
3 - 4m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Harcot is a Canadian breeding of apricots made by Richard Layne from Harrow in Ontario. It is a very hardy and tasty apricot variety from 1978. The fruit is medium-sized with orange and red skin, ripening from late July. The flesh is sweet and juicy, freestone, and the stones have sweet kernels. Fru ...
IV - IV
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hargrand is a Canadian breeding of apricots made by Richard Layne from Harrow in Ontario. It is a very hardy and tasty apricot variety from 1979. The fruit is large if thinned in late spring. It has orange skin with some red pigment spots and mature from the first week of August. The flesh is sweet, ...
IV - IV
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Harlayne is a Canadian breeding of apricots made by Richard Layne from Harrow in Ontario. It is a very hardy late apricot variety producing fruit from about mid August in CE climate. The fruit is deep orange red flushed, almost rounded, sweet, aromatic, and freestone. Fruit is great for fresh consum ...
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Polonais is a late apricot tree variety from Provence in France. It produces rounded to oval fruit of golden yellow skin with orange cheeks and some red freckles. The flesh is sweet and juicy, mildly aromatic and medium firm which makes it ideal for making preserves apart from eating fresh. Maturity ...
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 pollinating partner and you can have just one tree in the garden and there will alw ...
IV - IV
2 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
President is an amazing moyer plum variety of excellent taste and late maturity. Unlike most moyer plums such as Stanley of Jojo which can be picked up as early as in late August, you have to be more patient for President as it ripens in roughly mid September. And as it matures over almost 4 weeks y ...
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Toptaste® is a modern variety of plum tree tolerant of sharka virus. It produces quite large fruit of excellent taste, possibly one of the best – hence its name TopTaste. It is an early variety ripening in September. The plums are oval to rounded, rich blue outside and yellow inside, very ...
IV - V
3 - 4m
2 - 3,5m
full to partial sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 compound of small, creamy white, fragrant flowers followed by blue-black fruit ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves. They emerge coppery orange just like on Etna® variety and can be d ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 leaves than the species and brighter red stalks and new twigs. In May and June ...
V - VI
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Brenelia is an elegant novelty variety of Portugal laurel from early 21st century. In appearance and use it is similar to Angustifolia variety but has larger leaves with undulated margins and exhibit faster growth. The stalks and new stems are rich burgundy red not only in winter but most of the gro ...
VI
3 - 6m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 until mid September. Frui ...
IV - IV
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 from mid to end summer. ...
IV - V
3 - 4m
full sun
5a (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 flesh is firm, yellow, very sweet, juicy, and aromatic. Stone-free and self-ferti ...
3 - 3,5m
3 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
AMBER® is a dwarf peach tree developed by Chris “Floyd” Zaiger (1926-2020) who devoted all his adult life to breeding stone fruit. He set up Zaiger’s Genetics in Modesto, California, USA, where plants are bred using hand pollination rather than using DNA manipulation. As of 20 ...
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1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Platycarpa is not a peach variety but a type (form), in botany it is recognized by var. or f. in front of the name. It has many names and is most often called flat peach, donut peach, even UFO peach, and among growers commonly paraguayo peach. From a fruit tree expert I learnt that this is a wild fo ...
IV
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 new leav ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Autumnalis is a popular variety of Higan cherry. It received its name for the season in which it can re-bloom if the weather is sunny and warm. Be it early late autumn, early or mid winter this tree will open its pinkish buds once the temperature remains high above zero for more than just a few days ...
III - IV
3 - 6m
3 - 6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The prunus genus contains over 400 species which are useful and beautiful at the same time. There are cherries, plums, peaches or sloes, as well as flowering Japanese cherries, cherry laurels etc. This variety received its name for the season in which it can re-flower if the end of autumn is warm. H ...
III - IV
3 - 4m
1 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fukubana is another beautiful flowering Higan cherry for spring display. It produces masses of unique, almost star-shaped, semi-double, rich pink flowers in early spring. The flowers look like those on deutzias and even though they do not last over a long time they make a stunning show with its colo ...
IV - IV
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 makes it an ideal selection for eve ...
IV - IV
3 - 4m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kosui is a nashi pear of excellent taste, for me definitely the best I have had so far. It produces rounded fruit with smooth, dark sandy yellow skin covered with tiny speckles. The flesh is white, extremely juicy and sweet, and on top of that so aromatic – you find yourself wondering when som ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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-petalled flowers that are followed by ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
