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Although this incense cedar is one of the most sought after conifers of the south, it seems to perform much better in Czech climate thanks to cold and wet winters. It needs a lot of sun in summer though to keep its varigated leaves golden. Though, if the sun is not as hot as in the Mediterranean, fo ...
5 - 10m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aphrodite is a beautiful, large-flowered sweetshrub hybrid between c.chinensis and c.occidentalis. The flowers are often compared to magnolias - both in shape and size. They are 7-9 cm across, rich crimson to burgundy red, and appear with the first hot days of May, and continue blooming until late J ...
V - VIII
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Icicle is a showy, large-flowered hybrid camellia bred by dr. Ackermann from the United States National Arboretum. Its semi-double, soft pink flowers are 11 cm across, and open in April for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergreen, obovate, gently serrated at margins, deep green, and glossy. It grows fa ...
IV - V
1,8 - 2,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any further details. Another source says it comes from Germany, registered in 1816, an ...
III - IV
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kimberley is another old Japanese camellia variety from early 20th century, and awarded AGM by RHS in 1934. It produces beautiful, cup-shaped, rich scarlet red blossoms with a crown of yellow stamens. Flowering begins in April and continues for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergreen, narrowly obovate, gent ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Monumentalis is a unique version of hornbeam with strictly conical shape and very slow growth rate. Leaves are bright green and cover the whole of the plant. Even after they fall the tree remains very attractive with its regularly growing branches making a bonsai appearance. No pruning or trimming r ...
1 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Himalayan cedar is the most graceful of all cedars. Bushes Electra is a slower growing variety bred by Richard Bush in Canby, USA, at the turn of the century. It bears showy, 2-3 cm long, needles of silvery blue colour on insolated parts of the plant, and blue-green color inside the bush. The side b ...
4 - 7m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pendula Himalayan cedar is one of the most peculiar yet highly desired varieties among cedars. Each piece is unique and often quite bizarre, making it a striking specimen in any garden. And if you're an enthusiastic "pruner," you'll definitely have fun here! It is an evergreen conifer with 3–4 ...
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Katsura tree is native to China and Japan, and thanks to its versatility it has found many fans among both professionals and general gardening public. It is a deciduous shrub or very rarely a tree (uneasy to train it into a tree with one central leader). Rotfuchs means Red fox and it is a special va ...
3 - 6m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This giant dogwood has another name which, in my opinion, characterizes the plant much better = wedding cake tree. Looking at the habit of the more commonly grown cultivar Variegata one knows exactly what it means. This beauty can easily become a show-stopping specimen in a garden of literally any s ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
European hazelnut is a well-known shrub of European woodlands which is popular mainly for its fruit - nuts. It is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub with numerous upright stems. As it is a dense and large shrub it is commonly used as a screening plant. It will also make a wild hedge which should be ...
II - III
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hazel is a well-known shrub of European woodlands which is popular mainly for its nuts.
It is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub with numerous upright stems. As it is a dense and large shrub it is used as a screening plant. It will also make a wild hedge which should be controlled if required compa ...
II - III
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Contorta is a contorted version of our European hazelnut. It was found as a spontaneous mutation of a branch in a hedge in Tortworth, England, in the middle of 1800’s by a Victorian gardener Canon Henry Nicholson Ellacombe. Enthusiastically and willingly he cut off a twig brought it to his fri ...
II - III
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Filbert is a hazelnut species from S.E. Europe and S.W. Asia and exhibits a vigorously growing many-stemmed shrub with deciduous leaves. Purpurea is an old variety with deep maroon to near black leaves. They are 5-12 cm long, 4-10 cm wide, and during summer the colour of maturing leaves changes to d ...
II - III
3 - 6m
3 - 6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Smoke tree might have a slight problem these days when smoking outside becomes prohibited ... just joking, the alleged smoke is what flowering of this shrub looks like. It blooms from
June to July and from a distance the clusters do look like purple smoke. The leaves of Royal Purple are deep burgund ...
VI - VII
2 - 5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Splendens hawthorn is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful trees of northern hemisphere not only among hawthorns. It is valued for its lush, glossy foliage and a profusion of red berries. Leaves are deciduous, broadly elliptic, serrated at margins, dark green in spring and summer, and take on vibra ...
V - VI
4 - 7m
3 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sekkan is a gorgeous evergreen conifer not only for Japanese gardens. It forms a fat, cone-shaped shrub or small tree with bright, sulphur-yellow or creamy-yellow new growths. They remain yellow throughout the year until next spring when they turn deep green and are replaced by new foliage that is a ...
3 - 8m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 apart from chamaecyparis. The big advantage of Leyland cypress is the fact that i ...
2 - 10m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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2 - 10m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 of thread-like needles a ...
5 - 11m
1 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 create a perfect ...
5 - 9m
1 - 3m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Garda is a selected form of Tuscan cypress found in the Italian Lake Garda region. It naturally forms slender, evergreen columns, whose dense branches are covered with dark green, scale-like needles that do not lose their colour even in winter. The branches are shorter, firmly attached to the trunk, ...
6 - 12m
1 - 2m
full sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cypress trees trees and shrubs are very popular for their variable shapes, leaf types and colours. Ivonne variety (or sometimes spelled Yvonne) has almost flat, soft needles of bright greeny-yellow colour from spring to summer, changing to golden-yellow in winter. It grows medium fast into a columna ...
3 - 6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Burgundy is a beautiful variety of desert willow of untraceable origin, possibly a selection of Rio Salado with slightly paler flowers. Burgundy desert willow makes deep maroon, velvety flowers with white and yellow stripes in the throat. They are slightly fragrant and formed in narrow, terminal, up ...
VI - IX
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Dawn is a name that fits this beauty perfectly. The orchid-like flowers are soft pink as a new dawn promising a lovely day. They have yellow throats with purple-pink veins and frilled margins. They are lightly scented with a sweet perfume that attracts butterflies. They keep coming out for as l ...
VI - IX
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
