Milan Havlis - specialist garden centre

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 < ...


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Magnolia x loebneri 'LÉONARD MESSEL'
(star magnolia)

Loebner magnolia belongs to the same group as star magnolias. It was bred in England as a cross between m.kobus and m.stellata Rosea. It offers later flowering which helps it escape late frosts in early spring. The star-shaped flowers are white inside and pink outside. As it blo ...


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Magnolia x loebneri 'MERRILL'
(Loebner magnolia)

Merrill is a Lobner magnolia variety with white flowers. They are star-shaped, with a cup-shaped calyx. It has an advantage of 1-2 weeks later flowering as opposed to star magnolias (m.stellata) which can be damaged during early flowering by late night frost. Flowers appear on b ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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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, ...


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Magnolia 'GALAXY'
(magnolia)

Galaxy magnolia was raised at U.S. National Arboretum in 1963, as a cross between purple-pink m. liliiflora ‚Nigra‘ and large-flowered m. sprengeri ...


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Salvia x sylvestris 'MAINACHT'
(wood sage)

Mainacht (syn. May Night) is a hybrid between salvia nemorosa and salvia pratensis. It is a clump forming perennial with 50-60 tall spikes of deep indigo blue flowers from May until early July. Leaves are mid green, lanceolate, wrinkled, and so ...


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Salvia nemorosa 'ROSE MARVEL'
(woodland sage)

Rose Marvel is another unique woodland sage variety from Christa Kievit with extremely large, right purple pink flowers, possibly the largest we’ve seen so far on any woodland sage. They open from deep burgundy red ca ...


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Salvia nemorosa ‚Florsalvioblu‘ SENSATION COMPACT VIOLET
(wood sage)

SENSATION® is a superb wood sage series developed by Tobias Braunig from Germany. All of its varieties are truly sensational offering low, very dense and usually compact habit with profuse flowering.


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Salvia FASHIONISTA™ 'MIDNIGHT MODEL'
(meadow clary)

Midnight Model meadow clary is definitely the deepest coloured salvia we have seen so far. It belongs to the FASHIONISTA™ series bred by Hans. A. Hansen from Walters Gardens in Michigan, USA. From late May it produces ...


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Salvia FASHIONISTA™ 'PRETTY IN PINK'
(meadow clary)

This meadow clary hybrid is truly Pretty in Pink just like its name suggests. It belongs to the FASHIONISTA™ series bred by Hans. A. Hansen from Walters Gardens in Michigan, USA. From late May it produces 50-60 cm tal ...


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Nepeta 'PURRSIAN BLUE'
(catmint)

Purrsian Blue is a compact variety of catmint bred by Kevin Hurd from Walters Gardens, USA, in 2009. It naturally makes dense, cushion-like clumps with 30-40 cm tall, deep purple blue stems holding rich violet blue flowers ...


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Nepeta 'Bokratune' NEPTUNE®
(Cuban catmint)

NEPTUNE® is an exquisite variety of Cuban catmint. An amateur gardener might say that it looks like a merge between Blue Boa agastache and blue dead nettle, and he can't be blamed. Apart from the main features typical ...


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Abelia x grandiflora 'Conti' CONFETTI®
(glossy abelia)

Abelia Confetti® can be the true dwarf jewel, for instance, in the evergreen group of your front yard. It has 2-3 cm long, pointed, glossy, semi-evergreen, variegated leaves with white margins and green centres. It blooms from July until October with pa ...


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Abelia x grandiflora
(glossy abelia)

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 whi ...


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Syringa josikaea
(Hungarian lilac)

Hungarian lilac has its origin in Rumania and obviously Hungary. It prefers cooler climates to perform well. Its sweet scented flowers are formed in upright panicles that are not as clustered as on common lilac. Their colour is pink. The individual flowers are longer and tubular and look some ...


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Syringa microphylla 'SUPERBA'
(littleleaf lilac)

Superba is probably the only variety of littleleaf lilac used in commerce today. It boasts profuse erect racemes composed of small, tubular, soft pink, and sweetly fragrant flowers in May. They unfold into 4 tips but you ca ...


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Syringa vulgaris 'BELLE DE NANCY'
(common lilac)

Belle de Nancy (The Beauty of Nantes) is one of over 200 lilac cultivars bred and introduced by a little-known French horticulturist Victor Lemoine. This one was introduced in 1891 and bears soft pink, semi-double flowers c ...


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Syringa vulgaris 'MADAME LEMOINE'
(common lilac)

Madame Lemoine is a true lady among lilacs, therefore we should not state her age. So let’s just admit that she is a long-time star on the lilac sky. Irrespective of the amount of newly bred varieties she is still the queen among snow white flowering lilacs. The flowers ar ...


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Syringa vulgaris 'MICHEL BUCHNER'
(common lilac)

Michel Buchner and with Charles Joly are probably the most common lilac varieties in the Czech Republic. The flower colour of Michel Buchner is a bit difficult to de ...


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Syringa vulgaris 'SENSATION'
(lilac)

Sensation is a variety with a perfect name. Its individual flowers are deep purple to violet with rich, white margins = an eye-catcher even for those who consider lilacs far too usual. They are strongly fragrant. Stiff leaves are heart-shaped, upto 10 cm long, mid to dark green. Li ...


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Syringa 'MISS CANADA'
(Canadian lilac)

Miss Canada is a big seller among Canadian lilacs. It bears brilliant pink flowers opening from red buds. Individual flowers are tubular and sweetly scented. Thanks to very compact growth it is ideal for grafting on half-standards as a small tree for small gardens. The differenc ...


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Syringa patula 'MISS KIM'
(lilac)

This variety was first introduced in the UK in 1954. The seeds came from Korea hence its name: Miss Kim, Kim being the most common name in Korea. The scented flowers are pure lavender-lilac colour, opening from darker purplish buds. They are formed in upright panicles that are not as ...


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Agastache 'AGADIR™ ORANGE'
(agastache)

Agadir™ Orange is a hybrid perennial hyssop forming compact, dense clumps with thin, upright stems covered with leaves are flowers. Flowers are pastel orange, narrowly tubular, and what stands them apart from other va ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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Liquidambar styraciflua 'SLENDER SILHOUETTE'
(columnar sweetgum)

Slender Silhouette is a beautiful sweetgum which could be your perfect choice for a small garden or a miniature front yard. A 5m tall plant seldom exceeds 1m wide. It is a slow growing version of sweetgum with strictly upright and columnar habit. The leaves are quite large, con ...


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Angelica gigas
(giant angelica)

Giant angelica is a bold-leaved perennial with very unusual flowers. They are formed in deep purple-red umbels, borne on 1.5-1.8m tall, strong stems, and appear from late July until early September. Leaves are large, divided in the manner that they look like palmat ...


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Liatris spicata 'KOBOLD'
(blazing star)

Blazing star is a popular perennial in European gardens. It makes spikes of button-like flowerheads which open from the top of the inflorescence downwards and last for a long time. Kobold is a variety with the deepest purple flowers and shorter stems – upto 50 cm. Linear l ...


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Aucuba japonica 'CROTONIFOLIA'
(spotted laurel)

This evergreen shrub of Japanese aucuba is a commonly known favourite especially in Britain and in milder parts of humid regions of Germany and Benelux. The first specimen was brought from Japan to Europe in 1783, and has been sought after ever since for its beautifully varigated/golden-spott ...


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Azalea 'DAVIESII'
(deciduous azalea)

Daviesii is a historical azalea variety bred by I. Davies in the U.K. and introduced around 1840. It bears rich trusses of almost white to very pale yellow flowers with a yellow blotch on the upper petal. Buds are orange. I ...


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Azalea 'FIREBALL'
(deciduous azalea)

Fireball is one of the most sought-after deciduous azaleas. It has mid-sized, fiery orange-red flowers that have a pleasant sweet scent. Deciduous leaves emerge bronze-red, mature to mid green, and turn burgundy red in autu ...


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Azalea 'GOLDEN EAGLE'
(deciduous azalea)

Golden Eagle blooms from mid May till early June with vivid, deep orange flowers with a golden throat. Very striking. It has dense foliage turning bronzy red in autumn. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position with constantly moist soil. During temporary sum ...


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Azalea japonica 'AMOENA'
(Japanese azalea)

Amoena is a Japanese azalea with small to mid-sized, bright, deep fuchsia pink flowers, hose in hose, that totall cover the plant when in full bloom. They come out in mid May and continue until early June. Thanks to their bright colour it will light up the daker corners of your ...


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Azalea japonica 'ARABESK'
(Japanese azalea)

Arabesk is an attractive variety of Japanese azalea with large, deep red flowers. They come out in profusion from mid until end May. The evergreen foliage is dark green, with some burgundy red shades in autumn and winter, changing back to green before it starts flowering. This a ...


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Azalea japonica 'FRIDOLINE'
(Japanese azalea)

Another red flowering Japanese azalea from Hans Hachmann was bred in 1987 and was named Fridoline. It has medium-sized flowers: 4-4,5 cm wide of bright red colour. It blooms in late spring, from end May until mid June. Slow grower, mound-forming. Leaves are mid to dark green ...


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Azalea japonica 'HINO CRIMSON'
(Japanese azalea)

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 ar ...


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Azalea japonica 'PINK SPIDER'
(Japanese azalea)

Pink Spider is a fabulous Japanese azalea for collectors who obviously do not suffer from arachnophobia. This exotic looking jewel produces semi-double flowers with narrow, acuminate flower petals. They are bright pink with ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1m		7a (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'ROSEBUD'
(Japanese azalea)

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 m ...


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Azalea japonica 'SCHNEEPERLE'®
(Japanese azalea)

Schneeperle® is a gorgeous, pure white Japanese azalea from Hans Hachmann. Its double flowers are snow white and abundant. Individual flowers are abou 4-5 cm wide and come out from mid May until early June. It grows slowly, 10-year old plant is about 35 cm high and 55 cm wi ...


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Azalea japonica 'IMA-SHOJO'
(Japanese azalea)

Ima-Shojo is a Japanese azalea whose alternative name is ‚Christmas Cheer‘. Wonder why if the Japanese original says ‘virgin’ … Anyway. This variety ha ...


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Azalea japonica 'MULTIFLORA'
(Japanese azalea)

Multiflora (or Multiflorum) is a small and compact Japanese azalea with rich purple red, double flowers. They are small to medium-sized, hose-in-hose, and open in profusion from mid ...


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Rhododendron viscosum 'FRAMINGHAM'
(swamp azalea)

Swamp azaleas are a unique species of deciduous azalea of North American origin. These azaleas offer later flowering and extremely fragrant flowers. Framigham is swamp azalea producing medium-sized, soft salmon pink flowers ...


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Baptisia PRAIRIEBLUES™ 'SOLAR FLARE'
(false indigo)

Solar Flare is a hybrid false indigo variety, a cross between b. tinctoria and b. alba. Its rich yellow pea-like flowers open from blue buds and form about 45-52 cm long, erect racemes, and bloom for 2-3 weeks atop 130-140 ...


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Baptisia x variicolor PRAIRIEBLUES™ 'TWILITE'
(false indigo)

Twilite is a unique bi-coloured false indigo hybrid variety, a cross between b. australis and b. sphareocarpa. Its pea-like flowers are composed in about 40-50 cm long, erect racemes, and combine smokey blue and pale yellow ...


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Vinca minor 'AUREOVARIEGATA'
(periwinkle)

Aureovariegata is a bright coloured periwinkle variety with golden-yellow variegated foliage. The evergreen leaves are broadly elliptic, leathery, glossy, medium green in the centre with rich yellow margins owing to which f ...


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Vinca minor 'RALPH SHUGERT'
(lesser periwinkle)

Ralph Shugert is another periwinkle variety for lovers of variegated foliage. It was found by a nurseryman David Mackenzie from Michigan, USA, in 1986, and named after his fellow plantsman. It was a natural mutation of larg ...


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Chionanthus virginicus
(fringe tree)

Fringe tree is a very rare and beautiful small shrub or small tree. In early summer it has profusion of upto 20 cm long pendent panicles of fragrant, shiny snow-white, narrow flowers. Female plants produce bluish black berries, however, usually only male plants are sold in nurseries. Mid ...


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Sambucus nigra 'Jdeboer001' GOLDEN TOWER
(European elder)

GOLDEN TOWER is a slender growing variety of European elder, a sister variety of BLACK TOWER, but this time with golden foliage. Its deciduous leaves emerge bright l ...


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Eucalyptus gunnii 'Cagire' AZURA
(cider gum)

AZURA is undoubtedly the first reliably hardy cider gum variety of European origin. It has typically steel blue-green, rounded, highly aromatic, evergreen foliage along silvery blue stems. It grows moderately to fast and it ...


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Caltha palustris
(marsh marigold)

Marsh marigold is our native perennial, naturally occurring from Central to North Europe as well as in North America and North Asia. It loves boggy and constantly moist locations in full sun. It is very variable and during a spring walk you can find several plants ...


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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 ...


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Photinia serratifolia 'Oploo5' PINK CRISPY
(Chinese photinia)

PINK CRISPY photinia is a drama at first glance. Exceedingly showy foliage reveals creamy white variegation on dark green, slightly undulated, gently serrated, and broadly oval to obovate, evergreen leaves. And the real ext ...


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Photinia serratifolia 'REV100' CRUNCHY®
(Chinese photinia)

Chinese photinia is a species which is less common in trade and almost nonexistent in European nurseries. Reason being that all European encyclopedias rate it much less winter hardy than David’s or Fraser’s photinia which are very popular evergreen shru ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 1.3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'CAMILVY'
(Fraser's photinia)

Camilvy is one of the new selections of Fraser´s photinia. It has darker red young leaves compared to Red Robinwhose leaves are more or less coppery red. They are large and glossy and turn very dark green in summer. They are evergreen and ha ...


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Photinia x fraseri 'DEVIL'S DREAM'
(Fraser's photinia)

Devil’s Dream is a German variety of Fraser’s photinia bred and selected by Manfred Behrens in his nursery in Bad Zwischenahn located in the middle of a famous nursery region Ammerland. With so many photinias in ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia)

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 'ROBUSTA COMPACTA'
(Fraser's photinia)

Robusta Compacta is another new 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


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Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(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 le ...


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

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

Carré Rouge is a French selection of Fraser's photinia from Red Robin variety. It originated in Nantes and produces smaller leaves of intensely red colour when youn ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'McLarlou' LOUISE
(Fraser's photinia)

LOUISE is a Scottish selection of Fraser’s photinia. It was found as a naturally occurring mutation of one branch on Red Robin photinia by Louise McWhinnie fr ...


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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 '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

Prunus laurocerasus 'ANI'
(Cherry laurel)

Ani is a Hungarian cherry laurel bred by Dr. Jozsa Miklos in order to achieve hardy and compact varieties suitable for cold winters of Central And Eastern Europe as well as resistant to summer heat and drought. Ani looks a ...


	1 - 2m	1.5 - 1.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'HERBERGII'
(Cherry laurel)

Herbergii is another cherry laurel favourite. It is a dense shrub with elongated, deep green, and glossy leaves. It grows medium fast and unlike another hedging variety Caucasica this one forms a compact pyramidal shape with plenty of bottom branches from young age. This makes i ...


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Prunus laurocerasus 'PIRI'
(Cherry laurel)

Piri is a dwarf cherry laurel variety of dense and almost rounded habit. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, broadly elliptic to ovate, dark green, and glossy. The plant grows slowly, only some 5-10 cm per year, and is suita ...


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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 ...


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Prunus laurocerasus 'Verstra' ELLY®
(cherry laurel)

ELLY® is a German introduction of slender growing cherry laurel from Adrian Straver. It forms a dense, columnar, evergreen shrub which requires no pruning to look great. Leathery leaves are mid to dark green, narrowly ...


-	2 - 4m	0.5 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Zsófi' SOFIA
(cherry laurel)

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 the ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°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

Pinus heldreichii 'COMPACT GEM'
(Bosnian pine)

Bosnian pine is one of the posh pines with a typical, almost perfect conical shape. Compact Gem is an excellent choice for even the smallest of gardens as it grows slowly and does not exceed 3m when fully mature. Needles are born in two’s, they are deep green, glossy a ...


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

Pinus nigra 'OREGON GREEN'
(Austrian pine)

Oregon Green is a very beautiful addition to the family of small to mid-sized pine trees. It was found as a seedling by Morris Van Meter in his nursery in Boring, Oregon, USA, in early 1990's. It is easily distinguished by ...


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

Pinus densiflora 'ALICE VERKADE'
(Japanese red pine)

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 ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'CARSTEN'S'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Carsten’s Wintergold is a selection of very popular Wintergold with stunning winter colour. The needles are deep green from mid spring until early autumn. Then they begin turning yellow and from end autumn until the last cold days of spring they are vivid yellow. This colour is u ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'COLUMBO' (Columnaris)
(mountain pine)

Columbo is a mountain pine that has absolutely nothing to do with inspector Colombo. Its original name given in 1984 was Columnaris and it perfectly described its columnar habit. It grows slowly and dense, bears shor ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1.3m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'GNOM'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Would you like a gnom for your garden? Not the one from plaster, a living one – a dwarf pine called the same name = Gnom. This one is very beautiful, slow and dense growing with short to medium sized, dark green needl ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'HUMPY'
(dwaf mountain pine)

Humpy is a very beautiful variety of dwarf mountain pine introduced in 1979. It grows extremely slowly into a cushion-like, mound-forming shrub that is some 50 cm tall and a little over one meter wide in 15 years. Its everg ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. It bears 5-7 cm long, mid green needles with a slight bluish overlay. They are borne in pairs and remain on the tree for 3 ...


	2 - 15m	2 - 6m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra
(Swiss stone pine)

Swiss stone pine is a beautiful one with dark green needles with a silvery stripe. So its overall appearance may seem a little turquoise. It grows slowly, forming a dense conifer with rather irregular growth when young and more or less pyramidal with age. Owing to its slow growth rate, si ...


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

Pinus parviflora 'NEGISHI'
(Japanese white pine)

You needn’t be a specialist to fall in love with this Japanese white pine at the first sight; this is probably one of the top ones mostly sought after by bonsai-makers, though. Needles of Negishi are 5-6 cm long, dark green with silvery grey film which gives it a unique, a ...


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

Pinus aristata
(Bristolcone pine)

Bristolcone pine is one of the most fantastic and luxury looking conifers ever. This species comes from North America and it is said to belong among the oldest and long-lived trees of our planet. They can grow for thousands of years - a tree in Colorado was dated a ...


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

Pinus strobus 'BLUE SHAG'
(white pine)

I wonder who gave name to this dwarf white pine Blue Shag … I know that “shag” has several meanings, but still. Anyway, this pine is an excellent, fluffy looking variety of Weymouth pine with long, soft ne ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Vaccinium corymbosum + ODRŮDY
(highbush blueberry)

Highbush blueberry is native to North America. It is a deciduous shrub 1-2m tall and wide producing edible, sweet berries in summer. Individual varieties differ in habit, fruit size and also slightly the taste. New, modern varieties are bred to eliminate cracking a ...


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

Hedera hibernica
(Irish ivy)

Irish ivy has large, upto 15cm long and wide 3- and 5-lobed leaves of deep green colour. It is suitable as a climbing plant for walls and fences as well as a superb groundcover. It prefers alkaline, moist, semi-fertile soil that is well drained. It is hardy to min. -29°C (USDA zone 5), howeve ...


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

Hedera colchica 'SULPHUR HEART'
(Persian ivy)

Sulphur Heart is another attractive large-leaved variety of Persian ivy with varigated foliage. The evergreen leaves are almost a size of an adult man's palm, heart shaped, leathery, slightly glossy, dark green at margins a ...


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

Hedera helix 'ARBORI COMPACT'
(shrubby English ivy)

When a shrubby version of ivy was discovered it was a breakthrough. A non-climbing ivy with even more attractive foliage was an entirely different plant that could be used in various ways unlike a climber. Now there is an improvem ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hedera helix 'GREEN RIPPLE'
(English ivy)

Green Ripple is an attractive variety of self-clinging English ivy. It has mid-sized, deep green leaves with 3 or 5 lobes and rippled margins. Another conspicuous feature are creamy veins inside the leaves. Branches produce ...


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

Hedera helix 'ARBORESCENS'
(English ivy - shrubby)

“Arborescens” is a shrubby ivy that represents an adult stage of common ivy hedera helix. It means that it stopped climbing and started flowering. The leaves are glossy, bright green when young and turning to dark green as they mature. They are diamond-shaped ...


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

Betula pendula
(European white birch)

The species of European white birch is a large tree growing over 20m tall in maturity. Its most significant feature is white bark, pealing off in thin layers. Diamond-shaped leaves are mid green, partly glossy and are said to emerge only after the danger of all fro ...


-	15 - 25m	5 - 10m		2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Euonymus fortunei 'EMERALD'n'GOLD'
(Fortune´s spindle)

Emerald'n'Gold spindle has bright green leaves in the centre and vivid yellow edges that often override the green colour giving a golden effect to the whole shrub. In autumn and winter majority of leaves turn pink or purple ...


	0.3 - 1m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Euonymus alatus
(winged euonymus)

This winged euonymus belongs to deciduous shrubs and is truly an eye-catcher in every garden. Its leaves are compound like on ash. Young leaves are bright, grass green, and as the first colder days of October come, they change the colour to highly ornamental scarlet red. Even when they fall off, the ...


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

Euonymus alatus 'COMPACTUS'
(winged euonymus)

This deciduous shrub is a compact form of winged euonymus. Same as the species it is undoubtedly an eye-catcher in every garden. The branches do not have that distinct corky wings but are much denser creating a very bushy, attractive habit. Its leaves are compound like on ash. Young leaves are brigh ...


	1 - 1.5m	1.3 - 1.5m		4 (down to -34°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 'MERCEDES'
(narrow-leaved beech)

An amazing variety of common beech is this narrow-leaved variety called Mercedes. Its leaves are deciduous, deep green, glossy, about 10cm long and max. 1cm wide, and turn yellow in autumn. They look identical to another beech variety Aspleniifolia but Mercedes forms a dense, lo ...


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

BYLINKY
(herbs)

Culinary herbs have been an important item of almost every garden. Depending on who likes what you can find marjoram, rosemary, thyme or at least parsley in most European gardens. These plants usually come from warmer zones and therefore like plenty of sun and well-drained soil. We offer individ ...


	0.2 - 0.6m	0.2 - 0.6m			for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cedrus atlantica f. FASTIGIATA
(Atlas cedar)

If you like cedars or perhaps if you are a collector or just an enthusiast don’t miss this one. It is a beautiful example of a form that is rarely seen in private gardens or arboretums. Fastigiata is an attractive form of Atlas cedar with strictly narrow, columnar habit ...


	4 - 8m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'DRAGONSKIN'
(male holly)

Dragonskin is a male holly discovered by Ingo Stühreneberg in his greenhouse, in German nursery town Wiesmoor, it was first introduced at Rhodo 2010. It is a mutation of i. aguifolium ‘Angustifolia’ and obviousl ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'MARY NELL'
(hybrid holly - female)

Mary Nell is a hybrid holly from the USA, bred by Joe McDaniels in Tom Dodd Nursery in Alabama in 1962. It is a cross between large-leaved holly ilex latifolia and hybrid holly Red Delight which is a cross between ilex corn ...


	3 - 4m	1.5 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x 'NELLIE R. STEVENS'
(Nellie R. Stevens holly - self-fertile)

Nellie R. Stevens is one of the most widely used hardy hollies worldwide, and at the same time one of the most beautiful. It is a cross between English holly ilex aquifolium and Chinese holly ilex cornuta. It grows relatively fast and can be trained into a gorgeous ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 3m		6 (down to -23°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 x altaclerensis 'CAMELLIIFOLIA'
(Highclere holly)

Camelliifolia is a beautiful and robust plant that is not very new worldwide but has not yet been in wide cultivation in Europe. Which is a pity. It is an elegant and densely leaved, evergreen holly with entire, mostly spineless, elliptic, camellia-li ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'GOLDEN KING'
(Highclere holly)

Golden King holly is a beautiful and easy to grow shrub with almost spineless leaves. They are oval to rounded, deep green in the centre and richly varigated yellow at the margins. The colder the weather, the deeper yellow margins. Golden King name, however, is a sort of a screw-up: this p ...


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

Ilex x altaclerensis 'LAWSONIANA'
(Highclere holly)

Lawsoniana is my favourite. It is a female, variegated version of male plant Hendersonii which is just green. The leaves of Lawsoniana are deep green at the margins, grading through light green towards bright yellow centres. They are curled which gives the plant an extraordinary appear ...


	1.5 - 4m	1 - 2.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x koehneana 'CHESTNUT LEAF'
(Koehne holly - female)

Chestnut Leaf is probably the most common variety when you happen to come across a Koehne holly in Europe early 21st century. I am giving this date deliberately in case you are reading this article in 2050 or later, laughing how come that we used to be so deprived having just one Koehne holly then. ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'ARGENTEA MARGINATA'
(holly)

Argentea Marginata is an eye-catching cultivar of variegated English holly. Its sharply serrated, evergreen leaves are almost identical to those of the species but moreover are decorated with a wide brim of creamy white col ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'HARPUNE'
(common holly)

Harpune is another novelty among English hollies. It is a mutation of another variety called Alaska. The main difference is in the leaves which are not spiny along the margins, but only have a medium sharp tip. They are narrowly elliptic, mid to dark green and very glossy. Harpu ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°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

Ilex aquifolium 'RUBRICAULIS AUREA'
(varigated holly)

Rubricaulis Aurea is supposed to be the hardiest holly from the aquifolium group with varigated foliage. The leaves are deep green in the centre with rich yellow, spiny margins which turn pink in cold months. It is a female variety which bears red fruits in the autumn. To do ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'WHITE CREAM'®
(common holly)

White Cream is a fantastic new variety of holly. It was bred in Germany by Ingo Stührenberg. White Cream is a natural mutation of another English holly called Myrtifolia, hence its spiny margins. The leaves are bright creamy white in the centres, changing through light green t ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'WATERERIANA'
(English holly - male)

Watereriana or Waterer’s Gold is a beautiful variety of male English holly. It is a slow growing gem with variegated foliage. Its evergreen leaves are dark green in the centre ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'PYRAMIDALIS AUREOMARGINATA'
(English holly - female/self-fertile)

Pyramidalis Aureomarginata is an attractive variegated sport of Pyramidalis holly. It produces highly glossy, evergreen leaves with deep green centres and thick ye ...


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

Ilex crenata 'ELLIPTA CONVEX'
(Japanese holly)

Ellipta Convex is a Japanese holly that stands halfway between two other varieties: Ellipta Elegans (newer) and


	1.3 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'ELLIPTA ELEGANS'
(Japanese holly)

Ellipta Elegans is a Japanese holly variety from Ingo Stührenberg’s Nursery in German nursery town Wiesmoor and boasts elegant foliage and attractive habit. Its evergreen leaves are small, narrowly elliptic, partly gl ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'GOLDEN GEM'
(Japanese holly)

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 possi ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'FarrowSK6' PATTI O®
(Japanese holly)

PATTI O® is a Japanese holly variety bred by Michael Farrow from Spring Meadow Nursery in 1999. It is a cross between two Japanese hollies – Sky Pencil and an unnamed variety. The result boasts incredibly elegant ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'Icoprins11' DARK GREEN
(Japanese holly)

DARK GREEN is a Japanese holly variety which says it all in a name. Evergreen, small, oval leaves are very dark green, handsome, and glossy, and appear along deep purple red stems. Being a female variety, it produces profus ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 2.5m		5b (down to -27°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 - 4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'Hilgold' AZTEC GOLD
(Mexican orange)

AZTEC GOLD is a Hillier Nurseries introduction from 2012, bred by Alan Postill. It is a bright golden-yellow-leaved choisya shrub. It produces profusion of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yel ...


-	0.8 - 1.3m	1 - 1.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'Londaz' WHITE DAZZLER
(Mexican orange)

WHITE DAZZLER is a follow-up choísie to Aztec Pearl from Peter Moore, introduced in 1991. It produces masses of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant ...


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

Choisya 'Pmoore09' APPLE BLOSSOM
(Mexican orange)

APPLE BLOSSOM is another of English beauties among hybrid choisias bred by their father Peter Moore. It is renowned for very fine foliage, and also is the very first to offer romantic pink colour. From late April until earl ...


-	0.8 - 1.3m	0.6 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Centaurea montana 'AMETHYST IN SNOW'
(mountain bluet)

Amethyst in Snow is a unique variety of mountain bluet where blue is truly out of the question. This perennial makes the most amazing flowers with amethyst purple centres and snow white or very pale pink ray florets on 30-4 ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'FILIFERA AUREA'
(golden thread-leaf sawara cypress)

This false cypress is belongs to the Filifera group, which means it has thread-like branches. In fact, some call these branches leaves. Practically the leaves are scales that cover the whip-like branches. Filifera Aurea is probably the most sought-after variety with golden yello ...


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

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'SUNGOLD'
(gold mop cypress)

Cypress family belongs to old time favourites in Central Europe. This golden thread-leaf sawara cypress proves the fact. It has string-like branches that elegantly droop to the ground. It is low growing, making a compact and dense, dwarf shrub with lime green needles and golden new growths. F ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.8m		4 (down to -34°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 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		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helleborus 'HELLO PEARL'®
(hellebore)

Hello Pearl® Lenten rose makes pearl white flowers with immensely beautiful, dark burgundy red freckles. Its petals are acuminate, slightly undulated, and are borne in one or two rows, exceptionally in three rows. Flow ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helleborus orientalis 'DOUBLE ELLEN® WHITE'
(hellebore)

Double Ellen® White is an exquisite Lenten rose variety with white, double flowers. Their petals are slightly undulated, and the largest ones are decorated with less conspicuous lime green freckles, yet the overall app ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cytisus 'PALETTE'
(broom)

Palette is a multicoloured broom with small, pea-like flowers. They combine various shades of purple-pink and red, golden and orange. Blooming begins around mid May and continues for 3-4 weeks after which small, 3-lobed, na ...


-	0.5 - 1.3m	0.5 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cytisus x praecox 'ALLGOLD'
(broom)

Allgold is a hybrid variety made from crossing c.multiflorus x c.purgans. It has deep yellow pea-like flowers on deep green branches. Blooming time about a month, from the first half of May. Leaves are small, up to 2 cm long, and mature plants are nearly leafless. It forms a ...


-	0.5 - 1.3m	0.5 - 1.3m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hemerocallis 'RUBY STELLA'
(daylily)

Ruby Stella is one of the very few daylilies that reliably bloom almost all summer long. Its flowers are 8-9 cm across, broadly funnel-shaped, ruby red with a bright yellow throat, open wide, and appear in profusion from ab ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Verbascum 'ROYALTY'
(mullein)

Royalty is a posh name for an exquisite hybrid mullein variety bred by Harini Korlipara from Terra Nova® Nurseris in Oregon, USA. It is a perennial variety producing rich magenta purple flowers composed in up to 30 cm ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Heuchera 'APRICOT'
(coral bells)

Apricot is a coral bells variety from France with a tempting name and beautifully coloured foliage. The leaves are apricot orange to pale peach with conspicuous venation. They are rather flat with rounded lobes. In autumn t ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Heuchera 'CARAMEL'
(coral bells)

Caramel is a coral bells hybrid variety of heuchera villosa. It offers robust and compact growth with large leaves and improved resistance to summer drought. Its leaves emerge salmon pink and mature to light toffee brown an ...


-	0.3 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'HAMELN'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Chinese fountain grass is an elegant feature to every garden. It has mid to dark green linear leaves growing in a thick cluster forming a shape of a fountain. From midsummer it produces yellow-green spike-like flowers which look like bottlebrushes. They are beige w ...


-	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos 'SKYLINE'
(honey locust)

If you like elegant leaves tha are not as bold as London plane tree leaves for example, have look at this honey locust. It is called SKYLINE and as it belongs to i ...


	9 - 15m	3 - 6m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cornus mas 'AUREA'
(Cornelian cherry)

Cornelian cherry is one of those plants that regain their well-deserved attention as old-fashioned fruiting plants. It originates in Europe and can be found on sunny slopes of Czech and Slovak countryside, too. It is a slow growing large shrub or small tree wit ...


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

Vitex agnus-castus
(chaste tree)

Vitex is surprisingly a large genus of about 250 species spread almost all around the globe. In our climate we know very little about it because most of its species are subtropical plants but there are not a few that can cope with our zone 6 winters easily and make beautiful flowering shrubs or exce ...


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

Quercus x hispanica 'WAASLAND'
(Spanish oak)

Waasland is a variety of hybrid Spanish oak and the name of a Belgian region where it was found. It features elongated leaves with irregular lobes, which resemble oak leaves more than most other varieties. They are very sti ...


	6 - 12m	4 - 8m		6 (down to -23°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 rhysophylla 'MAYA'
(Mexican oak)

Mexican oak is not a widespread tree. It is not listed in many encyclopedias in America and is almost non existent in Europe as it is too tender to grow in most parts of the old continent. Still, there is a mention in 1979 of a special sport selected from this species. At that time Internet w ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'INGRAMII'
(cesmína ostrolistá)

Ingramii is a male English holly variety whose origin I did not manage to find. There are notes about its existence yet before 2000 but it appears to be commercially attractive only from about 2015 or so. It makes heavily ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ficus carica 'BROWN TURKEY'
(fig tree)

One of the hardiest figs for our climate (zone 6) is named Brown Turkey. As the name suggests the fruit is brownish-red or blackish-purple, relatively large and sweet. They do not require pollination. Immature fruit and branches contain sap which can be an eye and lip-irritant. ...


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

Gardenia jasminoides 'KLEIM'S HARDY'
(gardenia)

Gardenia is a well-known indoor plant with fantastic fragrance. However, in 1990´s a few breeders came with selections that were supposed to grow happily outdoors, too. Among those Kleim’s Hardy was one of the first truly successful attempts. Kleim’s Hardy is a s ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m		7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gaura lindheimeri 'GAMBIT ROSE'
(wand flower)

Gaura is a typical example of a plant that deserves its price should it come in any pot size. It is a perennial with extra long bloom season and requiring little or no care. Gambit Rose is a variety with neon-like deep pink flowers flowers from June until October. It forms a com ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

carpinus betulus 'MONUMENTALIS'
(hornbeam)

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 ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		4 (down to -34°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

Hebe 'NEW ZEALAND'
(hebe)

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 branch ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.6 - 1.3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hebe pimeleoides
(hebe)

Blue hebe comes from the mountains of Marlborough and Cantebury in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a low, evergreen shrub with small, perfectly elliptic, silvery blue leaves. In June or early July appear small clusters of tiny, pale lilac violet flowers atop ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Scabiosa columbaria 'BUTTERFLY BLUE'
(small scabious)

Butterfly Blue is a small scabious variety with large, rich lavender blue flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. They appear on 10-20 cm tall, slender, well-branched stems from ...


-	0.1 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.4m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'COMPACTA'
(evergreen silverthorn)

Compacta is a recent selection of Evergreen (Ebbing's) silverthorn, very probably of Italian origin (not confirmed). Unlike its mother plant - the species of Ebbing's silverthorn - it makes a compact and well-behaved shrub ...


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

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'GILT EDGE'
(evergreen silverthorn)

Gilt Edge is a beautiful variety of this evergreen silverthorn. It has ovate, up to 10 cm long, leathery but thin leaves that are deep green in the middle and bright yellow at margins. Newly emerging leaves and twigs are silvery-beige. Apart from the foliage this plant is also i ...


-	1.8 - 3m	1 - 2m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Abrela' MARYLINE®
(evergreen silverthorn)

MARYLINE® is a trade name for a striking selection of evergreen silverthorn, found by Albert Breneliére in France. It is a very bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leath ...


-	1.5 - 2m	1 - 2m		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

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 'COMPACTA'
(evergreen silverthorn - tree form)

Compacta is a recent selection of Ebbing's silverthorn, very probably of Italian origin (not confirmed). Unlike its mother plant - the species of Ebbing's silverthorn - it makes a compact and well-behaved shrub without over ...


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

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

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


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

Lamium maculatum 'BEACON SILVER'
(spotted dead nettle)

Beacon Silver is a renowned and popular spotted nettle variety cultivated for its attractive foliage and purple pink flowers. They are small, two-lipped, and appear in terminal whorls atop only about 10-20 cm tall stems fro ...


-	0.1 - 0.1m	0.5 - 1m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea quercifolia 'hqopr010' ICE CRYSTAL
(oak-leaved hydrangea)

ICE CRYSTAL is an eye catching variety of oak-leaved hydrangea. While its sister variety Burgundy makes leaves that are similar to those on English oaks,


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'LIMELIGHT®'
(panicle hydrangea)

Limelight® is a panicle type hydrangea, not a mop-head one with big leaves and large flowers heads. Well, how to explain then that this new variety has even bigger flowers? Never mind, let’s just call them XXL size. The panicles are upto 30 cm long, fat blossoms of gr ...


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

Hydrangea paniculata ''Hylv02' WHITELIGHT®
(panicle hydrangea)

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 ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.6m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bokrathirteen' MAGICAL™ SWEET SUMMER
(panicle hydrangea)

Magical™ Sweet Summer is a panicle hydrangea with large inflorescence composed of predominantly sterile flowers. They come out in mid July and are light greeneish white as they emerge, and mature to creamy white and l ...


-	1 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea paniculata 'Jane' LITTLE LIME™
(panicle hydrangea)

You must remember how thrilled the hydrangea world was when Limelight® was introduced. Well, a few years later it seems it has a little sister. And ‘little’ is the most correct word since this new achievement is called < ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ren101' DIAMANTINO®
(panicle hydrangea)

DIAMANTINO® is another panicle hydrangea bred by Jean Renault from France. It makes almost completely white flowers composed in large, up to 20 cm tall and 15 cm wide inflorescence. They comprise of mainly sterile and ...


-	0.8 - 1.2m	1 - 1.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea arborescens HOVARIA HAYES STARBURST
(sevenbark)

HOVARIA HAYES STARBURST is a unique sevenbark (smooth hydrangea), found by Hayes Jackson in Alabama, USA, as a natural mutation of an old and popular Annabelle sevenbark. Hovaria brand is now bringing this specialty to Euro ...


-	0.6 - 1.3m	0.5 - 1m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha1' PINK ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

Invincibelle Spirit® is a fantastic novelty from 2010. This sevenbark hydrangea is historically the first one with pink flowers and extreme hardiness. The flowers are a little smaller than the ones of Annabelle bu ...


-	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha3' RUBY ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

RUBY ANNABELLE® is a smooth hydrangea with deep purple pink flowers. They are both sterile and fertile, composed in rounded corymbs about 12 cm across, from late May until early July. If pruned immediately after flowering they can rebloom in late summer ...


-	0.5 - 0.6m	0.5 - 0.8m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha4' SWEET ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

SWEET ANNABELLE® is a smooth hydrangea with clear pink flowers forming large, mop-head inflorescence, up to 20 cm across, composed mostly of sterile flowers. They come out from from late May until early July. If pruned ...


-	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea macrophylla Forever&Ever 'BLUE HEAVEN'®
(mop-head hydrangea)

Blue Heaven® comes from the Netherlands and has the typical mop-head flowers that are heavenly blue if grown in acidic soil with pH 5.2-5.5. If you are unsure about your soil acidity buy a simple testing kit and if needed add some aluminium sulphate to reduce the pH which will inc ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea macrophylla Forever&Ever® 'PINK'
(mop-head hydrangea)

PINK is a FOREVER & EVER® hydrangea with large, clear pink flowers. They open from greenish-yellow buds in early summer and continue blooming in several flushes by early autumn. To achieve pink or red shades your soil ...


-	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea macrophylla Forever&Ever® 'RED'
(mop-head hydrangea)

RED is a Forever@Ever® hydrangea with the deepest red possible. To achieve this colour your soil should be alkaline with pH of 6.0-6.2. If you are unsure about your soil pH buy a simple testing kit and if needed add some dolomitic lime to reduce soil acidity. It produces ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea macrophylla ENDLESS SUMMER®
(big-leaf hydrangea)

Attention, hydrangea lovers! Are you sick and tired of never-ending grieving upon your frost-damaged hydrangeas that only make a jungle of leaves but no blossoms? Continue reading as we have a life-altering experience for you! Two decades after its discovery in the USA there is a plant being ...


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

Pyrus communis 'WILLIAMS'
(pear tree)

Williams is probably the most known and spread out pear in the world. Its complete name is Williams bon Chretien and comes from the UK, 18th century. It is an early variety bearing mid-sized or large fruit with light green or yellow skin. The flesh is very juicy, aromatic, an ...


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

Pyrus calleryana 'CHANTICLEER'
(Callery pear)

Callery pear is a flowering (ornamental) pear tree which is cultivated for its profuse flowering in April. The tree produces a huge quantity of snow white flowers followed by small, almost spherical fruit that is edible but not too tasty. Chanticleer is a famous variety of na ...


-	8 - 13m	4 - 6m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'Mrs BRADSHAW'
(hybrid Chilean avens)

Avens is a pretty perennial whose wild forms can be found on every continent except Australia. Mrs. J.Bradshaw, formerly known as Feuerball, is a hybrid of geum chiloense with small but attractive, scarlet red, semi-double ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'STEWARTSTONIAN'
(The Gable azalea)

Stewartstonian is becoming the most sought-after evergreen azalea with red flowers. The red is soft, almost orangey red, as far as we can talk about orange in Japanese azaleas. It grows moderately and forms a fairly compact shrub that does not need to be pruned. Slightly glossy lea ...


-	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'DOROTHY HAYDEN'
(Robin Hill azalea)

Dorothy Hayden has large, pure white, funnel-shape flowers that open from end May until late June. They pop up continuously unlike early Japanese azaleas that cover the whole plant with a mass of flowers. It grows slowly making a compact, low shrub does not need to be pruned. Everg ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m			6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'MARTHA HITCHCOCK'
(Glenn Dale hybrid azalea)

Martha Hitchcock is a true sensation azalea from Glenn Dale hybrid group. This beauty bears extra large flowers that are 6 cm across, white in the throat grading to neony pink towards the margins. The flowering plant looks like a thousand of pink torches all lit up at once. It s ...


-	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'NUCCIO'S LUCKY CHARM'
(Satsuki azalea)

Nuccio’s Lucky Charm is another fascinating Satsuki azalea. This hybrid bears medium-large flowers of dusky pink colour. The first buds begin to open on the first hot days of June (usually mid of the month) and continue blooming for as long as 4 weeks. It was bread by Nucc ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 1.3m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'ORCHIDEA EMPRESS'
(Japanese hybrid azalea)

Orchidea Empress is a gorgeous name for a gorgeous azalea. It is another of late flowering hybrids, this time with bright pink, hose-in-hose flowers that appear from about mid June for 3-4 weeks. It is never the whole shrub blooming, individual buds burst out continuously one by ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'PERLA DEL VERBANO'
(evergreen hybrid azalea)

Perla del Verbano is a sensational new variety of evergreen hybrid azalea that originated in Northern Italy. It bears profusion of bright pink, double = hose in hose flowers from end June until late July. They appear continuously so you can enjoy them for as long as a month unde ...


-	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.5m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'SUMMER SUN'
(Satsuki azalea)

If you are fond of summer-flowering hybrid azaleas then this variety can easily become a jewel in your garden. Its name is Summer Sun and it is another Satsuki azalea. Soft red flowers look very attractive on the background of deep green foliage. They open in late June or early ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 1.3m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'Macgeu001' SCARLET TEMPEST
(hybrid scarlet avens)

Scarlet Tempest is a breathtaking avens variety from Scotland. It produces rich clumps of handsome foliage and sturdy stems with numerous, rich scarlet orange-red flowers already from April until early mid to late July, and ...


-	0.3 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'Macgeu005' FIERY TEMPEST®
(hybrid scarlet avens)

FIERY TEMPEST® is the third addition to the Tempest series of avens bred by Elizabeth MacGregor from Scotland in order to achieve vigorous plants with extended flowering season and large flowers. Its flowers are about ...


-	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'Vispers' PERSIAN SUN®
(hybrid Persian shrub rose (M. Vissers))

PERSIAN SUN® hybrid Persian rose shines with its semi-double, golden orange flowers. They are usually composed of 10 petals and decorated with slightly blurred, red flecks forming a wide eye in the centre owing to whic ...


-	0.8 - 1m	0.6 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Iberis 'PINK ICE'™
(candytuft)

Pink Ice™ is a lovely hybrid variety of candytuft with profusion of soft pink flowers atop 10-15 cm tall stems. They last for a long time and new buds appear along the stems when you trim the plant cutting away faded ...


-	0.1 - 0.2m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Sparkle' EXTREME SPARKLE
(swamp mallow)

EXTREME SPARKLE is a unique swamp mallow variety with medium large flowers - 18-19 cm across. They are not pure white like older varieties, their petals show prominent pink venation towards the pink eye in the centre. Flowe ...


-	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'HAMABO'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

“Hamabo” will no doubt attract your attention thanks to its rare, pink-red veins on pale pink or almost white flower petals, each of which has its own deep red blotch in the centre. The shrub is always erect and slightly rounded with age. It has very decorative leaves th ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'PURPUREUS VARIEGATUS'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Purpureus Variegatus is an unusual variety of Rose-of-Sharon. It is commonly demanded for its variegated leaves rather than flower. The leaves are pea-green in the centre and creamy white at margins. They are a little larger than on other hibiscus varieties. The plant produces n ...


-	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'RUSSIAN VIOLET'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Russian Violet is a popular large-flowered variety of Rose-of-Sharon. Its flowers are purple pink with violet tones and a large burgundy red eye and rays in the centre. Blooming begins in early July and continues until sunn ...


-	2 - 3.5m	1.3 - 1.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'TOTUS ALBUS'
(rose-of-sharon)

Totus Albus is a very elegant variety that bears large, 7-9 cm across, flowers of pure white colour, sometimes with dwarf lacy petals in the center. They come out reliably every year in July and don’t stop blooming until all buds have gone - sometimes by end September. Pruning is not needed. B ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'WOODBRIDGE'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Woodbridge is an ideal choice for everyone who loves shiny-coloured flowers in summer. They are bright pink, sometimes of a faint lavender touch, with a bright red eye in the middle, small enough not to disturb the entire colour of the bloom. They come out every year in July and don’t stop blo ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Mineru' ERUPTION®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

ERUPTION® is a Rose-of-Sharon variety with large, up to 10 cm wide flowers. They are semi-double i.e. producing 5 large petals and several dwarf sepals in the centre whose size and quantity increases with age. They are ...


-	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'Minsyroi5' SUP'BLUE®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

SUP‘BLUE® Rose-of-Sharon boasts large, 11-12 cm wide, violet blue flowers with deep maroon eye in the centre. They are single and come out reliably every year in July and don’t stop blooming until all buds ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Minultra' ULTRAMARINE®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

ULTRAMARINE® is a striking Rose-of-Sharon variety from the breeders of Minier Nursery in France. Its large flowers are 10 cm across, deep violet blue with a typical burgundy red eye and veins in the centre. Blooming be ...


-	2 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodtwo' WHITE CHIFFON®
(rose-of-sharon)

WHITE CHIFFON® belongs to the Chiffon group hybridized by English botanist Dr.Roderick Woods. Showy flowers are pure white and large: 7-9 cm across and look double although from the botanical point of view they are single with dwarf lacy petals in the center. They come out reliabl ...


-	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Itea virginica 'HENRY'S GARNET'
(sweetspire)

Henry’s Garnet is a valued variety of sweetspire that received AGM (Award of Garden Merit) from the English Royal Horticultural Society. It is a selection with exceptional autumn colour and was first noticed by the Am ...


-	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°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 domestica 'RODE BOSKOOP'
(apple tree - late)

Malus domestica (Boskoopské červené, Boskoop Red)

Rode Boskoop (Boskoop Red) is a red version of an old and popular Dutch variety of Belle de Boskoop late apple. It produces incredibly large fruit that can weigh up to 250g. It is often irregular or rounded with ribs. The s ...


-	2.5 - 3.5m	2 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'JAMES GRIEVE RED'
(apple tree - early autumn)

James Grieve Red is a sport of James Grieve apple, found in 1922 with redder fruit. It produces very tasty, sweet and aromatic apples from end August until early October. The fruit is best eaten fresh off the tree. Under usual condition it can be stored for maximum of 2 months, ...


-	3 - 8m	2 - 4m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus domestica 'REINE DES REINETTES'
(apple tree - early autumn)

Malus domestica (Zlatá reneta, Goldparmäne, Parména zlatá, King of the Pippins)

Reine des Reinettes (King of the Pippins, Goldparmäne) is a mid-season apple with golden-orange skin, with profusion of red stripes. It is medium-sized, rounded, and can be picked from September until October, and stores we ...


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

Phillyrea latifolia
(mock privet)

Large-leaved mock privet is possibly the key feature of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe. They cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet is called large- ...


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

Phillyrea latifolia var. media
(moc privet)

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 recall ...


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

Phillyrea angustifolia
(narrow-leaved mock privet)

Narrow-leaved mock privet is another typical plant of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe, i.e. plants which cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet has n ...


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

Azalea japonica 'BLAAUW`S PINK'
(Japanese azalea)

Blaauw’s Pink has attractive, salmon pink small flowers with slightly darker throat. It has irregular growth and belongs to mid-sized azalea. Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate, only about 2-3 cm long. In semi-shade and shade they remain on the shrub throughout winter, if pla ...


-	0.3 - 1m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'JOHANNA'
(Japanese azalea)

Johanna is extremely popular for its deep red flowers anddark leaves. It flowers so abundantly that leaves almost disappear under the cloud of flowers. It is a slow grower forming a nice, mounding, compact shrub. Small, ovate to rounded leaves are mid green as they emerge, turning d ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'PURPLE SPLENDOR'
(Japanese azalea)

Purple Splendor is an old favourite with medium-sized, bright purple flowers with burgundy blotching and wavy margins of the petals. It belongs to the Gable hybrid group which means that its flowers appear later than on other Japanese azaleas – from end May until early June. It g ...


-	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'SNOW'
(Japanese azalea)

Snow is a pure white variety with large, scented flowers. It grows moderately fast into an irregular-shaped shrub. Leaves are mid to dark green, ovate, only about 2-3 cm long. In semi-shade and shade they remain on the shrub throughout winter, if placed in full sun it might lose a g ...


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

Azalea x 'ALADDIN SCOUT'
(Kurume azalea)

Aladdin Scout is a great Kurume azalea with profusion of soft red, large flowers. It blooms from end May until early June. Evergreen leaves are medium sized, deep green, and narrowly ovate. It grows medium fast in all direction forming a rounded bush. Azaleas can be clipped t ...


-	0.6 - 1.3m	0.6 - 1.3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'NUCCIO'S WILD CHERRY'
(Satsuki evergreen azalea)

Nuccio’s Wild Cherry is one of those great Satsuki azaleas with large flowers. They are cherry red with a light burgundy red blotch. It was bread by Nuccio Nursery of Southern California wich is a leading nursery for Satsuki azaleas and camellias. The flowers appear from e ...


-	0.5 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cornus kousa 'MILKY WAY'
(Japanese dogwood)

Milky Way is an old time favourite. It has snow white to creamy white flowers. Technically, they are not flowers but 4 flower bracts composed around small flower heads. They are 6-10 cm wide and conspicuous as they come out in June when the shrub is in leaf, and the foliage makes a den ...


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

Acer palmatum 'BI-HOO'
(Japanese maple)

Bi-hoo is a new Japanese maple variety found by maple enthusiast, Mr.Masayoshi, in Japan in 1993. It was introduced and licensed in Europe by Maillot Nurseries in France in 2004. It is valued predominantly for its stunning ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer palmatum 'KATSURA'
(Japanese maple)

Katsura is a Japanese maple that is highly decorative especially in spring, when new leaves emerge, and in autumn, when they change again. They are typically palmate, rather small, 5-lobed, chartreuse yellow-green with copp ...


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

Acer palmatum 'ORNATUM'
(japanese maple)

Ornatum is a cut-leaf Japanese maplecultivated mainly for its deeply lobed leaves of rich reddish brown, almost bronze colour in summer, and bright orange with red tones in autumn. The sgrub grows very slowly, forming a den ...


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

Acer palmatum 'WILSON'S PINK DWARF'
(Japanese maple)

Wilson's Pink Dwarf is a handsome guy in the family of dwarf Japanese maples. It only grows some 2m tall in a dense, vase shaped, bushy habit. Its most prominent feature is the colour of newly emerging leaves - they are a c ...


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

Acer palmatum 'GARNET'
(Japanese maple)

Garnet is one of the top selling Japanese maples ever. It has been popular around the world for many decades. Its filigree leaves are deeply cut = dissected, hence its name. They look like giant snowflakes cut in pieces and densely cover even young plants. The colour show begins with vibrant ...


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

Acer palmatum 'INABA SHIDARE'
(japanese maple)

It is hard to believe that only a few bare branches, which you can see in winter, can develop into such a stunning thing. Foliage of this shrub almost looks like a fluffy hairdo of a red-haired lady. The leaves are deeply cut and when young they are glossy and brownish-red, in summer they turn to de ...


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

Acer palmatum 'DISSECTUM'
(japanese maple)

Dissectum Viridis has light green, very soft, deciduous, deeply cut leaves with 7 or 9 lobes. To maintain its colour we recommend growing it in location with filtered sunlight or semi-shade as the leaves may show signs of sunburn in hot sun, or even change i ...


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

Acer campestre 'NANUM'
(field maple)

Nanum is a dwarf variety of Field maple, suitable for small gardens and avenues with limited space. It grows slowly into a small tree some 2.5m tall and wide. The leaves are deciduous, deep green, with 3-5 rounded lobes, tu ...


	1.5 - 3m	1.5 - 3m		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 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 monspessulanum
(Montpellier maple)

Montpellier maple is a typical Mediterranean tree commonly found in dry, coastal or mountainous landscapes of Portugal, France, and Italy. It makes small, three-lobed, leathery but deciduous leaves, which are medium green in summer, and turn yellow, amber orange or ...


	4 - 6m	4 - 6m		5 (down to -29°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 negundo 'VARIEGATUM'
(ash-leaved maple)

This is ash-leaved maple, also called box elder. Variegatum is a popular variety with pinnate leaves that are white and green and the ratio between the two colours is nearly 50:50 so the tree does look very white. The leaves are composed of 3-7 individual leaflets and are decidu ...


	3 - 7m	2 - 4m		2 (down to -45°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 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 rufinerve
(redvein maple)

Redvein maple, or also called Honshu maple according to its origin, belongs among acer species such as a. davidii or a. griseum sought after for their beautiful bark. Its natural habitat are mountainous forests of Japan, the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. ...


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

Abies pinsapo 'GLAUCA'
(Spanish fir)

Spanish fir is one of the most popular conifers with blue needles. It is also called hedgehog fir as the needles are short and stiff, regularly composed around its branches. The shape is broadly conical, very neat and regular. Glauca


	3 - 5m	1.5 - 2.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Asplenium scolopendrium 'CRISPUM'
(hart's tongue fern)

Asplenium scolopendrium (syn. phyllitis s.)

Crispum is a hart’s tongue fern variety from the undulatum group. Its narrow leaves are similar to Angustatum variety but exhibit gently crested margins. The ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°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

Polemonium caeruleum 'BRISE d'ANJOU'
(Jacob's ladder)

Brise d'Anjou is a Jacob's ladder variety from France from around 1995. It was found by Maurice and Rene Proteau in Brissac-Quince (west of France, about 100 km from Nantes) as a naturally occurring mutation of the species. ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Clethra alnifolia 'RUBY SPICE'
(summer-sweet)

Ruby Spice has flowers of has the deepest shade of pink so far selected. Flowers are bell-shaped, light pink, opening from rose buds, formed in upright racemes in July and August. They have a lovely, sweet fragrance, hence its name. Flower buds are deep pink. Oval leaves are decidu ...


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

Yucca filamentosa 'BRIGHT EDGE'
(Adam's needle)

Bright Edge is another variegated Adam’s needle. Its leaves are enriched with wide, bright yellow margins. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped leaves which are rigid but not s ...


-	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca filamentosa 'COLOR GUARD'
(Adam's needle)

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 ...


-	0.3 - 1.5m	0.5 - 0.8m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca flaccida 'GOLDEN SWORD'
(Adam's needle)

Golden Sword is an attractive variety of Adam’s needle with coloured leaves. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped, leaves which are rigid but not sharp when touched. They are bright yellow in the centre and pale green along the marg ...


-	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum davidii
(David viburnum)

David viburnum is a handsome, compact little shrub, with eye-catching foliage. The leaves have prominent, deep veins, which give this shrub an additional 3D image. They are elliptic, emerald green with rich red or burgundy red stalks, young twigs, and flower buds. ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1.3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum tinus 'GWENLLIAN'
(laurustinus)

Gwenllian is a bushy variety of laurustinus with bright purple red flower buds and lush evergreen foliage. Its leaves are 6-7 cm long, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and with conspic ...


-	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m		7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum tinus 'Anvi' SPIRIT
(laurustinus)

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 ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum tinus 'Loren' LISAROSE®
(laurustinus)

LISAROSE® laurustinus is a dense and many branched evergreen shrub of broadly upright habit. Its leaves are 6-7 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and gloss ...


-	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum opulus 'COMPACTUM'
(cranberrybush)

Cranberrybush is a low shrub offering three interesting features. The first of them, obviously, is the profusion of flowers in late spring. They are almost flat panicles composed of both sterile and fertile flowers that are followed by super-attractive vivid red, glossy berries from mid-summe ...


-	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.8m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Agapanthus 'POLAR ICE'
(African blue lily)

Unlike most of other African blue lilies which are blue this gem shows off with its pure white flowers. They are trumpet-shaped, composed in rich umbels and appear at the tips of about 60-80 cm long, sturdy stems. Strap-like leaves are about 2-3 cm wide, mid green. Blooming time begins with h ...


-	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lithodora diffusa 'HEAVENLY BLUE'
(lithodora)

Heavenly Blue is a perfect name for this lithodora which produces a plenty of small, sky blue flowers from late April until early June, and sporadically throughout the summer. Leaves are thick, deep green, and the plant for ...


-	0.2 - 0.2m	0.3 - 0.6m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Polystichum setiferum 'PROLIFERUM'
(soft shield fern)

Soft shield fern is what you probably imagine when the word “fern” comes up in conversation. It has the typical fern appearance with strong, semi-erect fronds. They are double-pinnate, bearing small, toothed leaflets along the midribs. They remain nice ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Dryopteris erythrosora
(Japanese Rosy Buckler fern)

Japanese Rosy Buckler fern is especially pretty for its bronze-pink new leaves. The fronds are of a classic fern appearance, about 40 cm tall and new growths are always erect. It forms a dense clump. It is evergreen and looks beautiful without any sign of damage do ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Dryopteris x remota
(scaly buckler fern)

Scaly buckler fern is a European hybrid between d. affinis and d. expansa. Its natural habitat is a wide belt from Ireland, across Central Europe to Est Asia. It is a graceful fern with large, arching fronds composed of small, finely dissected, glossy leaflets of m ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m		3 (down to -40°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

Catalpa bignonioides 'AUREA'
(Indian bean tree)

Aurea variey bears huge, tropical looking, heart shaped leaves (20-25 cm large), of bright yellow-green colour. They are slightly hairy like suede, pleasant to touch. They have interesting scent similar to tobacco leaves that allegedly repels insects. Beginning of summer 20-30 cm t ...


-	2 - 8m	2 - 6m		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

Gaillardia 'SpinTop YELLOW TOUCH'
(blanket flower)

SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Yellow Touch left me breathless when I first saw its ingenious ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.4m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja davidii 'ElstB1' MAGDA'S GOLD KNIGHT
(buddleja)

MAGDA’S GOLD KNIGHT is a natural mutation of Black Knight butterfly bush offering the same deep indigo violet blue flowers and yellow to chartreuse variegate ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'Tobud1305' BUTTERFLY TOWER
(butterfly bush)

BUTTERFLY TOWER is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating butterfly bush varieties. It was bred by Thompson and Morgan from England, possibly the most famous and longest running seeds and plant mail order company, and intr ...


-	1 - 2m	0.5 - 0.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucanthemum Ooh La™ 'LASPIDER'
(Shasta daisy)

LaSpider is a large-flowered Shasta daisy with fully double, snow white flowers. The petals are fringed and numerous, yet cannot hide golden yellow central discs. Flowers excel in longevity and commonly appear from about mi ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucanthemum Florleulag' Ooh La™ LA GRANDE
(Shasta daisy)

LA GRANDE is a large-flowered Shasta daisy with single, 6-8 cm wide flowers. They look immensely cheerful and pure with their bright yellow discs and show-white ray florets. Individual flowers excel in longevity (up to 4 we ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Coreopsis 'SOLAR MELLOW'
(tickseed)

Solar Mellow is another hybrid tickseed variety from the Solar series bred by Marco van Noort from the Netherlands. Why Solar? Simply because all of its flowers shine like a thousand of little suns, brightening up your day ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Coreopsis grandiflora 'EARLY SUNRISE'
(tickseed)

Early Sunrise is a profusely flowering tickseed with an extremely long bloom period. It produces semi-double or double flowers of golden yellow colour from early June until late autumn if the weather is sunny and relatively ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhamnus frangula 'Ron Williams' FINE LINE®
(Fine Line buckthorn)

Fine Line® buckthorn is a gorgeous shrub which in its few years on the market has managed to gain attention of many gardeners as well as landscape architects. It is a result of cross-pollination carried out by Ronald Williams in 1989, but only in 1999 he selected plants showing st ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Genista sagittalis
(winged broom)

Winged broom or arrow-shaped broom is an attractive species from the fabaceae family. Its natural habitat spreads from South and Central Europe to Balkan. It forms low shrubs with green, prostrate branches and profusion of flowers. Winged broom is cultivated fo ...


-	0.1 - 0.2m	0.5 - 0.8m		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

Cryptomeria japonica 'LITTLE DIAMOND'
(dwarf Japanese cedar)

Little Diamond is another dwarf variety of Japanese cedar. It was found in the Netherlands in 1990. It is very similar to Little Champion or


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'BOHEMA PINK'
(avens)

Bohema Pink is a Polish variety of avens bred by Przemysław Godlewski and introduced in 2020. It boasts large, almost 5 cm across, semi-double flowers with extremely frilly margins and yellow centres. They are a unique shad ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'LADY STRATHEDEN'
(avens)

Lady Stratheden, aka Goldball, is a hybrid Chilean avens with rich golden yellow flowers. They are semi-double, 3-4,5 cm across, and open frm as early as late May atop 40-60 cm tall stems. If regularly dead-headed, strong p ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Andromeda polifolia 'BLUE ICE'
(bog rosemary)

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 pla ...


-	0.2 - 0.6m	0.6 - 1m		2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Andromeda polifolia 'COMPACTA'
(bog rosemary)

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 abund ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.4m		2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lythrum 'Flothrum Robin' ROBIN
(loosestrife)

Robin loosestrife is a sister (or brother?) variety of Robert loosestrife. It has almost identical colour of its the 5-petalled, star-shaped. They are bougainvill ...


-	0.5 - 1.3m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'NATCHEZ'
(crape myrtle)

Natchez is another hardy hybrid of crape myrtle. It has profusion of white flowers from mid summer. Deciduous leaves are 3-4 cm long, elliptic to obovate, very glossy, mid green in summer, turning red and orange in autumn. Older plants reveal cinnamon red flaking-off bark. Natch ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'PINK VELOUR'®
(crape myrtle)

Pink Velour® is a very attractive crape myrtle with upright panicles of pink-red to purple red flowers with crepe margins and rich yellow stamens in the centre. It starts flowering earlier than the species which makes it suitable for colder regions where the summer begins a ...


-	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'SARAH'S FAVOURITE'
(crepe myrtle)

Sarah’s Favourite is one of the hardiest crape myrtle hybrids. It makes a profusion of white flowers composed in large racemes, similar to those on lilac hence its other name summer lilac. Flowers are produced from la ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'Gamad VI' BERRY DAZZLE®
(crepe myrtle)

BERRY DAZZLE® is another crape myrtle introduction by Michael A.Dirr from Georgia, USA. It is a chance seedling of Pocomoke from 2002 forming small, compact and very dense shrubs with bright fuchsia pink flowers, compo ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pterocarya fraxinifolia
(Caucasian wing nut)

Caucasian wing nut is one of my favorite trees. I first saw it growing in the castle garden of Třeboň chateau where it was ingeniously and logically placed as a focal point in the front of the main facade. And despite its size I knew immediately that I wanted to gr ...


	15 - 20m	10 - 15m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe 'Blule1801' DARK DIAMOND®
(leucothoe)

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 branch ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.6m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe 'Zeblid®' SCARLETTA®
(leucothoe)

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 we ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe axillaris 'CURLY RED'®
(leucothoe)

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 st ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.6m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal50' BURNING LOVE®
(leucothoe)

BURNING LOVE® leucothoe is a keiskei species i.e. it makes narrowly lanceolate leaves with a conspicuous tip. They are evergreen, leathery, very glossy, and change colours from crimso ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lavandula angustifolia 'HIDCOTE'
(lavender)

Hidcote is a very popular variety of lavender with the brightest violet-blue flowers. It forms a compact and dense clump, ideal for beds where tall and leggy perennial is not required. Evergreen leaves are narrow, silvery blue-green. You can remove the stalks with spent flowers ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m			5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lavandula angustifolia 'SILVER LEAF'
(lavender)

Lavender is so widespread around the world that exalting its beauty is like carrying coals to Newcastle. And for the same reason - so many plants in cultivation in different conditions there are numerous more or less conspicuous variations that usually slip away un ...


-	0.6 - 0.8m	0.4 - 0.6m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lewisia cotyledon 'MOUNTAIN DREAMS'
(lewisia)

LewisiaMountain Dreams is a variety forming thick rosettes of symmetrically layered everg ...


-	0.1 - 0.1m	0.2 - 0.4m		6 (down to -23°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

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

Corylus avellana 'CONTORTA'
(corkscrew hazel)

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 Ella ...


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

Lobelia x speciosa STARSHIP™ SCARLET
(lobelia)

STARSHIP™ SCARLET is one of the modern lobelia varieties offering first year flowering, longer life and reliable hardiness down to USDA zone 6. It is a part of a small STARSHIP™ series developed by Kieft Seeds, ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Saxifraga 'PETER PAN'
(mossy saxifrage)

Peter Pan is a mossy saxifrage variety with beautiful rich red flowers atop thin, about 10 cm tall stems. It forms a compact clump of evergreen, soft green leaves. Flowers come out in profusion from mid spring and create a ...


-	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lupinus WEST COUNTRY™ 'DESERT SUN'
(lupine)

Desert Sun is another gem among yellow flowering lupines and the breeder herself describes the colour as rich mustard yellow. I would agree only in case she means mustard flower, not mustard cream. The colour is bright yell ...


-	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lupinus WEST COUNTRY™ 'MANHATTAN LIGHTS'
(lupines)

Sarah Conibear from the Westcountry Nurseries is the breeder of many successful lupines varieties that have achieved a lot of medals including a gold medal from the Chelsea Flower Show Centenary Year. The nursery is located in the north-west of Devon, UK, and is pr ...


-	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lupinus WEST COUNTRY™ 'PERSIAN SLIPPER'
(lupine)

I like Persian Slipper lupine very much. It exhibits such a neat and subtle beauty combining rich pastel violet and white, fragrant flowers in one inflorescence. It is another WESTCOUNTRY™


-	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lupinus WEST COUNTRY™ MAGIC LANTERN
(lupine)

Magic Lantern is a unique lupine variety from the West Country™ series which was a tribute for John Walker, a dear friend of the breeder who taught her a lot about lupins. It makes dense inflorescence combining deep v ...


	0.7 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lupinus WEST COUNTRY™ RED RUM
(lupine)

Red Rum lupine will not ban you from driving but if you like red flowers it can easily drive you mad with its vibrant shades of cold red combined with a white fleck. It is from the West Country™ series and reaches alm ...


-	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Daphne mezereum 'RUBRA'
(mezereon)

One of the first plants to flower at the end of winter is this mezereon. Well before the first spring trees open their buds you can find this plant flowering in the wild, along the paths in the woods or on sunny meadows. Its natural habitat is Europe. Mezereon is a deciduous shrub with upr ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.6m		4 (down to -34°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 '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 grandiflora 'FRANCOIS TREYVE'
(southern magnolia)

Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. The ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'LITTLE GEM'
(southern magnolia)

Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. ...


-	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m		6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'MARYLAND'
(southern magnolia)

Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties available. MarylandMarylandwhich offers something unique – different leaf colour as it is ...


-	3 - 8m	2 - 4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora ALTA® ('T.M.G.H.')
(southern magnolia)

ALTA® is a gorgeous southern magnolia of dense habit and narrowly columnar, very elegant shape that looks like a candle flame. From the first hot days of summer large – 20-24 cm across, creamy white, strongly swe ...


-	3 - 6m	1 - 2m		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 ...


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

Mahonia aquifolium
(Oregon grape)

Oregon grape is an evergreen shrub with leathery, deep green, highly 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 yell ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 2m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Mahonia x media 'WINTER SUN'
(grape holly)

Another selection of grape holly comes from Irish nursery Slieve Donard. Its name “Winter Sun” is perfect as it really starts flowering well before Christmas if the beginning of winter is mild without substantial frosts. If the frosts come early the buds (unless damaged by extremely hars ...


-	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Papaver orientale 'BEAUTY OF LIVERMERE'
(oriental poppy)

Oriental poppy is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Beauty Of Livermere is a similar variety to Brilliant, but Beauty's flowers are one tone deeper red. They are 10-14 cm across a ...


-	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rubus idaeus = MALINY
(raspberry)

VARIETIES Idaeus is the botanical species of raspberry producing slightly oval, rich pink-red fruit that is very aromatic, medium sweet, and its juice has a rich colour. It matures in early July is best eaten fresh, either off the bush or in fruit ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'OSTBO RED'
(mountain laurel)

Ostbo Red is a very popular variety with the darkest red buds. Flowers are pink and make aperfect contrast with dark red buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shade ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'PINWHEEL'
(mountain laurel)

Pinwheel is a unique variety with regular, star-shaped, crimson to burgundy red marbling inside the flower. The margins are almost white same as the buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are many cultivars combining all sorts of ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'STERNTALER'
(mountain laurel)

Sterntaler mountain laurel is a successful result of a controlled breeding programme hybridizing two older varieties: Ginkona and


-	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Pmoore03' WINTER GEM
(Himalayan sweet box)

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 so ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Sarsid1' FRAGRANT VALLEY™
(Himalayan sweet box)

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 ...


-	0.3 - 0.4m	0.5 - 1m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Thymus vulgaris
(thyme)

Thyme is a low, prostrate shrub of Mediterranean origin that is commonly known as lovely spices in kitchens worldwide. Nevertheless, it is also a pretty plant that evokes the typical coastal atmosphere of Mediterranean gardens if planted in borders with other, alike shrubs. Thyme is a grou ...


-	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.6m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ribes sanguineum 'KING EDWARD VII'
(flowering currant)

Flowering currant is one of the most beautiful and easy-to-grow plants with early spring flowering. The flowers are formed in short, pending racemes. Their colour is bright pinkish-red and they come out gradually for about 3 weeks as the racemes grow. Deciduous leaves are palmate, lobed, mid ...


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

Kniphofia uvaria 'FLAMENCO'
(torch lily)

Red hot poker is an attractive perennial making 60-100 cm long stalks with coral-red funnel-shaped flowers at the top, yellow at the bottom. They come out in June and continue blooming until August. Narrow, linear leaves are deep green and evergreen in temperate climate. It needs deep, humus- ...


-	0.6 - 1m			5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia 'PAPAYA POPSICLE'™
(torch lily)

Papaya is said to be one of the most delicious fruits on Earth when picked up at the right time, fresh from the tree. No wonder that one might want to taste the flowers of this new torch lily called Papaya Popsicle™. ...


-	0.4 - 0.5m	0.3 - 0.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia uvaria 'GRANDIFLORA'
(torch lily)

Grandiflora is a rather robust torch lily variety, similar to Flamenco. It bears dense, fat, narrowly ovate, spike-like inflorescence composed of small, glossy, tubular flowers. They are yellow at the bottom, orange in the ...


-	0.6 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'McKAY'S WHITE'
(cinquefoil)

White flowering cinquefoil McKay’s White was discovered by an employee of McKay’s Nursery in Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA, as a sport of an older cinquefoil variety Katherine Dykes. It features almost snow-white, 2. ...


-	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.5m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'Kupinpa' PINK PARADISE®
(cinquefoil)

PINK PARADISE® cinquefoil is a natural mutation of an older variety Pink Beauty (1987). It makes about 2.5 cm large, single to semi-double flowers of bright ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'Minrouge01' RED'ISSIMA®
(cinquefoil)

RED‘ISSIMA® cinquefoil makes about 3 cm wide, single flowers which are deep scarlet red during cooler days of spring and early autumn, and rather orange on hot summer days. Blooming begins in June and continues u ...


-	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m		3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE BUNNY'
(blue holly)

Blue Bunny is a nice newcomer among blue hollies from Canada. It is a brother (male variety) of Golden Girl which is a female version with yellow berries. Blue Bunny is a perfect pollinator for all female varieties of b ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'Hach 1' HECKENBLAU®
(blue holly)

HECKENBLAU® ('Hedge Blue') is another Hecken- variety of so-called blue holly, again from Germany. It is an upright, moderately growing shrub with evergreen foliage. Leaves are dark green, broadly elliptic to almost ro ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENSTAR®'
(blue holly)

Heckenstar® is quite a novelty from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 1998. It is a cross ilex aquifolium „Pyramidalis“ and ilex x meserveae R ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae GOLDEN GIRL®
(blue holly)

GOLDEN GIRL ® is probably the first ever patented holly with yellow berries in the world, US plant patent 7652 from 1990, as a cross between ilex aquifolium ´Fructa Lutea´and ilex rugosa . Yellow fruits are an awesome feature because it never happened with any other blue ho ...


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

Ilex x meserveae BLUE MAID®
(blue holly)

Blue Maid® is a female variety of blue holly. It produces abundance of tiny, white flowers in spring that are followed by attractive berries in autumn. They are bright red and glossy, and remain on the plant until the ...


	1.5 - 3.5m	1 - 1.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Indigofera himalayensis 'SILK ROAD'
(Himalayan indigo)

Himalayan indigo is an unusual shrub from the mountainous parts of Pakistan, Nepal and India. Its deciduous, compound leaves are soft green and look like miniature locust leaves. Flowers cannot be compared to anything you normally see growing in Central European ga ...


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

Larix kaempferi 'GREY PEARL'
(Japanese larch)

Grey Pearl is a picturesque dwarf variety of Japanese larch. It is a low growing shrub with soft, deciduous needles that emerge fresh green and soon turn silvery blue green. It makes a fluffy appearance and is almost irresi ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.6 - 1.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja 'LOCHINCH'
(buddleja)

Lochinch is a hybrid butterfly bush which originated as a natural mutation in the gardens of the Lochinch Castle in Scotland around 1940. It is possibly a hybrid between the most utilized b.davidii and its Chinese relative, ...


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

Buddleja LO&BEHOLD® 'PINK MICRO CHIP'
(butterfly bush)

Pink Micro Chip is a dwarf butterfly bush from the LO&BEHOLD® series bred by Dennis James Werner from the North Carolina State University, USA. It is a planned breeding program ...


-	0.4 - 0.6m	0.5 - 0.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja davidii 'ADONIS BLUE'
(butterfly bush)

Adonis was very handsome which is why this butterfly bush has his name – Adonis Blue. The flowers are deep indigo blue and violet with orange throat. The inflorescence may look like lilac hence its other name: summer ...


-	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja davidii 'BORDER BEAUTY'
(butterfly bush)

Border Beauty is a another butterfly bush proved by time. It was bred already in 1962, by a Dutch breeder Henry Schiphorst. It produces about 20 cm long, dense panicles of purple violet flowers with orange throat. Individua ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'EMPIRE BLUE'
(butterfly bush)

Empire Blue is a butterfly bush variety bearing rich violet flowers with an orange eye. The inflorescence may look like lilac hence its other name: summer lilac. However, it can get misleading as summer lilac is more often ...


-	1.5 - 2m	1 - 2m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fuchsia magellanica 'RICCARTONII'
(hardy fuchsia)

Fuchsias are back in fashion these days, mainly because more and more countries are testing the so-called hardy fuchsias which are aimed to live outdoors, in garden beds and borders. They are usually magellanica hybrids. Ricartonii is a short, upright shrub with pendent, sin ...


-	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m		6 (down to -23°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

Amelanchier alnifolia 'OBELISK'
(Saskatoon)

Saskatoon is a native Canadian species of juneberry. It is cultivated for very tasty and juicy fruit which are deep purple to blue-purple berries similar to blueberries. They are formed in short clusters and best picked when fully ...


-	1 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		1 (down to -46°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Nandina domestica 'LemLim' MAGICAL LEMON & LIME
(nandina)

MAGICAL LEMON & LIME nandina comes from American town Locustville in Virgina. It is a chance seedling of open pollinated plants of nandina domestica Aurea. Its most significant features are habit and leaf colour. MAGICAL LE ...


	0.4 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.6m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Nandina domestica 'FIREPOWER'
(heavenly bamboo)

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 ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 1m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sempervivum, Jovibarba
(houseleek)

Houseleek is in fact a plant of two genus - sempervivum and jovibarba. They are so similar that the trade does not really differentiate them, possibly also because sempervivum is an accepted synonym for jovibarba. Houseleek comes from mountainous regi ...


-	0.1 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stachyurus chinensis 'CELINA'
(Chinese spiketail)

Chinese spiketail is a lovely shrub from China with handsome racemes of pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers in early spring. Flower buds are beginning to form in late summer and in case of Celina variety they open up in end March or early April, contrasting beautifully with the pur ...


-	1 - 2.5m	1 - 3m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Malus 'Courtarou' COCCINELLA®
(crab apple)

Coccinella® is a relatively new variety of crab apple. It is protected as a registered trademark and its features speak for itself. The flowers are pale to rich purple, with tints of red rather than pink as on ornamental cherries. Moreover, this selection has burgundy leaves and dark red branch ...


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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

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'HEAVENLY BLUE'
(bluebeard)

Heavenly Blue is a favourite variety of bluebeard. It has profusion of purple-blue flowers at the end of summer that attract bumble bees and butterflies. The leaves are deep green on the upper side and silvery blue-green beneath. They have an interesting scent which recalls cook ...


-	0.4 - 0.8m	0.4 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Inoveris' GRAND BLEU®
(bluebeard)

Bravo to French cultivators who come up with this new variety of bluebeard! Want to hear why we are so excited about it? Compared to its parent this one has deep green, larger leaves with silvery underneath; deeper blue and more numerous flowers; its flowering period is rather extended from m ...


-	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.8m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aquilegia vulgaris WINKY 'Red White'
(columbine)

WINKY series of columbine comprises of strong varieties of several colors. They form compact and symmetrical clumps which look like precisely hand-tied bouquets. WINKY Red White pro ...


-	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m		2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aquilegia vulgaris WINKY 'Rose'
(columbine)

WINKY series of columbine comprises of strong varieties of several colors. They form compact and symmetrical clumps which look like precisely hand-tied bouquets. WINKY Rose is espec ...


	0.1 - 0.1m				for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Delphinium 'M.F. Dark Blue/Dark Bee'
(larkspur)

This variety of larkspur has a long and complicated name where M.F. stands for Magic Fountains which is a range of mid-sized larkspur with good stems and large flowers, and Dark Blue/Dark Bee simply describes the flower colours. Outer petals are deep indigo blue an ...


-	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Delphinium 'MISTY MAUVES'
(larkspur)

Misty Mauves is a fantastic larkspur variety with double flowers. They open lilac pink and change to mauve or almost pale indigo blue. Individual flowers are mostly semi-double, some are fully double, and exceptionally a fe ...


-	0.8 - 1.3m	0.3 - 0.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'ZEBRINUS'
(zebra grass)

Zebra grass, formerly known as Strictus, is an old favourite among eulalias. It has stiff, upright, bright green leaves with horizontal creamy yellow stripes which make it the popular zebr ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	1.3 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'ELIZABETH RED FOLIAGE'
(rhododendron)

Elizabeth Red Foliage is a unique novelty with new leaves of deep burgundy-red colour, just like new foliage of pieris. Funnel-shaped flowers are deep red. For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will perform superbly provide ...


-	1.3 - 1.8m	1.3 - 1.8m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'MACARENA'
(rhododendron)

Can you still recall how to dance Macarena? Well, refresh your memory because once you get yourself this gorgeous rhododendron hybrid, you will dance around the bush every other day when it starts blooming. The hose-in-hose flowers are very wide: 9-10 cm, deep golden yellow in t ...


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

Rhododendron 'MARCEL MENARD'
(rhododendron)

„Marcel Menard“ is truly a unique looking rhody with deep violet-purple flowers with a golden flare. It grows slower than others and remains compact. For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. It prefers bright to dappled shade or partial shade (partial sun). The roots ...


-	1.3 - 1.5m	1.3 - 1.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'NOVA ZEMBLA'

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