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Abelias belong to the most popular flowering shrubs of dwarf to small sizes, mainly thanks to its long flowering period: June-October. Variety Edward Goucher was introduced by a botanist of the same name in the USA in 1911 as a cross between abelia x grandiflora and abelia schumannii.
This elegan ...
VI - X
0,3 - 1m
0,3 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 pale pink, funnel-shaped, tiny flowers. This ...
VII - IX
0,2 - 0,5m
0,2 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kaleidoscope® is another novelty of the turn of the century. It drags attention thanks to its multicoloured foliage, but not only that. This abelia was found as a naturally occurring mutation of abelia x grandiflora “Little Richard” by nurseryman Randall Dale Lindsey in North Caroli ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Glossy abelia is a garden hybrid between abelia chinensis and abelia uniflora, and is sometimes also called abelia rupestris. Its dominant feature is profuse flowering from late June until late autumn. Flowers are small, funnel-shaped, pure white, and decorated by pale red calyxes thanks to which th ...
VII - X
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Caucasian fir is perhaps the most beautiful conifer of our climate. No wonder that it is also a commercial bestseller as a Christmas tree. Its short needles densely cover the branches; they are deep green and very glossy, with silvery undersides. Fresh growths are intensely bright green.
The growth ...
12 - 18m
3 - 5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Algerian fir is a beautiful conifer from North Africa (Algiers, Morocco) and is widely cultivated in South Europe (the Mediterranean). It is very tolerant to drought, heat, and poor soil but very sensitive to pollution and long-lasting frost under -23°C.
The needles are short and stiff, and densely ...
6 - 15m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, turning yellow in autumn. It naturally forms dense and many branched, rounded c ...
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 scarlet red in autumn. Its flowers ...
4 - 6m
4 - 6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Jerre Schwartz Japanese maple was bred by one of the prominent American lovers and growers of Japanese maples, Billy Schwartz of the Green Mansions Nursery in Pennsylvania, and it was introduced to the market in 2005. It belongs to the dwarf varieties, as at the age of 15 years, it is no more than a ...
1,5 - 2,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 coppery margins in early spring, rich green in summer, and glowing golden-yellow ...
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shindeshojo is a classic variety of Japanese maple that offers exactly what these plants are popular for: bright colours of spring and autumn foliage. Shindeshojo has palmate, 5- or 7-lobed deciduous leaves which emerge fire engine red in spring, turn olive green with pink and white speckles in summ ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese maple Skeeter's Broom is a witch's broom found on an older and popular variety Bloodgood. It differs from the parent plant in more ways - it is smaller, more compact, and has foliage of a richer red.
Skeeter's Broom maple produces deciduous, palmate, 5-lobed leaves which emerge glowing cri ...
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 red in ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sango-kaku is a Japanese maple that has so many colours that we are lost for words. Its main attraction is the colour of bark which is orangey-red in summer and bright coral red in winter. The palmate leaves have 5 lobes and emerge orangey-yellow with salmon pink shades, changing to light green or y ...
2 - 4m
1 - 2,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 its colour in full sun and dry soil.
The ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Globe is a dwarf Norway maple i.e. one of those with large leaves as opposed to Japanese maples with small and dissected foliage. One of the big advantage of Norway maple is its resistance against majority of common tree diseases and pests. And it will grow almost anywhere.
Golden Globe vari ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
3 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MORGAN is a beautifully coloured variety of scarlet maple, which was discovered in 2002 by Ray Tate from the Angel Creek Nursery in Bishop, Georgia, USA. It was a single mutation among a number of October Glory seedlings planted at a nearby nursery in Morgan County. Among the 58 existing varieties o ...
10 - 20m
6 - 12m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pyramidale is a silver maple variety with attractive, deeply cut foliage with prominent red veins. The leaves are deciduous, rich green in summer, turning yellow, golden and orange-red in autumn. The tree forms a widely columnar canopy and is fast growing. Its branches may have a tendency to break, ...
12 - 18m
4 - 6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
I'm not a huge fan of multi-coloured combinations — I admit that. But when I visited the Plantarium trade fair in 2023 and saw the exhibition by the Dutch company Florensis, showcasing their rising star — a modern yarrow series called Milly Rock, planted in mixed containers with three to five shade ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Skysail Yellow is a yarrow variety from the Skysail series brought by the Dutch company Dümmen Orange. It makes bright yellow flowers that turn beige to pale orange as they mature while the centres remain deep yellow. It begins to bloom in June atop short and firm stems only 30-40 cm in height, and ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MILLY ROCK™ RED yarrow makes warm red flowers with yellow centres composed in almost flat corymbs atop about 30-40 cm tall stems. Flowering begins in June and continues until late August. Fern-like leaves are finely cut and rich grass green, basal leaves are larger than stem leaves. Removing s ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MILLY ROCK™ YELLOW TERRACOTTA yarrow makes attractive flowers combining brick orange-red and pastel yellow colours. They are composed in almost flat corymbs atop about 30-40 cm tall stems. Flowering begins in June and continues until late August. Fern-like leaves are finely cut and rich grass ...
VI - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Millenium is a beautiful variety of ornamental onion with about 30 cm tall, strong stems atop which appear 4-5 cm wide flower heads composed of numerous rich lilac pink, slightly fragrant flowers. They open from early July and continue blooming for about 4-6 weeks, sometimes there are belated flower ...
VII - VIII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ripe = when it turns the deepest colour. It can be used in any way yo ...
IV - IV
1 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
1 (down to -46°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 red or dee ...
IV - V
2 - 6m
2 - 5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Ice is a variety of bog rosemary with bright silvery blue leaves. They are linear-lance-shaped, 2-3 cm long. Urn-shaped flowers appear from mid spring until early summer and are light pink. It is a slow growing, mound-forming or ground-covering.
It loves moist to wet places with humus-rich, co ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,6m
0,6 - 1m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hart’s tongue fern is an attractive species with large, evergreen leaves. It was widespread in Europe, West Asia, and North America but in some locations including Czech Republic it is already listed among endangered species.
Hart’s tongue fern is the only hardy fern with entire foliag ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fanal astilbe is one of the earliest varieties with red flowers. It begins to bloom in mid June and forms rich raspberry red flowers atop 30-50 cm tall stems. Leaves are divided, healthy, glossy, mahogany red as they emerge and turning dark green before flowering starts. It was awarded AGM (Award of ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Montgomery is a japonica hybrid astilbe awarded AGM (Award of Garden Merit) by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It produces rich raspberry red flowers in erect, triangular inflorescence from late June until midsummer. They are held atop almost 50 cm tall, dark stems above dark green leaves whi ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Washington astilbe is as iconic as the White House in the US capital of the same name (plus the D.C., obviously). Elegant yet ostentatious, tall enough not to be overlooked but not so much to overshadow its surroundings, and pure in colour like the endeavour of anyone who swears an oath to his count ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YOUNIQUE™ is a trade name of a new astilbe series from the Netherlands. Plants from this series excel in abundant flowering and healthy foliage. YOUNIQUE™ Carmine (‘Verscarmine’) is a variety from 2009, bred by Jan Verschoor, with deep carmine red flowers that look like baroq ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YOUNIQUE™ is a trade name of a new astilbe series from the Netherlands. Plants from this series excel in abundant flowering and healthy foliage. They are a cross between a.arendsii and a.japonica, bred by Jan Verschoor. YOUNIQUE™ Silverypink is variety with dense, bright silvery pink plumes. They bl ...
VI - VII
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Pink Pride is one of the more vividly coloured masterwort varieties, celebrated for both its flower appeal and ease of cultivation. It is a medium-tall perennial with blooms in soft purple to antique pink tones, reminiscent of Scabiosa-like flower heads. Interestingly, its most striking feature is t ...
VI - VII
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
Golden King is another selection of old Crotonifolia variety with heavily variegated leaves. The blotches of various size always cover at least 50% of the whole foliage area, and in spring new leaves emerge striking yellow. They are evergreen, glossy, and extremely large for a hardy plant - about 10 ...
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 azalea grows slowly, m ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 placed in full sun ...
IV - V
0,3 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, ovate, only about 2-3 ...
V - VI
0,3 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Girard’s Rose is another Girard azalea variety that originated in Girard Nurseries in Ohio, USA. Flowers of this one are bright rosy pink and open up in May. The evergreen foliage is mid green, turning deep burgundy red in autumn and winter, changing back to green with warm days of spring. Gir ...
V - V
0,3 - 0,6m
0,6 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Girard’s Fuchsia is an eye-catching Japanese azalea with vivid magenta-pink flowers. They appear quite large – 4-4,5 cm on the background of small leaves. The evergreen foliage is mid green, turning deep burgundy red in autumn and winter, changing back to green with warm days of spring. ...
V - VI
0,4 - 1m
0,4 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hot Shot Variegated is a Japanese azalea with small, elliptic, dark green leaves with white margins. They are evergreen in zone 7 and semi-evergreen in zone 6 when temperature drops below -18°C. The plant will always make new leaves in spring again even it loses foliage completely. The flowers are l ...
V - V
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
After a success of variegated azalea cultivars Silver Sword and Hot Shot Variegated, there is a new one called Silver Queen. It boasts extra large, pure pink, openly funnel-shaped flowers in May. Evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic, acuminate, glossy, mid green with thin creamy white margins. Sil ...
V
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hybrid azalea Carolina is a typical item for collectors and everyone who loves multi-coloured flowers. Their centres are almost entirely purplish-pink while the margins show rich white variegation. This effect is similar to another Robin Hill variety called Conversation Piece, however, Carolina doe ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 starts blooming in ear ...
VI - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 one. It is not only ...
VI - VII
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade / partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 July and continue blo ...
VII - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
