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Andromeda polifolia 'BLUE LAGOON'
(bog rosemary)

Blue Lagoon is a Bog rosemary with clear blue-grey leaves with silvery hues. They are evergreen, linear-lance-shaped, rosemary-like, 2-3 cm long. Urn-shaped, soft pink flowers appear from mid spring (April/May) and often la ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Arbutus unedo
(strawberry tree)

Strawberry tree is another of my favourite evergreen plant, formerly classified as tender in C.E. continental climate, but we began a long-running trial where we test a group of Mediterranean plants for their hardiness. It started when we noticed that many macchia ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Arbutus unedo 'ATLANTIC'
(hardy strawberry tree)

Atlantic is a French variety of strawberry tree selected and introduced by the Pepinieres Minier in 1993. It boasts a neat and well-behaved habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly o ...


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

Arbutus unedo 'COMPACTA'
(hardy strawberry tree)

Compacta is a strawberry tree selection found many years ago as a seedling of the species. It boasts a neat and well-behaved habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly obovate, 5-7 cm ...


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

Arbutus unedo f. RUBRA
(strawberry tree)

Rubra is a common name for all forms of strawberry tree with red flowers. Only those plants which also boast other distinct features were selected and registered as individual varieties. It makes evergreen, narrowly oval to ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Armeria pseudarmeria 'BALLERINA RED'
(great thrift)

Ballerina Red is a great thrift variety from the Ballerina series with large, globular flower heads composed of rosy red flowers. Flowers are produced continuously from April till June atop strong, 20-30 cm tall stems. Ever ...


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

Armeria pseudarmeria DREAMERIA® 'SWEET DREAMS'
(great thrift)

Sweet Dreams armeria bears clear pink flowers composed in 3-4 cm wide, spherical flowerheads atop sturdy, 15-20 cm tall, leafless stems. The inflorescence resembles ornamental onion flowers but without any scent. They bloom ...


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

Artemisia 'POWIS CASTLE'
(wormwood)

Powis Castle is an English variety of wormwood that is also called Brass Band. It is most likely a spontaneous hybrid between the species a. arborescens and a. absinthium from the Middle East where wormwoods willingly hybri ...


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

Asplenium scolopendrium
(hart's tongue fern)

Asplenium scolopendrium (syn. phyllitis s.)

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 t ...


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Aucuba japonica 'ROZANNIE'
(Japanese aucuba)

Rozannie is an elegant variety of Japanese aucuba. Some might think that it looks too ordinary compared to the other varieties with coloured leaves but the truth is that not every landscape needs a splash of variegated foliage. Rozannie is a compact aucuba shrub with deep green, ...


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

Aucuba japonica var. longifolia 'SALICIFOLIA'
(Japanese laurel)

Salicifolia is a Japanese laurel variety from the longifolia group. It has very attractive, evergreen, partially drooping, narrowly lance-shaped leaves that are highly glossy and almost lack typical serration at marg ...


	0.8 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.8m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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 ...


	0.4 - 0.8m	0.4 - 1m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'ANOUK'
(Japanese azalea)

Anouk is an extraordinary variety of dwarf habit but with large flowers. It grows slowly into a ground-covering shriu with less conspicuous horizontal layers. The flowers are pink and rather wide, when in full bloom they look as if someone dropped a basket of freshly cut rhododendron f ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade / partial sun	5b (down to -27°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		semi-shade / partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'ELSIE LEE'
(Japanese azalea)

Elsie Lee is a fantastic Japanese azalea variety bred already in 1960. It produces large, 5-7 cm across, double flowers of pastel pink colour. They come out in profusion usually from mid May for 2-3 weeks. Evergreen leaves ...


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

Azalea japonica 'FAVORITE'
(Japanese azalea)

Favorite azalea is probably so favourite that it the American Azalea Society list of varieties it is entered 6 times, each time in a different group. And try google it. Poor chap will not find a single entry matching all words correctly. So let’s make ...


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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 '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 ...


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Azalea japonica 'KÖNIGSTEIN'
(Japanese azalea)

Königstein is an old fortress near Dresden, Germany, as well as a name for this Japanese azalea. It was bred at Pillnitzer castle gardens, close to Königstein fortress. It is a slow and dense growing plant with profusion of large, 3-4 cm across, widely open, purple-violet flowers with ...


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Azalea japonica 'LITTLE RED'
(Japanese azalea)

Little Red is another compact Japanese azalea variety. It might be compared to perhaps Marushka unlike which Little Red is more upright, yet slow growing; or to Allotria variety which tends to grow larger and a little leggy ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.8 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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 '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 ...


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Azalea japonica 'Hachjuli' JULIETTE (Syn. Hachmann's Juliette)
(Japanese azalea)

JULIETTE is an evergreen Japanese azalea bred by Holger Hachmann in 1990 as a cross between Squirrel and Chippewa. It was introduced in 2004. Its flowers are 3-4 cm across, open wide, soft red to salmon red with orange tone ...


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Azalea japonica 'Minsam7' FLASH DANCE® SALMON
(Japanese azalea)

FLASH DANCE® is a modern series of evergreen azaleas from French nursery Minier from 2017. FLASH DANCE® SALMON produces large, single flowers that are soft salmon pink, an ...


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Azalea japonica 'Minsam9' FLASH DANCE® PINK
(Japanese azalea)

FLASH DANCE® is a modern series of evergreen azaleas from French nursery Minier from 2017. FLASH DANCE® PINK produces semi-double flowers with two rows of larger petals, ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.8 - 1.3m	semi-shade / partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea japonica 'Walmauvruf' WALBERTON'S® MAUVE RUFFLES
(Japanese azalea)

WALBERTON’S® MAUVE RUFFLES is an evergreen azalea producing extraordinary flowers. They are large, semi-double or fully double, mauve to lilac pink with ruffled margins. They open in profusion from about late Apr ...


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Azalea japonica 'Walpinruf' WALBERTON'S® PINK RUFFLES
(Japanese azalea)

WALBERTON‘S® PINK RUFFLES is an evergreen azalea producing extraordinary flowers. They are large, semi-double or fully double, clear pink with ruffled margins. They open in profusion from about late April for 3-4 ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.3m	semi-shade / partial sun	5b (down to -27°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	full to partial sun	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 ...


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Azalea x 'RLH1-1P2' REPETITA® RED
(evergreen hybrid azalea)

REPETITA® RED is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extend ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.8m	semi-shade / partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'RLH1-3P3' REPETITA® WHITE
(hybrid evergreen azalea)

REPETITA® WHITE is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with exte ...


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Azalea x 'RLH1-6P4' REPETITA® CORAL
(hybrid evergreen azalea)

REPETITA® CORAL is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with exte ...


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Berberis x lologensis 'APRICOT QUEEN'
(Lolog's barberry)

Apricot Queen is a popular variety of Lolog’s barberry producing incredible quantity of rich golden-orange flowers in May. They are about 2cm long, and hang in clusters of 3-7 flowers under every leaf so you can imagine how glowing it is in full bloom. Flower ...


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Bergenia 'ROSI KLOSE'
(elephant's ears)

Rosi Klose is an early bergenia variety with soft pink flowers. The evergreen leaves are medium green with some wine red shades in autumn and winter. Blooming begins in early April and continues for 4-6 weeks. Flower buds a ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.5 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Bergenia cordifolia 'EROICA'
(elephant's ears)

Eroica is a bergenia variety with rich purple pink flowers. They are campanulate, born in clusters, and open atop red flushed, 35-40 cm tall stems. The evergreen leaves are broadly heart-shaped, almost rounded, medium green ...


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Bergenia cordifolia 'SHOESHINE™ ROSE'
(elephant's ears)

Shoeshine™ Rose a bergenia (elephant’s ears) variety from Syngenta breeders. It produces more compact, dense clumps with smaller, broadly oval to almost rounded, thick, evergreen leaves. They are medium green, p ...


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

Blechnum spicant
(hard fern)

Hard fern is an evergreen fern with deep green, glossy leaves. The fronds are 30-50 cm long, erect. It dislikes direct sun and does best in partial shade or even deep shade. It needs moist, light and acidic soil. In shade it withstands drought. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5). Last upda ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Calluna vulgaris
(heather + varieties)

Scotch heather is a genus of one species of evergreen shrub from N. and W. Europe to Siberia. They are low and spreading or ground-covering plants that are easy to grow and produce awesome displays when flowering from late summer until late autumn. There are more t ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'FROST PRINCE'
(hardy camellia)

Frost Prince is one of the latest autumn flowering varieties of camellia which originated as a cross between c. oleifera (very hardy, not showy) and c. hiemalis (very late and showy). It makes 5-6 cm across, semi-double to ...


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Camellia 'ICE FOLLIES'
(hardy camellia)

Ice Follies is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1984 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. x williamsii ‚November Pink‘ and c. oleifera. It produces large ...


	2 - 3m	1.3 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'PINK ICICLE'
(hardy camellia)

Pink Icicle is a showy, large-flowered hybrid camellia bred by dr. Ackermann from the United States National Arboretum. Its semi-double, soft pink flowers are 11 cm across, and open in April for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergr ...


	1.8 - 2.5m	1.3 - 1.8m	semi-shade to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'SPRING FRILL'
(hardy camellia)

Spring Frill is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1985 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. oleifera ‚Plain Jane‘ and c. vernalis ‚Egao‘. It p ...


	2 - 3m	1.3 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'WINTER'S STAR'
(hardy camellia)

Winter’s Star is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr.Ackerman in 1988. It produces stunning, large, single flowers of pure pink colour. The colour i ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1.5 - 2m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia japonica 'ALBA SIMPLEX'
(hardy camellia)

Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any furth ...


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

Camellia japonica 'KINGYO-TSUBAKI'
(hardy camellia)

Kingyo-tsubaki is another collectible gem among Japanese camellias. It was first described in Shirai-Bunko from 1789 and has so far received many names. Translation of its accepted Japanese name means goldfish camellia beca ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2.5m	semi-shade to shade	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia japonica 'KURO DELIGHT'
(hardy camellia)

Kuro Delight is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman, perhaps the darkest red among the hardy varieties. It is a seedling of c. japonica ‚Kuro-tsubaki‘ x ‚Variety Z‘ that first flowere ...


	2 - 3m	1.3 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carex comans 'BRONZE FORM'
(New Zealand sedge)

New Zealand sedge is an evergreen perennial grass, usually featuring brownish foliage. Bronze Form is an upright growing variety with thin leaves in pale reddish-brown colour with bronze or orange hues. Only side leaves arc ...


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Carex comans 'FROSTED CURLS'
(New Zealand hair sedge)

Frosted Curls is a tufted, evergreen New Zealand hair sedge variety with narrow leaves that curls at tips. The leaves are light green in spring and summer, after flowering in late summer they turn light sandy yellow, and fi ...


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Carex laxiculmis 'BUNNY BLUE'
(creeping sedge)

BUNNY BLUE™ is a unique variety of creeping sedge, bred by Head Ornamentals Inc. from Seneca, South Carolina, USA, but surprisingly patented only in Europe (EU 36925 of 2014), not in the US. You can recognize it at on ...


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Carex morrowii 'ICE DANCE'
(Japanese grass sedge)

Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Ice Dance is one of its key varieties proved by decades of cultivation. It boasts rather wide (up to 1.5 cm) leaf blades ...


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Carex morrowii 'IRISH GREEN'
(Japanese grass sedge)

Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Irish Green is a pure green gem among variegated sedges. It makes 1-1.5 cm wide, strap-like leaves that are erect and on ...


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Carex oshimensis 'EVERGOLD'
(Japanese sedge)

Japanese sedge is a perfect companion plant for evergreen arrangements because this grass-like perennial remains in leaf all year long. Evergold is a variety with linear, narrow leaves that are creamy yellow in the centre and have dark green margins. It is a well-behaved plant n ...


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Carex pendula
(pendulous sedge)

Pendulous sedge is another beauty in this large sedge family. It is an evergreen grass whose native habitat covers almost all parts of Europe from Portugal to Sweden and can also be found in hot areas such as the Azores, northwest Africa, and even the near Middle E ...


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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var.repens
(creeping blueblossom (Californian lilac))

Creeping blueblossom is a beautiful, true blue flowering mounding shrub. It grows about 0.5m tall and spreads 1-2m wide. New branches are soft and drooping. Flowers are dense panicles of tiny, sky blue blossoms and appear in warmer days of late spring. Leaves are mid to deep green, obovate or ...


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Choisya 'Limo' GOLDFINGERS
(Mexican orange)

Possibly every plant is capable of creating its gold-leaved mutation. No wonder Peter Moore helped choisya with this process when crossing choisya ternata Sundance with choisya arizonica pollen. It was named GOLDFINGERS and ...


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Choisya 'Lissfing' GREENFINGERS®
(Mexican orange)

GREENFINGERS® is a large-leaved Mexican orange variety from 2019, developed by Peter Catt from Liss Forst Nursery in Liss, Hamshire, England. It bears evergreen, softly leathery, glossy, palmate leaves divided into 7 l ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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Delosperma congestum
(iceplant)

The species of congested iceplant produces rich yellow flowers, 2-3 cm across, flowering in masses from late spring until midsummer, later flowers appear sporadically. There are a couple of unique varieties producing white flowers. Iceplant loves sunny and dry l ...


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Delosperma cooperi JEWEL OF DESERT
(iceplant)

Jewel of Desert is a fantastic iceplant series with various colours including white, yellow, several shades of orange, pink and red. Flowers are 2-4 cm across, and bloom continuously for 5 months! From late May until early ...


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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 ...


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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 ...


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Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'LIMELIGHT'
(evergreen silverthorn)

Limelight is my personal favourite among evergreen silverthorns. It has ovate, up to 10 cm long, leathery but thin leaves that are bright yellow in the middle and deep green at margins. The area between the centres and margins is light, soft green so the overall effect is 3-colo ...


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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 ...


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Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Lannou' ELEADOR
(evergreen silverthorn)

ELEADOR is a French variety of evergreen silverthorn with almost yellow leaves, margined dark green with light green highlights. They are leathery, but thinner than, for instance, those on cherry laurels which means fewer problems with water evaporati ...


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

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Viveleg' OLIVE MARTINI™
(evergreen silverthorn - STANDARD TREE)

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Erysimum 'FRAGRANT SUNSHINE'
(shrubby wallflower)

Shrubby wallflower is a long-flowering perennial, or to be precise a subshrub forming woody stems, exactly like lavender plants do. Fragrant Sunshine is a selection made by David Ralph Tristram in 1994 in West Sussex, UK, p ...


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

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 ...


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

Euonymus fortunei 'CANADALE GOLD'
(Fortune´s euonymus)

Canadale Gold is a sensational, fully hardy variety with large, gently serrated, ovate to rounded leaves of mid green colour with bright yellow margins that turn pink in winter. It grows vigorously and bushy in sun or not too deep shade. Wintercreepers are excellent, low shrubs tha ...


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

Euonymus japonicus 'MICROPHYLLUS ALBOVARIEGATUS'
(boxleaf euonymus)

Dwarf varieties of Japanese euonymus (spindle) are the hardiest of all Japanese spindles. This one has small, narrow, leathery, green leaves with white margins. It forms a compact, slow-growing shrub which makes it ideal for rockeries and small or front gardens. Pruning is possible but not necessary ...


	0.3 - 0.6m		full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Euonymus japonicus 'MICROPHYLLUS'
(boxleaf euonymus)

Microphyllus is a small-leaved variety of Japanese spindle. Leaves are deep green, elliptic and small, only about 3 cm long. The shrub grows slowly and very dense, it is supposed to be a dwarf plant in your climate (zone 6). It needs no pruning but can take it: in spring for re- ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Euphorbia 'KM-MM024' MINER'S MERLOT
(wood spurge)

MINER’S MERLOT is undoubtedly an exquisite wood spurge variety, discovered by Keith and Jennifer Miner in California in 2015. It was a spontaneous mutation, a single seedling whose parents are probably the well-known ...


	0.5 - 0.7m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Euphorbia amygdaloides 'PURPUREA'
(wood spurge)

Wood spurge is a semi-woody perennial native to warm but not parched areas of Europe, Caucasus, and Turkey. Possibly the most popular variety is called Purpurea. Its upright stems are rich burgundy red all season long, and ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fargesia murieliae 'JUMBO'
(bamboo)

Jumbo is an old bamboo favourite with soft green, pointed leaves, about 10 cm long, elegantly hanging on the canes offering a relaxed appearance. Young canes are green and change to yellow when mature. It grows into a compact, dense bush which looks good not only as a specimen p ...


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

Festuca glauca 'Casblue' INTENSE BLUE®
(blue fescue)

INTENSE BLUE® is a blue fescue of a striking colour. It was bred by Allure Tuinplanten and Amigra from the Netherlands. It was found in 2005 and introduced three years later. The plant makes well-behaved, symmetrical, ...


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

Hebe 'GREEN GLOBE'
(hebe)

Green Globe is a true gem among hebes. This variety, though relatively new to the market, has become one of the best-selling hebes ever. Its dominant feature is a deep but yet warm green colour of tiny, scaly leaves and mounding habit. This hebe does not flower. It can be used a ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.6 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hedera colchica 'DENTATA VARIEGATA'
(Persian ivy)

Dentata Variegata is a showy large-leaved variety of Persian ivy with varigated foliage. The evergreen leaves are about 12x12 cm large, heart shaped, pale green, mottled white, with rich creamy-white margins. Its aerial ...


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

Hedera colchica 'FALL FAVOURITE' (Arborescens)
(Persian ivy - shrubby)

Persian ivy is a beautiful species with extremely large leaves that no other hardy ivy is able to offer. This is a shrubby ivy variety whose name was recently changed from Arborescens to Fall Favourite because Arb ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun to shade		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		full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°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	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°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	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hedera helix 'GOLDCHILD'
(English ivy)

Goldchild is a beautiful addition to the family of variegated ivies. It is an English ivy variety with deep green leaves decorated with pale yellow to rich yellow margins. They are evergreen, leathery, and typically have 3 ...


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

Helleborus VIV® ELSA
(hellebore)

VIV® Elsa is a Lenten rose from the VIV® series producing attractive flowers combining white background and deep maroon marbling. They come out early in the season – if forced, they can bloom atop 30-40 cm t ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.6m	semi-shade / partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helleborus 'Coseh 4100' HGC ICE N' ROSES® RED
(hellebore)

ICE N‘ ROSES® is an attractive series of early hellebores bred by Josef Heuger from Germany. It is a cross of h. x eriscmithii and h. x hybrida, and Josef Heuger named it in honour of his home town Glandorf helle ...


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

Helleborus 'Coseh 4200' ICE N' ROSES® ROSE
(hellebore)


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

Helleborus 'Coseh 6600' HGC ICE'N ROSES® BENNOTTA
(hellebore)

ICE'N ROSES® is an attractive series of early hellebores bred by Josef Heuger from Germany. It is a cross of h. x eriscmithii or h. x ballardiae and h. x hybridus, and Josef Heuger named it in honour of his home town G ...


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

Helleborus niger 'ADVENT STAR EARLY'
(hellebore)

Advent Star Early is a large-flowered hellebore variety from the breeding company Florensis. It is an improvement over of the previous variety Advent Star with a significant advantage – earlier blooming. Its pure whit ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helwingia chinensis var. chinensis
(Chinese helwingia)

Chinese helwingia, var. chinensis, was first described by Batalin in 1893. It is a hardy species found in North Burma, West and Central China (Yunnan, Szechuan, Kansu, Kweichou, Hupeh). For me it is the most attractive one ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex 'NELLIE R.STEVENS'
(holly - STANDARD TREE)

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex IMPALA®
(Japanese holly)

This Japanese holly is a unique species formerly known as ilex mutchagara. Its correct Latin name is far too long and a bit complicated to both pronounce and spell, hence its modern trade name IMPALA® holly. ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'ARGENTEA MARGINATA'
(English holly - female - STANDARD TREE)

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 ...


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

Ilex aquifolium 'INGRAMII'
(English holly - male)

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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°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		full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex aquifolium 'MYRTIFOLIA'
(English holly - male)

Some hollies are not sought-after for their colourful fruits but other features which make them unique and which may highlight your garden with. Myrtifolia holly is a quite rare, male cultivar of common holly. It has deep green, narrow, super glossy leaves that are regularly ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°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 thin, yellow margins which turn pink in cold months. They are less prickl ...


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

Ilex cornuta 'ANICET DELCAMBRE'
(Chinese holly - female)

Anicet Delcambre is a Chinese holly often sold under its alternative English name Needlepoint. Its leaves almost completely lack sharp spines, they are entire with only one tip. The ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'CONVEXA'
(Japanese holly)

Convexa is a variety of Japanese box-leaved holly which is most popular with bonsai growers and is ideal for topiaries. Compared to the species it grows denser and more compact so when pruned or clipped it never leaves an empty hole. The very glossy leaves are mid to dark green, 1-2 cm long, they ar ...


	1.5 - 3m	1.3 - 1.8m	full sun to shade	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	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'STOKES'
(Japanese holly)

Stokes is an elegant and small variety of Japanese holly. This evergreen shrub grows slowly and makes small, elliptic, deep green and glossy leaves that are almost flat. Its branches form a frond-like structure when young, ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'TWIGGY'
(Japanese holly)

Many people mistake Japanese holly for buxus thanks to its small, evergreen leaves. Twiggy is slightly different. Its leaves are lighter green, very soft green as they emerge and mid green in summer along deep burgundy red ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.6 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex crenata 'Annys5' LUXUS® GLOBE
(Japanese holly)

Japanese hollies with patent names Annys are bred by André van Nijnatten from Zundert in the Netherlands, and by 2021 4 varieties were registered. LUXUS® GLOBE is one of them. Its evergreen leaves are small, broadly el ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°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 - 2m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex glabra 'SMNIGAB17' GEMBUX®
(inkberry)

GEMBUX®, in America sold as GEM BOX®, is a true gem among inkberry varieties. It is renowned for extremely dense, rounded habit and slow growth, making it a great substitu ...


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

Ilex pedunculosa
(long-stalk holly)

Being addicted to special and rare plants I could not miss this unique holly which comes from the USA and is extremely hard to find in Europe. I cannot figure out why knowing that it proves to be one of the hardiest and at the same time utterly beautiful evergreen plants. ...


	3 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x altaclerensis 'BELGICA AUREA'
(Highclare holly - spineless - female)

Belgica Aurea is a variegated version of Highclere holly a sport of Belgica variety, found and introduced by a Dutch nursery Koster & Son in 1908. Originally it w ...


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

Ilex x altaclerensis 'GOLDEN KING'
(Highclere holly)

Golden King is a High Clare hybrid holly that will win you over with its conspicuously variegated, almost thornless leaves. They are evergreen, leathery, glossy, broadly oval to obovate, dark green in the middle and bright ...


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

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

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, laughin ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'BLUE PRINCESS'
(blue holly)

Blue Princess is probably the most popular female variety of blue hollies. It flowers abundantly in the spring and fruits are born in the autumn. They are bright red, shiny berries that remain on the plant until early to mid spring. To produce fruits it needs a male pollinator ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'CASANOVA®'
(blue holly)

We are always happy to hear about any success as far as increasing plants hardiness. And when it happens and a new plant variety is hardy and at the same time beautiful we are lost for words. Casanova® is the one that left us speechless. It is a brand new variety that was only in ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENPRACHT'
(blue holly)

Germany has another novelty among blue hollies. Its name is Heckenpracht and it is a cross between ilex aquifolium Pyramidalis and ilex x meserveae Blue Prince® ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'LITTLE STRANGER'
(blue holly)

Little Stranger is a rare, compact growing blue holly variety from Germany. It is an upright, slow growing shrub with evergreen foliage. Leaves are very dark green, narrowly lance-shaped, almost spineless or just gently ser ...


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

Ilex x meserveae 'Mondo' LITTLE RASCAL®
(blue holly)

Little Rascal® is a beautiful new variety of blue holly, found in US nursery Monrovia in 1996 as a natural mutation of another blue holly called Blue Boy. The plant exhibits unique features, distinctly different ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	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	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ilex x meserveae 'HECKENFEE®'
(blue holly)

Heckenfee® is a new variety of blue holly from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 2000. It is a female variety of its male form Heckenstar. This means that this cross produces berries. Outside Europe it is distributed under trade name Castle Spire™. ...


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

Jacobaea maritima
(silver ragwort)

Silver ragwort comes from the Mediterranean basin and its home is in all South-European countries, as well as North Africa, Turkey, and Greece. It makes woolly, evergreen leaves which are densely covered with the finest silvery grey indumentum that nature invented. ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'BAY STATE'
(mountain laurel)

Bay State is a soft pink flowering variety of mountain laurel, bred and introduced by an American breeder of ericaceous plants Elinor Clarke in 1989. She named it after the nickname of her home state Massachusetts. Its flow ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'BULL'S EYE'
(mountain laurel)

Bull's Eye is a favourite mountain laurel variety from times when it was difficult to get any other. This one has rich burgundy red colour on white background and white-ish buds. Flowering is abundant and reliable. It grows wider than tall, like a rhododendron. There are man ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'CAROUSEL'
(mountain laurel)

Carousel is an attractive mountain laurel variety bred by Richard Jaynes, and introduced in 1982. It has medium-sized flowers with irregular, deep maroon, dotted corolla on white background. Buds are grayish white and open ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'ELF'
(mountain laurel)

/b>Elf is a dwarf variety of mountain laurel. It grows slowly but very dense, making almost white flowers with a thin pink circle in the middle. Buds are white or very pale pink. Leathery leaves are small, narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are man ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'MINUET'
(mountain laurel)

Minuet bears large flowers with cinnamon red corolla and almost white centre and margins. Buds are light pink to pale red. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shades wi ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'MOYLAND'
(mountain laurel)

Moyland is a new variety of mountain laurel from 2009 named after a castle near the city of Kleve, Germany. Its parents are the same as for another spectacular variety with dark leaves called Mitternacht. Moyland, however, has only light pink leaves with conspicuous blotches aro ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'NANI'
(mountain laurel)

Nani is a mountain laurel variety from 1994, named in 2007 after the grandmother of Karl Hübber’s wife, hence Nani has nothing to do with ‘nana’ commonly used for dwarf plants. Nani mountain laurel has str ...


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

Kalmia latifolia 'PEPPERMINT'
(mountain laurel)

Peppermint is one of the most sought after novelties that was hybridized and first introduced in 1991 by Richard Jaynes. The main colour of the flowers is white, with 10-12 deep red stripes along the petals in outward direction. The buds are white. Leathery leaves are elongated, flat, ...


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

Kalmia polifolia
(bog laurel)

Bog laurel is an amazingly modest looking mountain laurel species from boggy heaths of Canada and USA. It has narrow, lance-shaped to almost linear, deep green, glossy leaves that are light grey to grey-white on the undersides. They look like rosemary leaves but la ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.8m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lavandula angustifolia 'ESSENCE PURPLE'
(English lavender)

Essence Purple is a compact lavender variety which forms an evenly rounded bush without fallen stems. It is about 40 cm tall and still very compact and very dense. Fragrant flowers are rich lavender violet and appear from J ...


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

Lavandula angustifolia 'FELICE'
(lavender)

The very first time we saw Felice lavender it was obvious that it would be a bestseller. A compact plant with plenty of flowers and the most important feature above all - so fragrant! It releases its scent without touching ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	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	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lavandula angustifolia 'SPEAR BLUE'
(lavender)

Spear Blue is a lovely lavender introduction by Kieft Seed from 2018. It is a compact variety with extended flowering period. It produces long, fat spikes of deep violet, fragrant flowers opening from purple blue buds. Firs ...


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

Lavandula angustifolia BÍLÉ ODRŮDY / WHITE
(lavender)

Exalting the beauty of lavender is like carrying coals to Newcastle. So let' concentrate on something special: white varieties. White flowering varieties of lavender are still a bit unusual yet very handsome. They are fast grow ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.8m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe 'LITTLE FLAMES'®
(leucothoe)

Little Flames® leucothoe is a love at first sight if you like vibrant red colours. It has short, narrowly ovate, evergreen leaves with a conspicuous tip. They emerge rich red in spring, mature to medium green with red ...


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

Leucothoe 'Zebenard' LOVITA
(leucothoe)

LOVITA is a unique variety of leucothoe. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly ovate to short lanceolate with a distinct tip. Their colour is bright burgundy red as they emerge, maturing to dark olive green in summer, and turni ...


	0.4 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucothoe axillaris 'Opstal20' TWISTING RED®
(leucothoe)

Leucothoe species is a relatively new group of plants in Central Europe which gain more and more attention and admirers, including me. They are low or prostrate evergreen shrubs with leathery leaves and sufficient hardiness. Twisting Red& ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lewisia cotyledon 'ELISE'
(lewisia)

Lewisia is a beautiful succulent plant from North America. Cotyledon hybrids are probably the most popular, offering a wide range of colours. Elise is a variety with slightly taller stems reaching some 10-15 cm long and not ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.2 - 0.3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°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	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ligustrum japonicum 'TEXANUM'
(Japanese privet)

Texanum is a highly attractive variety of Japanese privet, also called waxleaf privet. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, narrowly ovate, 4-6 cm long, bright green and glossy above, pale g ...


	1.5 - 2m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ligustrum lucidum 'EXCELSUM SUPERBUM'
(Chinese privet)

Excelsum Superbum is a highly attractive, variegated form of glossy privet. It makes large, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, ovate to oval, pale dark green leaves abundantly variegated butter yellow, often extended to the mi ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 3m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriope muscari 'BIG BLUE'
(lily-turf)

Big Blue lily-turf is perhaps one of the most common lily-turf varieties in North America. It is comparable to Royal Purple variety in Europe. From late summer it produces 30-45 cm tall, purple flushed stems, topped with te ...


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

Liriope muscari 'ROYAL PURPLE'
(border grass)

Royal Purple lily-turf is like an improved version of an older car type - better in all aspects compared to its predecessor: larger leaves, larger flowers, deeper colour. The foliage is ribbon-like, dark green, very glossy, ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun to shade		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lonicera nitida 'GOLDEN GLOW'
(box honeysuckle)

Golden Glow is a Dutch introduction of box honeysuckle, found by Hendrik Johan Harmen Nijland in his nursery Nijland Siergroen in 2008 as a natural mutation of an older variety Maigrün. It makes small, 1-2 cm long, broadly ...


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

Lonicera nitida 'MAIGRÜN'
(honeysuckle)

Maigrün is a German variety of box honeysuckle valued for its unbeatable bright green, evergreen leaves that are a little larger than those on the species. The plant exhibits a more compact growth with arching branches that ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'FERRUGINEA'
(southern magnolia)

Ferruginea is a southern magnolia variety with large, 24-26 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like flowers whose fragrance attracts not only bees and other insects, but also most perfume producers and every passer-by, especial ...


	4 - 8m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°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	full sun	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	full sun	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	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(bull bay magnolia - STANDARD TREE)

Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Goliath is a cultivar found by American botanist Albert Charles Smith (1906-1999) in former Ca ...


	3 - 8m	3 - 5m	full sun	5a (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Mahonia 'Myoy' VOLCANO
(hybrid threadleaf mahonia)

Japanese breeder Seiju Yamaguchi from Mizunami-shi in Prefecture Gigu has been working with mahonias for some time now. In 2023, he comes with a completely unique product – a hybrid of threadleaf mahonia which is the world's first registered variety with gold ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	semi-shade / partial sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Mahonia aquifolium 'SELECTION'
(Oregon grape)

Selection is a very simple name of Oregon grape holly that is really a mahonia selection of probably Italian origin that appeared after 2020 and lacks a proper variety name. It differs from the botanical species in its firm ...


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

Mahonia bealei
(leatherleaf mahonia)

Mahonia bealei (mahonia japonica Bealei)

Leatherleaf mahonia is an attractive, architectural shrub. It has distinctive and coarse, bold foliage. The evergreen leaves are pinnate, mid green to almost blue-green and only partly glossy. They have sharp spines along the margins. This mahonia is hardier for zone 6 as opposed to hybrid ho ...


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

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Minganpi' SWEET WINTER®
(threadleaf mahonia)

SWEET WINTER® is a threadleaf mahonia variety from Minier Nursery in France, found as a naturally occurring mutation in 2005. European patent EU33353 was granted in 2012. It makes much narrower and longer foliage than ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	6 (down to -23°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	semi-shade to shade	7 (down to -18°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Nandina domestica 'GULF STREAM'
(heavenly bamboo)

Nandina species is believed to be the toughest of all nandinas as far as both hardiness and soil adaptability. Gulf Stream is a variety discovered by Hines Nursery from Texas, USA, and exhibits a dwarf version of this beaut ...


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

Nandina domestica 'TWILIGHT'
(nandina)

Twilight nandina is a variegated beauty among heavenly bamboo varieties. It was found as a naturally occurring mutation of Gulf Stream variety by Neil Marek of Magnolia Gardens Nursery from Texas, USA, in 2010. In spring em ...


	0.5 - 1.2m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Nandina domestica 'Seika' OBSESSED
(nandina)

OBSESSED is a patented nandina variety discovered by April Hering and Adeiana Garza from Texas, USA, as a natural mutation of Gulf Stream variety in 2005. It grow ...


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

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'NIGER'
(mondo grass)

Mondo grass is a highly attractive evergreen perennial from China and Japan. It is cultivated for handsome, strap-like foliage. Niger is a variety offering narrow, flat, grass-like leaves of extremely deep purple, almost bl ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Osmanthus decorus
(Turkey olive)

Turkey olive comes from Asia Minor where it was first found in the region of Lazistan (Turkey and partly Georgia) at the Black Sea coast. It is a warm and humid subtropical climate without winter frosts, but with enough precipitation during autumn and winter, i.e., ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Osmanthus fragrans f. DENTATUS
(fragrant olive)

This unique sweet olive is a mid-sized or large, well-branched shrub with thin, flexible twigs which withstand heavy, wet snow without breaking. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, oblong-lance-shaped, medium to dark green, not very glossy, but exceptionally large: ...


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

Osmanthus heterophyllus
(holly osmanthus)

Holly osmanthus or false holly is a taxon of evergreen shrubs and small trees native to East Asia, southern Japan, and Taiwan. The species bears evergreen, leathery, dark green, highly glossy, and thorny leaves, which resemble hollies, but something seems to be wro ...


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

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'VARIEGATUS'
(varigated osmanthus)

This osmanthus has elegantly varigated leaves which look similar to holies but are smaller. The leaves are spiny but not as sharp as on common hollies. The varigation is creamy white on pale green background, new growth is pink. To maintain a compact shape we recommend cutting it 1-2x a year. First, ...


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

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'GOSHIKI'
(holly osmanthus)

If you like spiny leaves and colours, this variety of holly osmanthus is a must have in your collection. Its name is Goshiki and you are right to assume that it comes from Japan where its name means 'Five Colors'. It was ch ...


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

Osmanthus x fortunei 'SAN JOSE'
(Fortune's osmanthus)

San Jose is a Fortune's osmanthus variety developed by an influential American breeder Walter Bosworth Clarke in his nursery in San Jose, California, and introduced in 1941. It is a mid-sized shrub or a small multistemmed t ...


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

Osmanthus x fortunei
(Fortune's osmanthus)

Fortune's osmanthus is a cross between o.heterophyllus (small, very spiny leaves) and o.fragrans (large, entire leaves). It was first brought from Japan to Europe to Holland Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1856. Over the years its name has developed from osmanthus aq ...


	1.5 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°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	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia 'Kolmavoca' MAGICAL VOLCANO
(PHOTINIA)

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


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

Photinia davidiana
(David's photinia)

Photinia davidiana (Stranvaesia davidiana)

David's photinia / Chinese stranvaeasia is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia Red Robin. It comes from China and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glos ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia niitakamayensis
(Taiwanese photinia)

Photinia niitakamayensis (syn. formosana)

Taiwanese photinia is renowned for notably narrower leaves as opposed to Chinese photinia. Those are deep green, narrowly lance-shaped, and glossy. They emerge coppery red in spring, and in autumn many of older leaves turn scarlet red or light maroon, some plants m ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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 ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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	full sun to shade	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 ...


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

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

Some time ago crossing of two species of photina resulted in an extremely successful and attractive plant: Fraser photinia. It is called Red Robin and in countries with mild winters it is one of the top favourites for evergreen hedges ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	7 (down to -18°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)


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

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

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	full to partial sun	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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Oploo1' RED LIGHT
(Fraser's photinia)

RED LIGHT is a Dutch selection of popular photinia from 2013, bred and introduced by Alexander van Oploo, EU patent 32555. It has distinctively different colour of new twigs - they are bright red (as opposed to common wine ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris 'FOREST FLAME'
(lily of the valley bush)

Forest Flame is a variety that belongs to floribunda group. It has deep green, elliptic, pointed, glossy leaves that emerge orange-bronze to fiery-orange coloured. Flowers are small, vase-shaped, compound in 10-15 cm long, hanging racemes. Buds are orange-red. We recommend dead-heading ...


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

Pieris japonica 'BONFIRE'
(lily of the valley shrub)

Bonfire is a new variety of pireis which will be loved by those of you, who dislike the pendent habit of its flower racemes: this novelty holds it flower strictly upright, like lined-up soldiers. They are deep burgundy red and appear from early autumn. The flowers themselves may come a ...


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

Pieris japonica 'CARNAVAL'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Carnaval is a beautiful and colourful variety of Japanese lily-of-the-valley shrub. This evergreen gem shows narrowly lance-shaped, evergreen leaves that are dark green in the middle and creamy white along the margins. New ...


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

Pieris japonica 'KATSURA'
(lily of the valley )

Vase-shaped flowers are very light pink and hang on red stamens in long, pendent racemes. Katsura is the darkest variety with deep burgundy red new leaves, which turn dark green in summer. It grows medium slowly, forming a compact shrub with equal height and spread. No pruning require ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'LITTLE FROSTY'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Little Frosty is a dwarf lily-of-the-valley shrub bred by Ron van Opstal. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly elliptic, short, acuminate, medium green with white variegation at margins. In spring they emerge coppery orange to ...


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

Pieris japonica 'LITTLE HEATH GREEN'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Growers and fans of lily-of-the-valley shrubs probably know Little Heath variety, but few of them know that there was a selection made some time ago with only green foliage. In my view it is much more eleg ...


	0.3 - 1m	0.3 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'MOUNTAIN FIRE'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Lily-of-the-valley shrubs are very popular ericaceous plants with attractive foliage and abundant flowering. Mountain Fire is one the best old varieties. It produces abundance of vase-shaped, creamy white flowers hanging on ...


	1 - 1.8m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'PURITY'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Lily-of-the-valley shrubs are very popular ericaceous plants with attractive foliage and abundant flowering. Purity is another dwarf variety. It is similar to Prelude but more rounded and regular in habit. The flower buds a ...


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

Pieris japonica 'VALLEY VALENTINE'
(lily-of-the-valley bush)

Lustrous green foliage of Valley Valentine pieris complements extraordinary deep rose-pink flowers which come out from late March till early April. They are urn-shaped, sweetly scented, composed in long, pendent racemes, and last for 2-4 weeks. Deadhead spent flowers immediately after ...


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

Pieris japonica 'Ppobas' POLAR PASSION®
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

POLAR PASSION® is a lily-of-the-valley shrub with dark purple pink flowers in dense racemes. Individual flowers are urn-shaped, slightly fragrant, and come out from late March for 6-8 weeks. Evergreen leaves are narrow ...


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

Pieris taiwanensis
(Taiwanese lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Taiwanese lily-of-the-valley shrub is a botanical species the island of Taiwan which was discovered and first described by the British botanist and plant collector E.H. Wilson. He introduced it in Great Britain in 1918, and 4 years later the Royal Horticultural Soc ...


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

Pleioblastus pygmaeus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pygmaeus is a dwarf bamboo species native to Japan. It is often used as lawn alternative as it is a fast and densely growing perennial that can create a nice groundcover in no time. Within 10 years it can take up a space of ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Polystichum makinoi
(Makino's holly fern)

Makino's holly fern is an evergreen fern whose native habitat is much of Asia, from India and Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan, China, Nepal, Tibet, North and South Korea to Japan. It is a very beautiful fern which makes up to 60 cm long fronds of bipinnate leaves. They are ...


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

Polystichum polyblepharum
(Japanese tassel fern)

Japanese tassel fern is a woodland species of evergreen fern with dark green, leathery, and very glossy leaflets with a profusion of bristles along margins. Stems and midribs are an attractive shade of golden brown. The fronds are 40-60 cm long and commonly upright ...


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

Polystichum rigens
(rigid shield fern)

Rigid shield fern is a compact evergreen fern from Japan. Its bipinnate fronds, especially on older plants, are so dissected that they look like 3-pinnate. They are 30-40 cm long and form a dense, slightly upright but mounding habit. Individual leaflets are leather ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.4 - 0.6m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°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	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'MINIREDIA'
(cherry laurel)

Miniredia is a 2021 introduction of dwarf cherry laurel variety from French nursery Hortival Diffusion (Minier). It was bred by Patrick Pineau as a cross between Caucasica Nana and un unnamed seedling. It is a slow-growing ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'MINIREDIA'
(cherry laurel - standard tree)

Miniredia is a 2021 introduction of dwarf cherry laurel variety from French nursery Hortival Diffusion (Minier). It was bred by Patrick Pineau as a cross between Caucasica Nana and un unnamed seedling. It grows slowly and h ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'MOUNT VERNON'
(cherry laurel)

“Mount Vernon” is an American variety of the lowest cherry laurel which is used for borders, rock gardens, and most often as a luxuriously looking groundcover. The leaves are highly glossy, bright to deep green and slightly drooping which brings an extra elegant feature. Although this is ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'NOVITA'
(cherry laurel)

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 ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'NOVITA'
(cherry laurel - STANDARD TREE)


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'ZABELIANA'
(cherry laurel)

Zabeliana cherry laurel is quite unique in its family. Its evergreen, leathery, deep green and highly glossy leaves are much narrower than on most varieties and arranged alternately alongside thin and very flexible, willow- ...


	1 - 1.3m	1 - 3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Anbri' ETNA®
(cherry laurel)

Etna® is the queen of laurels. Its bright emerald green leaves are glossy and healthy, slightly curved at the ends and edges which gives the whole shrub added plasticity. New leaves emerge coloured in rich bronze. Etna’s foliage is much more tolerant of winter sun scald than ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'Flippi01' BONAPARTE®
(cherry laurel)

BONAPARTE® is a German cherry laurel variety from Baumschule Straver in Emmerich, west Germany on German-Dutch border. EU plant patent No. 60081 was granted in 2022. It bears beautiful coppery orange-red new leaves whe ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'JM34' KLEOPATRA®
(Cherry laurel - STANDARD TREE)

KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen le ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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 ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade		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	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - shrub)

We are specialists in evergreen plants and offer the widest possible range of hardy, quality plants. Angustifolia is a very elegant variety of Portugal laurel. Irrespective of its origin it belongs to the hardiest evergreen plants for our climate and performs better than some ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)

Angustifolia is a very elegant variety of Portugal laurel. Irrespective of its origin it belongs to the hardiest evergreen plants for our climate and performs better than some large-leaved cherry laurels. It has narrower le ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel)

Brenelia is an elegant novelty variety of Portugal laurel from early 21st century. In appearance and use it is similar to Angustifolia variety but has larger leaves with undulated margins. The stalks and new stems are rich ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)


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

Prunus lusitanica 'Ybrazo1' TICO®
(Portugal laurel)

You can easily fall in love with this Portugal laurel if you like evergreen plants. It will enchant you with its lush, glossy leaves. They are large, thick, somewhat undulated, and emerge coppery orange, turn soft green, and mature to dark green in summer. They res ...


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

Pyracantha 'GOLDEN CHARMER'
(firethorn)

Scarlet firethorn has been a favourite plant for a long time because it presents a low-maintenance plant that can grow almost anywhere. Golden Charmer is one of the modern varieties bred not only for berry colour but mostly ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pyracantha 'ORANGE CHARMER'
(scarlet firethorn)

Orange Charmer firethorn produces mid-sized, bright orange, glossy berries maturing to the richest colour from mid to late September. Leaves are narrowly ovate, deep green and glossy, mostly evergreen. Branches have thorns. ...


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

Pyracantha 'SOLEIL D'OR'
(scarlet firethorn)

Scarlet firethorn Soleil d´Or has profusion of vivid yellow fruits which beautifully contrast with deep green foliage. To maintain a compact shape we recommend to trim it a few times a year, but only after flowering. It likes clay, alkaline soil, and is drought tolerant. ...


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

Quercus suber
(cork oak)

Cork oak is deservedly one of the most admired evergreen oaks. Native to the Mediterranean basin (SW Europe and NW Africa), it is the national tree of Portugal which is the largest producer of cork that is obtained from its bark. It is both a long-lived tree and at ...


	6 - 10m	6 - 8m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'BLATTGOLD'
(rhododendron)

„Blattgold“ is a sensational new variety from Germany. It is more attractive for its colourful leaves than lavender pink flowers. The leaves have irregular variegation that starts with bright golden yellow in the centre, is followed by light green blotches towards the edges, and finishes ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'CARUSO'
(rhododendron)

Caruso rhododendron is a pink-flowering hybrid which, thanks to some yaku-blood in its veins, produces profusion of flowers on a compact plant. The flowers are large, borne in erect trusses, bright pink with delicate red st ...


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

Rhododendron 'DAGMAR'
(rhododendron)

Dagmar is a Czech rhododendron variety bred by Bohumil Kavka in 1965. It is a rather slow growing, compact, evergreen plant with gorgeous flowers. Each inflorescence bears up to 14 soft pink flowers with golden yellow throa ...


	0.5 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.8m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'EDELWEISS'
(rhododendron)

Edelweiss is a Japanese rhododendron that belongs to the Yakushimanum group. These were crossed with the species originally found on Yakushima Island, Japan. It bears rich trusses of large, bell-shaped flowers that open from clear pink buds to only slightly pinkish white ...


	0.4 - 0.8m	1 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'LAVENDULA'
(rhododendron)

Lavendula is a gentle touch of lilac-lavender colour in your ericaceous border. This slow growing rhododendron is a fantastic piece with medium-sized flowers that are much bigger than the leaves. Those are evergreen and leathery, elliptic with a sharp tip. It is a successful cro ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'METALLICA'
(rhododendron)

Metallica is an awesome variety of rhododendron bred by Holger Hachmann. It produces profusion of pure violet flowers with very dark, almost black blotch from late May until early June when most other rhododendrons have fin ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	1.5 - 1.8m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'RASPUTIN'
(rhododendron)

Rasputin is a large-flowered rhododendron variety from Hans Hachmann in Germany, introduced in 1986. It boasts 7-8 cm wide, deep purple violet flowers with a deep maroon blotch. They come out from late May until mid June. E ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'TANAGA'
(rhododendron)

Tanaga rhododendron is one of those with an interesting colour contrast between the petal colour and the blotch. This hybrid opens its large, funnel-shaped flowers from pale lavender violet buds into lilac pink flowers with ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1.5 - 2m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rhododendron 'Microhirs3' NUGGET BY BLOOMBUX®
(rhododendron)

NUGGET BY BLOOMBUX® is a beautiful rhododendron cross of r.hirsutum and r.micranthum. It is a compact, evergreen shrub with profusion of small but lovely flowers from late May until mid June. They open from salmon pink ...


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

Rubus fruticosus BEZTRNNÁ / THORNFREE
(thornfree blackberry)

VARIETIES: Oregon Thornless is a fantastic blackberry variety from the leading US blackberry producer: Oregon. It offers high yields of tasty fruit and does not irritate us with thorns. On top of that it has evergreen, deeply cut leaves so the pla ...


	2 - 4m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Sarcococca confusa
(sweet box)

This sweet box is believed to have come from western China where it probably originated as a natural hybrid of two species. Nowadays, you will not find it in the wild either because it is extinct or perhaps it never existed as a botanical species. Very interesting ...


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

Sarcococca hookeriana 'PURPLE STEM'
(Himalayan sweet box)

Purple Stem is a Himalayan sweet box variety renowned for rich maroon stems in late winter and spring. They also may (but may not) turn purplish blue in autumn just like young stems of some blue hollies. It boasts highly gl ...


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

Sempervivum CHICK CHARMS®
(houseleek)

CHICK CHARMS® is a fascinating and beautiful series of hens and chicks including the award-winning gem Gold Nugget from 2017 that was bred by Chris Hanson and which emerges golden orange and red and shines like a real ...


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

Skimmia japonica 'RUBELLA'
(Japanese skimmia)

Skimmia is a very nice small shrub, often used as a groundcover. It comes from Japan and the Himalayas. It needs a shady spot or a semi-shade as it loses leaf colour and suffers from sunburn in full sun. In the spring it has clusters of tiny fragrant flowers. It needs well cultivated, permeable, aci ...


	0.2 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.8m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica 'MARLOT'®
(Japanese skimmia)

Skimmia japonica (syn. 'Godrie's Dwarf')

Marlot® skimmia is the mother variety of the forthcoming mutations Magic Marlot® and Mystic Marl ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.6m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Skimmia japonica ssp. reevesiana
(Chinese skimmia)

Reevesiana is a sought after subspecies of skimmia. It is a hermaphrodite plant that does not need a male pollinator to produce berries. These are vivid red and are follow tiny, white flowers in the autumn and winter. Evergreen leaves are elongated, elliptic, deep green and glo ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1.3m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Trochodendron aralioides
(wheel tree)

Wheeltree is an extraordinary evergreen piece from the East (Japan, Korea, Taiwan). Its uniqueness is emphasized by the fact that it is the one and only species of its genus. Moreover, it is a very old species, imprint of its leaf was found in a 49 million years ol ...


	1 - 4m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum 'PRAGENSE'
(Prague viburnum)

I always feel a proud when describing a plant that comes from our Czech breeding. Prague viburnum is one of them and the name tells where exactly this hybrid originated in 1955. It is a cross between viburnum rhytidophyllum and viburn ...


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

Viburnum cinnamomifolium
(cinnamon-leaved viburnum)

Cinnamon-leaved viburnum is a beautiful evergreen shrub that was discovered in China by Ernest H.Wilson in early 20th century and brought to the USA in 1905. It is very similar to David’s viburnum but la ...


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

Viburnum davidii 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(David viburnum)

Angustifolia is a botanical term used for plants that have narrow leaves. In case of this variety of David viburnum the leaves are about 50% narrower but darker green compared to the species. They are evergreen, partly glos ...


	0.8 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum rhytidophyllum
(leatherleaf viburnum)

Leatherleaf viburnum features evergreen, stiff leaves, which are leathery but thinner than the leaves of cherry laurels or hollies. They are narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, conspicuously wrinkled, bright to dark green and glossy above, and reticulat ...


	2 - 3m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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	full sun to shade	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Viburnum tinus 'Lisspurp' SECRET VILLAGE
(laurustinus)

Lisspurp is a laurustinus variety selected by Peter Catt from Liss Forest Nursery Ltd in England, and European patent No. 36963 was granted in 2014. It received a trade name SECRET VILLAGE< ...


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

Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'HOLLAND'
(hybrid leatherleaf viburnum)

Hybrid leatherleaf viburnum rose spontaneously from seedlings of viburnum lantana which was pollinated by viburnum rhytidophyllum grown nearby. O ...


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

Yucca filamentosa
(Adam's needle)

Yucca is a fantastic plant which does resemble exotic parts of the world but is extremely hardy. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped, pale green leaves which are rigid but not sharp when touched. In second half of June it produces numerous creamy-whit ...


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

Yucca gloriosa
(Spanish dagger)

Spanish dagger comes from coastal parts of S.E. USA (North Carolina to Florida) where it naturally grows on sandy sites, exposed to wind, drought, and heat. It can easily by confused with Adam’s needle (yucca filamentosa) whose leaves are much softer while Sp ...


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

Yucca rostrata
(beaked yucca)

Beaked yucca is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, steel-blue leaves formed in a dense rosette. The blades are 40-60 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. You can also come across specimens with a thin yellow margin but those do not seem to be considered separate or named ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca rostrata 'SAPPHIRE SKIES'
(beaked yucca)

Sapphire Skies is a valued beaked yucca variety with a more pronounced leaf colour. It is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, rich blue-green, silver-frosted leaves with jade hues. The blades are 40-60 cm long and 1-2,5 cm wi ...