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Calycanthus 'APHRODITE'
(hybrid sweetshrub)

Aphrodite is a beautiful, large-flowered sweetshrub hybrid between c.chinensis and c.occidentalis. The flowers are often compared to magnolias - both in shape and size. They are 7-9 cm across, rich crimson to ...


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

Calycanthus x raulstonii 'HARTLAGE WINE'
(Raulston sweetshrub)

Calycanthus x raulstonii (x Sinocalycanthus)

Hartlage Wine is an interspecific hybrid sweetshrub bred by Richard Hartlage in 1991, a former student of NC State University, USA. He managed to cross calycanthus floridus and sinocalycanthus chinensis. The result is a ver ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campanula 'SARASTRO'
(bellflower)

Sarastro is a perennial bellflower of compact habit and with huge flowers which can measure up to 8 cm. They are rich violet-blue, opening from stiff, pending, dark violet flower buds from mid June for at least 2 months. If ...


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

Campanula 'VIKING'
(bellflower)

Arie Blom is a Dutch perennial breeder primarily renowned for coneflowers, but sometimes he introduces a perennial from another species. This time it is a bellflower called Viking. This beautiful cultivar is a result of mul ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campanula persicifolia 'TAKION BLUE'
(peach-leaved bellflower)

Takion Blue is a peach-leaved bellflower from the Takion series offering compact, almost dwarf plants of superb flowering. The flowers are large, light violet blue, open wide and outward facing almost like balloon flowers. They come out on about 40 cm tall, densely ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis grandiflora
(Chinese trumpet vine - climber)

Probably the most eye-catching version among trumpet vines is this Chinese campsis. The flowers are large and spectacular: 7-9 cm wide, salmon pink with a clear yellow throat. In colder zones and locations with less sun they may turn deeper salmon-orange. In order to keep its pinkish colo ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

This is the species of north-american trumpet creeper trained into a tree with a real stem. It bears terminal cymes of rich red, trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer until the first frosts. Pinnate leaves are deep green and enhance its tropical appearance. Being originally a climbing ...


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Campsis radicans
(trumpet creeper - climber)

This is the species of trumpet creeper that comes from North America and has deep red flowers. They are trumpet-shaped, 5-6 cm long. Flowering begins in early July and strong, well-established plants keep on blooming until the first frosts. Pinnate leaves are large, deciduous, mid to dark gre ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans 'FLAMENCO'
(trumpet creeper - climber)

If you like red flowers in summer, Flamenco variety of north-american trumpet creeper is a perfect choice. It bears plentiful of trumpet shaped, up to 7 cm long flowers with yellow throats and red veins. They are formed at the ends of current year's branches in rich umbels. Pinn ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans 'FLAVA'
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

This trumpet creeper is really trained into a small tree. 1 or 2 meter tall trunk with a blooming crown gives this exotic looking plant a new glamour. Beautiful, golden-yellow flowers grow at the ends of new branches. They come out in July and don’t stop till the first frosts.


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Campsis radicans 'FLAVA'
(trumpet creeper - climber)

Flava is a north-american variety of trumpet creeper with golden yellow flowers. They are trumpet-shaped, 5-6 cm long. Flowering begins in mid July and strong, well-established plants keep on blooming until the first frosts. Pinnate leaves are large, deciduous, light green and r ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis radicans 'STROMBOLI'
(trumpet creeper - climber)

Stromboli is a strong variety with deep red flowers. They are trumpet-shaped, 7-8 cm long, deep red both inside and outside, the throat shows a few dark veins on yellowish background. Flowering begins in mid July and strong, well-established plants keep on blooming until the first fros ...


	3 - 6m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Campsis x tagliabuana 'MADAME GALEN'
(trumpet vine - climber)

In 1893, in a nursery near Milano, Italy, Tagliabua brothers made a beautiful cross between North American radicans and Chinese grandiflora, which inherited hardiness from the west and large flowers from the east. The flowers are 7-9 cm wide, orange red with yellowish-throat. The buds form a raceme ...


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

Campsis x tagliabuana DANCING FLAMES
(trumpet vine)

DANCING FLAMES is a trumpet vine variety that proves one fact - when it comes to red, there are never enough varieties. So here is another one, offering slightly different flowers. It belongs to the Italian group i.e. a hyb ...


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Campsis x tagliabuana 'Kudian' INDIAN SUMMER®
(trumpet vine - climber)

INDIAN SUMMER® trumpet creeper has been winning all sorts of awards since 1998. It is a successful cross between c.tagliabuana and c.radicans bred by Hendricus Jacobus Maria Kuijf from the Netherlands. US plant patent PP13139 was granted in 2002. It blooms abundantly fr ...


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

Campsis x tagliabuana 'Kudian' INDIAN SUMMER®
(trumpet vine - STANDARD TREE)

INDIAN SUMMER® is another gorgeous variety of trumpet creeper which was trained into a small tree. It is a brilliant idea because such form does not need a trellis or a wall, it can stand anywhere in the garden, on its own or in the middle of other, smaller shrubs. The trumpet ...


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Campsis x tagliabuana 'Kudian' INDIAN SUMMER®
(trumpet creeper - shrub form)

INDIAN SUMMER® is one of the latest varieties among trumpet creepers. It is a successful cross between c.tagliabuana and c.radicans that originated in the Netherlands and was patented in the USA under the name Kudian. It blooms abundantly from early July until the first ...


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Campsis x tagliabuana SUMMER JAZZ ™ FIRE
(trumpet creeper - STANDARD TREE)

Campsis x tagliabuana ('Takarazuka Fresa')

SUMMER JAZZ™ FIRE is a showstopper with its brilliant vibrant red flowers. They are large, possibly not as large as the yellow variety from this series, about 5-6 cm across, and appear from mid July. They are composed in long racemes that may contain 6 ...


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Campsis x tagliabuana SUMMER JAZZ™ FIRE
(trumpet creeper - climber)


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Campsis x tagliabuana SUMMER JAZZ™ GOLD
(trumpet creeper - climber)

Campsis x tagliabuana ('Takarazuka Yellow')

SUMMER JAZZ™ Gold is a fascinating new variety of hybrid trumpet creeper. It makes very large flowers whose size is the same as those on Chinese trumpet creeper – 8 cm across. They are rich golden yellow with pr ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'HEAVENLY BLUE'
(bluebeard)

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


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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'WHITE SURPRISE'®
(bluebeard)

White Surprise® is a new bluebeard variety with rich, creamy-white variegation on all leaves. It produces profusion of indigo-blue to violet-blue flowers from late summer until early autumn which look magnificent on the background of light-coloured leaves. It makes a small ...


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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'WORCESTER GOLD'
(bluebeard)

Worcester Gold is another variety of bluebeard. This one has bright yellow-green leaves. They are narrow, aromatic and silvery-green beneath. Flowers are formed in small panicles and their deep blue colour looks like sky before a storm. They attract butterflies and bumble-bees. ...


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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Lissteph' STEPHI
(bluebeard)

STEPHI is a unique bluebeard variety with flowers that are not blue. They are pale pink to almost white on a clear sunny day. All other features are identical to most other caryopteris varieties. It is a deciduous shrub wit ...


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Catalpa bignonioides
(southern catalpa)

Catalpas have been grown in our country for many years. The species may be found in every larger city as an important feature of a city park. It offers outstanding points of interest such as large leaves in summer and long cigar-shaped seed pods in winter, hence its name Indian Bean Tree. ...


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Catalpa bignonioides 'AUREA'
(Indian bean tree)

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


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Catalpa fargesii f. DUCLUXII
(Farges catalpa)

Farges catalpa is a rare plant that was found by western dendrologists in China in early 20th century. Forma ducluxii is a unique plant that deserves undivided attention when in full bloom. Its flowers are formed in upright panicles, larger than on Northern catalpa, lilac to pin ...


	2 - 8m	2 - 6m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Catalpa x erubescens 'PURPUREA'
(purple Indian Bean Tree)

Do you like a tall tree but are afraid it would be too big for your small garden? Well, if you have enough will to prune it every one or two years you can always control its size provided it is not an ash type tree growing about 1 m every year. Thus you can enhance the look of your garden with somet ...


	3 - 9m	3 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Centaurea montana 'AMETHYST IN SNOW'
(mountain bluet)

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


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

Centaurea montana 'GRANDIFLORA'
(mountain bluet)

Grandiflora variety of mountain bluet has all features of the species, but larger flowers. They are about 4-5 cm wide, gentian to sky blue (depending on the soil type), and the sight of the entire blooming clump, as well as ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ceratostigma 'AUTUMN BLUE'
(hardy plumbago)

Autumn Blue is a dwarf or ground-covering variety of hardy plumbago. It bears gentian-blue, 5-petalled, 1-2 cm large flowers, borne in terminal clusters from August till the first frost. In hot summers the flowers appear ea ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Chionanthus virginicus
(fringe tree)

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


	1.5 - 3m	1.5 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

x Chitalpa tashkentensis 'SUMMER BELLS®'
(chitalpa)

The orchid-like flowers are pale to bright pink with a yellow throat and frilled margins. Flowers have a lovely, sweet scent. Summer Bells® is a chitalpa variety repeating flowering. It starts in early summer and last for 2-3 weeks, and then again in second half of August f ...


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

Cladrastis kentukea
(yellow wood)

Yellow wood is a rare, though fully hardy tree that deserves more attention. Its origin is not clear and definite. Usually this small tree or large shrub is connected with Kentucky, USA, but many plants grow freely on limestone cliffs on China and Japan. It used to be a jewel of royal gardens ...


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Clematis 'ASHVA'
(old man´s beard)

Ashva is an attractive variety of clematis with 7-10 cm wide flowers. The sepals are violet-purple with a wide stripe in the middle of magenta colour. It belongs to Group 3 clematis, flowering in mid- and late summer. Flowers appear on new growths. Cut back all the previous y ...


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Clematis 'JACKMANII'
(old man's beard)

Jackmanii is one of the oldest clematis varieties (from 1858) as well as one of the very first and very popular hybrids with large flowers. This explains why it is so widespread by today. Its 4-petalled deep purple blue flo ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Clematis 'NIOBE'
(old man´s beard)

Niobe is a large-flowered clematis with 10-15 cm wide flowers of deep magenta-red colour. The flowers are freely borne throughout summer. It belongs to Group 2 clematis. Its flowers appear first in late spring and early summer on last year’s sideshoots, and in mid- and ...


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

Clematis 'ROUGE CARDINAL'
(old man´s beard)

Rouge Cardinal is a clematis with the deepest shade of crimson red colour. The flowers are velvety, with a slightly lighter band across the sepals. This variety prefers full sun. It belongs to Group 3 clematis, flowering in mid- and late summer. Flowers appear on new growths. ...


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Clematis 'THE PRESIDENT'
(old man´s beard)

The President is an old-time favourite with large, 10-15 cm across, deep blue flowers. The sepals are narrow and separated from each other. Anthers are more or less white making a nice contrast with the flower colour. It belongs to Group 2 clematis. Its flowers appear first in late ...


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

Clematis 'WARSZAWSKA NIKE'
(old man's beard)

Warszawska Nike is a beautiful clematis variety from Poland, bred by Stefan Franczak and introducd in 1982. It bears large, 12-14 cm across, single, deep purple violet, velvety flowers. Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) awa ...


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Clematis 'Evipo0079' BOULEVARD® NUBIA
(old man's beard)

BOULEVARD® NUBIA is a compact clematis with velvet-like, deep burgundy red flowers of 6 petals. They are 13-15 cm across and come out from late June until November if the weather is sunny and relatively warm. It is a s ...


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Clematis 'Evipo063' BOULEVARD® CORINNE
(old man's beard)

BOULEVARD® CORINNE is a compact clematis with white flowers. They are 10-13 cm across and each of its 8 petals has a less conspicuous pale magenta pink bar in the centre. They come out from late May until early July, d ...


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Clematis 'St17333' MULTI PINK
(old man's beard)

One of the most sought-after as well as most famous clematis varieties with fully double flowers is Multi Blue from 1983, bred by J. Bouter and Zoon from Dutch nursery town Boskoop. 36 years later comes a ...


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

Clematis 'Zo08160' SPOTLIGHT
(old man's beard)

SPOTLIGHT is a clematis variety bred by Jan van Zoest from the Netherlands and introduced by Thorncroft Clematis at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in England in 2019. It bears medium-sized, 8-10 cm wide flowers with 6 ...


	1.5 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Clematis 'Zo09088' SUPER NOVA
(old man's beard)

SUPER NOVA is a clematis variety bred by Jan van Zoest from the Netherlands and was launched at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival exhibition in 2016, which is organized annually by the Royal Horticultural Society in ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Clethra alnifolia
(summersweet)

Sweet pepper bush or summersweet is a deciduous shrub from the east coast of USA, occurring in moist locations to wetlands, and on stream banks. It is a trouble-free plant which is becoming popular again in our country thanks to i ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Clethra alnifolia 'RUBY SPICE'
(summer-sweet)

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


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m	semi-shade / partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Coreopsis LIL' BANG™ 'Daybreak'
(tickseed)

LIL' BANG™ Daybreak is a beautiful tickseed with eye-catching, daisy-like, golden yellow flowers with deep reddish brown eyes. In fact there is more brown than yellow so it would be no lie to say that the flowers are ...


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

Coreopsis SOLANNA™ BRIGHT TOUCH
(tickseed)

SOLANNA™ BRIGHT TOUCH tickseedmakes large, 4-5.5 cm across, golden yellow flowers. Tips of the ray florets are notched and there is a small but conspicuous mahogany brown eye around the centre. Flowers are so-called s ...


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Coreopsis grandiflora 'EARLY SUNRISE'
(tickseed)

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


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Coreopsis verticillata 'GRANDIFLORA'
(thread leaf coreopsis)

Grandiflora is a thread leaf tickseed variety, not to be mistaken for


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Coreopsis verticillata 'MOONBEAM'
(thread leaf coreopsis)

Moonbeam is one of the most reliable and sought-after varieties of thread leaf coreopsis. Its small, daisy-like flowers are light yellow just like moonlight. Its extremely long flowering period begins in early summer and en ...


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Cornus kousa 'SATOMI'
(Japanese dogwood)

“Satomi” is the most sought after variety among the Japanese ones. Its flowers are of light to deep pink colour that is unevenly spread throughout the flowers. Technically, they are not flowers but 4 flower bracts composed around small flower heads. They are up to 10 cm wide and c ...


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Cotinus 'GRACE'
(hybrid smoke tree)

Grace is a hybrid smoke tree variety, a cross between c. coggygria 'Velvet Cloak' and the American species c. obovatus. It is a vigorous, fast-growing shrub or small multi-stemmed tree with large, broadly oval to rounded, d ...


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Crocosmia 'CARMINE BRILLIANT'
(montbretia)

Carmine Brilliant is another amazing montbretia with fiery-coloured flowers. They are rich orange red with a striking yellow centre and stamens. They are funnel-shaped or campanulate and appear from mid July for at least a ...


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Crocosmia 'COLUMBUS'
(montbretia)

Columbus is a rich golden yellow flowering montbretia. Its funnel-shaped (campanulate) flowers are like Indian curry combined with an attractive necklace of a few crimson dots and small flames under the throat. They appear ...


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Crocosmia 'LUCIFER'
(monbretia)

Lucifer is a fascinating montbretia for several reasons. First because it was bred already in mid 20th century and is still one of the top sellers today, and second – its flowers are the richest fiery red available. T ...