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Lagerstroemia 'BURGUNDY COTTON'®
(crepe myrtle)

<>Burgundy Cotton® crepe myrtle was bred by Dr.Carl Whitcomb, a breeder well-known for his achievements in the field of crossing hardy crepe myrtles. Burgundy Cotton® enriches the range with white flowers on dark foliage. Flowers are formed in large panicles producing enormous n ...


	1.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'HOPI'
(crepe myrtle)

Hopi is a crepe myrtle hybrid variety suitable for zone 6 and higher. It produces rich panicles of bright pink flowers earliest of all known hardy varieties so far introduced – it begins blooming in late July or early ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'LIPAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Lipan crape myrtle is one of Dr. Egolf’s creations from the US National Arboretum. It is a beautiful and fast-growing variety that naturally forms a multi-stemmed shrub/tree with beautifully colored trunks. The flower ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'NATCHEZ'
(crape myrtle)

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


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

Lagerstroemia 'PINK VELOUR'®
(crape myrtle)

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


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

Lagerstroemia 'RHAPSODY IN PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Rhapsody in Pink is another crape myrtle novelty bred and introduced by Dr.Carl Whitcomb. It was first introduced in 2006 and has been a sought after crape myrtle since. It bears rich panicles of pure pink flowers on the background of burgundy red foliage. The inflorescence keep ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'SARAH'S FAVOURITE'
(crepe myrtle)

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


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

Lagerstroemia 'TUSKEGEE'
(crepe myrtle)

Tuskegee is among the first crepe myrtle hybrids ever crossed in the effort to gain a hardier variety. It makes large panicles 15-20 cm long of rich pin-red, crepe flowers with yellow anthers from August until September. D ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'WORLD'S FAIR'
(crepe myrtle)

World’s Fair is a short growing crepe myrtle variety producing arching branches on shrubs that seldom exceed one meter tall and some 1.5m wide. Bright pink flowers are composed in terminal racemes and open continuousl ...


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

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

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


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

Lagerstroemia 'Piilag B5' ENDURING SUMMER® RED
(crepe myrtle)

ENDURING SUMMER® is an American crepe myrtle series bred by Joshua H.Kardos. The plants boast compact, rounded habit and excellent resistance to diseases. ENDURING SUMMER® RED ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'HOUSTON'
(crape myrtle)

Houston is a hardy variety of c crape myrtle bred by American horticulturist David Chopin from Pennsylvania. It produces soft red, almost watermelon red flowers from late July or early August until the last sunny and warm ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'PETITE PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Petite Pink crepe myrtle belongs to the Petite series which means 'small' in French and that's exactly what all of its varieties are. Petite Pink has bright pink flowers composed in smaller racemes compared to tall varietie ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit II' DYNAMITE®
(crepe myrtle)

DYNAMITE® is possibly the reddest crepe myrtle variety known to trade. It produces large (30x20 cm), upright panicles of the richest red shade you may have seen. Flowering begins in late July or early August and contin ...


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

Lamium maculatum 'BEACON SILVER'
(spotted dead nettle)

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


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

Lavandula angustifolia
(lavender)

Exalting the beauty of lavender is like carrying coals to Newcastle. So let us cut down the story to a few words about its habit and cultivation. This lavender is the main species from which other varieties come from. It is a f ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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 'MUNSTEAD'
(lavender)

Munstead is a name for several plant varieties, all of which are somehow linked with Munstead Heath in southern Surrey, England, where Gertrude Jekyll's house called Munstead Wood was located. The house and garden were designed by Sir Edwin E. Lutyens and bu ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.6m	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 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

Lavandula angustifolia 'Momparler' PLATINUM BLONDE™
(lavender)

Spanish grower Juan Ismael Momparler Albors, who specializes in Mediterranean plants, can be proud of one great discovery. In 2006, he found a natural mutation in a field of common narrow-leaved lavenders, which had variegated leaves and compact habit. There are on ...


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

Lavandula angustifolia 'Per3225' ARDECHE BLUE
(lavender)

Ardeche Blue lavender was named after a region in southern France about 200 km from Mediterranean Sea. It was first introduced by Florensis, a Dutch horticultural company, in 2017 as one of the earliest flowering lavender ...


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

Lavandula x intermedia 'Niko' PHENOMENAL®
(lavandin)

PHENOMENAL® lavandin is a proud introduction by an American lavender specialist Lloyd R. Traven from Peace Tree Farm in Pennsylvania where they perform a different, organic approach to growing of plants. He found it in ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Leucanthemum 'BANANA CREAM'
(Shasta daisy)

Kevin Hurd from Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA, is a perennial breeder and among his targets are e.g., pinks, hardy hibiscus, and daisies. Banana Cream Shasta daisy is his work of art which he created in 2008 by c ...


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

Leucanthemum Ooh La™ 'LASPIDER'
(Shasta daisy)

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


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

Leucanthemum 'Cher' SWEET DAISY™ CHER
(Shasta daisy)

SWEET DAISY™ CHER is a large-flowered Shasta daisy with single, 5-7 cm wide flowers. They have extremely thin, ribbon-like, show-white ray florets composed around a yellow disc. Individual flowers excel in longevity ( ...


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

Leycesteria formosa 'PURPLE RAIN'
(Himalayan honeysuckle)

Himalayan honeysuckle is a native Asian plant that comes from mountain woodlands of west China and Himalayas. In European gardens it is grown for its ornamental inflorescence composed of claret-red bracts hanging above small, campanulate, almost white blooms.


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

Liatris spicata
(blazing star)

Blazing star is a popular perennial in European gardens. It makes 45-70 cm long spikes of pink button-like flowerheads which open from the top of the inflorescence downwards and last for a long time. Linear leaves are mid green leaves are arranged in basal tufts and are very attractive even w ...


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

Liatris spicata 'KOBOLD'
(blazing star)

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


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

Ligularia 'PANDORA'®
(leopard plant)

Ligularia is probably too beautiful to worry about its common name. There are so many of them such as leopard plant, golden groundsel, ray flower, even tractor seat, and still mostly everybody call it ligularia. Pandora®


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ligularia 'THE ROCKET'
(leopard plant)

The Rocket is a showcase among leopard plants. It is a hybrid of l. stenocephala and l. przewalski producing glowing yellow flowers on tall stems and attractive leaves. Before the flowers appear the foliage will undoubtfull ...


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

Ligularia dentata 'MIDNIGHT LADY'
(leopard plant)

Midnight Lady is a chance seedling variety of ligularia with dark foliage and glowing flowers. It makes up to 25 cm wide, rounded to kidney shaped, deep mahogany purple-brown leaves that are serrated at margins and rise ato ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriodendron tulipifera
(yellow poplar)

Belonging to the same family as magnolia, common name tulip tree may be misleading since this name is often used for magnolias with saucer-shaped flowers. Hence gardeners rather use its other name yellow poplar. This is the tree w ...


	25 - 30m	10 - 15m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriodendron tulipifera 'AUREOMARGINATUM'
(tulip tree)

Belonging to the same family as magnolia, common name tulip tree may be misleading. This is the tree with huge lyre-shaped, deciduous leaves which do appear to miss a lobe. This variety is called Aureomarginatum because its ...


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

Liriodendron tulipifera 'FASTIGIATUM'
(tulip tree)

Fastigiatum is a columnar variety of yellow poplar tree / tulip tree which has two advantages as opposed to the species. First - it is narrower and will fit into a mid-sized garden. And secondly, and for most of us perhaps more importantly, it flowers from very young age. As opp ...


	7 - 13m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lythrum 'Flothrum Robin' ROBIN
(loosestrife)

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


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

Lythrum salicaria 'BLUSH'
(purple loosestrife)

Blush is an exceptionally light pink flowering variety of purple loosestrife. They are larger than on most purple pink varieties and open from the bottom upwards, usually from late July until early September on about 60-90 ...