Summer blooms

Abelia 'EDWARD GOUCHER'
(Edward Goucher pink abelia)

Abelias belong to the most popular flowering shrubs of dwarf to small sizes, mainly thanks to its long flowering period: June-October. Variety Edward Goucher was introduced by a botanist of the same name in the USA in 1911 as a cross between abelia x grandiflora and abelia schum ...


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

Abelia x grandiflora 'KALEIDOSCOPE'®
(glossy abelia)

Kaleidoscope® is another novelty of the turn of the century. It drags attention thanks to its multicoloured foliage, but not only that. This abelia was found as a naturally occurring mutation of abelia x grandiflora “Little Richard” by nurseryman Randall Dale Li ...


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

Abelia x grandiflora
(glossy abelia)

Glossy abelia is a garden hybrid between abelia chinensis and abelia uniflora, and is sometimes also called abelia rupestris. Its dominant feature is profuse flowering from late June until late autumn. Flowers are small, funnel-shaped, pure whi ...


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

Achillea 'MOONSHINE'
(yarrow)

Moonshine is a handsome addition to the pink and red flowering family of yarrows. It cheers up every border with its bright yellow flowers and silvery foliage. It is a cross between a. clypeolata and a. Taygetea and makes s ...


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

Achillea DESERT EVE™ 'Deep Rose'
(yarrow)

DESERT EVE™ is a new series of yarrow with shorter stems, compact habit, and long-lasting flowers. DESERT EVE™ Deep Rose is variety with quite large, flat corymbs of ric ...


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

Achillea millefolium 'SAUCY SEDUCTION'
(yarrow)

Saucy Seduction is a not-to-be-missed yarrow with striking purple pink flowers. They are formed in flat corymbs and come out atop 40-50 cm tall stems from late June for an extended period of time, often until early Septembe ...


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

Achillea millefolium 'SCHNEETALER'
(yarrow)

Schneetaler yarrow produces medium tall stems reaching about 60 cm tall, topped with almost flat corymbs composed of snow-white flowers. They come out from mid to late June and re-bloom until September. The plant makes an u ...


	0.5 - 0.7m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Achillea millefolium 'WALTER FUNCKE'
(yarrow)

Yarrow is a maintenance-free perennial suitable for standard flower beds as well as dry locations and rockeries. Fern-like leaves are fine and deep green, basal leaves are larger than stem leaves. Flowers come out in flat corymbs in early summer. They are brick orange-red with tiny yellowish- ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.2 - 0.3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Achillea millefolium MILLY ROCK™ YELLOW TERRACOTTA
(yarrow)

MILLY ROCK™ YELLOW TERRACOTTA yarrow makes attractive flowers combining brick orange-red and pastel yellow colours. They are composed in almost flat corymbs atop about 30-40 cm tall stems. Flowering begins in June and ...


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

Achillea millefolium 'Florachro1' MILLY ROCK™ ROSE
(yarrow)

MILLY ROCK™ ROSE yarrow makes pastel rosy red flowers with yellow centres composed in almost flat corymbs atop about 30-40 cm tall stems. Flowering begins in June and continues until late August. Fern-like leaves are ...


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

Aconitum napellus 'ALBUM'
(monkshood)

Album is a unique monkshood variety with purely white flowers hiding a whorl of yellow green stamens inside something that does look like a hood of a monk's coat. They are formed in erect racemes on stems that can be 1.5 ta ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Agapanthus 'NORTHERN STAR'
(Afrikan blue lily)

Northern Star is another hardy African blue lily variety from England, bred by Richard J Fulcher. It makes soft ink blue flowers with dark purple blue stripes. They are funnel-shaped, formed in large umbels atop 60-80 cm ta ...


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

Agapanthus 'POLAR ICE'
(African blue lily)

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


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

Agapanthus 'PM003' EVERPANTHUS POPPIN' PURPLE
(African blue lily)

EVERPANTHUS® POPPIN’ PURPLE is a special variety of hardy African blue lily with purple blue (not sky blue) flowers. Individual flowers are funnel-shaped, composed in large umbels, and open one by one thus extend ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Agastache 'KUDOS™ CORAL'
(hyssop)

Kudos™ Coral is a hardy agastache with red flowers. is a great success among perennial agastache, as it is one of the few reliably hardy orange-flowering varieties. It is an early one starting to bloom as early as in late June, producing loose, terminal spik ...


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

Agastache 'KUDOS™ MANDARIN'
(hyssop)

Kudos ™ Mandarin is a great success among perennial agastache, as it is one of the few reliably hardy orange-flowering varieties. It is an early one starting to bloom as early as in late June, producing loose, termina ...


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

Albizia julibrissin
(silk tree)

Mimosaceae plants are common and popular mainly in southern Europe for their high tolerance to drought as well as attractive and long lasting flowering. Even though they come from subtropical parts of the world there is one species hardy enough to be grown in our climate - si ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'ROUGE SELECTION'
(silk tree)

Rouge Selection is a French silk tree introduction of similar characteristics to Ombrella® variety. It grows faster and a little taller and exhibits a purple tint on young leaves. Its flowers are sweetly scented, rich ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'SUMMER CHOCOLATE'®
(silk tree)

Summer Chocolate® is a spectacular silk tree variety from Japan where it was discovered in 1990 as a seedling in a controlled planting of Albizia julibrissin in 1990. It was granted a US patent No. PP13,822 in 2003. St ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'Boubri' OMBRELLA®
(silk tree)

Ombrella® belongs to the hardy group. It was a chance selection from France which was observed and cultivated, and later on patented under the name Boubri. It differs from the species by darker leaves and deeply coloured flowers. Exotic looking flowers are pinky-red, hairy spheres wit ...


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

Anemone 'ANDREA ATKINSON'
(anemone)

"Andrea Atkinson" is a later variety of anemone. It has 60-80 cm long stalks with snow-white camellia-like flowers with distinct yellow stamens. It starts blooming at the end of summer and continues until October. 3-palmate basal leaves are mid to dark green, sharply toothed, sparsely hairy beneath. ...


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

Anemone 'PRETTY LADY EMILY'®
(Japanese anemone)

Pretty Lady Emily® is a Japanese anemone hybrid, probably the shortest of all among the Pretty Lady® series. It produces semi-double, medium to light pink flowers decorated with a small crown of showy, rich yello ...


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

Anemone hupehensis var.japonica 'HONORINE JOBERT'
(Japanese anemone)

Honorine Jobert is a late variety of Japanese anemone. It produces 2-3 cm wide snow-white flowers with deep yellow centres of stamens from end August until the last warm days of autumn. The stalks are about 1 meter tall, well-branched. Basal leaves are deciduous, palmate, mid gr ...


	1 - 1.3m	0.3 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aralia elata 'VARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Variegata is one of the first (or possibly the very first) variegated mutation of Japanese angelica tree which probably explains it rather botanical, charmless name. Nonetheless the plant itself is charm impersonified! ...


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

Astilbe 'ELISABETH VAN VEEN'
(astilbe (japonica group))

Elisabeth van Veen astilbe bears a prestigious name of an American plant nursery from Portland, Oregon, founded in 1926, which became famous mostly for hybridizing rhododendrons. It is a japonica hybrid astilbe producing gl ...


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

Astilbe SHORT N' SWEET RASPBERRY
(astilbe (japonica group))

RASPBERRY is another astilbe variety bred by Dutch perennial specialist Jan Verschoor and belongs to the SHORT N’ SWEET series which comprises of compact, low growing varieties with beautifully coloured, sweetly scent ...


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

Astilbe x arendsii
(astilbe)

Astilbe is a popular, low-maintenance perennial with charming, plume-like flowers in summer. The offer several colours – creamy white, pink or red. Leaves are dark green and glossy forming a dense clump. Grow astilbe in humus-rich soil. If planted in boggy or regularly watered bed th ...


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

Azalea japonica 'PINK SPIDER'
(Japanese azalea)

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


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1m	semi-shade / partial sun	7a (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea x 'SUMMER SUN'
(Satsuki azalea)

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


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

Buddleja 'LOCHINCH'
(buddleja)

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


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

Buddleja 'MISS VIOLET'
(butterfly bush)

Miss Violet is a compact butterfly bush variety growing about one and a half meters tall and wide, forming a dense, freely flowering shrub. Its rich purple violet flowers are composed in remarkably narrow, 10-15 cm long, sa ...


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

Buddleja 'WHITE BALL'
(butterfly bush)

White Ball is a Dutch butterfly bush variety from the Dreaming series developed by the Horticultural Reseach International in Boskoop. It produces slender panicles composed of fragrant, tubular, white flowers with golden yellow throat. Deciduous leaves are lanceola ...


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

Buddleja 'WISTERIA LANE'
(butterfly bush)

Wisteria Lane is the name of the hackneyed street from Desperate Housewives tv series, where purple wisteria blooms whenever the camera pans to the exterior of any house. Apparently even in winter. It's called the American miracle. But this time we are not t ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja ‚Pmoore14' BERRIES & CREAM
(buddleja)

BERRIES & CREAM butterfly bush produces 15-20 cm long, slim panicles composed of small, funnel-shaped, fragrant flowers with orange throat. They are a bit naughty when it comes to colour – some are white, some are mag ...


	1.8 - 2.3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Buddleja SILVER ANNIVERSARY™
(butterfly bush)

SILVER ANNIVERSARY™ is an attractive buddleia hybrid bred by Peter Moore in 1994 as a cross between b.crispa and b.loricata. It is a deciduous shrub with striking silver, narrowly lance-shaped foliage wh ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'BLACK KNIGHT'
(butterfly bush)

Black Knight is a butterfly bush variety with one of the deepest colours currently available in the market. They are deep purple blue, heavily scented, up to 30 cm long. Individual flowers are small and tubular, formed in dense panicles at the ends of the branches. The infloresc ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'EMPIRE BLUE'
(butterfly bush)

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


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

Buddleja davidii 'PINK DELIGHT'
(butterfly bush)

If you like pink and butterflies at the same time, Pink Delight is butterfly bush variety ideal for you. Individual flowers are small and tubular, formed in up to 40 cm long, dense panicles at the ends of the branches. The inflorescence may look like lilac hence its other name: ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'ROYAL RED'
(butterfly bush)

Royal Red is a butterfly bush with deep purple-red flowers that are fragrant and up to 50 cm long. Individual flowers are small and tubular, formed in up to 40 cm long, dense panicles at the ends of the branches. The inflorescence may look like lilac hence its other name: summer ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'SUMMER BIRD Magenta'
(butterfly bush)

SUMMER BIRD Magenta is a small butterfly bush from the SUMMER BIRD series producing fuchsia purple, fragrant, tubular flowers composed in medium-sized, chubby panicles from mid July until autumn if you regularly deadhead sp ...


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

Buddleja davidii BUTTERFLY CANDY LAVENDER
(butterfly bush)

BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LAVENDER is a dwarf and compact buddleja producing deep lavender pink flowers with an orange throat. The inflorescence is conical, fat but short – only about 6-8 cm long, and composed of small, ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'BotEx 001' BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LITTLE PURPLE
(butterfly bush)

BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LITTLE PURPLE is a dwarf and compact buddleja producing dark violet blue flowers. The inflorescence is conical, slim, around 10 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers. They are moderate ...


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

Buddleja davidii 'BotEx 002' BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LILA SWEETHEART
(butterfly bush)

BUTTERFLY CANDY™ LILA SWEETHEART is a dwarf and compact buddleja producing soft lavender violet flowers with an orange throat. The inflorescence is conical, slim, only some 8-10 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers. They are moderately, sweet ...


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

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

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


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

Buddleja davidii 'Tobud1305' BUTTERFLY TOWER
(butterfly bush)

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


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

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

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


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

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

Campanula 'SAMANTHA'
(bellflower)

Samantha is no newcomer in the bellflower world. It is a proved and beloved variety, a c. carpatica hybrid, producing large flowers and 15-20 cm tall stems. Flowers are 2-3 cm across, combine violet and white, and bloom fro ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°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

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 ...


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

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 - 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 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 ...


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

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 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 ...


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

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

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 ...


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

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 ...


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

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'SUMMER SORBET'
(bluebeard)

Summer Sorbet bluebeard is a fantastic novelty from England. It is a natural mutation of Kew Blue variety. Summer Sorbet has colourful foliage – the leaves are dark green in the centre with rich yellow margins. Flowers are violet-blue, come out at the end of summer and continue b ...


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

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 ...


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

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. ...


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

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. ...


	5 - 10m	3 - 5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Catalpa bignonioides 'AUREA'
(Indian bean tree)

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


	2 - 8m	2 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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
(mountain bluet)

Bluet is a common and popular perennial of Czech gardens and lower mountains. It produces 30-60 cm tall stems with bizarrely shaped, antler-like, purple-blue flowers from early June until midsummer. Deciduous leaves are light green, slightly hairy. In the wild ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°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

Cephalanthus occidentalis
(buttonbush)

Buttonbush is a very interesting shrub, popular with collectors. Its main feature are flowers that are perfect spheres with tiny, pure white, tubular flowers. They are followed by small, green fruit. It flowers on current year’s wood. They have a nice scent and attract butterflies. D ...


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

Chilopsis linearis 'BURGUNDY'
(desert willow)

Burgundy is a beautiful variety of desert willow of untraceable origin, possibly a selection of Rio Salado with slightly paler flowers. Burgundy desert willow makes deep maroon, velvety flowers with white and yellow stripes ...


	2 - 5m	2 - 4m	full 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 ...


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

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 ...


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

Clematis 'RHAPSODY'
(old man's beard)

Rhapsody is a compact clematis variety with intensely indigo blue flowers. They are 10-12 cm across, composed of 4-6 petals, and their colour deepens with age. The centres are decorated with light green to creamy stamens. I ...


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

Clematis 'VILLE DE LYON'
(old man´s beard)

Ville de Lyon is a large-flowered clematis variety with carmine-red flowers. The sepals are deeper nearer their margins, the anthers are yellow. The flowers are compact, almost flat, and very pretty. Bes grown through a shrub as lower foliage becomes scorched by late summer. ...


	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 ...


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

Clematis 'WESTERPLATTE'
(old man's beard)

Westerplatte is a clematis variety bred by Stefan Franczak from Poland and introduced at Plantarium 1998, a prestigious novelty fair in Boskoop, Holland, where it was awarded Gold Medal. It makes large flowers, 12-14 cm acr ...


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

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 ...


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

Clematis 'Evipo099' BOULEVARD® OLYMPIA
(old man's beard)

BOULEVARD® OLYMPIA is a compact clematis with pastel lavender violet flowers. They are 10-14 cm across, single to semi double with 6 to 12 wavy sepals with a less conspicuous paler bar in the centre. They come out from ...


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

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 'HUMMINGBIRD'
(summersweet)

Hummingbird is a cute name for a cute and truly dwarf sweet pepper bush variety. From late July it produces a profusion of rather short, spike-like, erect racemes composed of creamy white, sweetly scented flowers. They last ...


	0.5 - 1.2m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°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 ...


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

Coreopsis 'Baluptgonz' UPTICK™ GOLD & BRONZE
(tickseed)

The UPTICK™ series of perennial tickseed is bred by Blair Winner from Santa Paula in California, USA. The aim was to select freely flowering plants of attractive colours and reliable hardiness.

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

Coreopsis 'Decoreo16' SOLANNA™ GOLDEN SPHERE
(tickseed)

SOLANNA™ GOLDEN SPHERE is one of the unique tickseed varieties from the SOLANNA™ series. It makes dahlia-like, fully double, golden yellow flowers about 5-6 cm across. They are so-called self-cleaning, i.e., whe ...


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

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 ...


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

Crocosmia 'BRIGITTE'
(montbretia)

Brigitte is a montbretia variety of crocosmiiflora hybrids, i.e., crosses of c. lutea and c. pottsii, first bred by French botanist Victor Lemoine in 1880. It belongs amongst the earliest as it begins to bloom as early as i ...


	0.7 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.6m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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 ...


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

Crocosmia 'MÉTÉORE'
(montbretia)

Météore montbretia belongs among crocosmiiflora hybrids i.e. crosses of c. lutea and c. pottsii first bred by French botanist Victor Lemoine in 1880. 7 years later he introduced this midseason variety which brings flowers t ...


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

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'GEORGE DAVIDSON'
(monbretia)

George Davidson montbretia was bred by an English breeder of the same name. It is one of my favourites because it has my colour: golden yellow. The flowers are large, bell-shaped, wide-open, and appear in midseason until la ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Daphne x transatlantica 'SUMMER ICE'
(daphne)

Summer Ice is a variegated form of hybrid daphne caucasica found by Bob Tichnor of Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Centre in Oregon, USA. The source does not say whether the plant is ...


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

Daphne x transatlantica 'Blafra' ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™
(daphne)

ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ is a compact and dense growing variety of a hybrid daphne with long flowering period. Its small flowers are tubular, almost white inside and pale lilac pink outside. They have a strong and sweet per ...


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

Daphne x transatlantica 'Blapink' PINK FRAGRANCE™
(daphne)

PINK FRAGRANCE™, or also marketed under its complete name SPRING PINK ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™, is a sister variety which arose from breeding its predecessor – ETERNAL FRAGRANC ...


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

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 ...


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

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 ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Delosperma nubigenum 'P14R1' WHEELS OF WONDER® PURPLE
(iceplant)

WHEELS OF WONDER® PURPLE, or simply just Purple Wonder iceplant, produces large, 3-4 cm across, daisy-like, bright purple violet flowers with pure white centres from the first hot days of late spring until the last sun ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Delosperma SUNTROPICS® 'COPPER'
(iceplant)

Copper is a gorgeous iceplant variety from the SUNTROPICS® series introduced by Volmary in 2022. It makes rich golden flowers with amber orange to copper red hues. They are lar ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Delphinium 'M.F. DARK BLUE WHITE BEE'
(larkspur)

M.F. Dark Blue White Bee is Magic Fountains larkspur variety with deep indigo blue outer petals decorated with dwarf white petals that look like a bee feasting on its nectar. Basal ...


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

Digitalis 'LUCAS'
(common foxglove)

Lucas is a handsome guy among foxglove varieties. It is highly valued not only for beautiful flowers but also extended blooming time as its secondary stems keep on producing flowers until September. Flowers are widely funne ...


	0.5 - 0.7m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Digitalis 'SWEET DREAMS'
(common foxglove)

Sweet Dreams is a medium tall foxglove variety with large, dark pink, funnel-shaped flowers with purple red dots margined white inside the throat. The flowers are densely clustered along about 1m tall stems. Blooming begins ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.3 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Echinacea 'BIG KAHUNA'
(coneflower)

Big Kahuna is a big catch for American breeder Harini Korlipara from TerraNova® Nurseries in Oregon, USA. This coneflower boasts tropical orange, extra large flowers that are almost 14 cm across. The colour of ray flor ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Echinacea 'SENSATION PINK'
(coneflower)

Sensation Pink is another coneflower bred by Dutch lover of perennials Marco van Noort in 2012. It makes rich pink, almost magenta pink flowers from late June until September. They are first borne atop strong, 40-60 cm tall ...


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

Echinacea SOMBRERO™ DOUBLE LIME
(coneflower)

SOMBRERO™ DOUBLE LIME is a unique coneflower introduction from 2023. It bears double flowers composed of one layer of long, single ray florets and a dense cone-head packed with small, tubular, disc florets. Their colo ...


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

Echinacea SOMBRERO™ ROSE
(coneflower)

SOMBRERO™ ROSE is an innovative hybrid coneflower with pink flowers. Pink may sound boring if we know that coneflowers are typically purple-pink but this shade is different. As if it contained white powder, it has a c ...


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

Echinacea SUNSEEKERS EMBERS
(coneflower)

Do you love deep and warm colours? How about orange or golden? These are my favourite so no wonder I am nuts about this 2023 introduction of hybrid coneflower from the SUNSEEKERS series. It does not have a trade name yet and its provisional name says


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Echinacea SUNSEEKERS POMEGRANATE
(coneflower)

Flowers with fruit-like variety names sound very tasty and make you want them just because they recall a taste of fruit you like. Exactly as in case of this hybrid coneflower from the SUNSEEKERS series from 2022. Its name is SUNSEEKERS PO ...


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

Echinacea ‚Ifecsssal‘ SUNSEEKERS SALMON
(coneflower)

Sunseekers Salmon is truly a unique coneflower. Among the load of colours available today this one stands out like a proud princess who knows that she is being watched. Semi-double, large flowers have frayed ends and appear ...


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

Echinacea 'Balsomemy' SOMBRERO™ LEMON YELLOW
(coneflower)

SOMBRERO™ LEMON YELLOW coneflower bears bright canary yellow, sweetly fragrant flowers with flattened orange discs. They are produced atop 40-50 cm tall, sturdy stems from early July until late September and hide plen ...


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

Echinacea 'Balsomrosa' SOMBRERO™ ROSADA
(coneflower)

SOMBRERO™ ROSADA coneflower bears bright fuchsia pink to rosy purple, single, fragrant flowers. It is a compact variety producing strong, about 40-50 cm tall with several flushes of flowers from July until late Septem ...


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

Echinacea 'Balsomsed' SOMBRERO™ SALSA RED
(coneflower)

SOMBRERO™ SALSA RED is a striking rich red coneflower producing 40-50 cm tall, thick, light green stems bearing single flowers from early July until late September. The discs are dark orange and hide plenty of nectar ...


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

Echinacea 'Ifecssswfu' SUNSEEKERS SWEET FUCHSIA
(coneflower)

SUNSEEKERS SWEET FUCHSIA is a fully double flowering coneflower variety from 2022, first on the market in 2023. Its exquisite flowers are large, about 10 cm across, and more than a coneflower they resemble dahlias or gerber ...


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

Echinacea 'Ifecsswp' SUNSEEKERS WHITE PERFECTION®
(coneflower)

White Perfection is a sequel of the new Sunseekers Ipecss- series following the success of Sunseekers Salmon. It produces semi-double flowers with creamy w ...


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

Echinacea 'Ipecssts' SUNSEEKERS® TEQUILA SUNRISE
(coneflower)

SUNSEEKERS® TEQUILA SUNRISE is another coneflower masterpiece from the SunSeekers series. It produces large, up to 11 cm across, single flowers with slightly downward curved ra ...


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

Echinacea 'Noecseven' PICKUP PINK®
(coneflower)

Marco van Noort is a Dutch lover and breeder of perennials, and he excels in breeding coneflowers. PICKUP PINK® is another fascinating variety proving this. It makes bushy, well-branched clumps with single, glowing mag ...


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

Echinacea 'Noecthree' DELICIOUS NOUGAT®
(coneflower)

DELICIOUS NOUGAT® coneflower is a sister variety of DELICIOUS CANDY® bred by Marco van Noort from the Netherlands in 2016. It produces dense, compact cl ...


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

Echinacea 'Rainb299' APRICOT RAINBOW
(coneflower)

APRICOT RAINBOW is a purple coneflower from the BUTTERFLY™ series. It has rich apricot orange ray florets which open dark golden yellow and mature to pale apricot with salmon ...


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

Echinacea 'Tnechkr' KISMET® RASPBERRY
(coneflower)

KISMET® RASPBERRY coneflower makes exquisite raspberry red flowers atop about 40 cm tall, strong stems. They are large, up to 12 cm across, single, and strongly and sweetly scented. Their perfume is released by about 4 ...


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

Echinacea FINE FEATHERED™ 'PARROT'
(coneflower)

Parrot is a bi-coloured coneflower variety from the FINE FEATHERED™ series from 2018. It makes medium large, fragrant flowers with long ray florets. Their tips are rich golden orange and near the cone they change to f ...


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

Echinacea FOUNTAIN™ 'Orange Bicolor'
(coneflower)

Orange Bicolor is a bi-coloured coneflower variety from the FOUNTAIN™ series from 2018. It makes large, fragrant flowers with long ray florets with balayage effect. They are purple red nearer the centre and grade to o ...


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

Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
(Ozark coneflower)

I suppose that everybody knows what paradox is. And in case of this coneflower the major paradox is that a perennial called purple coneflower is totally yellow. Or golden yellow which does not help either, so the botanists decided to change its name to reflect its location of origin:


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

Echinacea purpurea 'DOUBLE-DECKER'
(coneflower)

Double-Decker is a name for a typical two-storey London bus as well as this unique two-tier coneflower. It has large, deep magenta pink flowers with a big cone that can be decorated with another flower of the same colour, o ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Echinacea purpurea 'FATAL ATTRACTION'®
(coneflower)

Fatal Attraction® is truly a fantastic variety of coneflower bred by Petrus Oudolf from the Netherlands, and patented in 2006. It makes very strong stems which get thicker towards the flower making it look like a micro ...


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

Echinacea purpurea 'MILKSHAKE'®
(coneflower)

Fancy a milkshake? Looking at this beautiful coneflower one must be tempted to have one. It bears milky-white ray-florets with yellow disc-florets that change to beige heads as they mature. So the whole flower does resemble a fresh milkshake with a vanilla cream to ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Echinacea purpurea 'JS Engeltje' PRETTY PARASOLS
(purple coneflower)

PRETTY PARASOLS is a unique variety of purple conflower, not a hybrid coneflower, making tall but sturdy stems reaching almost one meter. Atop appear large flowers which do resemble a seaside parasol ready to be open to bri ...


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

Eremurus x isabellinus 'Cleopatra'
(desert candle)

Desert candle is a perfect name for this attractive perennial. Or foxtail lily is even funnier and tells the truth, too. This plant has sturdy stems that can grow up to 1.5m tall where half of the stem is decorated with small flowers of various colours. Cleopatra is a hybrid ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Eutrochium maculatum 'ATROPURPUREUM'
(Joe Pye weed)

Eutrochium maculatum (syn. Eupatorium m.)

Atropurpureum is possibly the tallest and also the reddest variety of Joe Pye Weed. It forms dense tufts of 1.5-2m tall, deep wine red stems that are slender but tough, and do not bend after wind or rain. The flowers are co ...


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

Eutrochium maculatum 'RIESENSCHIRM'
(Joe Pye weed)

Riesenschirm (‘Giant Umbrella’) is the tallest Joe Pye Weed variety so far. Its stems reach some 2.5m tall and look absolutely stunning in any border. They are deep purple red, slender but sturdy, and do not ben ...


	2 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Eutrochium purpureum EUPHORIA™ RUBY
(Joe Pye weed)

Eutrochium purpureum (syn. Eupatorium p.) 'Floreupre1'

EUPHORIA™ RUBY is the shortest growing and a very compact variety of Joe Pye Weed so far. Its sturdy, maroon stems commonly grow between 50 and 80 cm in height. As early as in late July appear up to 26 cm wide corymbs ...


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

Fuchsia 'LADY THUMB'
(hardy fuchsia)

Once upon a time there was a boy named Tom who was so tiny that he got a name Tom Thumb. When he grew older he found himself a girl who was tiny, too, and everyone called her Thumbelina. However, when the two decided to get married the officer at the registry did not like such informality and as she ...


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

Fuchsia 'MRS.POPPLE'
(hardy fuchsia)

It happened in 1899 when Mrs. Popple was giving one of her tennis parties. One of the invited was a nurseryman Clarense Elliott of Six Hills Nursery in Stevenage, England. Apart from ball and his racket he also paid attention to the plants growing around and he noticed a beautiful fuchsia just behin ...


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

Fuchsia 'TOM THUMB'
(hardy fuchsia)

Fuchsias are back in fashion these days, mainly because more and more countries are testing the so-called hardy fuchsias which are aimed to live outdoors, in garden beds and borders. They are usually magellanica hybrids. Tom Thumb is a dwarf variety with extremely profuse fl ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.3m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fuchsia magellanica 'RICCARTONII'
(hardy fuchsia)

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


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

Gaillardia 'ARIZONA APRICOT'
(blanket flower)

Arizona Apricot is a fantastic blanket flower variety with daisy-like golden yellow flowers with orange eyes. It blooms from June until late September or early October if early autumn is sunny and warm. Its stems are a litt ...


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

Gaillardia 'SpinTop ORANGE HALO'
(blanket flower)

SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Orange Halo is a tricky one which some may found expandable no ...


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

Gaillardia 'SpinTop RED'
(blanket flower)

SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Red is a variety with rich red, daisy-like, medium large flowe ...


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

Gaillardia 'SpinTop STARBURST'
(blanket flower)

SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Starburst is a work of art, indeed. Its colour combination may sound boring as red and yellow has been h ...


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

Gaillardia 'SpinTop YELLOW TOUCH'
(blanket flower)

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


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

Gaillardia aristata 'Dogailspincopsun' SPINTOP™ COPPER SUN
(blanket flower)

SpinTop™ is a blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop™ Copper Sun is a unique variety with petals that are rolled up into narrow trumpets. They are a ...


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

Gaillardia aristata 'Kiegaldab' GALLO™ DARK BICOLOR

GALLO™ DARK BICOLOR is an exceptionally compact and low blanket flower with large flowers. They are daisy-like, bright golden yellow at petal tips, and rich red towards the burgundy red centre. The leaves are narrow, ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.3m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gaura lindheimeri 'GAMBIT COMPACT PINK'
(gaura)

Gambit Compact Pink is a Gaura variety forming neat tufts packed with pale pink flowers from June till the first frosts. They are borne on the background of deep green, narrowly lanceolate leaves that emerge deep maroon. Tr ...


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

Gaura lindheimeri 'GAMBIT ROSE'
(wand flower)

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


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

Gaura lindheimeri BELLEZA™ Graceful Pink
(gaura)

BELLEZA™ is a gaura series bred by German breeder Nils Klemm from Stuttgart. BELLEZA™ Graceful Pink is graceful, indeed. It produces soft pink flowers on plants which are not very compact but extremely bushy wit ...


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

Gaura lindheimeri 'Gaudwwhi' GEYSER
(gaura)

GEYSER, or often also called GEYSER WHITE is a beautiful and compact, white flowering gaura from GEYSER series. It produces wide-open, pure ...


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

Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechiana
(crested gentian)

Crested gentian (or summer gentian) is another beautiful species of this popular perennial. It produces very handsome, narrowly trumpet-shaped flowers which raise their heads towards the sun and open only on a sunny day, from July ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.2 - 0.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geranium 'ROZANNE'®
(cranesbill)

Rozanne® cranesbill was first introduced to horticultural public in 2000 and 8 years later it won a prestigious award Plant Of The Year. It boasts with large, 5-petalled, rich lilac-violet flowers from June until the l ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.3 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Geum 'TOTALLY TANGERINE'
(hybrid Chilean avens)

Totally Tangerine is a hybrid Chilean avens from Timothy Crowther from USA who in 1999 crossbred Mrs. Bradshaw avens with rich red flowers and geum rivale. The result is a sterile variety with handsome tangerine orange, sin ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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


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

Geum 'Mrs BRADSHAW'
(Chilean avens)

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


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

Helenium 'AMBER'
(Helen's flower)

Amber is a medium tall Helen's flower variety producing very attractive flowers. Their petals are a mixture of golden yellow and amber orange with striking coppery red highlights, surrounding chocolate brown heads. Flowers ...


	1 - 1.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helenium 'EL DORADO'
(Helen's flower)

El Dorado was a mythical tribal chief of the Muisca people, American Indians from Colombia in Latin America from the 16th century. His ritual was to cover himself with gold dust, showing the richness of the deposits of gold where he lived. His name became a synonym for his town or village and, just ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helenium 'MOERHEIM BEAUTY'
(sneezeweed)

Moerheim Beauty is an eye-catching variety of sneezeweed (helenium). It produces large, daisy-like flowers with chocolate brown discs. The ray florets are longer than on other heleniums, and their predominant colour is fier ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Helenium 'SHORT'N'SASSY'
(Helen's flower)

Short'n'Sassy is a compact Helen's flower variety producing short stems with highly attractive bi-coloured flowers. They combine golden yellow base and orange red highlights in various depth. Flowers are produced continuous ...


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

Helenium bigelovii 'THE BISHOP'
(Helen's flower)

Bigelow’s sneezeweed is a helenium species named after an American physician and botanist John Milton Bigelow (1804-1878). Unlike most other tall growing autumn helenium it has handsome foliage formed in basal rosettes even after you cut off stems with spent ...


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

Helenium UFO™ 'CARMEN'®
(Helen's flower)

Carmen® is a sneezeweed variety from the UFO™ series developed in the Netherlands. It is hot like glowing embers – its flowers come out golden yellow with orange flares and mature to rich amber golden and o ...


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

Helichrysum italicum
(Italian strawflower)

Italian strawflower is an evergreen Mediterranean aromatic semi-woody perennial, sometimes classified as a shrub like lavender, with which it is easily confused before flowers appear. Its common name curry plant, as well as the smell of crushed foliage suggests it ...


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

Hemerocallis 'BONANZA'
(daylily)

Bonanza is a diploid daylily bred by Lee Gates from Prairieville in Louisiana, USA, and introduced in 1994. It makes 14 cm large, star-shaped flowers of rich golden orange colour with mahogany red eye. They bloom early in t ...


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

Hemerocallis 'LAVENDER DEAL'
(daylily (tetraploid))

Blue or anything close to it is a dream of many daylily breeders, and though there are plenty of so-called lavender-coloured varieties, they are still too far from violet let alone blue, yet every step counts and we never know when the breakthrough comes.


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hemerocallis 'MAUNA LOA'
(daylily (tetraploid))

You needn’t be as rich as the king Fridrich I who had a unique idea in late 17th century – to make a room decorated solely with amber and gold called the Amber Room. It is often rated the 8th wonder and if you like the rich shades of ...


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

Hemerocallis 'MY REGGAE TIGER'
(daylily (tetraploid))

My Reggae Tiger is a stunning, large-flowered daylily for lovers of rich and vibrant colours. It is a tetraploid with up to 15 cm wide flowers of rich fiery orange colour with less conspicuous, slightly deeper orange eye. T ...


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

Hemerocallis 'ORANGE NASSAU'
(daylily)

Orange Nassau daylily was named after a capital of Bahamas, one of the most renowned holiday resorts. Maybe because its large, 14 cm wide, rich golden yellow flowers with orange tones and heavily ruffled margins are reminis ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hemerocallis 'PURPLE WATERS'
(daylily)

PURPLE WATERS daylily is an old piece from 1942 by one of the most influential American daylily breeders of the 20th century H.M.Russell. It makes large, star-shaped, purple red flowers with a conspicuous golden yellow thro ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hemerocallis 'ROSE CORSAGE'
(daylily (tetraploid))

Rose Corsage is a large-flowered tetraploid daylily (with 4 sets of chromosomes: total 44 in each cell) bred by Grace Stamile and introduced in 1999. It produces 12-13 cm wide, semi-double or double, dark rosy red flowers w ...


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

Hemerocallis 'SILOAM ROYAL PRINCE'
(daylily)

Siloam Royal Prince is a rich magenta red daylily. It has no eye and the throat is yellow-green. It blooms in midseason (July) on about 40-50 cm tall stems. Siloam daylilies were bred by Pauline Henry from Arkansas, USA ...


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

Hemerocallis 'STELLA de ORO'
(daylily)

Stella de Oro is the top brand among daylilies. It blooms most abundantly and longest of all varieties. Its flowers are bright yellow, 7-8 cm across, broadly funnel-shaped, open wide, and appear in profusion in early summer ...


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

Hemerocallis 'WASSAW ISLAND'™
(daylily (tetraploid))

Wassaw Island™ is a midseason daylily named after an uninhabited island close to Geogria, USA, renowned for its natural wildlife and raw beauty. This daylily produces large and robust flowers 12-14 cm across with wide ...


	0.6 - 0.7m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Heptacodium miconioides
(seven son flower)

Seven son flower is a fascinating shrub that was first found in China by Ernest H.Wilson more than a hundred years ago, in 1907. Still, it took almost 80 years before this plant was cultivated commercially. Seven son flower is ...


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

x Heucherella 'TAPESTRY'®
(foamy bells)

Tapestry® is a beautiful foamy bells bred by Janet Egger from Terra Nova Nurseries, USA, and patented as PP21150 in 2010. It makes large, semi-evergreen, deeply lobed leaves. They are dark burgundy red to almost chocol ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus moscheutos 'OAK RED'
(hardy hibiscus)

Swamp mallow and its hybrids have been sought after plants for the past few years now. They are perennials with sturdy stems that have large, tropically looking flowers. Oak Red is a new variety with deep red, extra large flower. They are up to 20 cm across and appear from midsu ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus moscheutos EXTREME CLOUDY PINK
(swamp mallow)

EXTREME CLOUDY PINK is a spectacular variety of swamp mallow whose flower size is really extreme: you can expect flowers that are reliably 20 cm across and that we measured only on young plants. So, let’s expect a cou ...


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

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Sparkle' EXTREME SPARKLE
(swamp mallow)

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


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

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

Aphrodite is for those who love size in hibiscus flower size – these flowers are large, pure pink with a small burgundy red eye. The buds are big, too. It has very decorative leaves that are unique. They are narrowly palmate, 3-lobed, mid to dark green and coarsely toothed. If ...


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

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

Ardens is one of the older varieties with beautiful, mauve, double, open flowers. It tends to get harder and harder to get now that new varieties come every year. This one, however, proved to be a winner, blooming profusely and reliably every year, forming a dense shrub. It has very ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'DUC DE BRABANT'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Duc de Brabant is a popular variety or Rose-of-Sharon with fully double flowers. They are medium sized, 5-6 cm across, purple red and come out in from mid July until last warm and sunny days of early autumn. It has very decorative leaves that are unique. They are narrowly pal ...


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'RED HEART'
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Red Heart bears snow white flowers with conspicuous burgundy red hearts, hence the name. There are often veins of the same colour running from the inside. It has very decorative leaves that are unique. They are narrowly palmate, 3-lobed, mid to dark green and coarsely toothed. If t ...


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

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

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


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

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

Speciosus is an elegant, semi-double flowering variety of Rose-of-Sharon. Its flowers are medium-sized, snow white with burgundy red eye, and are composed of two rows of large petals and a set of dwarf, odd-shaped petals in ...


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'America Irene Scott' SUGAR TIP®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Sugar Tip® is a unique Rose-of-Sharon variety, one of the very few with variegated foliage. Its flowers are 6-7 cm across, fully double, very soft pink with deep burgundy red eye in the centre which is difficult to see ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Bricutts' CHINA CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

CHINA CHIFFON® is another striking new variety from the chiffon range of hardy hibiscus. These plants are remarkable for larger flowers that are double or full. China Chiffon has snow-white petals with a small burgundy red eye in the centre with fine lines like sun r ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Gandini Santiago' FLOWER TOWER PURPLE (syn. PURPLE PILLAR)
(Rose-of-Sharon)

The columnar-growing rRose-of-Sharon originated from unnamed seedlings at the Italian nursery Gandini, where the owner showed them to Maria and Adrienne van Aart of the Dutch nursery Van Aart Boomkwekerijen in 2013. They agreed to take some plants back to Holland f ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'Gandini van Aart Ruby' FLOWER TOWER RUBY
(Rose-of-Sharon)

FLOWER TOWER RUBY is an upright and slender growing variety of rose-of-Sharon with large, single to semi-full flowers. Just take a chance to see how many flowers will be single and how many will bear a few dwarf sepals in t ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'Gandini van Aart' FLOWER TOWER WHITE
(Rose-of-Sharon)

FLOWER TOWER WHITE is an upright and slender growing variety of rose-of-Sharon with large, single flowers with a few toussled sepals in the centre which lacks maroon eye so the flowera are overall clean and snow-white. Thei ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'JWNWood4' PINK CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

PINK CHIFFON® is the fourth in the row of Chiffon series of Rose-of-Sharon hybridized by English botanist Dr.Roderick Woods. Immensely beautiful flowers are large – 8-10 cm across, soft pink with rich burgundy re ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus syriacus 'Mindoub1' FRENCH CABARET® PASTEL
(Rose-of-Sharon)

FRENCH CABARET® PASTEL is a soft pink to nearly white Rose-of-Sharon variety from the FRENCH CABARET® series bred by French nursery Minier and introduced in 2014. Its flow ...


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwood3' BLUE CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

Blue colour of Rose-of-Sharon flowers are the most sought-after. No wonder that breeder Roderick Woods came up with a new addition to his double-flowering hibiscus collection, this time in blue. The same blue as in Blue Bird (Oiseau Bleu) but with fully double blooms. The flower size i ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodone' LAVENDER CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-sharon)

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


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

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

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


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Rwoods5' MAGENTA CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

MAGENTA CHIFFON® Rose-of-Sharon is a large-flowered successor of an older variety Purple Ruffles. It was bred by English botanist Dr.Roderick Woods, the breeder ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Rwoods6' STARBURST CHIFFON®
(Rose-of-Sharon)

STARBURST CHIFFON® is a masterpiece among the CHIFFON® series of Rose-of-Sharon hybridized by English botanist Dr.Roderick Woods. It was found in 2010 and bears eye-catching flowers of snow white colour with promi ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'Sanchoyo' PURPLE RUFFLES®
(rose-of-sharon)

To complement the Chiffon range there is another variety of rose-of-Sharon called PURPLE RUFFLES ® that has large, 7-9 cm across, double (or even triple) purple-red flowers. Leaves are darker green than other varieties with lighter flowers. They come out reliably every year in July and don̵ ...


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

Hibiscus syriacus 'OISEAU BLEU'
(rose-of-Sharon)

This Rose-of-Sharon variety has a French name Oiseau Bleu which was difficult enough to be replaced with an English translation Blue Bird. It had long been the only blue variety in trade until Marina (BLUE SATIN™) appeared in 1996, and in 2007 a much deeper blue variety from France named ULTRA ...


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

Hibiscus x 'JAZZBERRY JAM'
(swamp mallow)

Jazzberry Jam swamp mallow is a stunning variety with large flowers, up to 25 cm wide, of rich magenta pink colour and ruffled margins. They come out from mid August atop very strong, almost 1.5m tall stems that do not bend ...


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

Hibiscus x 'KOPPER KING'
(swamp mallow)

Swamp mallow and its hybrids have been sought after plants for the past few years now. They are perennials with sturdy stems that have large, tropically looking flowers. Kopper King is a variety with large, dinner-plate-size flowers that can be anything from 20 up to 30 cm acros ...


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

Hibiscus x 'PLUM CRAZY'
(swamp mallow)

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	0.8 - 1.2m	0.6 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'ROBERT FLEMING'
(swamp mallow)

Robert Fleming is a rich red flowering hardy hibiscus with large, 22-24 cm across flowers from early August until early October. Leaves are green, deciduous, hydrangea-like broadly heart-shaped at the bottom of the plant, a ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Akata204' FUJIN®
(swamp mallow)

FUJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nove ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Akata88' RAIJIN®
(swamp mallow)

RAIJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nov ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Tahi05' CAROUSEL Géant Red
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Géant Red bears large flowers - 15-18 cm across - of deep red colour ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi12' CAROUSEL Pink Candy
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Candy is one of its varieties and is truly as sweet as its name. ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi16' CAROUSEL® Pink Passion
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Passion makes 16-18 cm wide flowers of deep pastel pink colour. ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi56' CAROUSEL® Jolly Heart
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Jolly Heart is a wide-eyed variety with 15-16 cm large, white flowers ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea 'Lissjudy' PETITE LANTERN
(panicle hydrangea)

PETITE LANTERN is a low and compact growing panicle hydrangea from Liss Forest Nursery in Hampshire, England. It is a beautiful piece that bears firm, upright, pointed inflorescences composed of both sterile (large) and fer ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea arborescens 'ANNABELLE'
(sevenbark)

Annabelle is a famous and attractive variety of sevenbark, a hydrangea that can take almost anything. Its large flowers appear in mid summer and are lime-green as they emerge, quickly changing to fantastic pure white. They are spherical panicles, often up to 18 cm across. Leave ...


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

Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo' STRONG ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

STRONG ANNABELLE® is a new name for a beautiful sevenbark variety from 2009, PP20571. It was patented as 'Abetwo' and marketed as INCREDIBALL® from the beginning. However, after a few years of continuous misspelli ...


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

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha1' PINK ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

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


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

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha3' RUBY ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

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


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

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha4' SWEET ANNABELLE®
(sevenbark)

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


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

Hydrangea aspera 'HOT CHOCOLATE'®
(rough-leaved hydrangea)

Hot Chocolate® is a long-awaited novelty in the field of rough-leaved hydrangea. It bears very attractive leaves that are deciduous, felt-like, narrowly ovate, dark green with a notable chocolate-brown overlay when mat ...


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

Hydrangea macrophylla 'NIKKO BLUE'
(mop-head hydrangea)

Nikko Blue is another reliable and hardy (for zone 6) mop-head hydrangea variety. It produces large, globular inflorescences composed of small, sky blue flowers which emerge pale bluegreen to soft yellow. It flowers on prev ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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


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

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

PURPLE is an attractive novelty among Forever@Ever® hydrangeas from 2017. It produces large, mop-head inflorescences with indigo blue to purple violet flowers. They open from g ...


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

Forever&Ever® WHITE is a new mop-head hydrangea from early 2010’s with pure white flowers that open from pale lime green buds. If you ask what kind of soil pH white colour might need, rest assured that it is not ...


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

Hydrangea macrophylla ENDLESS SUMMER®
(big-leaf hydrangea)

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


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'LIMELIGHT®'
(panicle hydrangea)

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


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'POLAR BEAR'
(panicle hydrangea)

Polar Bear panicle hydrangea offers almost snow white flowers composed in large panicles topped with lime green caps. The inflorescence is 20-25 cm long and almost 15 cm wide, and is composed mostly of sterile flowers that ...


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'WIM'S RED'
(panicle hydrangea)

Wim's Red panicle hydrangea makes extraordinary, large inflorescence composed of almost 50:50 fertile (small) and sterile (large) flowers already from mid June. They emerge pure snow white and soon gain pale pink shades, an ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea paniculata 'Interhydia' PINK DIAMOND
(panicle hydrangea)

PINK DIAMOND is an attractive variety of panicle hydrangea. It bears upto 30 cm large panicles of creamy white flowers that turn clear pink in late summer. Ovate, pointed, toothed leaves are mid green, deciduous. It grows m ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bokraplume' MAGICAL™ FIRE
(panicle hydrangea)

Magical™ Fire is a panicle hydrangea with a breathtaking colour of late summer flowers. The inflorescence is a large, upright, widely conical panicle composed of both sterile (large) and fertile (small) flowers which ...


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bulk' EARLY SENSATION
(panicle hydrangea)

Bulk is a tremendous panicle hydrangea variety from the Netherlands, found as a chance seedling by Rein Bulk in 1991. It surprised the breeder for its extremely early flowering producing its first panicles from late May already. It received a trade name Earl ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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

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


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba' FRAISE MELBA®
(panicle hydrangea)

FRAISE MELBA® panicle hydrangea makes about 16 cm long and 12 cm wide panicles composed of mostly sterile (showy) flowers which emerge pale lime green and change to creamy white. However, earlier than others they turn ...


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

Hydrangea paniculata 'Renhy' VANILLE FRAISE®
(panicle hydrangea)

Vanille Fraise® is a breathtaking novelty among panicle hydrangeas. It bears extra large flowers that emerge clear white in midsummer, turning light pink first and deep raspberry pink in late summer. The panicles are up to 30 cm long and 20 cm wide and remain on the plant f ...


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

Hydrangea petiolaris
(climbing hydrangea)

Hydrangea petiolaris (h.anomala ssp. petiolaris)

Are you looking for an extraordinary climber with attractive foliage and flowers, too? Climbing hydrangea could be your perfect choice. Its natural habitat is the area east of Asia – from Sakhaline, through Japan, Korea to Taiwan. This deciduous climber offers both. The leaves are to ...


	4 - 10m	2 - 4m	semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hydrangea quercifolia HOVARIA® 'Quercifolia'
(oak-leaved hydrangea)

HOVARIA® Quercifolia is an oak-leaved hydrangea producing up to 35 cm long panicles composed of double flowers whose petals are carefully assembled in several layers. They come out pale lime green in late June into bri ...


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

Hydrangea quercifolia SNOW QUEEN ('Flemygea')
(oak-leaved hydrangea)

Snow Queen is an oak-leaved hydrangea from Princeton in New Jersey, USA. It was bred and introduced by nurseryman William Flemmer III in 1979. It was distinct from the species by its large flowers of pure white colour and s ...


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

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

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


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

Hypericum 'HIDCOTE'
(St. John's Wort)

St. John’s Wort belongs to the group of folk remedy herbs. This variety called Hidcote is grown for its large, showy flowers. They are deep yellow, 6 cm across, with 5 petals. Blooming period is quite long: the main flowering season is June to early July, and then it repea ...


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

Hypericum 'Allblizz' MIRACLE® BLIZZ
(St. John's Wort)

The name of this St. John’s Wort MIRACLE® BLIZZ looks like one of those many omnipresent internet acronyms. But what if it is a play on words – a combination of bliss and blizzard. Because the berries of th ...


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

Hypericum 'Allblossom' MIRACLE® BLOSSOM
(St. John's Wort)

MIRACLE® BLOSSOM St. John’s Wort offers a breath-taking shade of its berries – they are soft pastel pink and follow golden yellow to almost golden orange flowers which open in several flushes from late June ...


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

Hypericum 'Alldiablo' MIRACLE® ATTRACTION
(St.John's wort)

MIRACLE® ATTRACTION is rated the most attractive variety of all MIRACLE® series of St.John's wort. It has extended blooming season owing to which the plant keeps on produc ...


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

Hypericum 'Allmarvel' MIRACLE® MARVEL
(St. John's Wort)

What else can you expect from a plant whose variety name says MIRACLE® MARVEL? An extraordinary sight, I believe, and it is correct in case of this St. John’s wort hybrid variety. From midsummer it produces dark ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hypericum 'Allnight' MIRACLE® NIGHT
(St. John's Wort)

MIRACLE® NIGHT St.John's wort is possibly the darkest variety in the MIRACLE® series. Its deciduous, broadly ovate leaves are deep burgundy red all over the insolated parts of the bush. Foliage hidden from the sun ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.6m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hypericum 'Allpista' MIRACLE® PISTACHE
(St. John's Wort)

MIRACLE® PISTACHE St.John's wort offers a unique colour of its berries – they are bright pistachio green. They follow small, yellow flowers that open in several flushes from late June until late September. Its de ...


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

Hypericum kalmianum 'GEMO'
(St. John´s Wort)

St. John’s Wort is a well know perennial from our meadows and fields. The gardeners, however, selected species which are shrubby and have additional features for common use in gardens. Gemo is a new variety of this group and comes from Denmark. It is a low, dense growin ...


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

Hypericum kalmianum 'Deppe' SUNNY BOULEVARD®
(Kalm's St. John's wort)

SUNNY BOULEVARD® is a low, dense growing shrub with erect stems and rosemary-like green leaves. Each stem bears cymes of up to 7 saucer-shaped, 3-4 cm across, golden yellow flowers with profusion of stamens in the centre. Its starts blooming in July and ...


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

Hypericum kalmianum 'Smhkbf' COBALT-N-GOLD (Blues Festival®)
(St. John's Wort)

COBALT-N-GOLD is a low, dense growing variety of St. John’s Wort with erect stems and rosemary-like leaves. Each stem bears cymes composed of saucer-shaped, 3-4 cm across, golden yellow flowers with profusion of stame ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.8 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hypericum kalmianum var. LATIFOLIA
(Kalm's St. John's Wort)

Latifolia is a St. John’s wort selection with broader and larger leaves. They are deciduous, narrowly lance-shaped, rich green, and completely cover the plant before the flowers open. Those are small, 3-4 cm across, s ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Incarvillea delavayi
(hardy gloxinia)

Hardy gloxinia is a beautiful perennial with eye-catching, almost exotic looking flowers which decorates the garden with showy flowers in early summer and attractive leaves until autumn. Tubular, widely trumpet-shaped flowers are deep rose-pink, yellow throated, and are borne on 10-25 cm l ...


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

Incarvillea delavayi 'SNOWTOP'
(hardy gloxinia)

Hardy gloxinia is a beautiful perennial with eye-catching, almost exotic looking flowers which decorates the garden with showy flowers in early summer and attractive leaves until autumn. Tubular, widely trumpet-shaped flowers are now white, yellow throated, and are borne on 10-25 cm long, ...


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

Kniphofia 'ALCAZAR'
(torch lily)

This red hot poker is one of the best of its kind. It offers the most dramatic colours as well as the longest blooming time in the season as it repeats flowering at the end of summer. Flowers are formed in dense, erect racemes at the tops of about 80 cm long, sturdy stalks. They are fiery ...


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

Kniphofia 'BANANA POPSICLE'™
(torch lily)

Banana Popsicle™ is a rich yellow torch lily variety from the Popsicle™ series. Its colour is so deep you feel like tasting it to see if it has a banana flavour. Don’t do that – it does not. Its spik ...


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

Kniphofia 'ICE QUEEN'
(torch lily)

Ice Queen is the possibly the closest to white torch lily variety to date. Many botanists believe that genetically, a torch lily will never produce pure snow white, so Ice Queen can easily be considered a miracle. It was se ...


	1 - 1.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia 'MANGO POPSICLE™'
(torch lily)

Mango Popsicle™ is the best torch lily variety out of the whole Popsicle series in my opinion. It produces long-lasting flowers of rich golden orange colour, identical to that of ripe mango flesh. Its spike-like inflo ...


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

Kniphofia 'PAPAYA POPSICLE'™
(torch lily)

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


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

Kniphofia 'POCO™ Orange'
(torch lily)

POCO™ Orange torch lily is a rich orange flowering variety with 10-12 cm long spike-like inflorescence (terminal raceme) composed of small, tubular flowers which open from bottom to top. They appear as early as in mid ...


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

Kniphofia 'POCO™ Yellow'
(torch lily)

POCO™ Yellow torch lily is a pure yellow flowering variety with 10-12 cm long spike-like inflorescence (terminal raceme) composed of small, tubular flowers which open from bottom to top. They appear as early as in mid ...


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

Kniphofia 'Tnknipr' POCO™ Red
(torch lily)

POCO™ Red torch lily has an interesting shade of pastel red, 10-12 cm long spike-like inflorescence (terminal raceme) composed of small, tubular flowers which open from bottom to top. They appear as early as in mid Ju ...


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

Kniphofia caulescens
(torch lily)

This torch lily originates in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Lesotho) where it grows in moist or even marshy areas because it is quite thirsty. In its home frost-free environment it is an evergreen perennial with semi-woody base (just like yucca), but i ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Koelreuteria paniculata 'FASTIGIATA'
(golden rain tree)

Golden-rain tree is one of the few trees of our climate blooming in summer. This variety, moreover, is yet somewhat rare which makes it a sought-after item. Fastigiata golden-rain tree ...


	4 - 6m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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 '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 'TUSCARORA'
(crepe myrtle)

Tuscarora is another successful cold-hardy lagestremia hybrid variety from the US National Arboretum. It has bright coral pink to scarlet red flowers composed in upright panicles and appear, according to the quality of the ...


	2 - 5m	2 - 4m	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 '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 'BENOIT'
(crepe myrtle)

Benoit is an Indian crepe myrtle variety with rich mauve purple flowers and attractive colouring of new leaves. The flowers are arranged in upright panicles, non-scented, and appear, according to the quality of summer, from ...


	2 - 5m	2 - 4m	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 'POWHATAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Powhatan is an Indian crepe myrtle variety (not a hybrid) developed at the US National Arboretum. It is a compact, moderately fast-growing shrub or small tree with a dense, almost impenetrable canopy with slightly arching b ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica RHAPSODY IN BLUE
(crepe myrtle)

RHAPSODY IN BLUE is an attractive crape myrtle variety from the Play It Again® series introduced in 2022. The series comprises of varieties with double flowering on the same panicle and in a few cases dar ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'Hoch1065' 'PURPLE STAR'
(crepe myrtle)

PURPLE STAR is an amazing crepe myrtle variety introduced in 2020 with rich purple violet flowers composed in short, upright panicles. They are non-scented and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to Sept ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	full sun	5b (down to -27°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 '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 'HIDCOTE'
(lavender)

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


	0.4 - 0.6m		full sun	5b (down to -27°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 'LUNA'
(Shasta daisy)

You don't need to make that small step which means a giant leap for the mankind in order to stand face to face with the Moon. Get one of these Shasta daisies aptly called Luna and your garden will be covered with exquisite ...


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

Leucanthemum 'MADONNA'
(Shasta daisy)

Madonna is another gorgeous Shasta daisy variety, this time developed by PanAmerican Seeds and introduced in 2018. It makes uniform plants with upright stems about 30 cm in height and the plant is not much wider that its he ...


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

Leucanthemum Ooh La™ 'LACROSSE WIT'
(Shasta daisy)

LaCrosse Wit is an improved version of LaCrosse Shasta daisy making eye-catching flowers with tubular petals, open at the tips into a trumpet. They are snow white and produced around a large, yellow cone in the centre. Flow ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°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

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 - 1m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liatris spicata 'FLORISTAN WHITE'
(blazing star)

Blazing star is a popular perennial in European gardens. Floristan White makes spikes of pure white 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 ver ...


	0.6 - 0.8m		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

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 '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

Lithodora diffusa 'GRACE WARD'
(lithodora)

Lithodora is a low, ground-covering perennial which remains evergreen in mild winters of zones 5 and 6, and fully evergreen in zone 7. Its prostrate, spreading branches lie on the ground and overlap edges of elevated beds, patios, and pots.

0.1 - 0.1m 0.4 - 0.6m full sun 5b (down to -27°C) for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lithodora diffusa 'HEAVENLY BLUE'
(lithodora)

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


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

Lobelia x speciosa STARSHIP™ SCARLET
(lobelia)

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


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

Lonicera henryi 'COPPER BEAUTY'
(Henry's honeysuckle)

Copper Beauty is a new variety of Henry’s honeysuckle is an evergreen climber with golden yellow flowers. They come out in early summer and are followed by black berries. Leaves are lance-shaped, mid green and copper-red as they emerge. It needs humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in f ...


	2 - 6m		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

Magnolia grandiflora 'EDITH BOGUE'
(southern magnolia)

This evergreen pearl among flowering trees is one of the hardiest southern magnolias ever selected. It was named after a lady from New Jersey, USA, who grew magnolias in her garden. One bad winter nearly all of them died. Only this one survived -30°C. So she decided to make cuttings and later on had ...


	5 - 8m		full sun	5b (down to -27°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 '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 'GALISSONNIÉRE'
(southern magnolia)

This variety received its name after a French governor in Canada in 18 century, and has been in cultivation in France for more than 150 years. It is very popular in Britain, too, where it is considered fully hardy. And Italy, namely Tuscany, would most definitely lose its most spectacular symbol wit ...


	3 - 8m	2 - 4m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Monarda 'CRANBERRY LACE'®
(beebalm)

Cranberry Lace® is another dwarf beebalm variety from bred by Hubertus Gerardus Oudshoorn from the Netherlands as a cross between other dwarf varieties Cranberry Lace® and Pink Lace®. It forms neat and very c ...


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

Monarda 'PURPLE LACE'®
(beebalm)

Purple Lace® is a dwarf beebalm variety from the Netherlands. It was bred by Hubertus Gerardus Oudshoorn in 2010 as a cross between other two dwarf varieties Cranberry Lace® and Pink Lace®. It forms neat and ...


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

Monarda didyma 'PINK LACE'®
(monarda)

Pink Lace® is a dwarf beebalm variety from the Netherlands. It was discovered as a naturally occurring seedling of unnamed parents of monarda didyma in 2002. It forms a neat and very compact tuft with upright branches ...


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

Monarda didyma 'Balbalmac' BALMY™ LILAC
(monarda)

BALMY™ LILAC is a beebalm from the BALMY™ series developed by Scott Trees for Ball Horticultural Company in the USA in 2012. It makes compact tufts with strong, upright ...


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

Monarda didyma 'Balbalmink' BALMY™ PINK
(monarda)

BALMY™ PINK is for the time being the last beebalm variety from the BALMY™ series developed by Scott Trees for Ball Horticultural Company in the USA in 2012. It is a mut ...


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

Monarda didyma 'Balbalmose' BALMY™ ROSE
(monarda)

BALMY™ ROSE is a beebalm from the BALMY™ series developed by Scott Trees for Ball Horticultural Company in the USA in 2012. It makes compact tufts with strong, upright s ...


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

Monarda didyma 'Balbalmurp' BALMY™ PURPLE
(monarda)

BALMY™ PURPLE is the very first beebalm variety from the BALMY™ series developed by Scott Trees for Ball Horticultural Company in the USA. It is a cross between varietie ...


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

Nepeta 'CAT'S PAJAMAS'
(catmint)

Cat’s Pajamas is probably the smallest among dwarf hybrid catmints we have seen so far. It makes neat, compact, rounded cushions only about 30 cm in height and 40-50 cm in width at the age of 4-5 years. Its stems are ...


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

Nepeta 'PURRSIAN BLUE'
(catmint)

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


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

Nepeta kubanica 'Bokratune' NEPTUNE®
(Kuban catmint)

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


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

Oenothera speciosa 'SISKIYOU'
(evening primrose)

Siskiyou is a gorgeous variety of evening primrose producing daytime flowers. They are 5-6 cm wide, weakly fragrant, saucer-shaped, white with pink veins and soft pink hues towards the petal margins. The centre is yellow. B ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 2m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'BOWL OF BEAUTY'
(peony)

Bowl of Beauty is a fantastic perennial peony. The name not only says how gorgeous this variety is but also refers to the flower shape which is Japanese anemone-type: rounded at the bottom, not opening too wide, with a rich centre. The lower petals are magenta pink and contrast ...


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

Paeonia 'SARAH BERNHARDT'
(common peony)

This perennial peony has a name which often gets misspelled with so many h’s and r’s. It is a beautiful variety forming a robust bush, freely flowering from end June until July. The flower heads are extra large, composed of many rosy pink petals with ruffled, silvery margins. It i ...


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

Perovskia 'BLUE SPIRE'
(perovskia)

Blue Spire is a hybrid between two types of perovskia. It was first introduced to RHS in 1961 and since late 80´s it has been in cultivation in most of the world with mild climate. It is a very hardy plant originally found in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) but is successfu ...


	0.6 - 1.2m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Perovskia 'LITTLE SPIRE'
(Russian sage)

Little Spire is a lovely dwarf variety of Russian sage. It is a very hardy plant originally found in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) but it is successfully grown even further north. Flowers are borne in 50-60 cm tall panicles, they are violet and appear from mid-summer ...


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

Perovskia LACEY BLUE 'Lisslitt'
(Russian sage)

LACEY BLUE perovskia is a fantastic plant offering an extremely long time of attractivity. It bears profusion of deep indigo-blue flowers that open up from hairy, violet buds. These buds appear from early summer and take quite some time before they let the f ...


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

Philadelphus 'MONT BLANC'
(mock orange)

Mont Blanc is a reliable variety among dwarf mock oranges. From early summer it produces masses of pure white, cross-shaped, fragrant flowers. It forms a compact, rather small but dense shrub reaching only about one meter t ...


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

Phlox SWEET SUMMER™ 'Purple Bicolor'
(panicle phlox)

SWEET SUMMER™ Purple Bicolor is another fascinating panicle phlox variety from the SWEET SUMMER™ series. It bears large panicles of fragrant flowers with rich purple pin ...


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

Phlox 'Bareightysix' FLAME BLUE
(perennial phlox)

The flower colour of FLAME BLUE phlox is gentle and shy like early spring flowers that don’t show their deeper tones as if afraid of harsh frosts. This perennial, however, is anything but spring-like or tender. FLAME ...


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

Phlox 'LAURA'
(perennial phlox (panicle type))

Laura is a market name for a perennial phlox originally named Uspech. It produces numerous flowers composed in terminal panicles for an extremely long period: July until October. The flowers are fuchsia-purple with a large ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phlox paniculata EARLY® MAGENTA
(perennial phlox)

EARLY® MAGENTA is another of the great EARLY START™ summer phlox. From about mid June appear large panicles of numerous, bright magenta purple flowers which open continuo ...


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

Phlox paniculata 'Bartwelve' PINK FLAME
(perennial phlox)

PINK FLAME is a compact perennial phlox variety from the FLAME series of perennial phlox bred by a phlox specialist Gosen Bartels from the Netherlands. It makes dense panicles composed of 2.5-3.5 cm wide, sweetly and spicy ...


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

Physostegia virginiana 'VIVID'
(obedient plant)

Vivid is one of the richest pink obedient plant varieties producing strictly upright, non-falling, square stems with 10-15 cm long spikes of 4 rows of funnel-shaped flowers. They are pure pink with purple pink veins which m ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'ABBOTSWOOD'
(cinquefoil)

Abbotswood is an older and proven variety of cinquefoil. It produces masses or 3 cm wide, snow white flowers from late May until early July, and then repeats flowering in several flushes until late August or even mid Septem ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'KOBOLD'
(shrubby cinquefoil)

Kobold is one of the top varieties of shrubby cinquefoil with bright yellow flowers from June until early autumn. The shrub grows slowly into a compact bush that will look very neat if pruned every spring. Such plant will flower more profusely and offer a larger mass of grass-gr ...


	0.4 - 1m	0.4 - 1m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'RED ACE'
(cinquefoil)

Red Ace is a hot card for this game among cinquefoil varieties. It offers medium-sized flowers that change from red to fiery orange. They come out from June until September. Palmately divided leaves are small, medium green, ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'Blink' PRINCESS®
(cinquefoil)

PRINCESS® cinquefoil makes lovely, as if blushing flowers. They are pale pink, or others might say white flushed pink but as I see it there is pink colour all over the petal so pink it is. They are 2-3 cm across and bl ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.6 - 1m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'Hachdon' BELLA SOL
(cinquefoil)

BELLA SOL cinquefoil makes about 2.5 cm large flowers of rich orange colour which does not fade. Blooming begins in June and continues until September. The plant differs from a similar variety Orange Tip Top by more compact ...


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

Potentilla fruticosa 'Hachliss' BELLISSIMA®
(cinquefoil)

BELLISSIMA® cinquefoil produces 2-3 cm wide, rich pink flowers on cushion-like shrubs. They come out in profusion from late June until September. Palmately divided leaves are small, medium green, not very showy. This v ...


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

Rosa 'ALOHA'
(KORDES climbing rose)

Aloha is a great climbing rose with large, repeat flowering flowers of apricot orange to salmon pink shades. It is quitre robust and hardy, reasonably disease-resistant. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the s ...


	2 - 2.5m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'BONICA'®
(polyantha rose)

Bonica® is a polyantha rose of upright growth from French breeder Marie L. Meilland, and was born already in 1982. It produces numerous, double, soft pink flowers from June until frost. It bears healthy foliage and is e ...


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

Rosa 'CHERRY GIRL'®
(polyantha rose)

If you are looking for a compact rose with red flowers have a look at this beautiful Kordes rose Cherry Girl®. It makes 5-7 cm large, double flowers of incredibly rich but soft red colour. It has a slight fragrance. Le ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'EUROPEANA'
(standard rose - floribunda (deRuiter))

Europeana is a fantastic floribunda rose with profusion of flowers and healthy foliage. Flowers are 5-7 cm across, semi-double, deep velvet red, slightly fragrant, and centres reveal golden yellow stamens. They come out in ...


	0.8 - 1.5m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'GÄRTNERFREUDE'®
(KORDES polyantha rose)

This rose is probably one of the most popular polyantha rose by Kordes. Its name means gardener´s delight and if you like strong and vibrant colours you will understand. The flowers are fully double, raspberry pink-red, rain-resistant, and appear in profusion from early summer until early autumn. Fo ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'GOLDEN GATE'®
(KORDES climbing rose)

Golden Gate® is a climbing rose with repeat flowering. It bears golden yellow flowers that have a sweet, citrus-fruit perfume. It is a healthy, disease-resistant variety. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in ...


	2 - 2.5m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'GRANDE AMORE'®
(KORDES shrub rose)

Deep red roses have always been the most sought after among rose lovers. Grande Amore® means big love which this rose may as well soon become either in a border or ina a bouquet. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'HELLA'®
(climbing rose (Kordes))

Hella® is a healthy and vigorous climbing rose from Kordes. It produces profusion of medium-sized, semi-double, lightly fragrant, white flowers from early summer until early autumn. Leaves are usually healthy with limi ...


	2.5 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'INNOCENCIA'®
(polyantha rose)

White roses has never been out of fashion. That is why breeders keep coming up with new varieties with improved features. Innocencia® is a popular polyantha rose by Kordes. It bears small, single, moderately fragrant f ...


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

Rosa 'KNIRPS'®
(KORDES floribunda rose)

Knirps® is a fantastic groundcovering rose myde by Kordes in 1997. It has 5cm wide, bright pink flowers making an eternal carpet that flowers profusely from June till October. Very strong and healthy, absolutely disease-free. Recommended spacing: 5 plants per square meter. Planting instru ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'LA VILLA COTTA'®
(shrub rose (Kordes))

La Villa Cotta® is a beautiful rose by Kordes from the Fairy Tale Collection. It makes medium-sized flowers of rich copper orange, fully double flowers which turn strong pink at margins as the flowers mature. Fragrance ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'LITTLE SUNSET'®
(KORDES miniature rose)

Little Sunset® is a miniature rose offering harmonic growth with high-centered flower in attractive, yellow and red colours, highly resistant to fungi diseases. Repeats flowering. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'MOONLIGHT'
(climbing rose (Kordes))

Moonlight® is a short climbing rose from Kordes new generation of climbing roses Kletter Maxe. It offers continuous production of flowers throughout the summer season until early autumn. The fragrant flowers are ...


	2 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'NEON'®
(KORDES polyantha rose)

Neon® is my top favourite among Kordes polyantha roses. It is a fascinating variety with bright pink flowers that appear continuously from early summer until autumn. Absolutely healthy and disease-resistant. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way th ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'NINA WEIBULL'®
(polyantha rose)

Nina Weibull® is an award-winning rose from Danish breeders Poulsen Roser who have been breeding roses since 1923. This rose came to life in 1961 and ever since it was launched in 1962 it has been a sought-after and pop ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'OH HAPPY DAY'®
(shrub rose/hybrid tea rose (Kordes))

Oh Happy Day® is not only a gospel, in the horticultural world it is also a beautiful and unique rose bred by Kordes. It is a tea hybrid shrub rose producing large, fragrant flowers, though the breeder himself does not ...


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

Rosa 'POMPONELLA'®
(floribunda rose (Kordes))

Pomponella is one of the incredible rose achievements by Kordes introduced in 2005. It is a floribunda shrub rose from the Fairy Tale Roses series. The flowers are dark pink, fully double, and before they open wide they rem ...


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

Rosa 'ROSE DE RESHT'
(Portland shrub rose)

Rose de Resht is an old variety of Portland rose discovered by Nancy Lindsay in 1840. Portland roses are garden hybrids of Damask and Chinese roses, and were the important parents of so-called English roses bred by David Au ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'ROTILIA'®
(KORDES polyantha rose)

Rotilia® is a polyantha rose with deep crimson red flowers that make a flowering carpet from June well through October. It is an absolutely healthy, disease-resistant variety, awarded ADR in 2002. Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the graft ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'ROUGE MEILOVE'®
(shrub rose (Meilland))

Rouge Meilove® is an attractive, compact floribunda rose from Meilland breeding. It bears medium-sized, deep red flowers and extremely healthy, disease-resistant foliage. Flowers come out in June and the plant keeps producing new buds in flushes throughout the season. Pla ...


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

Rosa 'SCHÖNE VOM SEE'
(floribunda shrub rose (Kordes))

This floribunda shrub rose has a name that really fits – Schöne vom See which means ‘Beauty of the Lake’, so no need to feel puzzled finding out that it truly is beautiful. Its semi-double to fully double ...


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

Rosa 'AUScat' WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL®
(English shrub rose (David Austin))

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL® is an English rose bred by David Austin and introduced in 1984. It was named after one of the finest and oldest English cathedrals. It makes medium-sized, about 7 cm wide, fully double, white flow ...


	1 - 1.2m	0.8 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'AUSdecorum' 'DARCEY BUSSELL'
(shrub rose (David Austin))

Darcey Bussell is an English rose by David Austin. It produces some of the darkest flowers we ever saw on a rose. They are medium-sized, deep crimson red to burgundy purple, and sweetly fragrant. It is a reliable repeat blo ...


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

Rosa 'AUSnoble' 'TRANQUILLITY'
(shrub rose (David Austin))

The English Musk Roses are notable for the perfection of their flowers and Tranquillity lives up to this reputation. The flowers are of a beautifully rounded shape with neatly placed petals, making up a perfect rosette. The ...


	1 - 1.3m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rosa 'AUSwinston' THOMAS À BECKET
(shrub rose / floribunda (David Austin))

THOMAS À BECKET is a shrub rose by David Austin, which was created in 2005 by crossing two unnamed seedlings. The result is an attractive floribunda rose that is not fully double like most of the classic David Austin's ...

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