Deciduous broadleaf

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

Acer 'IslID' ICE DRAGON®
(hybrid Korean maple)

ICE DRAGON® is a hybrid Korean maple (a. palmatum x a. pseudosieboldianum), the smallest variety from the Jack Frost® series developed by Iseli Nurseries in Oregon, USA. It has finely cut, 7-lobed, deciduous leave ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	2 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer buergerianum
(trident maple)

Trident maple is an attractive medium-sized tree with unusual leaves. They are three-lobed and their size, depth of lobing as well as autumn colour may vary greatly with location. The deciduous leaves are deep green and glossy, turning yellow, orange and bright red in autumn. They change c ...


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

Acer campestre
(field maple)

Field maple (and its varieties) is one of the most frequently planted trees in Czech urban landscapes. It is of European origin and has earned its success thanks to its high tolerance to all kinds of weather conditions as well as those brought upon by humans, and l ...


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

Acer campestre 'NANUM'
(field maple)

Nanum is a dwarf variety of Field maple, suitable for small gardens and avenues with limited space. It grows slowly into a small tree some 2.5m tall and wide. The leaves are deciduous, deep green, with 3-5 rounded lobes, tu ...


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

Acer griseum
(paperbark maple)

Some trees are admired for other features than just flowers or foliage. There are many of us who easily fall head over heels in love with a picturesque bark like that on paperbark maple from China. It peels off in thin, almost paper-like shavings even on young plan ...


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

Acer japonicum 'ACONITIFOLIUM'
(fullmoon maple)

Aconitifolium is a Japanese maple with large leaves. They are very attractive, deeply lobed but look entire. The colour is light to mid green, turning bright shades of orange and fiery red in autumn. In spring it bears prof ...


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

Acer japonicum 'VITIFOLIUM'
(fullmoon maple)

Vitifolium is a long-time favourite of a Japanese maple variety, proved to thrive in almost any garden, and characterized by large, 8-15 cm wide, palmately rounded leaves, which are divided into 9 to 12 pointed lobes with s ...


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

Acer monspessulanum
(Montpellier maple)

Montpellier maple is a typical Mediterranean tree commonly found in dry, coastal or mountainous landscapes of Portugal, France, and Italy. It makes small, three-lobed, leathery but deciduous leaves, which are medium green in summer, and turn yellow, amber orange or ...


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

Acer negundo 'FLAMINGO'
(ash-leaved maple)

Shapes and colours are usually the key features of Japanese maples. But there are other maples, too, that can offer other than green colour plus various leaf shapes. And on top of that they grow much faster. This is ash-leaved maple, also called box elder. Flamingo is so far ...


	3 - 7m	2 - 4m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer palmatum
(Japanese maple)

The species of Japanese maple is a green-leaved tree or rather a large shrub. End even though among landscapers and general green-finger-public the red-leaved versions tend to be more popular I suppose that this is the most beautiful and elegant tree of our climate. With its naturally green leaves i ...


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

Acer palmatum 'ATROPURPUREUM'
(Japanese maple)

Atropurpureum is a famous and commonly used variety with deeply lobed, red-purple leaves that turn bright red and orange in autumn. They have 5 tips. It forms a multi-stemmed shrub with widely spread branches. It grows slowly and is suitable as a specimen in any garden, not just a Japa ...


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

Acer palmatum 'BI-HOO'
(Japanese maple)

Bi-hoo is a new Japanese maple variety found by maple enthusiast, Mr.Masayoshi, in Japan in 1993. It was introduced and licensed in Europe by Maillot Nurseries in France in 2004. It is valued predominantly for its stunning ...


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

Acer palmatum 'BLOODGOOD'
(Japanese maple)

Bloodgood is a purple-leaved Japanese maple variety of rapid growth which will create the typical Japanese garden atmosphere both as a specimen tree and as a backdrop. It is a very successful variety, especially thanks to t ...


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

Acer palmatum 'BUTTERFLY'
(Japanese maple)

Butterfly is a variety with 3-coloured foliage. Its deeply cut, palmate leaves are pale green with creamy white margins that turn pink when they emerge and when the weather turns colder. It grows into a V-shaped shrub with dense foliage, especially at the tops of the branches. It g ...


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

Acer palmatum 'KATSURA'
(Japanese maple)

Katsura is a Japanese maple that is highly decorative especially in spring, when new leaves emerge, and in autumn, when they change again. They are typically palmate, rather small, 5-lobed, chartreuse yellow-green with copp ...


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

Acer palmatum 'KOTO-NO-ITO'
(Japanese maple)

Koto-no-ito is a compact growing Japanese maple variety of elegant and fluffy appearance. It has very narrow, strap-like leaves owing to which it was named in Japanese ‘Harp strings’ or ‘Golden old harp ...


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

Acer palmatum 'ORANGE DREAM'
(Japanese maple)

The less usual colour the more attractive it is for garden lovers. Orange Dream is a perfect example of Japanese maple to offer an almost exotic colour of spring foliage that is orange and salmon pink at margins with yellowish-green centres. This colouring decorates the plant un ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer palmatum 'ORNATUM'
(japanese maple)

Ornatum is a cut-leaf Japanese maplecultivated mainly for its deeply lobed leaves of rich reddish brown, almost bronze colour in summer, and bright orange with red tones in autumn. The sgrub grows very slowly, forming a den ...


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

Acer palmatum 'PIXIE'
(Japanese maple)

Pixie is a very showy Japanese maple, a dwarf version of very popular Bloodgood. It has the same 5-lobed, deciduous leaves that are rich burgundy red in summer and ...


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

Acer palmatum 'PUNG KIL'
(Japanese maple)

Pung Kil is a Japanese maple variety of Korean origin. It is renowned for extremely slender lobes on palmately divided leaves, yet not dissected (cut-leaf). They are bright red as they emerge, mature to deep maroon, and tur ...


	3 - 4m	2 - 3.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer palmatum 'SEIRYU'
(Japanese maple)

Seiryu is a Japanese maple variety from the dissectum group. Its delicate leaves are deeply cut like a lace, deciduous, they emerge yellow to lime green with red tips in spring, mature to soft green in summer, and turn fant ...


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

Acer palmatum 'SHAINA'
(Japanese maple)

If you google red-leaved Japanese maples I am sure that, amongst the oldest varieties such as Bloodgood and Atropurpureum, you will find this nice piece: Shaina. Unlike the previously mentioned cultivars Shaina is everyone’s love as it offers advantages that come in handy for gar ...


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

Acer palmatum 'SHIRAZZ'
(Japanese maple)

Shirazz is another Japanese maple beauty with variegated foliage that changes colours throughout the growing season. The leaves are deciduous, deeply lobed but not in the dissectum group. They emerge rich cherry red and soo ...


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

Acer palmatum 'SKEETER'S BROOM'
(Japanese maple)

Japanese maple Skeeter's Broom is a witch's broom found on an older and popular variety Bloodgood. It differs from the parent plant in more ways - it is smaller, more compact, and has foliage of a richer red. Skeeter's B ...


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

Acer palmatum 'STARFISH'
(Japanese maple)

Starfish is a Japanese maple variety with utterly unique leaves which do recall tentacles of the sea creature of the same name. The leaves are palmately divided into commonly 5 narrow fingers with downwardly curved margins. ...


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

Acer palmatum 'Lileeanne's Jewel' EXTRAVAGANZA
(Japanese maple)

EXTRAVAGANZA is a Japanese maple variety with extremely attractive leaves. They are fine but not classified as dissectum (cut-leaf), they emerge bright pink with conspicuous white variegation and in full sun the pink colour ...


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

Acer palmatum 'GARNET'
(Japanese maple)

Garnet is one of the top selling Japanese maples ever. It has been popular around the world for many decades. Its filigree leaves are deeply cut = dissected, hence its name. They look like giant snowflakes cut in pieces and densely cover even young plants. The colour show begins with vibrant ...


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

Acer palmatum 'TAMUKEYAMA'
(Japanese maple)

Tamukeyama is an old variety of Japanese maple. It is mentioned in Japanese literature as early as in 1710. It is one of the most preferred varieties among nurseries around the world thanks to its reliable yearly growths, s ...


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

Acer palmatum 'SHISHIGASHIRA'
(japanese maple)

This maple Shishigashira received a name Lion’s Head. Its leaves are small, deeply cut and curled, forming dense tufts along twisted branches. The foliage is bright green or yellow-green in spring and summer, turning orange and rust-red very late in au ...


	1.3 - 2.5m	1 - 1.8m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer palmatum 'DISSECTUM'
(japanese maple)

Dissectum Viridis has light green, very soft, deciduous, deeply cut leaves with 7 or 9 lobes. To maintain its colour we recommend growing it in location with filtered sunlight or semi-shade as the leaves may show signs of sunburn in hot sun, or even change i ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'COLUMNARE'
(Norway maple)

Columnare is a slender form of Norway maple with deciduous, 10-15 cm across, broadly palmate leaves that are green in summer and turn golden orange and bright yellow in autumn. The crown is very narrow – only about 3m ...


	15 - 18m	3 - 5m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'CRIMSON SENTRY™'
(Norway maple)

Crimson Sentry is most certainly a key feature of many mid-sized and small gardens. Its yearly growths are short so it will easily fit even in a front yard. It is an eye-catching variety of Norway maple owing to the foliage. The leaves are bright purple-burgundy when young, ...


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

Acer platanoides 'DRUMMONDII'
(Norway maple)

Drummondii is a variegated form of Norway maple, only some 100 years old. The decades from its birth proved its popularity which is still very high. The leaves are beautifully creamy white variegated at the margins, with bright green centres. Apart from pruning at the end of ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 3m	semi-shade / partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'GLOBOSUM'
(Norway Maple)

Another website I came across calls this Norway maple a meat-ball-on-a-stick. Quite funny, actually, but in fat it truthfully describes the shape of this small tree. Well, that only in case the author meant a good housewife who made proper, perfectly spherical meat balls. Globosum


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer platanoides 'ROYAL RED'
(Norway maple)

Royal Red is a majestic looking Norway maple for large gardens, parks, and city avenues. Its palmate leaves are dark crimson red, almost black, and glossy, turning amber orange or orange-red in autumn. In spring, just as leaves emerge, it flowers profusely with many small yellow ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 10m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer pseudoplatanus 'BRILLIANTISSIMUM'
(sycamore)

Men usually get mad when women describe colours with expressions like salmon pink, peachy red etc. Well, men, get ready for another hit below the belt: we have a tree whose leaves are SHRIMP pink. Not familiar with that colour? Go to the nearest restaurant and have a prawn-cocktail to see what the f ...


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

Acer pseudoplatanus 'LEOPOLDII'
(sycamore)

Sycamore trees are our native plants and their various cultivars find their use perhaps in all types and sizes of gardens. If your garden is not very big and you would still like a maple of this kind try this one. It was first introduced at the end of 19th century and has been a sought after ...


	6 - 10m	3 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer pseudoplatanus 'SIMON-LOUIS FRÈRES'
(sycamore maple)

Simon-Louis Frères is a beautiful sycamore maple variety from France introduced in 1881. Its leaves emerge bright pink and as they unroll and mature, each leaf becomes uniquely marbled white and green in various portio ...


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

Acer rubrum 'OCTOBER GLORY'
(red maple)

Red maple is one of the most spectacular big-sized trees suitable for large gardens, parks or city avenues. October Glory is a variety cultivated for its smaller size and fantastic autumn foliage colour. It has mid-sized leaves that are glossy and green in summer, changing to or ...


	9 - 13m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer rubrum 'SCANLON'
(scarlet maple)

Scanlon is an attractive variety of scarlet maple with compact, dense crown and fabulous colour in autumn. Its leaves are smaller than on sycamore trees or Norway maples, they are 3-lobed, deciduous, mid green in summer and ...


	8 - 12m	3 - 5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer rubrum 'SUMMER RED'®
(scarlet maple)

Summer Red® is a fantastic variety of scarlet maple. Its leaves three-lobed, deciduous leaves are borne on long and red stalks, and are rich red when they emerge, changing to medium green in summer. In autumn the colou ...


	6 - 10m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer rubrum 'Franksred' 'RED SUNSET'
(scarlet maple)

Red Sunset belongs to the top favourite scarlet maples. It makes eye-catching display of autumn colour. Its deciduous leaves are three-lobed, mid-sized, rich green in summer and bright scarlet red in autumn. It grows fast, ...


	15 - 18m	9 - 12m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer rufinerve
(redvein maple)

Redvein maple, or also called Honshu maple according to its origin, belongs among acer species such as a. davidii or a. griseum sought after for their beautiful bark. Its natural habitat are mountainous forests of Japan, the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. ...


	6 - 10m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer saccharinum 'PYRAMIDALE'
(silver maple)

Pyramidale is a silver maple variety with attractive, deeply cut foliage with prominent red veins. The leaves are deciduous, rich green in summer, turning yellow, golden and orange-red in autumn. The tree forms a widely col ...


	12 - 18m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer saccharinum f.laciniatum 'WIERI'
(silver maple)

This silver maple will draw your attention to the deeply cut leaves which resemble Japanese dissectum maples. The name silver describes the underneath of the leaves which are silvery gray and glitter in the wind. In too fertile soil the branches can grow as much as 1 meter within one year ...


	15 - 20m	6 - 12m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acer tataricum ssp. ginnala
(Amur maple)

Amur maple is a subspecies of a less cultivated species called Tatar maple. This one comes from NE Asia, precisely Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and mainly the Amur River valley between Russia and China. It can be variable in habit but usually forms a vase-shaped, ...


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

Acer x conspicuum 'RED FLAMINGO'
(hybrid snake-bark maple)

Even among a hundred trees you will notice Red Flamingo hybrid snake-bark maple first. Such a colourful small tree must have been brought directly from Mars where red is constantly in vogue. It is a stunning variety making ...


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

Aesculus indica 'SYDNEY PEARCE'
(Indian horse chestnut)

Sydney Pearce is an English variety of Indian horse chestnut, selected by the man of the same name in 1935, when he was working as an assistant curator of the Royal Gardens at Kew near London, England. It boasts unique, gau ...


	10 - 15m	12 - 18m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aesculus pavia 'KOEHNEI'
(dwarf red buckeye)

If you like big trees for their leaves but own only a small plot have a look at this dwarf red buckeye. Koehnei is a fantastic variety with attractive both foliage and flowers, and moreover, slow growth. The flowers are upright, conical panicles composed of orange-pink, t ...


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

Aesculus x carnea 'BRIOTII'
(red horse chestnut)

Red horse chestnut is a fantastic tree which is usually planted in large gardens and parks, and as a street tree. Although, this hybrid grows a little slower (30 cm a year) making some 6x4m when 20 years old. Briotti is a popular variety with big, upright panicles of deep pin ...


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

Aesculus x neglecta 'AUTUMN FIRE'
(hybrid painted buckey)

Autumn Fire is an attractive variety of hybrid painted buckeye that boasts uniquely colored leaves in autumn. They are deciduous, large, palmately divided into 5 narrowly ovate to broadly lanceolate leaves. They emerge salm ...


	5 - 7m	5 - 7m	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 '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

Alnus glutinosa 'IMPERIALIS'
(common alder)

Common alder is a European native plant. There are varieties, however, that are very uncommon and I am not afraid to say exquisite. Such as this variety: Imperialis. Imperialis alder ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Amelanchier lamarckii
(juneberry)

Juneberry is a large shrub cultivated mostly for its delicious and healthy fruit. It is a large deciduous shrub or a small tree. Flowers are star-shaped, white and scented and appear in mid spring. Oval leaves are up to 8 cm long, emerge bronze and mature to green colour, turning scarlet r ...


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

Aralia elata 'AUREOVARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Aureovariegata Japanese angelica tree is another variegated form of this east Asian taxon. It boasts showy variegation of leaf margins that are rich yellow in spring and turn paler in summer to almost white when the flowers ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°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

Aronia x prunifolia 'NERO'
(purple chokeberry)

Nero is a Slovak variety of purple chokeberry with large fruit and leaves purple tinged on the reverse. The lustrous fruits are black, about twice as big as black currant berries, and are rich in vitamin C and other importa ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Aronia x prunifolia 'VIKING'
(purple chokeberry)

Recently, less known fruit trees and shrubs are becoming more and more popular mainly thanks to their original taste as well as positive impact on our health. Chokeberry is one of them. It is in the same rosaceae family as the service tree and its fruit is similar, too. The lustrous fruits ar ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 2m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea 'CLYDE'
(deciduous azalea)

Clyde is a Knap Hill deciduous azalea bred by Hachmann Baumschule in Germany. It produces gorgeous, strongly and sweetly scented flowers with pale salmon pink petals and rich orange upper lip. Flowers open late in the seaso ...


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

Azalea 'GIBRALTAR'
(deciduous azalea)

Gibraltar is undoubtedly the bestseller among orange varieties as this orange is deep and glowing. It has frilled margins and blooms reliably every year. Flowers lack strong fragrance. Bred by Rotschild in 1947, GB. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position w ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	1.3 - 1.8m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea 'GOLDEN EAGLE'
(deciduous azalea)

Golden Eagle blooms from mid May till early June with vivid, deep orange flowers with a golden throat. Very striking. It has dense foliage turning bronzy red in autumn. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position with constantly moist soil. During temporary sum ...


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

Azalea 'HOMEBUSH'
(deciduous azalea)

Homebush forms rounded, almost spherical trusses of bright pink to salmon pink, semi-double flowers in late spring. The truss shape resembles flowering snowball viburnum. The tepals are distinctly pointed. Bred by Waterer in 1925, GB. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving ...


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

Azalea 'LIMETTA'
(deciduous azalea)

Limetta is a large-flowered deciduous azalea bred by Hans Hachmann in 1991. It produces up to 8 cm wide, bright golden yellow flowers earlier than many other yellow-flowering azaleas: already from mid May. It grows moderate ...


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

Azalea 'NORTHERN HI-LIGHTS'
(deciduous azalea)

Northern Hi-Lights is a slow-grower with creamy white flowers that grade to pale or bright yellow on top petals. Buds are light pink. Leaves are dark green and turn brilliant carmine and burgundy red in autumn. Deciduous azaleas are ericaceous plants, loving insulate position with c ...


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

Azalea 'PERSIL'
(deciduous azalea)

Persil is a deciduous azalea with large, white flowers that have a light yellow blotch and nice fragrance. Deciduous leaves are mid green. It grows at medium speed, some 20-25 cm per year, forming an airy shrub with almost equal height and spread. Deciduous azaleas are ericac ...


	0.5 - 1.8m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Azalea 'SARINA'
(deciduous azalea)

Sarina is a large-flowered variety of this deciduous azalea, bred by Hans Hachmann already in 1963. Its flowers are rich scarlet red, slightly frilled at margins, and have a large, golden orange blotch on the upper lip. Fra ...


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

Azalea 'SATAN'
(deciduous azalea)

Satan azalea says it all in its name. Fiery orange red flowers are large and sweetly scented, and open early in the azalea season – in the first half of May. Deciduous leaves are mid green, oval to elliptic, fresh gre ...


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

Berberis thunbergii 'ATROPURPUREA NANA'
(Japanese barberry)

Atropurpurea Nana is a red-leaved, dwarf variety of well-known barberry. Its deciduous leaves obovate to elliptic, emerge rich red, and if grown in full sun they turn deep burgundy red in summer and bright carmine red in au ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Berberis thunbergii 'RED ROCKET'®
(barberry)

Red Rocket is a thorny barberry with very attractive deep red foliage that turns bright cerise / red in autumn (similarly as euonymus alatus). Flowers are pale yellow and appear in spring. They are followed by blood-red fruits, favourite food for bird ...


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

Berberis thunbergii 'ROSE GLOW'
(barberry)

Rose Glow is an attractive barberry variety with deep purple red leaves marbled light pink. They are deciduous and remain coloured like that for most of the season at the top of the shrub. Foliage inside the shrub lacks var ...


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

Berberis thunbergii f.atropurpurea 'BAGATELLE'
(Japanese barberry)

Bagatelle is a less common dwarf variety of red-leaved dřišťálů. Its deciduous leaves have all sorts of shapes like oblong, ovate, even rounded. They emerge rich red, and if grown in full sun they turn deep burgundy red in ...


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

Betula ROYAL FROST
(birch)

ROYAL FROST is a trade name of a very attractive birch variety. It is a hybrid between betula populifolia „Whitespire“ and betula „Crimson Frost“. Deciduous leaves are diamond-shaped, s ...


	8 - 12m	3 - 5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula 'PURPUREA'
(purple birch)

Purpurea is a red-leaved variety of European silver birch found in France in 1872. The species is named pendula which might make us believe it should be weeping but it is not. It refers to thin young branches which a ...


	4 - 5m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula 'YOUNGII'
(Young´s weeping silver birch)

European white birch is an attractive tree which, however, in its basic form is not suitable for small-sized gardens. However, this selection is excellent for every garden or even a tiny spot at your doorway. It is a weeping white birch, called Youngii. It is commonly 2-3m t ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula 'Globe' MAGICAL® GLOBE
(dwarf European white birch)

MAGICAL® GLOBE is a dwarf selection of European white birch. It comes from Australia where it is called Lollipop Birch. Its makes stiff, strong, slow growing branches with very handsome, fresh green, glossy foliage. Es ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.3 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula pendula
(European white birch)

The species of European white birch is a large tree growing over 20m tall in maturity. Its most significant feature is white bark, pealing off in thin layers. Diamond-shaped leaves are mid green, partly glossy and are said to emerge only after the danger of all fro ...


	15 - 25m	5 - 10m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Betula utilis 'DOORENBOS'
(Himalayan birch)

Birches are typical trees of Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as some northern regions. Himalayan birch grows slower and not as tall as white birch so you can try one in your garden, too. Doorenboos is naturally a multi-stemmed shrubby tree with thick trunks. They are highly ...


	7 - 10m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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

Callicarpa bodinieri var.giraldii 'PROFUSION'
(beauty berry)

Beauty berry. Sounds like a beauty salon. The truth is the name is right because this plant, originally from China, is grown for its beautifully coloured berries. It is a mid-sized shrub with deep green, elliptic to obovate, deciduous leaves that are bronze when young. It flowers in summer ...


	1 - 3m		full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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

Calycanthus floridus
(Carolina allspice)

This easy to grow shrub has many names and all of them say something about the beautiful perfume of the flowers: sweetshrub, strawberry shrub, or even pineapple shrub. They really smell like a few types of fruit: strawberry, apple, and even melon. Sweetshrub is nat ...


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

Calycanthus x 'VENUS'
(sweetshrub)

Venus is one of the fascinating inventions which followed Richard Hartlage’s breakthrough with hybridizing sweetshrub species in early 1990’s. This variety was bred by Dr. Thomas Ranney of the Mountain Horticult ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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

Caragana arborescens 'WALKER'
(pea tree)

Pea tree is a low-maintenance plant which is also often grown in very inhospitable locations because it can take almost anything: hard frost, dry soil, full sun, wind and absolute neglect. Walker is a variety commonly grafted on short or medium-sized stems with weeping branc ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

carpinus betulus 'MONUMENTALIS'
(hornbeam)

Monumentalis is a unique version of hornbeam with strictly conical shape and very slow growth rate. Leaves are bright green and cover the whole of the plant. Even after they fall the tree remains very attractive with its regularly growing branches making a bonsai appearance. No pruning ...


	1 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carpinus betulus 'PENDULA'
(weeping hornbeam)

Pendula is a weeping form of hornbeam. Mature plants make gracious looking specimens with irregularly weeping or cascading branches. Their crowns are usually not too symmetrical providing a unique appearance for every plant. Naturally the crown grows slowly into a large, umbrell ...


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

Carpinus betulus 'FASTIGIATA'
(hornbeam)

One of the original trees found in natural woodlands of Europe is hornbeam. Varieties of this deciduous tree are becoming more and more popular in gardens, too. Fastigiata, syn. “Pyramidalis” is an elegant, slow growing hornbeam with columnar habit and branches g ...


	8 - 12m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Caryopteris 'Lisaura' HINT OF GOLD
(bluebeard)

HINT OF GOLD bluebeard is a showstopper due to its vibrant golden chartreuse leaves. They are larger than on most other bluebeards – up to 5.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, deciduous, and bear interesting fragrance when crus ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.6 - 1m	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 'THETIS'
(bluebeard)

Thetis bluebeard boasts compact and strictly upright growth without arching side branches. In late summer it produces a profusion of dark violet-blue flowers. They are composed in cymes and are always occupied by bumble bee ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.5 - 0.6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Inoveris' GRAND BLEU®
(bluebeard)

Bravo to French cultivators who come up with this new variety of bluebeard! Want to hear why we are so excited about it? Compared to its parent this one has deep green, larger leaves with silvery underneath; deeper blue and more numerous flowers; its flowering period is rather extended from m ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.8m	full sun	5b (down to -27°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 bignonioides 'NANA'
(dwarf catalpa)

Nana variety is a lot different to the species. It can be found under its second Latin name catalpa bungei. It is a small tree that can be considered dwarf as opposed to its parent. It was bred to achieve an attractive tree with exceptional foliage but of reduced size to fit even a sma ...


	2 - 3.5m	2 - 4m	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

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

Ceratostigma griffithii
(Burmese plumbago)

Griffith's leadwort is a late summer flowering plant with numerous, small, 5-petalled, sky blue flowers from late August until autumn. They are borne in clusters at the tips of purple red twigs. Deciduous leaves are dark green, oval to broadly ovate, covered with s ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'FOREST PANSY'
(eastern redbud)

Eastern redbud is a lovely, deciduous, small tree or a large shrub where the word “love” is the key feature. Why? Because its leaves are in a perfect shape of a heart that we are used to draw as an icon. Moreover, Forest Pansy variety has burgundy red to deep burg ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'RUBY FALLS'
(eastern redbud)

Ruby Falls is undoubtedly one of the darkest coloured little trees that will grab your attention thanks to its dark burgundy red, typically heart-shaped, approximately 8x10 cm large leaves and a weeping habit. Its crown is quite compact and the branches may ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'JN2' RISING SUN™
(eastern redbud)

RISING SUN™ is an American variety of Eastern redbud found by Ray and Cindy Jackson for their Jackson Nursery in Belvidere, Tennessee, as a chance seedling. It boasts large, 10-14 cm long and wide, broadly heart-shape ...


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

Cercis canadensis 'NC2016-2' ETERNAL FLAME (FLAME THROWER™)
(redbud)

Dennis James Werner is a Distinguished Professor of Horticultural Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA, and a breeder who specializes in buddleja, peaches, and redbuds. Regarding the last mentioned he has developed and already patented 8 beau ...


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

Chaenomeles japonica 'CIDO'
(Japanese quince)

Cido is a Japanese quince variety from Latvia. It produces very large fruit for an ornamental quince, it is yellow with some orange highlights and rich with vitamin C. It has soft orange red flowers which usually open from ...


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

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Pink Storm' DOUBLE TAKE PINK™
(Chinese flowering quince)

Pink Storm is a pink flowering variety of Chinese flowering quince from the DOUBLE TAKE™ series. From early spring it makes large, 4-6 cm across, semi-double, crepe-myrtle-like, pink flowers with partially frilled mar ...


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

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm' DOUBLE TAKE SCARLET™
(Chinese flowering quince)

Scarlet Storm is a unique variety of Chinese flowering quince from the DOUBLE TAKE™ series. From early spring it makes large, 5-6 cm across, semi-double, camellia-like flowers of rich red color, decorated with yellow ...


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

Chaenomeles x superba 'CRIMSON AND GOLD'
(Japanese quince)

Crimson and Gold is another hybrid variety of Japanese quince, a cross between ch.japonica and ch.speciosa with large, deep crimson red flowers with superb yellow anthers which dominate the flowers like royal ...


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

Chaenomeles x superba 'PINK LADY'
(Japanese quince)

Pink Lady is a hybrid variety of Japanese quince, a cross between ch.japonica and ch.speciosa with large, pink flowers which usually open from mid April. However, if the winter is warm you can see numerous bud ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial 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 'MISS BATEMAN'
(old man's beard)

Miss Bateman is a gorgeous clematis variety with large white flowers decorated with even more beautiful crown of deep wine red stamens and anthers in the centre. Profuse flowering begins in mid May and continues until late ...


	2 - 2.5m	1 - 1m	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

Cornus controversa 'VARIEGATA'
(wedding cake tree)

This giant dogwood has another name which, in my opinion, characterizes the plant much better = wedding cake tree. Looking at the habit of the more commonly grown cultivar Variegata one knows exactly what it means. This beauty can easily become a show-stopping specimen in ...


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

Cornus florida 'CHEROKEE DAYBREAK®'
(flowering dogwood)

Cherokee Daybreak® has 4 large, creamy white bracts around a tiny flower head. Leaves are mid green with yellowish-white varigation that turns pink towards the end of summer. Autumn leaves show multiple of colours with prevailing purple shades. This shrub does not like stress o ...


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

Cornus kousa 'BENIFUJI'
(Japanese dogwood)

Benifuji is a Japanese dogwood variety which in this case originated in Japan, near Mount Fuji. It was found among selected seedlings in Shinkyo Gotenba-shi nursery already in 1970, still, its patent was released only in 1994 (PP8,676).


	2.5 - 3.5m	1.5 - 2.5m	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

Cornus kousa 'Samzam' SAMARITAN®
(Japanese dogwood)

SAMARITAN® Japanese dogwood is easily recognized from a distance. Its variegated foliage steps out of any hedge or landscape. The deciduous leaves are acuminate, ovate, medium green with white or near white margins, an ...


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

Cornus kousa var. CHINENSIS
(Japanese flowering dogwood)

This Japanese dogwood has both large leaves and flowers. It flowers in June when the shrub is fully in leaf. The flowers are 6-8 cm wide, creamy white flower composed around small flower heads. They are followed by edible, bright pink fruit that looks like litchi. Pointed leaves are deciduous ...


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

Cornus kousa var.chinensis 'CHINA GIRL'
(Japanese flowering dogwood)

China Girl is a freely flowering Japanese dogwood with numerous creamy white flowers in June when the shrub is fully in leaf. Technically, they are not flowers but 4 flower bracts composed around small flower heads. They are followed by edible, bright pink fruit that looks like ...


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

Cornus sanguinea 'MIDWINTER FIRE'
(common dogwood)

Bloodtwig dogwood is a low-maintenance shrub that is popular especially in parks and gardens with reduced time for regular care. Its main attraction are beautifully coloured leafless branches in winter. This variety shows glowing orange at the base to vivid red and purple towards the top o ...


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

Corylopsis pauciflora
(buttercup winterhazel)

Buttercup winterhazel is a rare shrub from Japan and Taiwan. It is especially popular among hobbyists and garden enthusiasts. Its small, primrose yellow flowers are born in pendent racemes from early March until end April, weather conditions pending. They are fragrant and do not mind ligh ...


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

Corylopsis spicata
(spike winterhazel)

Spike winterhazel is a rare shrub from Japan and Taiwan. It is especially popular among hobbyists and garden enthusiasts. Its small, primrose yellow flowers are born in 10-15 cm long, pendent racemes from early March until end April, weather conditions pending. They are fragrant and do no ...


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

Corylus avellana 'CONTORTA'
(corkscrew hazel)

Contorta is a contorted version of our European hazelnut. It was found as a spontaneous mutation of a branch in a hedge in Tortworth, England, in the middle of 1800’s by a Victorian gardener Canon Henry Nicholson Ella ...


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

Corylus maxima 'PURPUREA'
(purple-leaved filbert)

Filbert is a hazelnut species from S.E. Europe and S.W. Asia and exhibits a vigorously growing many-stemmed shrub with deciduous leaves. Purpurea is an old variety with deep maroon to near black leaves. They are 5-12 cm lon ...


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

Cotinus DUSKY MAIDEN
(smoke bush)

DUSKY MAIDEN is a new smoke bush introduction from England by Peter Moore. It was invented in 1998 as an interspecific cross between Cotinus szechuanensis (male parent) and Cotinus coggygria ‘Velvet Cloak ...


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

Cotinus coggygria 'ROYAL PURPLE'
(smoke tree)

Smoke tree might have a slight problem these days when smoking outside becomes prohibited ... just joking, the alleged smoke is what flowering of this shrub looks like. It blooms from June to July and from a distance the clusters do look like purple smoke. The leaves of Royal Purple are deep burgun ...


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

Cotinus coggygria 'Ancot' GOLDEN SPIRIT®
(smoke tree)

GOLDEN SPIRIT® is a new variety of smoke tree from Boskoop, Netherlands, patented in 2000 by Sanders-van Harn a Adriana Christina Bastiona under the name „Ancot“. It is unique for its bright lime-yellow foliage on relatively long stalks compared to the leaf ...


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

Cotinus coggygria 'Jm 51' LILLA®
(dwarf smoke tree)

LILLA® is a dwarf smoke tree variety first introduced at the Plantarium exhibition in Holland in 2011 where it received bronze medal. It is a seedling selection of


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

Cydonia oblonga 'LESKOVACKA'
(quince)

Leskovacka, pronounced with a soft ‘c’ as ‘leskovatschka’, is an old quince variety from Serbia, former Yugoslavia, known already since 1898. It bears large, apple-shaped fruit that is rich yellow wh ...


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

Cytisus 'BOSKOOP RUBY'
(broom)

Boskoop Ruby received an award already for the deepest red flowering broom. The colour of pea-like flowers is bright ed with both magenta and orange shades. Blooming time is early May to early June. Leaves are small, up to 2 cm long, and mature plants are nearly leafless. It forms a ...


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

Cytisus x praecox 'ALLGOLD'
(broom)

Allgold is a hybrid variety made from crossing c.multiflorus x c.purgans. It has deep yellow pea-like flowers on deep green branches. Blooming time about a month, from the first half of May. Leaves are small, up to 2 cm long, and mature plants are nearly leafless. It forms a ...


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

Daphne mezereum 'RUBRA'
(mezereon)

One of the first plants to flower at the end of winter is this mezereon. Well before the first spring trees open their buds you can find this plant flowering in the wild, along the paths in the woods or on sunny meadows. Its natural habitat is Europe. Mezereon is a deciduous shrub with upr ...


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

Davidia involucrata 'SONOMA'
(dove tree)

Sonoma dove tree is a sensation that has been a subject of excited debates and positive comments on horticultural forums for some time now. It is a variety that arose from grafts taken from Sonoma Heritage Tree No.20 at Son ...


	6 - 8m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Decaisnea fargesii
(decaisnea)

Decaisnea is a very attractive and rare small tree from China. It is cultivated for its beautiful, exotic looking foliage, and coloured seed pods. It produces multiple of thin, upright trunks which bear leaves usually at the tops, just like aralias. The deciduous leaves are elegant, light ...


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

Deutzia 'COMPACT PARADISE'
(deutzia)

In 2020 American company Proven Winners® introduces a stunning compact new deutzia provisionally called Compact Paradise. It is very similar to successful varieties YUKI CHERRY BLOSSOM and YUKI SNOWFLAKE but produces i ...


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

Deutzia scabra 'PLENA'
(deutzia)

Deutzias come from eastern Asia. They are low-maintenance shrubs ideal for every garden size and very gardener as they are so easy to grow. Plena is a simpler name for Flore Pleno variety of deutzia that bears double flowers that are pink on the outside and pure white inside. ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Deutzia x 'STRAWBERRY FIELDS'
(deutzia)

Strawberry Fields is a hybrid variety of deutzia with deep rose-pink, star-shaped, fragrant flowers. Bearing the same name as one of the old song by the Beatles it really looks like green fields with strawberries as it grows as a compact, low shrub with dense foliage and profusi ...


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

Deutzia x elegantissima 'ROSEALIND'
(beautiful deutzia)

What more does one have to say to describe this plant other than its name? It is called beautiful deutzia and rest assured that the name fits. This deutzia is an arching, not very tall shrub with amazing rich pink flowers. They come out in late May and last for 2-3 ...


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

Diervilla sessifolia 'BUTTERFLY'
(bush honeysuckle)

Butterfly is a yellow flowering variety of bush honeysuckle with rich green leaves. They are stalk-less, lance-shaped, acuminate, and deciduous. 2-lipped, honeysuckle-like, sulphur yellow flowers come out from June for abou ...


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

Diervilla sessilifolia 'LPDC Podaras' COOL SPLASH
(southern bush honeysuckle)

COOL SPLASH is a variegated cultivar of southern bush honeysuckle forming small, deciduous shrubs with attractive variegated foliage and small honeysuckle-like golden yellow flowers. Leaves are stalk-less, lance-shaped, acu ...


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

Diervilla x splendens 'El Madrigal' DIVA
(bush honeysuckle)

DIVA is a German variety of bush honeysuckle bred by Spilkers Jungpflanzen from Barmstedt, home town of a famous rhododendron breeder Hachmann Baumschule. The plant received a Gold Medal at prestigious fair of novelties Pla ...


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

Elsholtzia stauntonii
(Chinese mint shrub)

Mint shrub is a small plant from China which is grown mainly for its very late flowers that come out at the very end of growing season – in September and October. They are 10-20 cm long spikes of rich lilac-pink colour. Leaves are deciduous, narrowly lanceola ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Enkianthus campanulatus
(red-vein)

Latin name enkianthus was made up from two Greek words although this deciduous shrub originates in Japan. It belongs to the heath family and also fits in there perfectly. No other rhododendron or azalea has its structure. Its main stems are always fully vertical with tops of small, alternate leaves. ...


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

Enkianthus campanulatus 'PAGODE'
(red-vein)

Pagode is a red-vein variety producing cute, little, bell-shaped, creamy flowers. Compared to the species they are slightly bigger and have redder margins and prominent veins. They appear from mid to late spring, underneath ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Enkianthus campanulatus 'Jww10' PRETTYCOAT
(red-vein)

PRETTYCOAT is a unique variety of red-vein producing cute, little, bell-shaped, creamy flowers which almost lack pink margins. They show prominent maroon veins which meet at the very bottom of the bells and hang underneath ...


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

Exochorda x macrantha 'THE BRIDE'
(pearl bush)

Beauty is simplicity. Or the other way round? Pearl bush confirms both. The name itself sounds very attractive and the shrub definitely is a show-stopper when in full bloom. Pearl bush is a deciduous shrub with pure white, 2-3 cm large flowers composed in short racemes in late spring and e ...


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

Exochorda x macrantha 'Bailmoon' LOTUS MOON™
(pearl bush)

LOTUS MOON™ is a slow-growing pearl bush variety with a profusion of flowers. They are 2-3 cm across, snow white, composed of 5 petals which are narrower than on other varieties owing to which they look like stars. Th ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'DAWYCK GOLD'
(Dawyck Golden beech)

Dawyckii varieties of common beech are very popular for their habit and leaf colours. Dawyck Gold has upright, columnar habit, its initial slow growth changes after a few years to medium-fast, never really fast. Young leaves are bright yellowish green, turning to glowing grass g ...


	10 - 15m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'MERCEDES'
(narrow-leaved beech)

An amazing variety of common beech is this narrow-leaved variety called Mercedes. Its leaves are deciduous, deep green, glossy, about 10cm long and max. 1cm wide, and turn yellow in autumn. They look identical to another beech variety Aspleniifolia but Mercedes forms a dense, lo ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'PENDULA'
(weeping European beech)

Pendula is a weeping form of European beech first introduced by George Loddiges in his nursery in London, UK, in 1836. It bears deciduous, 6-10 cm long, broadly elliptic-ovate, glossy leaves that emerge bright green, mature ...


	8 - 20m	5 - 15m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'PURPLE FOUNTAIN'
(weeping copper beech)

This red-leaved variety of common beech was a chance seedling from 1975. It is a slow growing small tree with weeping branches that do not need staking. The deciduous leaves are rich purple or nearly reddish-black, glossy. Thanks to its slow growth rate and reduced size it is suitable for ...


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

Fagus sylvatica 'RIVERSII'
(European beech)

Riversii (syn. 'Purpurea Major') is a variety of European beech, a slow growing big tree with deep maroon leaves. They are elliptic-ovate, deciduous, emerge bright burgundy red, maturing to deep purple maroon and deep gree ...


	15 - 18m	5 - 10m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fagus sylvatica 'PURPUREA TRICOLOR'
(European tricolor beech)

Beech is a reliable and hardy tree of our climate. Variety Purpurea Tricolor has deep burgundy red leaves with pink margins that, upon conditions, can reach the centre of the leaf. Natural habit is quite airy and thin when young. When mature it reaches well over 10 meters bu ...


	3 - 15m	3 - 10m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Forsythia x intermedia 'GOLDRAUSCH'
(golden bell)

Golden bell is one of the earliest blooming shrubs in Central European spring. Though considered one of the most usual, perhaps boring and omnipresent shrubs, once it puts up its millions of vivid yellow flowers it cheers up many tired faces. Forsythia x intermedia is a hybrid between F. s ...


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

Forsythia x intermedia 'Minfor6' MIKADOR®
(golden bell)

MIKADOR® is a French introduction of golden bell from 2012. It exhibits compact growth with upright, strong branches, and rich, sulphur yellow flowers. Deciduous leaves are lanceolate, mid-green, serrated. The bark is ...


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

Fraxinus angustifolia 'RAYWOOD' (syn. 'Flame')
(Claret ash)

Raywood is a very elegant variety of a deciduous tree called Claret ash. Its leaves are pinnate, up to 25 cm long and are composed of narrow, elliptic and very glossy individual leaflets that are deep green in summer and turn breathtaking shades of brilliant carmine red and deep ...


	10 - 15m	2 - 5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fraxinus ornus 'MECZEK'
(manna ash)

Meczek is a special variety of flowering ash which, in direct contradiction to its name, does not flower. It has another feature for which its is one of the top popular trees for small gardens and narrow streets - small, sl ...


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

Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'AUCUBIFOLIA'
(green ash)

Aucubifolia is a unique and rare variety of green ash. It is sought after for its aucuba-like foliage. The pinnate leaves are composed of broadly elliptic to narrowly ovate leaflets with green and yellow marbling similar to ...


	10 - 15m	5 - 7m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'SUMMIT'
(green ash)

Summit is a green ash variety sought-after for mostly two features: it is a male tree – not producing seeds and unwanted seedlings, and its vibrant autumn colour. The pinnate leaves are deciduous, composed of 5-9 broa ...


	12 - 15m	7 - 12m	full sun	4 (down to -34°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

Genista sagittalis
(winged broom)

Winged broom or arrow-shaped broom is an attractive species from the fabaceae family. Its natural habitat spreads from South and Central Europe to Balkan. It forms low shrubs with green, prostrate branches and profusion of flowers. Winged broom is cultivated fo ...


	0.1 - 0.2m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos 'RUBYLACE'
(thornless honey locust)

Some of you, gleditsia lovers, may have read about this quite rare and unique version of honey locust. Its charm consists in the unusual colour of leaves. They are bright purple as they emerge, turning chocolate brown later and light bronze in summer. They are pinnate or bi-pinnate and look l ...


	3 - 8m	2 - 5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos 'SUNBURST'
(honey locust)

Sunburst is a mid-sized tree grafted at the bottom so the whole plant is thornless. It is usually offered as a feathered tree with branches from the ground level. It can also be trained into a tree form with a thin crown in 2m height. The trunk still keeps producing buds with leaves wh ...


	5 - 9m	2 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos 'SKYLINE'
(honey locust)

If you like elegant leaves tha are not as bold as London plane tree leaves for example, have look at this honey locust. It is called SKYLINE and as it belongs to i ...


	9 - 15m	3 - 6m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis
(honey locust - thornfree)

Inermis is a very elegant forma of honey locust with no thorns! They can be found on the species, not on this plant, and are very dangerous, so nothing to worry about here. It has bright green, fern-like leaves that are ...


	10 - 20m	5 - 10m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Halesia carolina
(silver bell)

Silver bell is a gorgeous shrub whose other name is probably even more accurate: snowdrop tree. Its origin is SE USA and it is still quite rare in Europe although it is easy to grow and hardy. Silver bell is cultivated mostly f ...


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

Hamamelis x intermedia 'ANGELLY'
(witch hazel)

Angelly is a Dutch witch hazel variety with bright, lighter yellow flowers of wider petals as opposed to Arnold Promise variety of which it is a successor. They come out later than most, usually from mid to late February, a ...


	2 - 3m	2 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hamamelis x intermedia 'APHRODITE'
(witch hazel)

Witch hazels are unique shrubs that offer profuse flowering at times when everything else in the garden looks dull and far from cheerful. This variety was named after a Greek goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite (the Romans ...


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

Hamamelis x intermedia 'BARMSTEDT GOLD'
(witch hazel)

Barmstedt Gold Vilín is unique in its flower colour. It is not sulphur yellow like many other yellow flowering varieties. This one is truly golden yellow with a hint of light orange. The flowers are fringe-like and very fra ...


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

Hamamelis x intermedia 'PALLIDA'
(witch hazel)

Witch hazels are unique shrubs that offer profuse flowering at times when everything else in the garden looks dull and far from cheerful. Pallida is a tried and proved variety that has been popular for decades and loved for ...


	2 - 3.5m	2 - 3.5m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hamamelis x intermedia 'RED GRACE'
(witch hazel)

Red Grace is a German addition to the colourful family of winter blooming witch hazels. This time with interestingly crinkled flowers whose narrow petals are curved back like wood shavings. The colour is a merge of pastel r ...


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

Hamamelis x intermedia 'STOLWIJK RED'
(witch hazel)

Stolwijk Red is considered so far the best red flowering variety of witch hazel. It was selected by Leo Geers around 2000 and introduced by Joh. Stolwijk & Söhne nursery in Boskook, the Netherlands. The fringed flowers are ...


	2 - 3m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°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

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 '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

Hippophae rhamnoides + ODRŮDY
(sea buckthorn)

Sea buckthorn is getting more and more attention as a healthy type of fruit of high medicinal value. Some gardeners may not like its and broomy appearance, while others may welcome its wild and rampant image. It is a deciduous, wide spreading bush with silvery leaves. Branches bear sharp ...


	2 - 4m	2 - 4m	full sun	4 (down to -34°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 anomapa ssp. petiolaris 'SILVER LINING'
(climbing hydrangea)

Silver Lining is a climbing hydrangea sought after especially for its colourful foliage. Its medium large leaves are pale green in the centre and heavily white variegated at margins. They are deciduous, 8-10 cm across, hear ...


	2 - 10m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade	4 (down to -34°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 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 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 'Ilvobo' BOBO®
(panicle hydrangea)

Panicle hydrangea BOBO® is unique for its small and compact growth and incredible amount of flowers. This variety produces numerous panicles, 25-30 cm tall and about 15 cm wide, composed of sterile flowers that emerge ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°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

Jasminum nudiflorum
(winter jasmine)

Winter jasmine is a deciduous shrub native to western China and Tibet where it was discovered by a significant Scottish botanist and plantsman Robert Fortune (1812-1880) during his long-term stay in China between 1843 and 1861. He collected its seeds and sent them ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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

Laburnum alpinum 'PENDULUM'
(golden rain)

Golden rain comes from mountainous parts of southern Europe. The natural habitat of this one is even closer to our border: central- and south-European Alps. The flowers are slender racemes, composed of pea-like, bright yellow flowers with a deep red blotch in the centre. They are 15-40 cm ...


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

Laburnum anagyroides
(golden rain)

The most popular form of flowers are racemes. Golden rain is a perfect example with its long racemes of deep yellow pea-like flowers. This species makes very dense, 10-30 cm long racemes of yellow flowers. Clover-like leaves are bright to mid green, 3-palmate. This medimum sized shrub slowly grows a ...


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

Laburnum x watereri 'VOSSII'
(golden rain)

The most popular flower forms are racemes. Golden rain is a perfect example with its long racemes of deep yellow, pea-like flowers. Vossii variety makes up to 60 cm long racemes of bright yellow flowers. Clover-like leaves are bright to mid green, 3-palmate. This medium size ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 3m	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 'PINK VELOUR'®
(crape myrtle)

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


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

Lagerstroemia 'RHAPSODY IN PINK'
(crape myrtle)

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


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

Lagerstroemia '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

Ligustrum ovalifolium
(common privet)

Privet is the number one hedging plant. However, its foliage and overall appearance have made many nurseries grow it as a standard plant on stems, be it short or long. Very popular are also trimmed plants shaped into balls, pyramids or any other desired shape. It has rich green, ovate leav ...


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

Ligustrum ovalifolium 'AUREUM'
(golden privet)

Privet is the number one popular hedging plant. Golden privet obviously brings extra features: it is evergreen or semi-evergreen, multicoloured and has larger leaves. They are glossy, ovate, 2-3 times bigger than the species (up to 6 cm long), bright golden-yellow margined at the edges grading to de ...


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

Ligustrum ovalifolium 'LEMON AND LIME'®
(privet)

Lemon and Lime® is a modern variety of privet. It produces semi-deciduous, golden yellow to yellow-green, small leaves which persist on the plant until the first hard frosts (January in zone 6), and are replaced by new ...


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

Liquidambar orientalis
(oriental sweetgum)

Oriental sweetgum is a beautiful, slow growing shrub or a small tree from SW Asia. It bears attractive, deeply cut leaves that are fresh green from spring until late summer, and turning rich yellow in neutral soil or orange and red in highly acidic soil in autumn. ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua
(sweetgum)

This is the species of sweetgum. Its maple-like, star-shaped leaves are medium-deeply or deeply cut and have fresh green colour. As it is reproduced mainly by seeds the plants often vary even if grown from seeds of the same parent. This results in plants having slightly different characterist ...


	8 - 15m	3 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'AUREA'
(sweetgum)

Aurea is a sweetgum variety with varigated leaves showing irregular splashes of yellow. They turn pink and purple in autumn. In gardens with limited space for roots it seldom grows taller than 10m, however, in parks and in southern countries you may encounter much taller and obviously very ...


	8 - 15m	4 - 8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'GOLDEN SUN'
(sweetgum)

A collectors’ item not only for collectors is this sweetgum. An interesting novelty called Golden Sun has quite a unique feature never found on any other sweetgum before: golden yellow branches. The colour is present on new twigs as well as up to about 3 year-old branches. ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'GUM BALL'
(sweetgum)

If you like sweetgum and you are afraid of its size in maturity try this one. Gum Ball is a great variety with dwarf growth and reduced size. After 10 years it can grow to some 2.5m with a total of 3m in maturity. Its crown is quite regular even without pruning. The leaves are iden ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'NAREE'
(sweet gum)

Naree sweet gum was found as a spontaneous mutation of the species in Australia and did not reach Europe until after 2000 – it was first introduced by the Junker’s Nursery from Milverton, United Kingdom, in 2002 ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'ROTUNDILOBA'
(sweetgum)

We are happy to introduce one of the most beautiful and very rare variety of sweetgum called Rotundiloba. The Latin name says it all: with rounded lobes. Its leaves show distinctly rounded lobes on 3 segments of a 5-lobed star-shaped leaves. They are deciduous, deep green, gloss ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'SLENDER SILHOUETTE'
(columnar sweetgum)

Slender Silhouette is a beautiful sweetgum which could be your perfect choice for a small garden or a miniature front yard. A 5m tall plant seldom exceeds 1m wide. It is a slow growing version of sweetgum with strictly upright and columnar habit. The leaves are quite large, con ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'THÉA'
(sweetgum)

Théa is an attractive variety of sweetgum selected for its autumn foliage colour and smaller size. Its leaves are large, typically 5-lobed, rich green, turning to long lasting shades of bright red and burgundy purple in autumn. The tree grows slowly or moderately into a narrowly ...


	5 - 8m	2 - 3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'WORPLESDON'
(sweetgum)

Worplesdon is a popular sweetgum variety among both growers as well as customers. It is a reliable and hardy selection that grows well without any additional maintenance. It has deep green, deciduous leaves that are star-shaped, deeply lobed, often with a pair of small teeth ben ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liquidambar styraciflua 'MANON'
(sweetgum)

Liquidambar styraciflua ('Albomarginata')

Manon is a variegated form of sweetgum. It has star-shaped leaves with white margins that may turn pink in autumn. The leaves look very similar to variegated forms of ivy. This tree grows slowly into a narrowly pyramidal form. Highly decorative. Another nice feature is the fr ...


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

Liquidambar styraciflua 'STARED'
(sweetgum)

Stared is one of the most recent varieties of sweetgum with leaves cut so deep like a too low neck on a frock of a lady who forgot she was going to attend a charitable ball “Help Africa” and not a teenager party “Miss Bikini – Monokini”. Liquidambar ...


	5 - 7m		full sun	5b (down to -27°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 'EDWARD GURSZTYN'
(dwarf tulip tree)

Edward Gursztyn is a compact or almost dwarf variety of yellow poplar. It makes a uniform, rounded canopy and very hadsome, typical saddle-shaped leaves. They are deciduous, green in summer and yellow in autumn. No flowers ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2m	full sun	5b (down to -27°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

Lonicera caerulea var.kamtschatica
(honeyberry)

Honeyberry is an edible version of honeysuckle with fruit of similar taste and appearance of blueberry. The fruit is sweet or sweet-and-sour, 25-35 mm long, oval, deep blue. The fruit ripens very early, often already in May, about ...


	1 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'ATHENE'
(magnolia)

Athene is a large-flowered magnolia hybrid, a cross between magnolia „Mark Jury“ and magnolia x soulangeana „Lennei Alba“. The flowers have almost white petals with deep red or purple r ...


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

Magnolia 'BETTY'
(girl magnolia)

Betty’s flowers are deep purple outside and almost white inside, there are up to 19 narrow, long petals which in full bloom open like a star as much as 20 cm wide with strong citrus scent. It has attractive bright green foliage, some of which often turns coppery red in the summer ...


	2 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'BLACK BEAUTY'
(magnolia)

Black Beauty magnolia is another brooklynensis hybrid from the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, USA, which, surprisingly, does not bear yellow flowers. It is a cross of m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia with yellow flowers) and m.lil ...


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

Magnolia 'BLUE OPAL'
(magnolia)

Are you a magnolia lover who thinks he has seen them all? Well, have another look at this almost blue magnolia. Of course it is slightly exaggerated, there are just blue hues in the bud, yet they are stunning. Blue Opal ...


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

Magnolia 'CHARLES COATES'
(magnolia)

Among deciduous magnolias there are varieties that bloom later than most of the Asian ones. This selection named Charles Coates originated in England in Kew, famous for its Kew Gardens, by crossing m.sieboldii and


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

Magnolia 'COLUMNAR PINK'
(magnolia)

Columnar Pink is an admirable magnolia variety selected by famous English gardener Maurice Foster. His 15-acre large garden is located near Sevenoaks in Kent, U.K., a place about 500 meters above sea level which is sometime ...


	3 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'CORAL LAKE'
(magnolia)

Coral Lake is a chameleon magnolia changing colours during flowering. It is a cross between Legend (m. acuminata x m. acuminata ssp. subcordata, 1985) and Butterflies (m. acuminata x m. denudata ‚Sawada’s Cream& ...


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

Magnolia 'DAPHNE'
(magnolia)

If you like the spring profusion of blooming magnolias, look at this yellow rarity. Probably the best yellow magnolia so far was raised by a Belgian breeder, Philippe de Spoelberch. It is a cross between ´Miss Honeybee´ a ´Gold Crown´. It is called Daphne. Its flowers are deep yell ...


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

Magnolia 'DAYBREAK'
(magnolia)

Daybreak magnolia has a unique shade of pink. The flower buds are slim and tall, rich pink but not garish. They show small, flame-like triangles of green colour at the bottom of their calyxes. The buds take quite some time looking precious for many days befo ...


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

Magnolia 'ELIZABETH'
(Elizabeth magnolia)

The name of this magnolia hybrid has nothing to do with the British queen. Obviously, it does not come from the UK but the USA. And story tells the following. Quite a few decades ago – in 1957 – Evamaria Sperber planted a newly hybridized seed in the Brooklyn ...


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

Magnolia 'GENIE'
(magnolia)

Genie is a sensational new magnolia from New Zealand. After 15 years of breeding there is eventually a plant that holds its deep red-purple colour well and offers prolonged flowering period. The hybridizing process was truly awesome, if you are interested in how this jewel came ...


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

Magnolia 'GOLDSTAR'
(Goldstar magnolia)

Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate. Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shape ...


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

Magnolia 'LIVINGSTONE'
(magnolia)

Livingstone magnolia is a cross between m. sprengeri ‘Diva’ and m. ‘Vulcan’. Sprenger’s magnolia is often used in hybridization for flower size and fragrance, and Vulcan was surely chosen for t ...


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

Magnolia 'MANCHU FAN'
(magnolia)

Manchu Fan is a white flowering rare magnolia from New Zealand. It bears medium-sized, goblet-shaped flowers that are almost pure white with a very light pink smudge at the bottom. The petals look like fragile china and do not open up completely keeping the elegant goblet shape. ...


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

Magnolia 'MAXINE MERRILL'
(magnolia)

Maxine Merrill is a magnolia cross between m.acuminata ssp. subcordata ‚Miss Honeybee‘ and m. x loebneri ‚Merrill‘. It was bred by one of the greatest magnolia breeders Phil Savage from the USA. It p ...


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

Magnolia 'NORMAN GOULD'
(magnolia)

Norman Gould is a compact growing Japanese magnolia hybrid. It makes 10 cm large, snow-white, goblet-shaped, fragrant flowers with 8-9 petals. They come out already from late March if the weather is nice. Deciduous leaves a ...


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

Magnolia 'SHIRAZZ'
(magnolia)

Shirazz (two zeds) is a lush magnolia variety from New Zealand. It is a cross between magnolia denudata and magnolia


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

Magnolia 'SUSAN'
(girl magnolia)

Susan magnolia has narrow, goblet-shaped flowers of deep pink, nearly red colour outside and slightly lighter red inside. This is the reddest coloured variety among spring magnolias. It flowers reliably already when young. It does not require pruning at all. As it has flower buds at the ends ...


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

Magnolia 'VULCAN'
(magnolia)

Vulcan is an awesome magnolia hybrid raised in New Zealand by Felix Jury in 1990. Yet before it got its attention by gardening public it was used for further hybridizing and became a parent for excellent varieties such as < ...


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

Magnolia 'YELLOW RIVER'
(Yellow River magnolia)

This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese ...


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

Magnolia 'Jurmag1' BLACK TULIP®
(magnolia)

Another jewel among magnolias came from New Zealand, again, and was raised by Mark Jury. Its name is Black Tulip® and has been sought after thanks to its very deep purple colour of flowers. They are rich purple in colour, not too large – only about 10-15 cm across, go ...


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

Magnolia BURGUNDY STAR™
(magnolia)

Burgundy Star™ magnolia is another success by Mark Jury, son of Felix Jury, renowned for the famous New Zealand based 'magnolia breeding factory'. This jewel is a cross between large-flowered Vulcan and liliiflora Nig ...


	3 - 4m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia 'GOLDEN GIFT'
(magnolia)

Golden Gift is a magnolia crossing between m. acuminata ‘Miss Honeybee’ and (m. acuminata x m. denudate) which makes it obvious that thanks to a lot of genes of cucumber magnolia (m. acuminata) the flowers shoul ...


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

Magnolia acuminata 'BLUE BABY'
(cucumber tree)

Blue Baby is an attractive miniature of the sensational Blue Opall magnolia with bluish buds. If you stand both magnolias next to each other, you will probably no ...


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

Magnolia kobus
(Japanese magnolia)

Japanese magnolia belongs among the tallest, fastest growing, and the hardiest magnolias of the planet. It is native to Japan (and Korea) where it was named after Japanese word kobushi which means fist and relates to the shape of opening flower buds. Flowers are ab ...


	6 - 12m	6 - 8m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia liliiflora 'NIGRA'
(magnolia)

This is one of the latest varieties of spring magnolias opening its flowers in May, thus avoiding late frosts that may damage flower petals or entire buds. Nigra’s petals are dark burgundy-purple on the outside and very light purple or nearly white on the inside. The goble ...


	2.5 - 3.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia officinalis
(Houpu magnolia)

Houpu magnolia is a rare taxon native to Chinese hills and mountains formerly found at altitudes of 300-1500 m. It is distinguished by large leaves and fragrant white flowers on fully leaved-out plants. Flowers are creamy-white to pale butter-yellow, 10-14 cm acro ...


	10 - 20m	4 - 6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia stellata
(star magnolia)

Star magnolia is a one of the earliest magnolias to flower in March already. It has star-shaped, pure white flowers with a lovely scent. As it blooms on bare branches early in the spring we recommend placing it in front of an evergreen shrub, e.g. cherry laurel, holly, or any bright green con ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia stellata 'ROSEA'
(star magnolia)

Star magnolia is a one of the earliest magnolias to flower in March already if the weather is nice and warm. Rosea is a popular variety with star-shaped, light pink flowers with a lovely scent. As it blooms on bare branches early in the spring we recommend placing it in front of ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia tripetala
(umbrella magnolia)

Umbrella magnolia is a unique plant of its species. It is quite unusual though easy to grow. Its main feature are exotic-looking, large leaves that can grow 30-45 cm long. Their colour is mid-green flashed with bronze from spring to early summer. They are soft and slightly hairy beneath, crow ...


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

Magnolia tripetala 'BLOOMFIELD'
(umbrella magnolia)

Bloomfield is a sensational new variety of an already fantastic umbrella magnolia. Though quite unique this plants is so easy to grow and needs no or very little care. This variety produces even larger leaves than the species, they can be up to 60 cm long. They are deciduous, mi ...


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

Magnolia virginiana 'GLAUCA'
(sweet bay)

Sweet bay is a unique magnolia species that was first described by Carl Linnaeus, founder of modern taxonomy, already in 1753. Magnolia virginiana, that was the Latin name it received, was the very first magnolia species ever listed under this name. Interestingly, ...


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

Magnolia x brooklynensis 'HATTIE CARTHAN'
(Brooklyn hybrid magnolia)

Hattie Carthan magnolia was bred by Doris Stone from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden by cross-pollinating several unnamed m. x brooklynensis hybrids (m.acuminata x magnolia x liliiflora) and ‘Evamaria’ variety. The ...


	4 - 7m	1.5 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia x brooklynensis 'YELLOW BIRD'
(Yellow Bird magnolia)

“Yellow Bird” magnolia is a cross between magnolia acuminata and magnolia brooklynensis “Evamaria” from 1967. Yet that year it was suggested the best yellow cultivar so far. Well, a lot of time has passed and these days there are a few more girls to ask t ...


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

Magnolia x loebneri 'MAG'S PIROUETTE'
(Loebner magnolia)

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