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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 sometimes called Kentish Alps since the rest of this south-eastern English county is ...
IV - V
3 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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‘, 1988). The most interesting fact about it breeding is that neither of ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
3 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 produces medium-sized, cup-shaped flowers with 6 sturdy petals of soft banana ...
IV - V
4 - 5m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 are 10-15 cm long, broadly ovate, mid green, and puckered. The plant forms com ...
III - IV
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purple Star magnolia is a modern variety from 2015 from the renowned Belgian breeder Phillippe de Spoleberch, whose perhaps the greatest success, with which he gained fame around the world, is Daphne magnolia, so far considered the best deep yellow available. Purple Star is a cross between m. cylind ...
IV - V
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 should be yellow. And they are! They are 6-petalled, mid-sized, tulip-shaped, soft ...
IV - V
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Goliath is bushier than the species. As you can tell by its name, something is going to be extraordinary here. True: the flowers are extremely large, often up to 30 cm wide, strongly fragrant and appear on the plant usually from June, often from late May if the end of spring is hot, and continue blo ...
V - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Goliath is a cultivar found by American botanist Albert Charles Smith (1906-1999) in former Caledonian Nurseries on British island Guernsey in 1910. The nursery no longer ...
VI - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
5a (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
With the new millennium, large-flowered magnolias seem to have become a new fashion for broad public and collectibles for magnolia enthusiasts. The number of new cultivars increases every year. EMPEROR is an impressive one from New Zealand based breeder Vance Hooper. It is a cross between Felix Jury ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Discovering magnolia STARBURST was a thrill. Not only has it gorgeous flowers, but it also has something very practical for small gardens – narrower, almost fastigiate habit. Its fragrant flowers are 15-20 cm across, purple red on the outside and much paler inside with pink stars airbrushed on ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 result was a stunning magnolia with firm flowers of elongated tepals. They ar ...
IV - V
4 - 7m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Proctor magnolia is a hybrid of two Japanese magnolia species – m. stellata and m. salicifolia. It is distinguished by early flowering and profusion of star-shaped, white, fragrant flowers, larger than on m. stellata, with less petals but of firmer appearance. Slavin’s Snowy is a selecti ...
III - IV
6 - 8m
3 - 4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alexandrina is a very popular variety of saucer magnolia. Thanks to the rich colour of outer petals it is rated commercially best-selling saucer magnolia. The flowers are upto 10 cm across, white inside, flushed deep pink and purple outside, with a lovely fragrance.
Deciduous leaves are rather obo ...
IV - IV
4 - 6m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Thompson magnolia boasts large, creamy white, very fragrant flowers which come out from June until July on a fully leafed out plant. The flowers are up to 15 cm across and the fragrance is deep and sweet. Deciduous leaves are broadly ovate to obovate, 15-25 cm long, fresh green above and glaucous be ...
VI - VII
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Some crab apples can easily compete with Japanese ornamental cherries as far as the beauty and colours of their flowers. This is the case of ´Royal Beauty´. It is a small tree growing about 2.5m tall, with weeping, somewhat narrow crown. In the spring it brings a profusion of deep pink to light purp ...
IV - IV
2 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Delikates is a Polish variety of medium early apple. Apples are small to mid-sized, rounded, the skin is thin, pale yellow-green with red blush on insolated parts. The flesh is white, firm, moderately acidic, very aromatic and very juicy. It can be stored until December.
It is self-sterile and need ...
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Delicious is a favourite apple brand. It comes from the USA, 1890. The fruit is sweet, juicy and crisp, of golden yellow to greeny-yellow colour. Its size is dependent on soil fertility. The fruit can be very large.
It is usually trouble-free as far as late frosts and is disease resistant. T ...
IV - V
3 - 6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Jonagold is a great dessert apple variety that combines the best of both its parents. It has the sweetness of Golden Delicious as well as mild sharpness and aroma of Jonathan. The flesh is crispy and very juicy. Moreover, Jonagold is a very attractive apple to look at – it is honey yellow with ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Melrose is an attractive and tasty late apple. It is a result of crossing Jonathan and Red Delicious. The apples are sweet and crunchy. Their colour is red. Ideal snack apple or for cooking. Tastes best about one month from picking. It can be stored until end February.
Apple trees should be pruned ...
IV - V
3 - 6m
2 - 4m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This is probably the earliest apple in our climate, of Russian origin from around 1800. Its name is different in every country, the English name is White Transparent. It produces good crops of medium-large to large fruit with greenish-yellow, soft skin and very juicy flesh that can be quite sharp fo ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rode Boskoop (Boskoop Red) is a red version of an old and popular Dutch variety of Belle de Boskoop late apple. It produces incredibly large fruit that can weigh up to 250g. It is often irregular or rounded with ribs. The skin is tough, rich red on most parts, and the flesh is pale yellow-green matu ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
2 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Reine des Reinettes (King of the Pippins, Goldparmäne) is a mid-season apple with golden-orange skin, with profusion of red stripes. It is medium-sized, rounded, and can be picked from September until October, and stores well approximately until Christmas time. The flesh is juicy, delicious and very ...
IV - V
2 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet crabapple is a fantastic addition to the collection of spring flowering apples and cherries. This one, however, has more than one feature to look at (just like Scarlett Johansson who may have been a reason for giving this tree its name …)
Scarlet is a flowering crabapple tree with pro ...
IV - V
4 - 6m
2 - 5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Trilobata crabapple is a rare and unusual plant that is not difficult to grow butyet quite difficult to source. Its most specific feature is the leaf shape – it looks like a merge between maple and hawthorn. The leaves are not large but their prominent lobes are a good giveaway. They are decid ...
VI - VI
7 - 13m
2 - 5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
APPLETINI is a French crabapple variety which is not only ornamental, but it also makes edible fruit of a great taste. The fruit is not large but compared to the size of the fruits of other crabapple varieties these apples are giants – like a ping pong ball, which is probably why its breeders ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dawn redwood was believed to be extinct for centuries. Until first specimen were brought from China in 1941 and propagated throughout the world. It is a deciduous conifer which, thanks to its flat, fresh green needles, is often mistaken for swamp cypress (taxodium distichum). The needles are soft an ...
10 - 30m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mulberry is a versatile tree used in ornamental landscaping as well as pomiculture. You can find it in standard forms with a long trunk, or as a half-standard which is suitable for easy fruit picking. It can also be seen grown as a shrub densely branched from the ground. Here we will describe edible ...
3 - 10m
3 - 12m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
White mulberry and its Pendula variety is one of the top popular weeping trees. No wonder – apart from its beauty it offers tasty fruit. Moreover its small size makes it an ideal specimen tree even for small gardens. Its deciduous leaves are heart-shaped, toothed at margins, up to 15 cm long, ...
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Plane-leaved mulberry has many admirers thanks to its almost exotic large leaves. Fruitless is a follow-up variety from Italy eliminating the only set back this tree may have when it comes to cleanliness: it is sterile (male) and does not produce fruit that would cause coloured waste under its canop ...
3 - 5m
3 - 5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This mulberry is very special. Deeply cut, dark green, glossy leaves draw your attention as they bear strong resemblance to leaves of plane trees. Many of the largest leaves at the ends of the branches keep their green colour until late in the autumn when they fall down green. The crown is wide spre ...
3 - 5m
3 - 5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
