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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 schumannii.
This elegan ...
VI - X
0,3 - 1m
0,3 - 1m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Abelia Confetti® can be the true dwarf jewel, for instance, in the evergreen group of your front yard. It has 2-3 cm long, pointed, glossy, semi-evergreen, variegated leaves with white margins and green centres. It blooms from July until October with pale pink, funnel-shaped, tiny flowers. This ...
VII - IX
0,2 - 0,5m
0,2 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 Lindsey in North Caroli ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 white, and decorated by pale red calyxes thanks to which th ...
VII - X
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Spike is a dark-leaved variety of bugbane with deep maroon to almost black, large leaves. They are 3-ternate-pinnate, with palmate, lobed, sharply toothed basal leaves. It is very attractive when new, bright green leaves emerge amongst intensely dark foliage. In late summer rise slender, dark s ...
VIII - IX
1 - 1,2m
0,4 - 0,6m
semi-shade to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 - silk tree.
Silk tree come ...
VII - IX
3 - 5m
3 - 6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 with yellowi ...
VII - IX
2 - 6m
1 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Prinz Heinrich is a Japanese anemone bred by Lindner already in 1902. It produces large, single flowers with long and narrow petals which can be visibly separated from one another or they may overlap. Centres are decorated with a small crown or rich yellow stamens. Flowers are borne freely on usuall ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 appear. Unlike a similar variety Golden Umbrella, Aureovariegata occupies sm ...
VIII - IX
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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! It produces giant frond-like foliage, compound of 5-6 cm long, broadly obovate ...
VIII - IX
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Strawberry tree is another of my favourite evergreen plant, formerly classified as tender in C.E. continental climate, but we began a long-running trial where we test a group of Mediterranean plants for their hardiness. It started when we noticed that many macchia plants have to struggle with advers ...
X - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a strawberry tree selection found many years ago as a seedling of the species. It boasts a neat and well-behaved habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly obovate, 5-7 cm long, finely serrated at margins, they emerge bronze red and remain soft gree ...
IX - V
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rubra is a common name for all forms of strawberry tree with red flowers. Only those plants which also boast other distinct features were selected and registered as individual varieties. It makes evergreen, narrowly oval to obovate, 6-10 cm long, leathery leaves with serrated margins, more conspicuo ...
X - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MERCURIUS is a French variety of frost-resistant strawberry tree, bred by Jean Giraudet from the French nursery Pépinières du Bocage in Sèvremont, near the city of Nantes in the west of France, and introduced in 2020. This is an absolutely adorable shrub with a slower growth and almost rou ...
IX - XI
0,7 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sweet Dreams armeria bears clear pink flowers composed in 3-4 cm wide, spherical flowerheads atop sturdy, 15-20 cm tall, leafless stems. The inflorescence resembles ornamental onion flowers but without any scent. They bloom incredibly long time: from late April until early autumn. Evergreen leaves a ...
IV - IX
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
REPETITA® RED is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extended bloom time. REPETITA® RED azalea produces large, 7-8.5 cm across, sin ...
V - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
REPETITA® WHITE is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extended bloom time. REPETITA® WHITE azalea produces large, 6-7.5 cm across, ...
V - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
REPETITA® CORAL is a hybrid evergreen azalea from the REPETITA® series developed by Robert and Lisa Head in Long Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina, USA. The aim was to bred reliably evergreen plants with extended bloom time. REPETITA® CORAL azalea produces large, 7-8 cm across, c ...
V - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, more tender sister b.fallowiana.
Lochinch buddleja produces about 25 cm lon ...
VII - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 lanceolate, light green with silver indumen ...
VII - X
0,8 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 magenta purple, some are bi-coloured as if you mix a bowl of forest fruit with f ...
VII - IX
1,8 - 2,3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 which resembles Russian olive leaves. Flowers are formed in short panicles. They are creamy w ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 inflorescence may look like li ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Border Beauty is a another butterfly bush proved by time. It was bred already in 1962, by a Dutch breeder Henry Schiphorst. It produces about 20 cm long, dense panicles of purple violet flowers with orange throat. Individual flowers are tiny trumpets, composed in conical panicles born at the tips of ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, funnel-shaped flowers. They are moderately, sweetly fragrant and bloom from l ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nanho Blue is one of three varieties of butterfly bush from the small Nanho series, which also includes the varieties Nanho Purple and Nanho White. It bears lavender-violet flowers and can be easily distinguished from other varieties by its significantly narrower leaves, giving it an airy appearance ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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: summer lilac. However ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 lilac. However, it c ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUMMER BIRD Violet is a profusely flowering, dwarf butterfly bush producing short panicles of lilac pink flowers. They are 6-8 cm long and sweetly fragrant, and appear from mid July until autumn if you regularly deadhead spent flowers. Individual flowers are tubular, sweetly fragrant, and have an or ...
VII - X
0,4 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, sweetly fragrant and bloom from late Jun ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 variegated foliage. The conical inflorescence is rather slim, 20-25 cm long, and composed of thin, funnel-shaped flowers with orange throat. They ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUGAR PLUM is another fantastic success by English breeder Peter R.Moore. It is a butterfly bush, a cross between varieties Royal Red and Summer Beauty. The result has a rich colour of the first parent, and compact habit and smaller size of the latter.
SUGAR PLUM buddleja produces about 25 cm long ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 1,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUZZ™ IVORY is a subtle beauty among all the bright colours of new buddleja varieties introduced in 2009. It produces about 10 cm long racemes composed of small, fragrant, ivory flowers with orange throat. Blooming is profuse and begins in mid July and continues until early autumn. Deciduous l ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUZZ™ MAGENTA is another compact buddleja from the BUZZ™ series. It makes deep magenta-violet fragrant flowers. The inflorescence is conical, 20-25 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers with an orange throat. They are sweetly scented and bloom from late June until late Se ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BUZZ™ SKY BLUE is a compact buddleja from the BUZZ™ series with exceptionally coloured flowers. They are pale lavender with sky blue hues and orange throat. The inflorescence is narrowly conical, 15-25 cm long, and composed of small, funnel-shaped flowers. They are sweetly scented and bl ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sungold butterfly bush dates back to 1960’s when it was bred in the Netherlands as a sport of Golden Glow. It has mid-sized panicles of rounded clusters with yellow, tubular, sweetly scented flowers from first half of summer until the last hot days of early autumn. Deciduous leaves are broadly ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Flower Power® is a recent butterfly bush intruduction with attractive colour play. The buds are lavender violet and open into lilac-pink flowers with conspicuous orange throats that add brightness to the overall appearance. Individual flowers are small and tubular, formed in 30-40 cm long, dens ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Feather reed grass is a European hybrid, a cross between c. arundinacea and c. epigejos, and Karl Foerster is possibly its most popular variety. Already from June it makes about 1.5 m tall, thin stems topped with slender but thick spikes of pinkish flowers which soon turn to bright beige and glow li ...
VI - IX
1,3 - 1,5m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Arctic Dawn is an autumn flowering camellia bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Lu Shan Snow) and camellia ‘November Pink’. It produces large, 10-12 cm across, semi-double to peony double, coral pink flowers with yellow stamens in the c ...
X - III
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ashton’s Pride is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Plain Jane) and camellia sasanqua (cv. Santozaki). It produces medium large, 6-8 cm wide, soft pink, single flowers with yellow stamens ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Frost Prince is one of the latest autumn flowering varieties of camellia which originated as a cross between c. oleifera (very hardy, not showy) and c. hiemalis (very late and showy). It makes 5-6 cm across, semi-double to fully double, deep pink flowers. They come out from November and continue unt ...
XI - I
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snow Flurry is an autumn flowering camellia bred by dr. Ackerman introduced in 1987 (Maryland, USA). It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera and camellia ‘Frost Princess’ which also has c. oleifera genes. It produces mid-sized, 6-8 cm wide, semi-double to fully doubl ...
X - XII
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter’s Sunset is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is one of the very rare varieties with variegated foliage. It produces small, bright pink, single, non-fragrant flowers with numerous yellow stamens in the centre from late October for 4-6 weeks.
L ...
X - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Showa-no-sakae is a winter camellia variety which is often classified as Camellia sasanqua. Its pretty flowers are small to mid-sized (6-8 cm), peony-like, semi-double to fully double, medium to deep pink. It begins to bloom according to the maturity of the buds and the weather conditions, usually f ...
I - XII
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 green, may ...
VII - IX
3 - 6m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 plant it ...
VI - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This trumpet creeper is really trained into a small tree. 1 or 2 meter tall trunk with a blooming crown gives this exotic looking plant a new glamour. Beautiful, golden-yellow flowers grow at the ends of new branches. They come out in July and don’t stop till the first frosts.
Flava belongs ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GOLDEN TRUMPET is an Italian trumpet vine variety bred in 2005 by French breeder Patrick Pineau for the Minier Innovation & Development programme. It bears large, about 6 cm long, bright golden-yellow, broadly funnel-shaped flowers with open ends that reveal conspicuous red veins in the throat. They ...
VII - IX
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VII - IX
3 - 6m
1 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 60 or more flower buds that open continuous ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 60 or more flower buds that open continuous ...
VI - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 prominent, vibrant red veins in the throat, and appear from early to mid July. ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 frosts if the plant ha ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 from early July until the ...
VII - IX
2 - 4m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 crushed. They cover the plant completely and make it an attractive item long befo ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 cooking herbs.
The shrub ...
VIII - IX
0,4 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 mid Augu ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
STEPHI is a unique bluebeard variety with flowers that are not blue. They are pale pink to almost white on a clear sunny day. All other features are identical to most other caryopteris varieties. It is a deciduous shrub with fragrant leaves that are medium green, narrowly lanceolate, shallowly notch ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,7m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gloire de Versaille is a French hybrid of California lilac, a cross between c. americanus, a Missouri native of excellent hardiness, and very tender Mexican species c. caeruleus with sky blue flowers. The result is a hardy, deciduous shrubs with a profusion of small panicles composed of powder blue ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Marie Simon is another French hybrid ceanothus, a cross from 1830 between c. x delilianus with blue flowers and c. ovatus with beige flowers. The result is a deciduous shrub with a profusion of soft pink flowers composed in small, fluffy panicles. They come out from late July and rebloom continuousl ...
VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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.
Deciduous ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,8m
0,5 - 1,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Autumn Blue is a dwarf or ground-covering variety of hardy plumbago. It bears gentian-blue, 5-petalled, 1-2 cm large flowers, borne in terminal clusters from August till the first frost. In hot summers the flowers appear early in the month, in average or cold summers from late August. Deciduous leav ...
VII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hardy plumbago is a superb substitution for its tender relative common in the Mediterranean.
This one has even deeper blue flowers with 5 petals, mid-green, bristly, obovate, deciduous leaves with purple margins and purple stems. The plants itself is very dense and in full sun bears profusion of f ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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) awarded it with AGM (Award of Garden Merit) and at the prestigious novelty fair ...
VI - IX
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BOULEVARD® CORINNE is a compact clematis with white flowers. They are 10-13 cm across and each of its 8 petals has a less conspicuous pale magenta pink bar in the centre. They come out from late May until early July, during hot summers the plant rests, and re-blooms from late August until the l ...
VI - X
0,8 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 petals. The first flush of flowers in spring brings lovely, pale lavender-mau ...
VI - IX
1,5 - 2m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 for 2-3 weeks but a well-established shrub may produce 2 or 3 flushes of flo ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,2m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Early Sunrise is a profusely flowering tickseed with an extremely long bloom period. It produces semi-double or double flowers of golden yellow colour from early June until late autumn if the weather is sunny and relatively warm. The stems are a little shorter than other grandiflora tickseeds, only ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Grandiflora is a thread leaf tickseed variety, not to be mistaken for coreopsis grandiflora which is a different species. Its daisy-like flowers are bright golden-yellow with 8 accuminate petals, and appear for an extremely long flowering period from early summer (June) until the last warm days of a ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Moonbeam is one of the most reliable and sought-after varieties of thread leaf coreopsis. Its small, daisy-like flowers are light yellow just like moonlight. Its extremely long flowering period begins in early summer and ends in the last warm days of autumn. Deadheading will enhance flowering but is ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pumila is a favourite Pampas grass variety of reduced size. It grows about 1.5 high in full bloom which is by almost half the height of the species. Its deciduous leaves are medium green tinted blue, about one meter long, 2-3 cm wide, and the margins are finely but sharply serrated, so they can cut ...
IX - X
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Summer Ice is a variegated form of hybrid daphne caucasica found by Bob Tichnor of Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Centre in Oregon, USA. The source does not say whether the plant is a mutation of unnamed hybrids or an existing variety Jim’s Pride with g ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™ is a compact and dense growing variety of a hybrid daphne with long flowering period. Its small flowers are tubular, almost white inside and pale lilac pink outside. They have a strong and sweet perfume and are produced in profusion from late May until early July, and then s ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gold Nugget is an iceplant variety with rich yellow flowers, 2-3 cm across, flowering in masses from late spring until midsummer, later flowers appear sporadically.
Iceplant loves sunny and dry locations, excess watering could kill this plant. It is best for rockeries with plenty of gritty material ...
VI - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Jewel of Desert is a fantastic iceplant series with various colours including white, yellow, several shades of orange, pink and red. Flowers are 2-4 cm across, and bloom continuously for 5 months! From late May until early autumn.
Iceplant loves sunny and dry locations, excess watering could kill ...
V - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The Excalibur™ series of larkspur was developed and propagated by the Syngenta® Flowers breeding research station. They are characterized by shorter growth, profuse flowering for the whole summer, and better resistance to common diseases. Dark Blue White Bee is a larkspur variety with str ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lucas is a small foxglove series offering extended blooming time, various flower colours, and in one case also silvery foliage. Lucas White, however masculine the name sounds, is more like a bride dressed in the most elegant and beautiful wedding dress. Its creamy white flower buds burst into pure w ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,7m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lucas is a handsome guy among foxglove varieties. It is highly valued not only for beautiful flowers but also extended blooming time as its secondary stems keep on producing flowers until September. Flowers are widely funnel-shaped, rich purple pink outside and almost white inside with showy maroon ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,7m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Big Kahuna is a big catch for American breeder Harini Korlipara from TerraNova® Nurseries in Oregon, USA. This coneflower boasts tropical orange, extra large flowers that are almost 14 cm across. The colour of ray florets are a combination of ripe mango and wild honey above, and pale salmon pin ...
VII - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LAKOTA™ FIRE coneflower is a strain of seedlings offering glowing shades of dark orange, soft red, and purple red flowers. They are single, mildly fragrant, and open from late July until early October atop about 40 cm tall stems. The depth of colours is breathtaking and will blend in nicely in ...
VII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sensation Pink is another coneflower bred by Dutch lover of perennials Marco van Noort in 2012. It makes rich pink, almost magenta pink flowers from late June until September. They are first borne atop strong, 40-60 cm tall stems, and then along the lower parts of stems. The central cones are deep r ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Here it comes – another coneflower variety with a tasty name: BUBBLELICIOUS. It is from the SUNSEEKERS series and has a unique shade of pink with lilac hues. The flowers are single, 6-8 cm across, strongly scented like bubble-gum and their uneven ray florets length looks frisky. Central discs ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Flowers with fruit-like variety names sound very tasty and make you want them just because they recall a taste of fruit you like. Exactly as in case of this hybrid coneflower from the SUNSEEKERS series from 2022. Its name is SUNSEEKERS POMEGRANATE and bears 7-8 cm wide, single, fragrant flowers whic ...
VII - X
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
YELLOW SKIPPER coneflower is a rich golden yellow flowering variety with 10-11 cm large flowers. They appear from early July until late September atop strong, green stems about 50-60 cm tall. The colour is vivid and deep, and combines well with purple blue sage or deep pink monardas, or you can use ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sunseekers Salmon is truly a unique coneflower. Among the load of colours available today this one stands out like a proud princess who knows that she is being watched. Semi-double, large flowers have frayed ends and appear from July until October atop short and strong stems. Young, emerging flowers ...
VII - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SunSeekers is a coneflower series comprising of many flowers colours, all of which are stunning, rich, and non-fading. Plants have exceptional vigour and dense habit. Ray florets are usually shorter and in case of this variety called SUNSEEKERS Orange they are coloured like a sunset after a hot and ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MOOODZ® GLORY is a white flowering member of the MOOODZ® coneflower series. It makes large flowers with wide ray florets around a large golden yellow cone hiding sweet nectar for butterflies, bees, and bumble bees. Stems are strong and erect, reaching up 40-50 cm tall, and producing flower ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MOOODZ® SYMPATHY is another introduction from the MOOODZ® coneflower series. It produces 8-9 cm large, very fragrant flowers with ray florets that open to a beautiful soft salmon pink with orange or even golden tones, and mature to rich pastel pink with salmon orange tones. Stems are very ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Unique and gorgeous. This is another coneflower variety from the SunSeekers series. It is called SUNSEEKERS APPLE GREEN and produces large, 8-10 cm across, single flowers with 2 or even 3 layers of daisy-like, light to medium green ray florets. The discs are massive, flattened, and hide plenty of ne ...
VII - X
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS BLUSH is an improved version of SUNSEEKERS PINK coneflower, this time with two rows of ray florets making a semi-double flower. Flowers are 8-10 cm across, soft pink, and bloom atop only about 40 cm high stems from July until September. They do not change the colour significantly like for ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS CORAL is hybrid coneflower makes flowers of intriguing colour mélange combining rich orange and scarlet red which results in soft and warm coral red tone. Central discs are deep mahogany red, cone-like, and provide plenty of nectar for butterflies, bumble bees as well as bees. Flowering b ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bright colour of SUNSEEKERS CITRUS coneflower looks like a cheerful display of spring daffodils. It is another hybrid coneflower from the Sunseekers series which, thanks to its name, made many of us smell its flowers in anticipation of citrus perfume. Wrong. The scent is sweet like honey, it’s ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS GOLDEN SUN is a coneflower variety from the Sunseekers series with semi-double flowers which resemble gerberas. They are 8-9 cm across and the vivid yellow ray florets are assembled in 2 or 3 tiers. Its perfume is medium strong and sweet like dandelion. Central discs are rather flat, gree ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS HOT PINK coneflower has made a real rod for its own back stepping into a competitive struggle in the field of pink-flowering coneflowers. To help it in this challenging battle, for its trade name marketing strategists chose the word ‘hot’ hoping that it would attract more atte ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Flowering plants with fruit-like names sound very tasty and make you want them just because they recall the fruit taste you like. It is a good trick that the SUNSEEKERS coneflower series could not miss. Its 2023 introduction is called SUNSEEKERS MINEOLA and presents a variety whose flowers resemble ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Not even a year after the introduction of SUNSEEKERS MINEOLA in 2023, the very first semi-double coneflower with orange flowers from the SUNSEEKERS series, Innoflora launches its new and truly breathtaking orange variety whose name refers to another tasty treat: PUMPKIN PIE.
SUNSEEKERS PUMPKIN PIE ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUNSEEKERS® TEQUILA SUNRISE is another coneflower masterpiece from the SunSeekers series. It produces large, up to 11 cm across, single flowers with slightly downward curved ray florets. They are rich golden as they emerge, turning paler as they mature, revealing bright fuchsia red eye around a ...
VII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
White Perfection is a sequel of the new Sunseekers Ipecss- series following the success of Sunseekers Salmon. It produces semi-double flowers with creamy white ray florets with lime green hues, and rather flat central discs whose disc florets are rich green with yellow tips as they mature. They hide ...
VIII - X
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DELICIOUS NOUGAT® coneflower is a sister variety of DELICIOUS CANDY® bred by Marco van Noort from the Netherlands in 2016. It produces dense, compact clumps of short stems atop which open double flowers from mid July until late summer. They are creamy white with yellow-green centres. Their ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Eccentric® coneflower is another fully double coneflower variety producing large blooms with crested top and one layer of ray florets. The colour is vibrant red. Flowers are about 7-8 cm across, mildly scented, and appear atop thick and strong, up to 60 cm tall stems from July until early Septe ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dutch breeder Petrus Hendricus Oudolf has already patented 3 beautiful coneflowers: Vintage Wine, Fatal Attraction, and Virgin. This latest addition from 2006 named Green Jewel® was patented in 2008 under PP18678, and ever since its introduction it proves one thing – it is simply fascinat ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a recent selection of Evergreen (Ebbing's) silverthorn, very probably of Italian origin (not confirmed). Unlike its mother plant - the species of Ebbing's silverthorn - it makes a compact and well-behaved shrub without overgrown twigs in one season. In fact, this sport makes quite a hand ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Compacta is a recent selection of Ebbing's silverthorn, very probably of Italian origin (not confirmed). Unlike its mother plant - the species of Ebbing's silverthorn - it makes a compact and well-behaved shrub without overgrown twigs in one season. In fact, this sport makes quite a handsome shrub. ...
IX - X
2 - 5m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gilt Edge is a beautiful variety of this evergreen silverthorn. It has ovate, up to 10 cm long, leathery but thin leaves that are deep green in the middle and bright yellow at margins. Newly emerging leaves and twigs are silvery-beige. Apart from the foliage this plant is also interesting for its al ...
IX - X
1,8 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MARYLINE® is a trade name for a striking selection of evergreen silverthorn, found by Albert Breneliére in France. It is a very bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are very pal ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins are rich yellow, and the borderline between these two colours is light green but is not pres ...
IX - X
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Viveleg silverthorn is a bushy, upright growing, evergreen shrub or small tree with irregularly variegated leaves. They are leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy. The centres are dark green, the margins are rich yellow, and the borderline between these two colours is light green b ...
IX - X
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shrubby wallflower is a long-flowering perennial, or to be precise a subshrub forming woody stems, exactly like lavender plants do. Bowles’ Mauve is a beautiful variety with mauve flowers that open in late May and continue blooming until autumn. They are small, produced at the tops of erect st ...
V - X
0,3 - 0,6m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Atropurpureum is possibly the tallest and also the reddest variety of Joe Pye Weed. It forms dense tufts of 1.5-2m tall, deep wine red stems that are slender but tough, and do not bend after wind or rain. The flowers are composed in 15-20 cm large, corymb-like, almost flat panicles from midsummer un ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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, single flowers that have s ...
VII - X
0,3 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Orange Halo is a tricky one which some may found expandable now that we have several yellow and red varieties to date. Well, not quite. This one is truly unique. Its flowers are muc ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SpinTop is a new blanket flower series from Dutch company Dümmen Orange® introduced to market after 2015. SpinTop Yellow Touch left me breathless when I first saw its ingenious flowers. While yellow in many bi-coloured blanket flowers occupies a large enough portion to almost outstrip the overa ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Gold is a dyer's greenweed variety with extended blooming period. It produces masses of small, rich yellow flowers formed in erect racemes from late June for about a month, and then continues producing short racemes of scattered flowers through to September. Deciduous leaves are small, narrowl ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LUIS EASY BLUE is classified as a variety of autumn gentian (g. scabra) which commonly starts blooming in August. However, the breeder himself admits that the male parent of his hybridization was an unknown species which resulted in a plant that starts to flower already in June and continues for 4-6 ...
VI - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hakone grass is one of the top grass species most appreciated by landscape designers. It is so showy and simple at the same time, so no wonder it is often used as undergrowth of larger beautiful Japanese maples or other appealing multistemmed shrubs with bare framework of bottom branches.
The speci ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Moerheim Beauty is an eye-catching variety of sneezeweed (helenium). It produces large, daisy-like flowers with chocolate brown discs. The ray florets are longer than on other heleniums, and their predominant colour is fiery red, changing to crimson red and coppery orange during their life span. Moe ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 a large shrub or a small tree with 3 predominant features. Leaves, inflo ...
VIII - X
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Gumdrop is a yummy (yet inedible) coral bells variety with mid-sized leaves with rounded lobes. They have the most peculiar colour combining silver and rosy pink with gentle burgundy-brown venation and purple red undersides. From July until late summer rise slender, 50 or even 60 cm tall, dar ...
VII - IX
0,2 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tapestry® is a beautiful foamy bells bred by Janet Egger from Terra Nova Nurseries, USA, and patented as PP21150 in 2010. It makes large, semi-evergreen, deeply lobed leaves. They are dark burgundy red to almost chocolate brown in the centre, and green at margins. From May until September it pr ...
V - IX
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Old Yella is a large-flowered hardy hibiscus from 1986. The flowers are creamy white, definitely not yellow as some manipulated internet photographs suggest, with a vibrant carmine red eye in the centre. They are huge, 23-25 cm across, and appear continuously from midsummer until the last sunny and ...
VIII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,6 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
EXTREME HOT PINK is a hot addition to the Extreme series of swamp mallows. It produces striking, neon pink flowers 19-20 cm across. They are produced from August onwards, and depending on plant's age and fertilizing new flower buds can be formed till September or October. Deciduous leaves are deep g ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Candy is one of its varieties and is truly as sweet as its name. The flowers are 16-18 cm across, with a deep crimson red eye in the centre producing purple pink rays running throughou ...
VIII - X
0,8 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Passion makes 16-18 cm wide flowers of deep pastel pink colour. They come out from mid August until early autumn atop about 80 cm tall stems. Deciduous leaves are richer red than most ...
VIII - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GHOST is a funny name to be given to a plant but it fits! Its large flowers are pure white and if you wonder how the breeder may have come up with the brand name, picture this: a bunch of school kids on Halloween cover themselves with plain white bedsheets, who are they impersonating? Yes, you got i ...
VIII - X
0,8 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Resi is a Dutch variety of hybrid hibiscus (h. syriacus x h. paramutabilis) bred by Piere Theunissen and introduced by the nursery Piet Vergeldt Boomkwekerijen in 2008. In the US it is sold under the brand name FULL BLAST™. European Patent No. 33825 was granted in 2013 (expired in 2021). It be ...
VII - IX
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
“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 that are unique. T ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 numerous, burgundy red ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 they turn yellow ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 sunny and warm days of September. It has very decorative leaves that are unique. ...
VII - IX
2 - 3,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 the centre which surprisingly do not spoil the flower’s purity and ele ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 for the many dwarf petals. Blooming usually begins in late July and continue ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lady Stanley is a gorgeous variety with semi-double to double pinkish white flowers with purple veins which come out every year in July and don’t stop blooming until all buds have gone - sometimes by end September. Towards the end of the flowering season the flowers tend to reveal more pink ra ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 rays but burgundy red. There ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 for further examination and propagat ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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. Their diameter is 8-10 cm and they come out from mid-July until September if the ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 the centre, you never know at the beginning. They are bright magenta purple wi ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRENCH CABARET® RED is a rich burgundy red Rose-of-Sharon variety from the FRENCH CABARET® series bred by French nursery Minier and introduced in 2015. Its flowers are about half the size compared to those of the Chiffon® series but they are reliable fully double and their rich red do ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRENCH CABARET® PURPLE is a deep purple pink Rose-of-Sharon variety from the FRENCH CABARET® series bred by French nursery Minier and introduced in 2015. Its flowers are about half the size compared to those of the Chiffon® series but they are reliable fully double. They come out reli ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 glowing purple pink in colour and decorated with a conspicuous maroon eye an ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 begins in early July and continues until sunny and warm days of September. Deci ...
VII - IX
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 reliably every year i ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 prominent, star-like, vibrant purple red rays coming from the central eye. There a ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
To complement the Chiffon range there is another variety of rose-of-Sharon called PURPLE RUFFLES ® that has large, 7-9 cm across, double (or even triple) purple-red flowers. Leaves are darker green than other varieties with lighter flowers. They come out reliably every year in July and don̵ ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FUJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious novelty fair Plantarium in Boskoop, the Netherlands, in 2019. European Patent No. ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RAIJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious novelty fair Plantarium in Boskoop, the Netherlands, in 2019. European Patent No ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 misspelling the name was changed to STRONG ANNABELLE® which is exactly what this ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 but they show pure pink to rosy purple colour from mid to late summer. Deciduous lea ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 immediately after flowering they can rebloom in late summer. Deciduous leave ...
V - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 mature, and silvery green to light olive green when young. The added value is a ...
VII - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The Hy-Pe bigleaf hydrangea series is bred by hydrangea specialists at the Dutch nursery Sjaak van Schie, located west of Rotterdam. The Hy-Pe Original Red variety bears deep red, large flowers from June until the end of the season, provided you fertilize well. The flowers are round (mop-head), abou ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The new millennium brought a hydrangea sensation called Endless Summer®. This developed into a hydrangea series composed of a few varieties, each of a different colour. The plants have been a big success as they flower reliably on both old and new twigs, and are very hardy. The only trouble is ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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VII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Grandiflora is a panicle type hydrangea, not a mop-head one with big leaves and large flower heads. It has 20-30 cm long panicles with mostly sterile (= showy) flowers giving the inflorescence full and rich appearance. The flowers come out in the second half of summer. They are white at first, chang ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 greenish-white colour w ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 open from mid July. In late summer and autumn they turn only a pale shade of ...
VII - X
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PETITE CHERRY is a very short and compact growing panicle hydrangea bred by Jacques Couturieux from Moyenmoutier, France. It is one of those hydrangeas with almost globular inflorescences composed of predominantly sterile (large and showy) flowers. They are pale lime green when they begin to bloom i ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This attractive hydrangea comes from Belgium and was bred by Johan van Huylenbroeck. It was patented only in 2004 and got a peculiar name: Pinky Winky. Allegedly, the breeder was inspired by the children’s programme Teletubbies.
Pinky Winky® is a panicle type hydrangea, not a mop-head o ...
VIII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SKYFALL is a panicle hydrangea of compact habit and small size. From mid July it produces large inflorescence packed with hyacinth-like individual flowers which emerge pale lime green, changing to cream white, and maturing to very pale pink in August and September. The plant forms nice shrubs with e ...
VII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
WHITELIGHT® is a compact and dense growing panicle hydrangea variety producing slightly smaller (12-14 cm tall and wide) panicles composed of tiny fertile flowers and numerous larger sterile flowers. They come out pale lime green, soon turn to creamy white, and mature to light pink in late summ ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 creamy white with lime green shades in midsummer, and mature to pale pastel p ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 for a long period of t ...
VIII - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 bright creamy white flowers for about two months. Then they slowly, layer by lay ...
VI - IX
1 - 1,8m
1,3 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ruby Slippers is an American variety of oak-leaved hydrangea from McMinnville in Oregon. It is a cross between varieties Pee Wee and Snow Queen from 1998, introduced by U.S. National Arboretum in 2010.
It produces very attractive, deeply lobed foliage with conspicuous tips. Leaves are deciduous, l ...
VI - IX
1 - 1,3m
1,3 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sikes Dwarf is a smaller variety of oakleaf hydrangea from the USA, discovered by Sarah Sikes of Alabama, a breeder known primarily for her work on daylily hybridization. The variety was introduced by Louisiana Nursery around 1980. It has all the qualities of the species with one major difference &# ...
VI - IX
1 - 1,5m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snowflake is possibly the earliest flowering oak-leaved hydrangea bred so far. From early June, as soon as hot weather comes, it produces large, cone-shaped, pendent panicles for about two months. They are 30-40 cm long and composed of white, double, sterile flowers whose petals grow in up to 5 laye ...
VI - IX
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE is a beautiful and hardy variety of mountain hydrangea from the Flairs & Flavours® series bred by Timothy D. Wood of the Spring Meadow Nursery in Michigan, USA, in 2009. It a slow-growing, compact shrub with large, bright green, deciduous leaves. It produces flat infloresce ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DAREDEVIL is a very beautiful and hardy variety of mountain hydrangea, bred by French breeder Jean-Paul Davasse. US plant patent No. PP33412 was granted in 2021. It is a slow and upright growing, compact shrub with very deep maroon, almost black foliage with mahogany tones. The colour is stronger an ...
VI - IX
0,8 - 1,2m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This beautiful hydrangea belongs to Villosa group of rough-leaved hydrangeas. This unique variety is called Anthony Bullivent. Its flowers are composed in flattened corymbs, and consist of both fertile and sterile flowers. Fertile flowers in the middle are deep purple or violet, while sterile flower ...
VII - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Velvet Lace (or 'Velvet and Lace') is a beautiful rough-leaved hydrangea with attractive flowers. They are composed in flattened corymbs, and consist of both fertile and sterile flowers. Fertile flowers in the middle are deep violet, while sterile flowers on the outer ring have pale mauve flower pet ...
VIII - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 this hypericum are snow white and combined with fresh yellow flowers they look ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 maroon berries that follow bright golden yellow flowers. Those open in severa ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 deciduous, broadly ovate leaves are dark green. The plant forms dense shrubs wi ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 growing shrub with erect stem ...
VII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 continues until early autumn which makes ...
VII - IX
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RADIANCE is a low-growing shrubby St. John’s Wort with coloured foliage. In early spring, its leaves emerge dark salmon-pink along salmon pink twigs. As they mature, pink shades vanish, and the almost white leaves exhibit pale green marbling similar to Hakuro Nishiki or Flamingo Japanese willo ...
VI - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 in the throat. They are slightly fragrant and formed in narrow, terminal, up ...
VI - IX
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Dawn is a name that fits this beauty perfectly. The orchid-like flowers are soft pink as a new dawn promising a lovely day. They have yellow throats with purple-pink veins and frilled margins. They are lightly scented with a sweet perfume that attracts butterflies. They keep coming out for as l ...
VI - IX
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Papaya is said to be one of the most delicious fruits on Earth when picked up at the right time, fresh from the tree. No wonder that one might want to taste the flowers of this new torch lily called Papaya Popsicle™. The flowers combine fiery red, orange, and yellow colour in spike-like inflor ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 little later. The in ...
VII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purple Magic is a showy crepe myrtle variety of compact (now dwarf) habit. It makes bright purple flowers with violet hues arranged in upright panicles, and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to September in C.E. climate. The leaves are deciduous and glossy, coral red in spring, ...
VIII - X
1 - 2m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 summer, from August to September or October. The leaves are deciduous, glossy ...
VIII - IX
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 continuously from early August until mid to late September (upon weather conditions) in ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fantasy is a fast-growing Japanese crepe myrtle variety. It makes white flowers arranged in short, upright panicles. They are not fragrant and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to September in C.E. climate. The leaves are deciduous, glossy, tinted mahogany red as they emerge an ...
VIII - IX
3 - 6m
3 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 August to September in C.E. climate. The leaves are deciduous, glossy, brigh ...
VIII - X
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 varieties. But they appear in such abundance that they almost completely cover the pl ...
VIII - X
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 branches on older specimens. The flowers are lilac mauve to pale lavender viol ...
VIII - IX
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 dark foliage as a bonus. RHAPSODY IN BLUE bears deep purple flowers with mauve hues against a ...
VIII - IX
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
DYNAMITE® is possibly the reddest crepe myrtle variety known to trade. It produces large (30x20 cm), upright panicles of the richest red shade you may have seen. Flowering begins in late July or early August and continues till the last sunny and warm days of autumn.
The deciduous leaves are le ...
VIII - IX
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spanish grower Juan Ismael Momparler Albors, who specializes in Mediterranean plants, can be proud of one great discovery. In 2006, he found a natural mutation in a field of common narrow-leaved lavenders, which had variegated leaves and compact habit. There are only a couple of lavender varieties w ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PHENOMENAL® lavandin is a proud introduction by an American lavender specialist Lloyd R. Traven from Peace Tree Farm in Pennsylvania where they perform a different, organic approach to growing of plants. He found it in a field of Grosso lavender as a whole plant mutation in 2007 and its patent ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kevin Hurd from Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan, USA, is a perennial breeder and among his targets are e.g., pinks, hardy hibiscus, and daisies. Banana Cream Shasta daisy is his work of art which he created in 2008 by crossing l. ‘Leumayel’ and l. ‘Sunny Side Up’. The res ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LaCrosse Wit is an improved version of LaCrosse Shasta daisy making eye-catching flowers with tubular petals, open at the tips into a trumpet. They are snow white and produced around a large, yellow cone in the centre. Flowers appear possibly earliest of all series i.e. already in late June and bloo ...
VI - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lewisia is a beautiful succulent plant from North America. Cotyledon hybrids are probably the most popular, offering a wide range of colours. Elise is a variety with slightly taller stems reaching some 10-15 cm long and not bending, atop which loose sprays of multi-coloured flowers appear from late ...
IV - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LewisiaMountain Dreams is a variety forming thick rosettes of symmetrically layered evergreen leaves which resemble large-leaved houseleeks. From beneath the leaves rise short but sturdy stems with sprays of numerous flowers. They are about 2 cm across, and of rich shades of striking colours like ca ...
V - IX
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Among the tall varieties Britt-Marie Crawford is possibly the darkest coloured leopard plant when it comes to foliage colour. It makes up to 30 cm wide, rounded to kidney shaped, deep mahogany purple-brown leaves that are serrated at margins and rise atop sturdy stems of the same colour. From midsum ...
VIII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Excelsum Superbum is a highly attractive, variegated form of glossy privet. It makes large, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, ovate to oval, pale dark green leaves abundantly variegated butter yellow, often extended to the midribs. Directly contradicting its botanical name they are NOT glossy, they ar ...
IX - X
2 - 5m
1 - 3m
full sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GREEN SCREEN privet is a reliably evergreen shrub with medium-sized, evergreen, ovate leaves of an attractive colour. In spring, it emerges with a striking mahogany-red color, which fades as the leaf matures, and the leaf turns olive green. However, before it turns completely green, its matte unders ...
VIII - IX
2 - 5m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Big Blue lily-turf is perhaps one of the most common lily-turf varieties in North America. It is comparable to Royal Purple variety in Europe. From late summer it produces 30-45 cm tall, purple flushed stems, topped with terminal spikes composed of rich lavender violet, spherical buds which burst to ...
VIII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Purple lily-turf is like an improved version of an older car type - better in all aspects compared to its predecessor: larger leaves, larger flowers, deeper colour. The foliage is ribbon-like, dark green, very glossy, and are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warme ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gallery series consists of several multicoloured varieties of dwarf lupines, whose stems do not usually exceed 60 cm. Gallery Yellow bears banana yellow flowers on only about 40-50 cm tall stems and forms a very dense clump. Blooming begins in late June or early July and may continue for 4-6 weeks i ...
VI - X
0,4 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
I like Persian Slipper lupine very much. It exhibits such a neat and subtle beauty combining rich pastel violet and white, fragrant flowers in one inflorescence. It is another WESTCOUNTRY™ variety from Sarah Conibear, patented in 2007. It makes strong and sturdy stems about 80 cm tall. Bloomin ...
VI - X
0,8 - 1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Robin loosestrife is a sister (or brother?) variety of Robert loosestrife. It has almost identical colour of its the 5-petalled, star-shaped. They are bougainvillea-like rich purple pink forming, compared to Robert, much narrower spike-like inflorescence with enormous number of flowers that are clos ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blush is an exceptionally light pink flowering variety of purple loosestrife. They are larger than on most purple pink varieties and open from the bottom upwards, usually from late July until early September on about 60-90 cm tall, hairless stems. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, willow-like, mediu ...
VII - IX
0,6 - 1m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ferruginea is a southern magnolia variety with large, 24-26 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like flowers whose fragrance attracts not only bees and other insects, but also most perfume producers and every passer-by, especially in late afternoon and early evening when it releases its rich, sweet and c ...
VI - IX
4 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. When crushed they release a fine resin perfume.
The amount of creamy white, ...
VI - X
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bracken’s Brown Beauty, commonly shortened to BBB, is one of the hardiest and reliable southern magnolias. It was selected as a chance seedling by Ray Bracken in his nursery in Easley in South Carolina, USA, in 1968. Further 15 years of vegetative propagation confirmed stable behaviour so in 1 ...
VI - IX
4 - 8m
3 - 5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Evergreen (bull bay) magnolia is the queen of flowering trees and a typical plant of our nursery. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time hardiest varieties. Nannetensis® is a French variety that gained popularity at the turn of the millennium, probably thanks to internet that spread ...
VI - IX
3 - 8m
3 - 5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°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
Cabaret® is a fantastic new leatherleaf mahonia from 2009. It produces 10-15 cm long, semi-erect racemes of rich orange and yellow flowers that open from deep coral red buds. Unlike other similar mahonias this one has no fragrance. They are followed by blue berries in autumn and winter. The eve ...
IX - XI
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SWEET WINTER® is a threadleaf mahonia variety from Minier Nursery in France, found as a naturally occurring mutation in 2005. European patent EU33353 was granted in 2012. It makes much narrower and longer foliage than the Chinese species yet a little bit wider than Soft Caress variety from the ...
X - XII
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Japanese breeder Seiju Yamaguchi from Mizunami-shi in Prefecture Gigu has been working with mahonias for some time now. In 2023, he comes with a completely unique product – a hybrid of threadleaf mahonia which is the world's first registered variety with golden yellow flowers and orange buds. ...
X - XI
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Adagio is a dwarf variety of eulalia (maiden grass) as it does not grow taller than some 70 cm in leaf, and slightly over one meter in bloom. Leaves are dark green, elegantly narrow, and emerge late in spring, often in May. From August open plume-like inflorescences composed of soft sand yellow to p ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 0,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Flamingo is an eulaila variety of a graceful habit. It has deep green, glossy leaves with a conspicuous white stripe in the middle. In autumn they quickly gain purple shades and later turn fiery orange. Glossy, wine red flowers are borne late in the season, and open just above the horizon of leaves ...
IX - X
1,5 - 1,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gracillimus is a maiden grass (eulalia) which is very popular among both interior as well as landscape designers. It offers a lush effect of dense tufts of narrow, rich green leaves, elegantly arching. It is not very tall but can be quite substantial given the space in your garden. Tassel-like flowe ...
IX - X
1,5 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Little Zebra® is an eulalia variety which is commonly supposed to be a dwarf version of Zebrinus, an older eulalia variety, however, these two have nothing in common. Little Zebra® originated as a natural sport of green-leaved miscanthus species. It has the same creamy white to pale yellow ...
VIII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Red Chief is another red-flowering eulalia variety. In September it produces deep maroon red flowers high above fine foliage. Leaves are rather narrow, elegant, glossy, deep green in summer and gaining red shades in late summer and autumn when the whole clump becomes bronze red. Only about 1.5m tall ...
IX - X
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ferner Osten is a German expression for Far East and a variety name of this maiden grass. It is popular for shorter growth and attractive colours. Its leaves are narrow, medium green in summer, and coppery orange and red in autumn. In late August rise about 1.5m tall stems with almost maroon flowers ...
VIII - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RED CLOUD® miscanthus is one of very few varieties producing weeping inflorescence. Already in midsummer it forms rich burgundy red, glossy plumes which are not erect as most other eulalias. Their colour is intense and is best viewed against afternoon sun. In early autumn the flowers open into fluff ...
VIII - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cranberry Lace® is another dwarf beebalm variety from bred by Hubertus Gerardus Oudshoorn from the Netherlands as a cross between other dwarf varieties Cranberry Lace® and Pink Lace®. It forms neat and very compact tufts with upright branches holding bright purple flowers that are not ...
VIII - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schneewittchen is a German translation of ‘Snow White’ as well as a variety name of this beebalm. It is as slender and upright as an image of a charming girl of exceptional beauty. Its pure white flowers sit atop almost a meter tall, bright green stems and come out from July until the la ...
VII - X
0,8 - 1m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
NEPTUNE® is an exquisite variety of Cuban catmint. An amateur gardener might say that it looks like a merge between Blue Boa agastache and blue dead nettle, and he can't be blamed. Apart from the main features typical for this Cuban species such as large leaves and large flowers, NEPTUNE® ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The species of sweet olive is an evergreen shrub from Asia where it occupies a wide area from the western Himalayas to Indochina, and among the large-leaved sweet olive species it stands out with one important feature – it has perfectly smooth (entire) leaf margins without a single prickle. On ...
X - XI
3 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aurantiacus, sometimes also called simply rubra, is a valued selected form of sweet olive which offers perhaps the strongest scented flowers. They are small, rich orange and their perfume also resembles orange zest and tangerines. It blooms profusely from the very end of the growing season, usually ...
X
3 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holly osmanthus or false holly is a taxon of evergreen shrubs and small trees native to East Asia, southern Japan, and Taiwan. The species bears evergreen, leathery, dark green, highly glossy, and thorny leaves, which resemble hollies, but something seems to be wrong for the more experienced eye: ho ...
X - XI
2 - 6m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gulftide is an American variety of holly osmanthuswhich originated in Gulf Stream Nursery in Virginia, possibly in 1980’s. It is easily distinguished by heavily serrated / spiny leaves and more uniform, dense growth. Its evergreen leaves are 5-8 cm long, deep green, and glossy. In spring they ...
IX - X
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
San Jose is a Fortune's osmanthus variety developed by an influential American breeder Walter Bosworth Clarke in his nursery in San Jose, California, and introduced in 1941. It is a mid-sized shrub or a small multistemmed tree with leathery, deep green, and glossy leaves with serrated rather than sp ...
X - XI
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fortune's osmanthus is a cross between o.heterophyllus (small, very spiny leaves) and o.fragrans (large, entire leaves). It was first brought from Japan to Europe to Holland Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1856. Over the years its name has developed from osmanthus aquifolium to o.aquifolium var.latifo ...
X - XI
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Heavy Metal is an upright variety of switch grass with pale green leaves with steel blue hues. In late summer appear fine, tan inflorescences which never overgrow the foliage level completely, and dance in the wind with the leaf tips. Young plants are columnar and the older and thicker the clump get ...
VIII - X
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Prairie Sky is considered the bluest among the very few switch grass varieties offering blue-green colour. Its flat, 1-2 cm wide leaves are upright, only tips are weeping. From late summer appear taller stems with large, sandy beige inflorescences showing off just above the foliage level.
Switch g ...
IX - X
1,3 - 1,8m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chinese fountain grass is an elegant feature to every garden. It has mid to dark green linear leaves growing in a thick cluster forming a shape of a fountain. From midsummer it produces yellow-green spike-like flowers which look like bottlebrushes. They are beige with some purple red overlay. Hameln ...
VIII - IX
0,5 - 0,6m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Red Head is a fountain grass selection by Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennials from Illinois, USA. It produces attractive smoky purple red spike-like flowers 20-25 cm long. They appear atop up to 1.5m tall stem and exhibit their beauty well arranged above the foliage level. Leaves are luxuriant gr ...
VIII - X
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LACEY BLUE perovskia is a fantastic plant offering an extremely long time of attractivity. It bears profusion of deep indigo-blue flowers that open up from hairy, violet buds. These buds appear from early summer and take quite some time before they let the flowers out which usually happens from mid ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dark Red is a highly attractive variety of mountain fleece and is considered an improved version of Firetail, the original and very successful variety of similar appearance, just shorter flower spikes. It is a reliable perennial with large leaves and an incredibly long flowering period from July til ...
VII - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Vivid is one of the richest pink obedient plant varieties producing strictly upright, non-falling, square stems with 10-15 cm long spikes of 4 rows of funnel-shaped flowers. They are pure pink with purple pink veins which make them glow like neon. They open from midsummer until about mid September. ...
VIII - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alexandra is a new Kordes rose from 2009 named after the Princesse of Luxembourg, whom it was dedicated for her 18th birthday. It makes a robust shrub about 1.2 tall with pink, double flowers that are up to 10 cm across, very fragrant. Alexandra will look great combined with lavender or a low perenn ...
VI - IX
0,8 - 1,3m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Aloha is a great climbing rose with large, repeat flowering flowers of apricot orange to salmon pink shades. It is quitre robust and hardy, reasonably disease-resistant.
Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the soi ...
VI - IX
2 - 2,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
So elegant and yet classy is this hybrid tea rose by Kordes from 2014. It makes so beautiful and large flowers with creamy white petals which are light yellow in the centre and light pink towards the margins. Perfume is weak and fresh. Repeated flowering guarantees flower production from June until ...
VI - X
1 - 1,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Friesia® is a strongly scented floribunda rose by Kordes. It produces plenty of semi-double rich yellow flowers which mature to banana yellow. Repeated flowering guarantees flower production from June until October. The shrub is upright. Leaves are partially affected by black spot and mildew in ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This rose is probably one of the most popular polyantha rose by Kordes. Its name means gardener´s delight and if you like strong and vibrant colours you will understand. The flowers are fully double, raspberry pink-red, rain-resistant, and appear in profusion from early summer until early autumn. Fo ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Gate® is a climbing rose with repeat flowering. It bears golden yellow flowers that have a sweet, citrus-fruit perfume. It is a healthy, disease-resistant variety.
Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in th ...
VI - IX
2 - 2,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Deep red roses have always been the most sought after among rose lovers. Grande Amore® means big love which this rose may as well soon become either in a border or ina a bouquet.
Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm de ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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VI - X
3 - 5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
If you are looking for a compact rose with red flowers have a look at this beautiful Kordes rose Cherry Girl®. It makes 5-7 cm large, double flowers of incredibly rich but soft red colour. It has a slight fragrance. Leaves are very healthy, highly resistant to common diseases. Bengali® gro ...
VI - IX
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Jasmina is a rambling (climbing) rose by Kordes. It belongs to the modern Kletter Maxe® series i.e. even though it is a rambler it blooms all summer long until early autumn, and holds very healthy foliage without defoliated canes. Flowers are mid-sized, fully doubly, medium pink with lighter ou ...
VI - IX
2,5 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Knirps® is a fantastic groundcovering rose myde by Kordes in 1997. It has 5cm wide, bright pink flowers making an eternal carpet that flowers profusely from June till October. Very strong and healthy, absolutely disease-free.
Recommended spacing: 5 plants per square meter.
Planting instructio ...
VI - X
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
La Villa Cotta® is a beautiful rose by Kordes from the Fairy Tale Collection. It makes medium-sized flowers of rich copper orange, fully double flowers which turn strong pink at margins as the flowers mature. Fragrance is weak. Repeated flowering guarantees flower production from June until Oct ...
VI - X
1 - 1,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Laguna® is a new climbing rose by Kordes from 2004. It produces large, fully double flowers of deep raspberry pink flowers that are 10 cm across and have a lovely and strong fragrance. It is a combination of lemon, lemon grass, and fruity tones of ripe litchi. It is very healthy and has dark gr ...
VI - X
1,5 - 2,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Apparently most of rose breeders took up the challenge of breeding a blue rose a couple of decades ago. So far the bluest flower is achieved by soaking the cut rose stems with blue ink. However, without jokes or cheating some breeders celebrate great success with their results. Just like Kordes from ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Orange Climber is an attractive climbing rose bred by Dutch company Verschuren and introduced in 1990. It produces 7-8 cm wide, semi-double flowers with slightly frilled margins. They are rich tangerine orange as they emerge and turn a strong salmon shade when they mature. Flowers appear in several ...
VI - X
2 - 2,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
...
VI - X
4 - 6m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Perennial Blue is a fast-growing rambling rose from 2003 bred by Bernard F. Mehring in his company Eurosa in England, and now is offered by Rosen Tantau. It is a cross between Super Excelsa and Veilchenblau. It makes rich clusters composed of small, 3-4 cm across, semi-double flowers of a unique col ...
VI - IX
2,5 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pomponella is one of the incredible rose achievements by Kordes introduced in 2005. It is a floribunda shrub rose from the Fairy Tale Roses series. The flowers are dark pink, fully double, and before they open wide they remain in a peony-type phase for some time which is the most attractive show. Fl ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rotilia® is a polyantha rose with deep crimson red flowers that make a flowering carpet from June well through October. It is an absolutely healthy, disease-resistant variety, awarded ADR in 2002.
Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the graftin ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Roxy® is a miniature rose from Kordes Lilliputs® collection which comprises of small and healthy, repeat flowering roses. Roxy® produces abundance of small, fully double, only about 4 cm across flowers of the deepest purple pink colour with no fragrance. Leaves are almost entirely dis ...
VI - XI
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Seafoam rose has numerous pure white semi-double or double flowers from late spring/early summer until early autumn. Most varieties are more disease-resistant than other rose types and even in fungi-prone periods keep their healthy leaves. They require almost no care apart from removing old flowerin ...
VI - XI
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SCHNEEWITTCHEN® (Snow White) is a pure white floribunda rose from 1958 bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997). In 1983 it received a prestigious award Rose of the Year 1983 which it truly deserves. It produces 5-6 cm large, semi-double, mildly scented, snow-white flowers from June until November on ...
VI - XI
0,8 - 1,5m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LUPO® is another miniature floribunda rose which should belong to the notional hall of fame of roses bred by Tim Hermann Kordes. It produces rich clusters of small, single, vibrant pink flowers with pale to almost white centres. They open continuously from June until November on the background ...
VI - XI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SUMMER OF LOVE® is a showy floribunda rose bred by Kordes Rosen in Germany and launched in 2017. It produces 6-7 cm wide, single, cherry-red flowers with yellow centres. They bloom repeatedly in several flushes from June until October. They lack a fragrance but offer plenty of bee food, therefo ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Herzogin Christiana®, or also only CHRISTIANA® is another of those beautiful light-coloured roses. It was bred by Hermann Kordes in 2003 and introduced in 2013. Open field trials proved its health and hardiness so in 2015 it was awarded ADR for being absolutely trouble-free. It produces mi ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT® is a low-growing rose listed among ground-covering varieties, but fortunately, it does not create those typical tangles of thorny branches just above the ground from which fallen leaves cannot be cleaned in autumn without ending up with scratched hands. It produces short ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLIRT 2011® is a dwarf, miniature rose with small pink flowers that truly flirt with you: today they are neon-bright and bold, and tomorrow, as if blushing, they reveal just pastel pink tones. The flowers are about 4-5 cm wide, semi-double, and playfully tousled when fully opened. They bloom pr ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
It happens quite often that a variety of rose has more than one name, even three or four if the original name is somehow closely connected to the country of origin and/or hard to spell or pronounce in other languages. KÖLNER FLORA® is a perfect example. This is its original German name which wa ...
VI - X
1 - 1,3m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
STERNTALER® is a hybrid tea rose from the Fairy Tale collection by Kordes Rosen from Germany. It produces large, 10-12 cm wide, fully double, quartered flowers of soft yellow to medium yellow clour. They release a strong but very pleasant fragrance and appear repeatedly in several flushes from ...
VI - X
0,8 - 1,2m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SOUVENIR DE BADEN-BADEN® is another stunning hybrid tea rose by Kordes. It makes medium-sized flowers 10-12 cm across. They are a combination of very soft pink and pale flesh or beige colour, with an interesting deep pink outline at the margins of the petals. The scent is usually described as t ...
VI - X
0,8 - 1,3m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ROSENGRÄFIN MARIE HENRIETTE is a floribunda rose from the Parfuma® series bred by German rose specialists Kordes Rosen. It bears medium-sized, 8-10 cm wide, pink flowers. They resemble the English roses being fully double. The most striking feature about this variety is its intoxicating perfume ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BELLEVUE® is a hybrid tea rose from Kordes, sold as Gypsy Soul in USA. It produces enchanting and noble flowers of deep red to burgundy red, velvety smooth petals. Flowers are about 10 cm across and release a rich and deep perfume with hints of forest fruit. It is a very healthy rose with deep ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ZWERGENFEE 09® is another fascinating addition to the group of absolutely healthy and reliable miniature floribunda roses bred by Kordes Rosen. It produces clusters of small, fully double, vibrant red flowers continuously from June until November on the background of glossy, healthy foliage whi ...
VI - I
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alba is a Ramanas rose variety producing abundance of medium-sized (5-8 cm across), single, fragrant, pure white flowers with bright yellow stamens in the centre. Borne singly or in clusters of 2-3 they come out from June until September, and are followed by deep orange red to scarlet red hips. The ...
VI - IX
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
It is difficult to tell if breeders from Rosen Tantau expected that their Nostalgie® rose would become such a blockbuster after its release in 1995. This rose has been a top seller ever since irrespective of how many new varieties are introduced every year for it is truly unique. Nostalgie® ...
VI - X
0,6 - 1m
0,4 - 0,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
MARONDO® rose is for lovers of dark and rich colours. It bears smaller, 5-6 cm wide, single to semi-double flowers with 9-16 petals. Their colour is ruby red and the fragrance is weak, but the variety boasts excellent health as it is highly resistant to common diseases. It blooms repeatedly and ...
VI - X
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Caradonna is a beautiful wood sage which looks like annual salvia farinacea, yet this beauty is a true perennial. Caradonna makes compact clumps with erect stems 40-60 cm tall, very dark purple blue, almost black, bearing numerous deep violet-blue flowers in spike-like inflorescences. Main flowering ...
V - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,4 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Caradonna Compact is a subsequent variety derived from the highly successful German variety Caradonna. It boasts the same vividly coloured flowers and a lower, more compact growth. It is a wood sage that, in structure and colour, resembles the annual salvia farinacea, but this one is truly a reliabl ...
V - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TILDA is an autumn saxifrage variety from the DANCING PIXIES® series producing gentle, apple-blossom-like, almost white flowers with light pink reverse of the petals and pink buds. The centres are decorated with showy yellow pistils. TILDA makes extremely profuse inflorescence and looks like a ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
THEA is a snow-white queen among autumn saxifrage from the DANCING PIXIES® series producing single, 5-petalled, star-shaped, pure white flowers. They come out atop slightly taller stems towering above a handsome clump of attractive foliage. The leaves are deciduous, highly glossy, almost rounde ...
IX - X
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,4m
semi-shade / partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mariposa Blue is a compact and free-flowering variety of scabious with large, pastel lavender violet flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. They appear in profusion atop about 20 cm tall stems and the plant is a true flower factory as it starts blooming ...
VI - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Small scabious is a smaller version of this common perennial, naturally found in our countryside. It makes small leaves of two types: the basal leaves are pinnatifid (they look like those on dandelions), and stem leaves, as if they did not belong there, are extremely narrow and deeply cut (like thos ...
VI - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Coraljade is a deciduous variety of stonecrop developed by American breeder Hans Hansen from Walters Gardens nursery in Michigan who is known in our country as the creator of many beautiful sages. It is a low-growing, compact perennial forming elegantly smooth cushions with grey-green, fleshy leaves ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Peach Pearls is a deciduous variety of stonecrop introduced by Terra Nova Nursery from Oregon, USA. It is a low-growing, compact perennial forming elegantly smooth cushions with fleshy, ovate, olive-green leaves with rich maroon hues on insolated parts. From mid-summer are formed cymes of dusky pink ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Red Sparkle is a cliff stonecrop of neat habit. In spring emerge small, elliptic leaves which later change to broadly oval to almost rounded. They are pale green with dusky red hues. From midsummer are formed wide, flat panicles of dark purple pink flower buds which open into small, star-shaped, cor ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Autumn Joy is a much easier name to pronounce than its German original Herbstferude. This orpine has large, oval, light green, thick leaves. In late August it produces almost flat cymes of deep pink flowers. They continue blooming until mid autumn and even after flowering they remain attractive bri ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chocolate Cherry®, yummy! Though inedible, this ice plant invented by Dutch breeder Marco van Noort was named aptly describing the coloration of flowers and foliage. It makes small, only about 4cm across, dome-like inflorescence composed of tiny star-shaped flowers. They emerge dark cherry red ...
VIII - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Iceberg is one of a few ice plant varieties with white flowers. It makes dense, dome-like heads composed of numerous star-shaped flowers that open from late summer till mid autumn. Leaves are rounded to oval, pale green. Stems are pale green, too, and reach 30-35 cm. Powdery mildew may be a problem ...
VIII - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Globe is a stonecrop series characterized by a neat, globular to dome-shaped habit and low growth. Globe Yellow is an innovative variety as it bears yellow flowers, yet it is not a ground-covering species for which yellow flower color is common. This is a hylotelephium with upright, fleshy stems tha ...
VIII - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
SEDUCTION® GREEN WHITE is a stonecrop variety from the Seduction® series bred by the Dutch company Florensis. Yet before flowering, you will be impressed by its fabulous foliage. The medium green leaves are conspicuously variegated, bearing a wide white brim at margins. They are deciduous, ...
IX - X
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fireworks is a unique variety of rough goldenrod that stands out from the rest with its arching habit and long flower racemes that open at the very end of the season – in early autumn. The inflorescences are slender but very long, reaching 30-40 cm, and are covered with small, bright yellow, s ...
IX - X
0,8 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Feather grass comes from a country where it would definitely be called maravilloso as it comes from Mexico, Argentina, and can also be found in New Mexico and Texas in USA. Ponytails is a compact and a little shorter variety with thin, soft green foliage and about 30-40 tall stems with plume-like fl ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mel's Blue Stoke’s aster is a chance seedling found by Adrianus van Heesbeen from the Netherlands in 2007. Compared to the species Mel's Blue has more rounded habit, more stems that are stronger and produce more flowers. The flowers are 8-9 cm large, cornflower-like flowerheads of rich lavende ...
VII - IX
0,3 - 0,5m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLOWERFESTA® WHITE is a compact, repeat-flowering lilac which in late May produces a profusion of pale salmon pink buds that open to pure white. They bloom for about 3 weeks, after a short pause they re-bloom in early summer, and at the beginning of autumn a new flush of flowers appears for the ...
V - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FLOWERFESTA® PINK is a compact, repeat-flowering lilac with pure pastel pink, very fragrant flowers. They come out for the first time in late May and bloom for about 3 weeks. After a short pause they re-bloom in early summer, and at the beginning of autumn a new flush of flowers appears for the ...
V - IX
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tamarisk is a beautiful plant with tiny leaves and profusion of flowers in late summer. The flowers are small, pink, composed in long racemes. Deciduous leaves are scale-like, blue-green, very small. Overall appearance is feathery and very fluffy and the plant looks great in a Mediterranean-style la ...
VIII - IX
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Slender vervain is a South American perennial from Brasil and Argentina which is cultivated in temperate parts of the world as a self-seeding annual. It usually germinates only when the weather has turned really hot which is mid to late June in Central Europe and starts to flower within a few weeks ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ANNIVERSARY BLUE is a winning selection of speedwell bred by German branch of Dutch breeding company Florensis B.V., in Quedlinburg. It boasts rich indigo blue flowers composed in slim, erect spikes from late June until early autumn. Yes, this speedwell continuously produces new flowering spikes whi ...
VI - X
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ROYAL CANDLES® is a spiked speedwell variety which was found as natural mutation by Heather Philpott among other veronica spicata plants in Detlink, Kent, UK in 1987. It is distinguished by deep violet, dense spikes of flowers and compact habit. Flowers appear in from June until early autumn if ...
VI - IX
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
How poetic to call a flower First Love®! This speedwell was named just like that and no wonder. Its neony rich purple pink spikes shine through the garden from early morning until late evening with lasting intensity. It makes a compact clump and is able to produce flowers from late June until e ...
VI - IX
0,4 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LISAROSE® laurustinus is a dense and many branched evergreen shrub of broadly upright habit. Its leaves are 6-7 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and glossier than most other varieties. As early as in late August it starts to produc ...
X - III
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Latifolia is a large-leaved version of chaste tree. Botanically not a variety, just a selection of the species, still, I can see that it is the most sought-after chaste tree today. It is easily distinguished by both larger leaves and inflorescence that contains more individual flowers owing to which ...
VIII - IX
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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VIII - IX
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 3m
full sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BIG LOVE weigela is big. And loveable. It belongs to the ALL SUMMER™ series which comprises of those varieties that have the ability to bloom all summer long. Not massively but truly continuously throughout the season. It was bred by Gijsbertus Verhoef and received patent No. PP33977 in 2022, ...
V - X
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
ALL SUMMER RED® is a novelty weigela selected in the Netherlands in 2007. It was bred by Gijsbertus Verhoef as a cross between weigela Evita and weigela Red Prince. The result is a compact shrub with rich coloured flowers over a long period of time. Patent No. PP23654 was granted in 2011.
ALL ...
V - IX
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
PICOBELLA ROSA is a dwarf, pink-flowered weigela of compact habit. It was bred by Gijsbertus Verhoef in Dutch nursery Bert Verhoef Boomkwekerij. It is suspiciously similar to the Czech variety PINK POPPET® from 1991 and it is possible that it has some of its genes because PINK POPPET® was ...
V - X
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spanish dagger comes from coastal parts of S.E. USA (North Carolina to Florida) where it naturally grows on sandy sites, exposed to wind, drought, and heat. It can easily by confused with Adam’s needle (yucca filamentosa) whose leaves are much softer while Spanish dagger makes stiff and leathe ...
IX - XI
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Citrus Twist Spanish dagger bears grey-green leaves whose striking yellow margins often extend deeper into the centre of the leaf in the form of irregularly wide yellow stripes, making the base green colour a secondary shade. As a bonus, from mid-summer arrives a third colour tone: scarlet red to sa ...
IX - XI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Variegata is an old and proved variety of Spanish dagger which originated as a mutation of the green-leaved species. Its leaves are evergreen, 40-60 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, medium green with blue-green hues, variegated creamy to pale yellow at margins. They have a sharp tip and remain beautiful for ...
IX - XI
1 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Beaked yucca is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, steel-blue leaves formed in a dense rosette. The blades are 40-60 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. You can also come across specimens with a thin yellow margin but those do not seem to be considered separate or named varieties, only mutations of the s ...
IX
1,5 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sapphire Skies is a valued beaked yucca variety with a more pronounced leaf colour. It is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, rich blue-green, silver-frosted leaves with jade hues. The blades are 40-60 cm long and 1-2,5 cm wide and form a rosette that is denser and holds more leaves compared with the ...
IX - X
1,5 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
