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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
The less usual colour the more attractive it is for garden lovers. Orange Dream is a perfect example of Japanese maple to offer an almost exotic colour of spring foliage that is orange and salmon pink at margins with yellowish-green centres. This colouring decorates the plant until approximately mid ...
1 - 2,5m
1 - 2,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The variety name of Osakazuki Japanese maple seems to refer to the third largest city in Japan, Osaka, which is renowned for its extensive vineyards that replaced cotton fields. There could be at least two reasons for choosing it – either in reference to its bright carmine red autumn leaves wh ...
3 - 7m
3 - 5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Another website I came across calls this Norway maple a meat-ball-on-a-stick. Quite funny, actually, but in fat it truthfully describes the shape of this small tree. Well, that only in case the author meant a good housewife who made proper, perfectly spherical meat balls.
Globosum is a variety with ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Golden Globe is a dwarf Norway maple i.e. one of those with large leaves as opposed to Japanese maples with small and dissected foliage. One of the big advantage of Norway maple is its resistance against majority of common tree diseases and pests. And it will grow almost anywhere.
Golden Globe vari ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
3 - 4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Royal Red is a majestic looking Norway maple for large gardens, parks, and city avenues. Its palmate leaves are dark crimson red, almost black, and glossy, turning amber orange or orange-red in autumn. In spring, just as leaves emerge, it flowers profusely with many small yellow flowers, typical for ...
10 - 20m
5 - 10m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sycamore tree is one of our native maple species and its natural habitat extends vertically from the north of Europe (with the exception of the northernmost peaty locations) to the mountainous areas of southern Europe, and horizontally from the colder parts of western Europe to the Caucasus. It is o ...
15 - 30m
10 - 20m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Men usually get mad when women describe colours with expressions like salmon pink, peachy red etc. Well, men, get ready for another hit below the belt: we have a tree whose leaves are SHRIMP pink. Not familiar with that colour? Go to the nearest restaurant and have a prawn-cocktail to see what the f ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ken’s Red is a female variety of the so-called mini-kiwi (kiwiberry). It is a vine that is less vigorous that the species. Apart from tasty fruit it is a nice plant, too, with deep green leaves and scented flowers in June.
Its fruit has smooth skin, and both skin and flesh have various shades ...
VI - VI
2 - 6m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Blue Lagoon is a Bog rosemary with clear blue-grey leaves with silvery hues. They are evergreen, linear-lance-shaped, rosemary-like, 2-3 cm long. Urn-shaped, soft pink flowers appear from mid spring (April/May) and often last until early June. Blue Lagoon differs from its parent plant Blue Ice with ...
IV - VI
0,3 - 0,5m
0,4 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Atlantic is a French variety of strawberry tree selected and introduced by the Pepinieres Minier in 1993. 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 r ...
V
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dutchman's pipe is a vigorous climber native to America, found in moist woodlands from N.E.Canada to S.E.USA. It is cultivated for its dramatic large foliage which looks as if just escaped from a rainforest. The deciduous leaves are 10-30 cm across, fresh green, heart-shaped. In summer small pipe-li ...
VII - VIII
5 - 9m
3 - 9m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RISING SUN™ is an American variety of Eastern redbud found by Ray and Cindy Jackson for their Jackson Nursery in Belvidere, Tennessee, as a chance seedling. It boasts large, 10-14 cm long and wide, broadly heart-shaped leaves which emerge bright golden or orange while older leaves are bright y ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dennis James Werner is a Distinguished Professor of Horticultural Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA, and a breeder who specializes in buddleja, peaches, and redbuds. Regarding the last mentioned he has developed and already patented 8 beautiful varieties, some of which are ...
IV
2 - 4m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CAROLINA SWEETHEART™ redbud is like fireworks glowing with several colours at once. This darling was developed in cooperation with the Star Roses and Plants Nursery by Thomas G. Ranney from North Carolina State University in the USA, who is also known in our country thanks to his of wonderful ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This giant dogwood has another name which, in my opinion, characterizes the plant much better = wedding cake tree. Looking at the habit of the more commonly grown cultivar Variegata one knows exactly what it means. This beauty can easily become a show-stopping specimen in a garden of literally any s ...
IV - V
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hazel is a well-known shrub of European woodlands which is popular mainly for its nuts.
It is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub with numerous upright stems. As it is a dense and large shrub it is used as a screening plant. It will also make a wild hedge which should be controlled if required compa ...
II - III
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Filbert is a hazelnut species from S.E. Europe and S.W. Asia and exhibits a vigorously growing many-stemmed shrub with deciduous leaves. Purpurea is an old variety with deep maroon to near black leaves. They are 5-12 cm long, 4-10 cm wide, and during summer the colour of maturing leaves changes to d ...
II - III
3 - 6m
3 - 6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lilla® smoke tree is a novelty that was first introduced at the Plantarium exhibition in Holland in 2011 where it received bronze medal. It is a dwarf version of Royal Purple variety with slower and more compact growth. It has deciduous, deep wine red, rounded leaves that turn scarlet red, oran ...
VI - VII
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Splendens hawthorn is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful trees of northern hemisphere not only among hawthorns. It is valued for its lush, glossy foliage and a profusion of red berries. Leaves are deciduous, broadly elliptic, serrated at margins, dark green in spring and summer, and take on vibra ...
V - VI
4 - 7m
3 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°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
Decaisnea is a very attractive and rare small tree from China. It is cultivated for its beautiful, exotic looking foliage, and coloured seed pods. It produces multiple of thin, upright trunks which bear leaves usually at the tops, just like aralias.
The deciduous leaves are elegant, light to mid gr ...
VI - VI
2 - 5m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
COOL SPLASH is a variegated cultivar of southern bush honeysuckle forming small, deciduous shrubs with attractive variegated foliage and small honeysuckle-like golden yellow flowers. Leaves are stalk-less, lance-shaped, acuminate, mid green in the centre, and cream white variegated at margins. In au ...
VI - VII
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Oleaster is the oldest species from the genus cultivated in Czechia. It is a small deciduous tree or a tall shrub native to a wide range from the Caucasus, through southern Europe to Central Asia. Its most attractive feature are the narrow, olive-like leaves which appear silvery thanks to their dens ...
V - VI
3 - 6m
3 - 4m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°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
Evergreen silverthorns are attractive shrubs of mild climates of Europe. They are valued for vigorous growth and coloured leaves.
Eleador® is a new, patented variety with almost yellow leaves, margined dark green with lighter green highlights. They are leathery, but thinner than on e.g. cherry ...
IX - X
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Gilt Edge is one of the first registered varieties of evergreen silverthorn with variegated foliage. It makes leathery, oval to ovate, partially undulated, and glossy leaves with dark green centres and thick yellow margins. Twigs are orange-brown, and the colder the weather comes in autumn the deepe ...
IX - X
2 - 5m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°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
Ascot rainbow is a semi-woody perennial spurge found as a natural mutation of an old unnamed hybrid by David Glenn from Australia in 2005. This variety has beautiful, evergreen foliage boasting with rich banana yellow variegation at leaf margins around grey green centres. In autumn and winter older ...
VII - VIII
0,5 - 1m
0,4 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
INTENSE BLUE® is a blue fescue of a striking colour. It was bred by Allure Tuinplanten and Amigra from the Netherlands. It was found in 2005 and introduced three years later. The plant makes well-behaved, symmetrical, extremely dense tufts of silvery blue foliage. Their colour literally calls f ...
0,2 - 0,4m
0,2 - 0,3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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0,2 - 0,3m
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
Aureola is a distinct hakone grass variety with variegated foliage. Its leaves have narrow stripes of banana yellow, pale green, and light butter yellow colour. They are only about one centimeter wide leaves and grow from slender, partly arching, pink flushed stems, reaching 30 to 60 cm height with ...
0,3 - 0,6m
0,3 - 0,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
When a shrubby version of ivy was discovered it was a breakthrough. A non-climbing ivy with even more attractive foliage was an entirely different plant that could be used in various ways unlike a climber. Now there is an improvement over this invention – a dwarf version of shrubby ivy, even m ...
0,3 - 0,4m
0,4 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Chinese helwingia, var. chinensis, was first described by Batalin in 1893. It is a hardy species found in North Burma, West and Central China (Yunnan, Szechuan, Kansu, Kweichou, Hupeh). For me it is the most attractive one as it produces reliably evergreen leaves. They are 5-6 cm long, narrowly lanc ...
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Black Beauty is an American coral bells variety bred by Daniel M.Heims from Terra Nova Nurseries, USA. It makes large, dark burgundy red, slightly ruffled, semi-evergreen foliage. In May and June it makes dark red stems with small, white flowers, and reblooms in early autumn. The plants looks great ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Another berry-licious coral bells variety is called Boysenberry. It produced large, ruffled, caramel-red leaves which are very resistant to both sun and frost, therefore will look nice also through mild winters until spring. The undersides are rich salmon pink. Small, white flowers are composed in e ...
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Coral bells are very popular ground-covering perennials. Georgia Peach is a unique selection with intensely coloured foliage. The leaves are orangey-salmon-strawberry-pink with a conspicuous silver marbling while the reverse is purple red. They are quite large for a heuchera – up to 15 cm acro ...
VIII - IX
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dlužicha Greenberry is another coral bells variety from the Berry series named after various types of fruit or foodstuff. Greenberry is a name for a South American plant from the solanum family, which produces small berries with bright green skin, however, this heuchera is not edible, its leaves onl ...
VI
0,1 - 0,1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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VI - VII
0,3 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,4m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lime Marmalade? Wow, that must be something extraordinary, sharp and sweet at the same time. Just this coral bells variety bred by Jane N.Egger from the famous Oregon based Terra Nova Nurseries in the USA. It makes dense tufts or upright growing foliage of striking colour - the ruffled leaves combin ...
VI - VI
0,2 - 0,4m
0,3 - 0,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Midnight Rose is a coral bells variety with very dark foliage. The leaves are large, deep purple red, almost black with rosy pink spots. In June and July small grayish-pink flowers appear atop 65-75 tall stems but if you think they spoil the image of the perfect leaves you can cut them off yet befor ...
VI - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Firn Line is a low growing hosta with bi-coloured foliage. The leaves are deciduous, narrowly ovate with a pointed tip, pale green with a broad ivory brim. In midsummer rise fleshy, 25-30 cm tall stems with terminal panicles composed of narrowly funnel-shaped, lavender violet flowers. It is slug res ...
VII - VIII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,5m
full sun to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Queen Guinevere was the wife of 5th and 6th century British king Artur. She was Welsh, beautiful, and much younger than her husband and legend has it that when she first saw knight Lancelot, she fell in love with him, and since he requited her feelings, they had an affair of which Arthur learnt afte ...
VI - VII
0,4 - 0,6m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Silver Lining is a climbing hydrangea sought after especially for its colourful foliage. Its medium large leaves are pale green in the centre and heavily white variegated at margins. They are deciduous, 8-10 cm across, heart-shaped to almost rounded. The flowers come up from early summer until mid-s ...
VI - VII
2 - 10m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
4 (down to -34°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
Texanum is a highly attractive variety of Japanese privet, also called waxleaf privet. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, narrowly ovate, 4-6 cm long, bright green and glossy above, pale green and matte on the reverse. In mid-summer appears a quantity of about 10 cm long, terminal panicles composed ...
VII - VIII
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
8 (down to -18°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
Privet is the number one hedging plant. However, its foliage and overall appearance have made many nurseries grow it as a standard plant on stems, be it short or long. Very popular are also trimmed plants shaped into balls, pyramids or any other desired shape.
It has rich green, ovate leaves, 3-4 c ...
VI - VI
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Henry’s honeysuckle is a vigorous, evergreen climber of Chinese origin. It was not believed to be hardy enough for Central European climate, yet trials proved the opposite so apart from ivies we get another evergreen climber of different leaf shape.
Henry's honeysuckle is cultivated mainly f ...
VI - VII
4 - 8m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial 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
Morning Light is an almost silver-leaved variety of eulalia. Its long leaves have white margins but they are so narrow that this colour overtakes the green centre, giving a silvery appearance to the whole clump. In the middle of summer it makes reddish-bronze flowers. It is best grown in sunny and w ...
VI - VIII
0,5 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bog myrtle is a deciduous shrub found in moist and constantly waterlooged areas all around Northern Hemisphere. It makes small, inversely lance-shaped or narrowly obovate, dark green to slightly blue-green leaves, and fragrant flowers from mid spring. The flowers are yellow green to golden yellow, e ...
V - V
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full sun
1 (down to -46°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Northern bayberry is native to eastern coast of North America, and obviously Pennsylvania where its name comes from. It is probably the showiest of all hardy myricas thanks to its light green, leathery, and highly glossy foliage which resembles pittosporum. Leaves are 4-6 cm long, undulated, inverse ...
V - V
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nandina is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub from India, China and Japan. Common name heavenly bamboo refers to its crinkly leaves that really whisper like papery bamboo when touched and in stronger wind.
This is the species that is believed to be the toughest of all nandinas as far as both hard ...
VII - VIII
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mondo grass is a highly attractive evergreen perennial from China and Japan. It is cultivated for handsome, strap-like foliage. Niger is a variety offering narrow, flat, grass-like leaves of extremely deep purple, almost black leaves. In midsummer appear small, light pink flowers on short stems foll ...
VII - VII
0,2 - 0,3m
0,3 - 0,4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This unique sweet olive is a mid-sized or large, well-branched shrub with thin, flexible twigs which withstand heavy, wet snow without breaking. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, oblong-lance-shaped, medium to dark green, not very glossy, but exceptionally large: up to 16 cm long and 4-6 cm wide. T ...
X - XI
1,5 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°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
Burkwood's sweet olive is a garden hybrid between Chinese osmanthus delavayi and Turkish osmanthus decorus. It is more beautiful and tougher than either of its parents. It boasts dense habit, profuse flowering, and handsome foliage. Evergreen leaves are leathery, ovate, 3-5 cm long, medium green, gl ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 3m
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
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
MAGICAL VOLCANO is a new photinia bred by Peter R.Kolster from the Netherlands in 2009. It is a cross between popular Fraser’s hedging photinia and Chinese photinia serratifolia. It is renowned for extremely serrated leaf margins, compact growth, and longer lasting colour of new shoots. It was ...
V - V
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Camilvy is one of the new selections of Fraser´s photinia. It has darker red young leaves compared to Red Robinwhose leaves are more or less coppery red. They are large and glossy and turn very dark green in summer. They are evergreen and have wavy margins. In mid spring medium-sized panicles of cre ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Red Robin is a New Zealand selection of Fraser's photinia which is considered the first and also possibly the most successful Fraser's photinia variety of 20th century. After 20 years from its introduction it received the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the English Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) f ...
V
2 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Carré Rouge is a French selection of Fraser's photinia from Red Robin variety. It originated in Nantes and produces smaller leaves of intensely red colour when young, maturing to deep green, yet keeping the top leaves crimson or wine red. New leaves with red colour emerge at least twice a year: in e ...
IV
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
LOUISE is a Scottish selection of Fraser’s photinia. It was found as a naturally occurring mutation of one branch on Red Robin photinia by Louise McWhinnie from McLaren’s Nurseries in 2008. Since there’s already one variegated photinia called PINK MARBLE® let’s describe ...
V - VI
2 - 4m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RED LIGHT is a Dutch selection of popular photinia from 2013, bred and introduced by Alexander van Oploo, EU patent 32555. It has distinctively different colour of new twigs - they are bright red (as opposed to common wine red), and perfectly complement deep burgundy red colour of newly emerging lea ...
IV
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lady in Red is a new sport of common ninebark with 3-lobed leaves, which appear early in the spring. It was first sown in 2000 in Norfolk, England. Unlike Diabolo® variety this one has brighter shade of red in the leaves and forms a dense and regular-shaped shrub from young age, rather arching. ...
IV - V
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Red Baron is a non-patented (in 2011) variety of common ninebark with deep burgundy red or almost black-red 3-lobed leaves, which appear early in the spring. They have more tones of red as opposed to their parent variety Diabolo from it was found as a selection and called Red Baron later. Profusion ...
V - VI
1,5 - 2,5m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
AMBER JUBILEE™ ninebark is a perfect chameleon that transforms itself throughout the growing season. Thanks to its second parent, its earliest foliage in spring brings a bright yellow color, but before the leaves unfold, salmon and deep amber-orange tones appear, making the whole bush look lik ...
V - VI
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2m
full to partial sun
2 (down to -45°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
TINY WINE® is a dwarf ninebark variety growing only about half the size of the species i.e. about 1.5m. It produces a profusion of small leaves which are deep burgundy red overall, and dark green inside the shrub. They are serrated at margins and turn deep orange and red in autumn. In late spri ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Acrocona is a beauty among Norway spruces. It is a smaller variety with picturesque cones at the tips of the branches. They are small, rich raspberry red and appear from May. Later they turn brown as they mature.
Needles are medium short, deep green, and prickly. The habit is somewhat narrowly con ...
V - VI
3 - 5m
3 - 4m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Polonais is a late apricot tree variety from Provence in France. It produces rounded to oval fruit of golden yellow skin with orange cheeks and some red freckles. The flesh is sweet and juicy, mildly aromatic and medium firm which makes it ideal for making preserves apart from eating fresh. Maturity ...
3 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Miniredia is a 2021 introduction of dwarf cherry laurel variety from French nursery Hortival Diffusion (Minier). It was bred by Patrick Pineau as a cross between Caucasica Nana and un unnamed seedling. It is a slow-growing shrub with 7-8 cm long, 4-5 cm wide, broadly elliptic, dark green, evergreen ...
IV
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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IV
2 - 3,5m
1 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Novita is a new sensation among cherry laurels. Eventually there is a hardy variety which has benefits of the formerly more tender ones: it grows fast and big, has large leaves of a nice colour, and is surprisingly hardy for a large-leaved cherry laurel. It is a selection of Rotundifolia variety hen ...
V - V
2 - 5m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Zabeliana cherry laurel is quite unique in its family. Its evergreen, leathery, deep green and highly glossy leaves are much narrower than on most varieties and arranged alternately alongside thin and very flexible, willow-like, arching branches. They grow about 30 cm per year and form a handsome, a ...
IV - V
1 - 1,3m
1 - 3m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
BONAPARTE® is a German cherry laurel variety from Baumschule Straver in Emmerich, west Germany on German-Dutch border. EU plant patent No. 60081 was granted in 2022. It bears beautiful coppery orange-red new leaves when they emerge in spring before they mature to deep green. They are evergreen, ...
IV
1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
KLEOPATRA® is a Hungarian cherry laurel variety bred by Dr. Józsa Miklos and introduced in 2007. It forms a compact, graceful shrub or a small tree with spreading branches and dark green, glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves. They emerge coppery orange just like on Etna® variety and can be d ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
1 - 2m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
GENOLIA® is an excellent addition to the family of hedging cherry laurels. It comes from Switzerland, and was bred by Pepiniéres de Genolier in 2002. It forms a handsome, columnar, evergreen shrub which requires no pruning to look recent great. Leathery leaves are mid to dark green, narrowly o ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
We are specialists in evergreen plants and offer the widest possible range of hardy, quality plants.
Angustifolia is a very elegant variety of Portugal laurel. Irrespective of its origin it belongs to the hardiest evergreen plants for our climate and performs better than some large-leaved cherry la ...
V - VI
2 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Angustifolia is a very elegant variety of Portugal laurel. Irrespective of its origin it belongs to the hardiest evergreen plants for our climate and performs better than some large-leaved cherry laurels. It has narrower leaves than the species and brighter red stalks and new twigs. In May and June ...
V - VI
3 - 6m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Brenelia is an elegant novelty variety of Portugal laurel from early 21st century. In appearance and use it is similar to Angustifolia variety but has larger leaves with undulated margins and exhibit faster growth. The stalks and new stems are rich burgundy red not only in winter but most of the gro ...
VI
3 - 6m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
A beautiful ornamental plum tree with deep purple leaves. Flowers appear in May, after the leaves have started to wrap out, and they are pale, nearly white with light purple tint. They do not flower as richly as the flowering cherries, however, this small tree is exquisite for its foliage. The small ...
V - V
2 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Armenian oak is one of my most favourite oaks. It produces very large, attractive leaves and the plant itself resembles sea-side flora. Its deciduous leaves can be up to 25 cm long, exceptionally even larger, broadly elliptic to obovate, mid green, soft and hairy when young, changing to smooth and g ...
V - VI
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Braunlaub is an attarctive rodgersia podophylla variety from Germany with bronze-brown hues on large leaves. They are up to 40 cm across, glossy, fresh green as they emerge, and gain various depths of bronze to chocolate brown hues just before flowering. Flowers are creamy white, fragrant, composed ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VARIETIES:
Oregon Thornless is a fantastic blackberry variety from the leading US blackberry producer: Oregon. It offers high yields of tasty fruit and does not irritate us with thorns. On top of that it has evergreen, deeply cut leaves so the plant looks beautiful even before it sets fruit. The b ...
IV - V
2 - 4m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
VARIETIES
Idaeus is the botanical species of raspberry producing slightly oval, rich pink-red fruit that is very aromatic, medium sweet, and its juice has a rich colour. It matures in early July is best eaten fresh, either off the bush or in fruit salads or smoothies. It can be canned, frozen, or m ...
VI - VIII
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Swiss willow is a cute little shrub, a uniquely dwarf version of willow. It is our native taxon whose natural habitat extends north-east to Poland, south-west to France, and is most often found in the Alps and Tatras. You can recognize it by its smoot, soft leaves. They are deciduous, 5-6 cm long, n ...
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,3m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This variety of elder comes from England. It has striking golden-yellow fern-like foliage. New leaves have pink to reddish-purple margins. Flowering panicles are not too showy but are followed by very attractive fruit: bright red glossy berries in late summer. For best appearance we suggest pruning ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This sweet box is believed to have come from western China where it probably originated as a natural hybrid of two species. Nowadays, you will not find it in the wild either because it is extinct or perhaps it never existed as a botanical species. Very interesting is a fact that there are no varieti ...
II - IV
0,5 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purple Stem is a Himalayan sweet box variety renowned for rich maroon stems in late winter and spring. They also may (but may not) turn purplish blue in autumn just like young stems of some blue hollies. It boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green foliage. In autumn are for ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter Gem is a Himalayan sweet box variety bred by Peter Moore from England. He succeeded in hybridizing a sweet box that will grow well in a pot which is something that sarcococca dislikes and will tolerate chalk (lime soil). Winter Gem boasts highly glossy, evergreen, narrowly lance-shaped, dark ...
I - III
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Groundcovering stonecrops are alpine perennials which are available in so many species and varieties that everyone can find his favourite. They are native to almost all continents including their coldest parts, except for Australia and Antarctica.
They are cultivated for their spreading, low habit, ...
0,1 - 0,2m
0,3 - 0,8m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
CHICK CHARMS® is a fascinating and beautiful series of hens and chicks including the award-winning gem Gold Nugget from 2017 that was bred by Chris Hanson and which emerges golden orange and red and shines like a real star. But it would be unfair not to mention the others which are no less beau ...
0,1 - 0,1m
0,2 - 0,4m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Houseleek is in fact a plant of two genus - sempervivum and jovibarba. They are so similar that the trade does not really differentiate them, possibly also because sempervivum is an accepted synonym for jovibarba. Houseleek comes from mountainous regions of Asia, Central Russia, and almost all Europ ...
VII - VIII
0,1 - 0,2m
0,2 - 0,5m
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
Linden trees (limes) are generally large, long-lived plants that can be found in broad avenues, in parks or in old villages. Small-leaved lime was declared our national tree of the Czech Republic in 1848 and it is a national tree of Slovakia and Slovenia, too. It is native to Europe and Caucasus whe ...
VI - VII
15 - 25m
7 - 10m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Linden trees are usually large plants that can be found in broad avenues, in parks or in old villages. They are beautiful but due to their size only a few gardens can accommodate one. As the demand was so high for smaller-sized plants the breeders came with a few varieties in the last few decades th ...
VI - VII
12 - 15m
6 - 10m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rancho is a small-leaved linden variety sought-after for its slow growth and much smaller size in maturity. It was bred by Edward Scanlon from Olmsted Falls in Ohio, USA, and introduced in 1961. It makes dense canopies with branches growing at an angle of 30-45 ° making the canopy almost impenetrabl ...
VI - VII
8 - 12m
4 - 6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Wheeltree is an extraordinary evergreen piece from the East (Japan, Korea, Taiwan). Its uniqueness is emphasized by the fact that it is the one and only species of its genus. Moreover, it is a very old species, imprint of its leaf was found in a 49 million years old fossil found in Washington state, ...
VI
1 - 4m
1,5 - 3m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink blueberries, now commonly called Pinkberry® are a modern attraction of early 2000's. The first plant was achieved by American breeder Mark Ehlenfeldt from Agricultural Research Service (ARS), who in 1991 crossed rabbiteye blueberry whose immature fruit is pink, and usual highbush blueberry ...
IV - V
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,3m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Eve Price laurustinus is truly a classic today. Its evergreen leaves are up to 8 cm long, ovate, leathery but thinner than most evergreens, medium to dark green, and with conspicuous venation. In autumn it produces a profusion of highly attractive terminal cymes composed of rosy pink flower buds whi ...
XII - III
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Lisspurp is a laurustinus variety selected by Peter Catt from Liss Forest Nursery Ltd in England, and European patent No. 36963 was granted in 2014. It received a trade name SECRET VILLAGE. From all others it differs by new leaves that are purple red just like its flower buds and stems in winter. It ...
I - IV
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
