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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
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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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2 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
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 ...
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1,5 - 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 ...
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1,5 - 3m
1 - 2m
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
Hikul is a very attractive variety of sea buckthorn. It is a slow growing, deciduous shrub of very compact and dense habit. It has short, narrowly lanceolate, deciduous leaves that are mid green from spring till autumn, and silver when they emerge. There is no significant colour change in autumn but ...
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full sun
4 (down to -34°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 ...
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0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
RUBY ANNABELLE® is a smooth hydrangea with deep purple pink flowers. They are both sterile and fertile, composed in rounded corymbs about 12 cm across, from late May until early July. If pruned immediately after flowering they can rebloom in late summer. Deciduous leaves are ovate, mid to dark ...
V - VII
0,5 - 0,6m
0,5 - 0,8m
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 ...
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1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rough-leaved hydrangea is a less common type from the group. It is an upright shrub, originated in eastern Asia. Large, up to 25 cm long, suede-like, dark green leaves are covered with tiny hairs. Inflorescence are formed in large, flattened corymbs of tiny, violet-pink to purple-mauve fertile flowe ...
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1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Leuchtfeuer hydrangea is a mop-head hydrangea with large, globular, rosy red flowers. It flowers on old wood so when trimming it in the spring make sure to keep the old framework which will produce new shoots with many flowers. The leaves are deciduous, deep green and very thick. Bela hydrangea grow ...
VII - IX
0,4 - 1m
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -23°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 ...
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0,5 - 1,3m
0,5 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Attention, hydrangea lovers! Are you sick and tired of never-ending grieving upon your frost-damaged hydrangeas that only make a jungle of leaves but no blossoms? Continue reading as we have a life-altering experience for you! Two decades after its discovery in the USA there is a plant being importe ...
VI - X
0,5 - 1m
semi-shade / partial sun
4 (down to -34°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
Silver Dollar is another jewel among panicle hydrangeas of the new millennium. The truth is that it lacked the massive marketing campaign as for example Limelight® hydrangea, however, its beauty and health will prove it deserves the same winners' level. Bred and selected among many seedling by ...
VII - X
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,8m
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 ...
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1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
EARLY HARRY is a panicle hydrangea with pagoda-like inflorescence composed mostly of tiny, fertile flowers, and a few exceptionally large sterile flowers which look like crown jewels. Flower buds are pale pink and appear as early as in late May which makes EARLY HARRY possibly the earliest flowering ...
VI - X
0,6 - 0,8m
0,6 - 0,8m
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 ...
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0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
FRAISE MELBA® panicle hydrangea makes about 16 cm long and 12 cm wide panicles composed of mostly sterile (showy) flowers which emerge pale lime green and change to creamy white. However, earlier than others they turn glowing pink and purple pink as they mature during colder nights of late summ ...
VII - X
1,5 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°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 ...
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1 - 2m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Sundae Fraise® is another new hhydrangea clone from Jean Renault from France. It was derived from the already successful variety Vanille Fraise®, but this one is smaller and more compact. The flowers are medium sized panicles that open creamy white in late July and soon gain light pink sha ...
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0,8 - 1m
1 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This special hydrangea comes from southeastern USA. It is an attractive mound-forming shrub with oak-like, deeply cut leaves of bright green colour turning purple-bronze in autumn. The flowers appear beginning of summer. They come in upright panicles of pure white individual flowers that open one by ...
VI - VII
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
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 ...
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1 - 1,8m
1,3 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snow Queen is an oak-leaved hydrangea from Princeton in New Jersey, USA. It was bred and introduced by nurseryman William Flemmer III in 1979. It was distinct from the species by its large flowers of pure white colour and somewhat more upright habit. It was patented under PP4,458 and may not be repr ...
VI - VII
1,3 - 1,8m
1,3 - 1,8m
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 ...
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0,8 - 1,2m
0,5 - 0,8m
full to partial sun
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 ...
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0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The variety name of this St. John’s wort says it all: MIRACLE® GRANDEUR. That’s because ‘grande’ means big and refers to the fruit size. Berries of this variety are possibly the largest in the whole MIRACLE® series. They are vivid red and glossy and are produced in ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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0,5 - 0,8m
0,5 - 0,6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°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 ...
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0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Latifolia is a St. John’s wort selection with broader and larger leaves. They are deciduous, narrowly lance-shaped, rich green, and completely cover the plant before the flowers open. Those are small, 3-4 cm across, saucer-shaped, golden yellow with a profusion of stamens in the centre. Bloomi ...
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0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,5m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
