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Paeonia 'BOWL OF BEAUTY'
(peony)

Bowl of Beauty is a fantastic perennial peony. The name not only says how gorgeous this variety is but also refers to the flower shape which is Japanese anemone-type: rounded at the bottom, not opening too wide, with a rich centre. The lower petals are magenta pink and contrast ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'EDULIS SUPERBA'
(common peony)

Edulis Superba is a perennial peony that could well be a grandma of many modern hybrids. This beauty is more than 100 years old and is still in high demand. It produces large, strongly scented, double flowers of medium to d ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'KARL ROSENFIELD'
(perennial peony)

Karl Rosenfield is both a variety name and the breeder's name of this gorgeous perennial peony from 1908. It produces large, fully double, rich purple red (but not warm red) flowers from late May. Flowers appear atop 80-90 ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'NIPPON BEAUTY'
(perennial peony)

Nippon Beauty is a midseason to late variety of herbaceous peony with Japanese peony-like flowers from mid to late June. They are dark ruby red with a profusion of red and yellow petaloids in the centre and look like large ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'NYMPHE'
(perennial peony)

Nymphe is a French variety of perennial peony. It produces anemone-like flowers with a medium large bowl of soft pink petals, and numerous rich golden yellow stamens in the centre. Flowers are fragrant and appear atop 60-70 ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'RED MAGIC'
(perennial peony)

Red Magic is one of the darkest perennial peonies which is often mistaken with Red Charm


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paeonia 'SARAH BERNHARDT'
(common peony)

This perennial peony has a name which often gets misspelled with so many h’s and r’s. It is a beautiful variety forming a robust bush, freely flowering from end June until July. The flower heads are extra large, composed of many rosy pink petals with ruffled, silvery margins. It i ...


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

Paeonia suffruticosa
(tree peony)

Tree peonies are beautiful, woody shrubs. Unlike the perennial type, these make woody branches that slowly form a low, mounding shrub. Flowers are large, often double or full, of all possible colours – white, cream, yellow, orange, various shades of pink, purple and red, even violet. ...


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

Paeonia tenuifolia
(fernleaf peony)

Fernleaf peony is a collector’s choice. This perennial peony is a true gem in any rockery or garden bed. It emerges in early spring with fern-like, finely divided, cut leaves that form a fluffy tuft from which comes out a spherical bud that will open into a l ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Papaver orientale 'BEAUTY OF LIVERMERE'
(oriental poppy)

Oriental poppy is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Beauty Of Livermere is a similar variety to Brilliant, but Beauty's flowers are one tone deeper red. They are 10-14 cm across a ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Papaver orientale 'BRILLIANT'
(oriental poppy)

Mák východní is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Brilliant is a variety with vibrant scarlet orange red flowers 10-12 cm across with deep purple red, almost black blotches in the ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Papaver orientale 'PRINZESSIN VIKTORIA LUISE'
(oriental poppy)

Oriental poppy is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Viktoria Luisa was a German princess born 1892 in Postdam. She was a beautiful lady and in her honour was named this exclusive poppy variety: P ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Papaver orientale 'ROYAL WEDDING'
(oriental poppy)

Oriental poppy is an extraordinary perennial with large, showy flowers atop thick, tall stems. Royal Wedding is a fascinating variety combining almost pure white flower petals and a large deep purple red, almost black blotc ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 0.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Paulownia tomentosa
(empress tree)

One of the most magnificent trees of our climate comes from East Asia and is called the Princess Tree or Empress Tree or even Foxglove Tree. Its main feature is giant leaves which can be as much as 30 cm long and wide, very hairy, pale to deep green. Thanks to them empress trees are often mis ...


	5 - 10m	2 - 6m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'HAMELN'
(Chinese fountain grass)

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 w ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Perovskia 'BLUE SPIRE'
(perovskia)

Blue Spire is a hybrid between two types of perovskia. It was first introduced to RHS in 1961 and since late 80´s it has been in cultivation in most of the world with mild climate. It is a very hardy plant originally found in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) but is successfu ...


	0.6 - 1.2m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Perovskia 'LITTLE SPIRE'
(Russian sage)

Little Spire is a lovely dwarf variety of Russian sage. It is a very hardy plant originally found in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) but it is successfully grown even further north. Flowers are borne in 50-60 cm tall panicles, they are violet and appear from mid-summer ...


	0.5 - 0.6m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Perovskia LACEY BLUE 'Lisslitt'
(Russian sage)

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 f ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phellodendron amurense
(Amur cork oak)

Amur Cork Tree is a beautiful specimen tree native to a large area around the Amur River in N.E. Asia - Manchuria, the Amur region in Russia, and Mongolia. Since the winter temperatures can drop to -40 °C there, no wonder that it is popular especially in countries ...


	8 - 15m	8 - 15m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Philadelphus 'LEMOINEI'
(mock orange)

Mock orange is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub of old European gardens. It is popular for its snow white flowers, in case of this hybrid they are medium-sized or large with slight purple shade in the centre. They come out in early or mid summer and release heavy fragrance tha ...


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

Philadelphus 'MONT BLANC'
(mock orange)

Mont Blanc is a reliable variety among dwarf mock oranges. From early summer it produces masses of pure white, cross-shaped, fragrant flowers. It forms a compact, rather small but dense shrub reaching only about one meter t ...


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

Philadelphus 'SNOWBELLE'
(mock orange)

Snowbelle is a dwarf mock orange with a profusion of snow white, sweetly fragrant, double flowers already from early June. It grows moderately into an upright and compact shrub, about 1.3m tall and wide. Deciduous leaves ar ...


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

Philadelphus coronarius 'VIRGINAL'
(mock orange)

Mock orange is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub of old European gardens. It is popular for its snow white flowers, in case of this variety they are double, which come out in early or mid summer. They release a heavy fragrance that can hardly be mistaken for anything else. It flowers ...


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

Phillyrea angustifolia
(narrow-leaved mock privet)

Narrow-leaved mock privet is another typical plant of so-called macchia vegetation found in dry and hot, rocky slopes of South Europe, i.e. plants which cope extremely well with long-lasting drought and are usually unattacked by wild animals. This mock privet has n ...


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

Phlox 'CANDY STRIPES'
(moss phlox)

Flowers of Candy Stripes phlox look like a fairground lollipop. They are white with central pink stripes and small but distinct purple red eye. They open later than most other varities, usually in mid May, emerging from nee ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phlox 'MacDANIEL'S CUSHION'
(moss phlox)

MacDaniel's Cushion is possibly the top favourite rich pink variety of moss phlox. Its flowers are rich neon pink and open from late April on dense, emerald green cushions of evergreen leaves. It is quite compact, however, ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phlox 'Bareightysix' FLAME BLUE
(perennial phlox)

The flower colour of FLAME BLUE phlox is gentle and shy like early spring flowers that don’t show their deeper tones as if afraid of harsh frosts. This perennial, however, is anything but spring-like or tender. FLAME ...


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

Phlox 'Florphfawh' FABULOUS™ WHITE
(moss phlox)

FABULOUS™ is a moss phlox series bred by Dutch breeders Florensis B.V. FABULOUS™ WHITE is a pure white flowering variety with distinctly notched flower petals. Blooming ...


	0.1 - 0.1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phlox paniculata LILAC STAR FLAME
(perennial phlox (panicle type))

LILAC STAR FLAME is another perennial phlox from the FLAME series developed by a phlox specialist Gosen Bartels from the Netherlands. It is not a glowing beacon like many other purple-coloured phlox varieties. ...


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

Phlox paniculata 'Barthirtysix' PINK EYE FLAME
(perennial phlox)

Bicoloured flowers always attract a lot of attention due to their intensity. PINK EYE FLAME is another gem from the FLAME series of perennial phlox bred by a phlox specialist Gosen Bartels from the Netherlands. Its flow ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Phlox paniculata 'Bartwelve' PINK FLAME
(perennial phlox)

PINK FLAME is a compact perennial phlox variety from the FLAME series of perennial phlox bred by a phlox specialist Gosen Bartels from the Netherlands. It makes dense panicles composed of 2.5-3.5 cm wide, sweetly and spicy ...


	0.5 - 0.7m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia 'Kolmavoca' MAGICAL VOLCANO
(PHOTINIA)

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


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

Photinia davidiana
(David's photinia)

Photinia davidiana (Stranvaesia davidiana)

David's photinia / Chinese stranvaeasia is an evergreen shrub whose close relative is a garden hybrid photinia Red Robin. It comes from China and Vietnam and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glos ...


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

Photinia niitakamayensis
(Taiwanese photinia)

Photinia niitakamayensis (syn. formosana)

Taiwanese photinia is renowned for notably narrower leaves as opposed to Chinese photinia. Those are deep green, narrowly lance-shaped, and glossy. They emerge coppery red in spring, and in autumn many of older leaves turn scarlet red or light maroon, some plants m ...


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

Photinia serratifolia 'Oploo5' PINK CRISPY
(Chinese photinia)

PINK CRISPY photinia is a drama at first glance. Exceedingly showy foliage reveals creamy white variegation on dark green, slightly undulated, gently serrated, and broadly oval to obovate, evergreen leaves. And the real ext ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia serratifolia 'REV100' CRUNCHY®
(Chinese photinia - standard tree)

CRUNCHY® is a French introduction of Chinese photinia invented by Jean-Pierre Faure. When I first saw it I was amazed at its similarity to Coppertone loquat, especially as a standard tree. Loquat is a Mediterranean, te ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia serratifolia 'REV100' CRUNCHY®
(Chinese photinia)

Chinese photinia is a species which is less common in trade and almost nonexistent in European nurseries. Reason being that all European encyclopedias rate it much less winter hardy than David’s or Fraser’s photinia which are very popular evergreen shru ...


	1.5 - 2m	1 - 1.3m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'CAMILVY'
(Fraser's photinia)

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 ha ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'LITTLE RED ROBIN'
(Fraser photinia)

Some time ago crossing of two species of photina resulted in an extremely successful and attractive plant: Fraser photinia. It is called Red Robin and in countries with mild winters it is one of the top favourites for evergreen hedges ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia)

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 A ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'RED ROBIN'
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)


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

Photinia x fraseri 'Bourfrits' CORALLINA
(Fraser's photinia)

CORALLINA is a Fraser’s photinia variety bred by Andre Bourquin from a town Bordèrez-sur-l'Èchez (S.W. France near the Spanish border) in 1994 by self-pollinating Red Robin variety and subsequent selection o ...


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

Photinia x fraseri 'BR2011' CHICO
(Fraser's photinia)

CHICO is the smallest photina known to trade so far. It is an evergreen shrub with small, glossy, broadly elliptic leaves with conspicuously serrated margins which bear strong resemblance to arbutus unedo foliage. They emer ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser photinia)

This photinia was given a nice name Cassini, but is marketed as PINK MARBLE®. That name tells the truth, though. PINK MARBLE® is an evergreen shrub producing dark green le ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE®
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

Tree form or PINK MARBLE® photinia has evergreen, ovate, and glossy leaves of dark green colour with white margins and silvery-white veins just like marble has, that gain pink shades in autumn and winter. However, the ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Mandarino' CARRÉ ROUGE
(Fraser's photinia)

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 youn ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Mandarino' CARRÉ ROUGE
(Fraser's photinia - STANDARD TREE)

Carré Rouge is a selection of Fraser's photinia from Red Robin variety. It is commonly believed to have originated in French Nantes, however, the truth is that th ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'McLarlou' LOUISE
(Fraser's photinia)

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 fr ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Photinia x fraseri 'Oploo1' RED LIGHT
(Fraser's photinia)

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 ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Physocarpus opulifolius 'DART'S GOLD'
(common ninebark)

Dart's Gold is a variety of common ninebark with bright yellowish-green, 3-lobed leaves, which appear early in the spring, probably at the same time as when magnolias start blooming. Clusters of white flowers are tiny but t ...


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

Physocarpus opulifolius 'RED BARON'
(common ninebark)

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 Ba ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1 - 2m	full sun to shade	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Smpotw' TINY WINE®
(common ninebark)

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 ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Physocarpus opulifolius 'ZLEBic5' SWEET CHERRY TEA™
(common ninebark)

SWEET CHERRY TEA™ belongs among compact to dwarf ninebark varieties with one extra trait: it re-blooms in summer. Its deciduous leaves are small, conspicuously serrated (notched) at margins, and three-lobed like, for ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Physocarpus opulifolius 'ZLEYe12' RASPBERRY LEMONADE™
(common ninebark)

RASPBERRY LEMONADE™ belongs among compact ninebark varieties with a fine texture of small leaves. They are deciduous, about haf the size of the species, conspicuously serrated (notched) at margins, and three-lobed lik ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Physocarpus opulifolius MIDNIGHT
(common ninebark)

Ninebark is a low-maintenance deciduous plant which is available in several varieties offering different leaf colour and habit. MIDNIGHT is a trade name for a novelty variety called Jonight ...


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

Physostegia virginiana 'VIVID'
(obedient plant)

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 m ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.3 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'ACROCONA'
(Norway spruce)

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. Needle ...


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

Picea abies 'NIDIFORMIS'
(bird's nest Norway spruce)

Dwarf conifers are very popular in continental Europe, mostly thanks to its evergreen feature and good hardiness. Their sizes never grow over the top which makes them ideal for small-sized gardens and rock gardens, they look good as solitaires as well as in groupings. This bird’s nest spruce h ...


	0.5 - 1m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea abies 'WILL'S ZWERG'
(dwarf Norway spruce)

Another lovely piece for miniature lovers is this dwarf spruce. It grows slowly, compact and dense to it mature height of 3m only after a few decades. Needles are short and stiff, rich green. New branches show bright orangey-brown bark and are short. No pruning needed for dense growth. The ...


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

Picea breweriana
(Brewer spruce)

Brewer spruce is an evergreen conifer native to the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California where it is a rare plant owing to its sparse occurrence. It has a beautiful shape. The stem and inner branches are firm and upright whereas new bra ...


	8 - 15m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea glauca 'J.W. DAISY'S WHITE'
(dwarf white spruce)

J.W. Daisy’s White is another dwarf variety of cone-shaped white spruce found by Canadian breeder J.W. Daisy from Edmonton, Alberta. He was one of the pioneers of the twentieth century in the breeding of conifers, esp ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Picea orientalis 'AUREOSPICATA'
(golden Caucasian spruce)

Caucasian spruce is an attractive conifer with an interesting habit. Lateral branches grow horizontally first, later they rise a bit upwards in an angle of about 45° while new growths are slightly drooping. Aureospicata is a variety with bright yellow new foliage that lasts for ...


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

Picea pungens 'BLUE DIAMOND'
(dwarf Colorado spruce)

Blue Diamond is a true jewel. This conifer is a variety of Colorado spruce with intensely blue coloured needles with silver overlay. They are quite prickly and evergreen. It grows about 15 cm per year, and only 10 cm upward ...


	4 - 7m	1 - 3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris 'FOREST FLAME'
(lily of the valley bush)

Forest Flame is a variety that belongs to floribunda group. It has deep green, elliptic, pointed, glossy leaves that emerge orange-bronze to fiery-orange coloured. Flowers are small, vase-shaped, compound in 10-15 cm long, hanging racemes. Buds are orange-red. We recommend dead-heading ...


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

Pieris japonica 'BONFIRE'
(lily of the valley shrub)

Bonfire is a new variety of pireis which will be loved by those of you, who dislike the pendent habit of its flower racemes: this novelty holds it flower strictly upright, like lined-up soldiers. They are deep burgundy red and appear from early autumn. The flowers themselves may come a ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'CARNAVAL'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Carnaval is a beautiful and colourful variety of Japanese lily-of-the-valley shrub. This evergreen gem shows narrowly lance-shaped, evergreen leaves that are dark green in the middle and creamy white along the margins. New ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'KATSURA'
(lily of the valley )

Vase-shaped flowers are very light pink and hang on red stamens in long, pendent racemes. Katsura is the darkest variety with deep burgundy red new leaves, which turn dark green in summer. It grows medium slowly, forming a compact shrub with equal height and spread. No pruning require ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'LITTLE HEATH GREEN'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Growers and fans of lily-of-the-valley shrubs probably know Little Heath variety, but few of them know that there was a selection made some time ago with only green foliage. In my view it is much more eleg ...


	0.3 - 1m	0.3 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'MOUNTAIN FIRE'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Lily-of-the-valley shrubs are very popular ericaceous plants with attractive foliage and abundant flowering. Mountain Fire is one the best old varieties. It produces abundance of vase-shaped, creamy white flowers hanging on ...


	1 - 1.8m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'PURITY'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Lily-of-the-valley shrubs are very popular ericaceous plants with attractive foliage and abundant flowering. Purity is another dwarf variety. It is similar to Prelude but more rounded and regular in habit. The flower buds a ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'VALLEY VALENTINE'
(lily-of-the-valley bush)

Lustrous green foliage of Valley Valentine pieris complements extraordinary deep rose-pink flowers which come out from late March till early April. They are urn-shaped, sweetly scented, composed in long, pendent racemes, and last for 2-4 weeks. Deadhead spent flowers immediately after ...


	0.8 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris japonica 'Ppobas' POLAR PASSION®
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

POLAR PASSION® is a lily-of-the-valley shrub with dark purple pink flowers in dense racemes. Individual flowers are urn-shaped, slightly fragrant, and come out from late March for 6-8 weeks. Evergreen leaves are narrow ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pieris taiwanensis
(Taiwanese lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Taiwanese lily-of-the-valley shrub is a botanical species the island of Taiwan which was discovered and first described by the British botanist and plant collector E.H. Wilson. He introduced it in Great Britain in 1918, and 4 years later the Royal Horticultural Soc ...


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

Pieris x 'BROUWER'S BEAUTY'
(lily-of-the-valley shrub)

Brouwer's Beauty is a mid-sized Lily-of-the-valley shrub with up to 12 cm long, purple-red, horizontal flower racemes. They consist of numerous yellow-green tiny buds that turn red before winter and open up into white, slig ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.8m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus 'Gaëlle Brégeon' BAMBINO®
(dwarf hybrid pine)

BAMBINO® is another beautiful dwarf hybrid pine, following success of its forerunners Marie Brégeon and


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra
(Swiss stone pine)

Swiss stone pine is a beautiful one with dark green needles with a silvery stripe. So its overall appearance may seem a little turquoise. It grows slowly, forming a dense conifer with rather irregular growth when young and more or less pyramidal with age. Owing to its slow growth rate, si ...


	6 - 12m	3 - 5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus cembra 'COMPACTA GLAUCA'
(arolla pine)

Compacta Glauca is an arolla pine variety of reduced size. It was selected by C.Frets & Son nursery in Boskoop, the Netherlands, around 1930, in a field of older variety called Glauca which had been known since 1860' ...


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

Pinus densiflora 'ALICE VERKADE'
(Japanese red pine)

If you like Mediterranean umbrella pines but feel sorry that it is too tender for our climate try to have a look at this selection of dwarf Japanese red pine. It is called Alice Verkade and has bright green, soft needles. It is a slow growing plant making only about 7-10 cm per ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus flexilis 'VANDERWOLF'S PYRAMID'
(Rocky Mountains white pine)

Rocky Mountains white pine is a North American pine species whose origin ranges through the Rocky Mountains of Alberta in Canada down to Colorado, USA. It has distinctively flexible young twigs and soft, blue-green to silvery-blue needles. Female cones are yellow-b ...


	5 - 9m	1 - 2.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus heldreichii 'SATELLIT'
(Bosnian pine)

Pine trees are superb trees which grow in a wide climate scale - from cold northern countries to hot coastal sites. They are probably most beautiful in their natural environment. Satellit is a narrowly columnar variety ...


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

Pinus monticola 'AMMERLAND'
(western white pine)

Ammerland is a very decorative, medium-sized western pine. These pines come from western parts of North America but this variety was bred in German Jeddeloh. Its needles are borne in whorls of 5. They are mostly erect, stiff, blue-green, long. The shape of this pine is rathe ...


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

Pinus mugo
(dwarf mountain pine)

One of the best known pines is this dwarf mountain pine which occurs naturally in mountainous regions. It often has bizarre shapes owing to constant winds blowing from one side. In gardens it forms a dense and rich shrub. It is soil tolerant but will be poor in calcareous soil. As all other pines it ...


	1.5 - 2.5m		full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'CARSTEN'S'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Carsten’s Wintergold is a selection of very popular Wintergold with stunning winter colour. The needles are deep green from mid spring until early autumn. Then they begin turning yellow and from end autumn until the last cold days of spring they are vivid yellow. This colour is u ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'COLUMBO' (Columnaris)
(mountain pine)

Columbo is a mountain pine that has absolutely nothing to do with inspector Colombo. Its original name given in 1984 was Columnaris and it perfectly described its columnar habit. It grows slowly and dense, bears shor ...


	1 - 3m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'GNOM'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Would you like a gnom for your garden? Not the one from plaster, a living one – a dwarf pine called the same name = Gnom. This one is very beautiful, slow and dense growing with short to medium sized, dark green needl ...


	1 - 2.5m	1 - 2.5m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'OPHIR'
(dwarf mountain pine)

Ophir is a dwarf mountain pine with yellow needle tips from mid autumn until mid spring. They are evergreen, up to 7 cm long, and glossy. In late spring they change back to typical pine green colour. It naturally forms low, ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	1 - 1.8m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus mugo 'WINTER GOLD'
(dwarf mugo pine)

Winter Gold is an excellent variety of dwarf mountain pine that has all positives of the species and on top of that brings golden yellow needle colour in winter and early spring. The colder it gets the more yellow it turns. ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.8 - 2m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'GREEN TOWER'
(Austrian pine)

Green Tower is a fastigiate and dwarf variety of Austrian pine. It was found as a seedling, possibly of Pyramidalis variety, by Martin Zimmer in late 1990's. It has about 10 cm, stiff, dark green needles borne in whorls of ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus nigra 'MARIE BREGEON'
(dwarf Austrian pine)

After a huge success with BREPO® variety, a breeder of pines from Switzerland Henri Bregeon comes up with another dwarf pine variety, this time called Marie Bregeon


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

Pinus nigra 'OREGON GREEN'
(Austrian pine)

Oregon Green is a very beautiful addition to the family of small to mid-sized pine trees. It was found as a seedling by Morris Van Meter in his nursery in Boring, Oregon, USA, in early 1990's. It is easily distinguished by ...


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

Pinus nigra ssp. nigra
(Austrian pine)

Austrian (black) pine was first classified by Austrian botanist Johann Arnold in 1785. It is a hardy tree which escaped Austria in early 20th century, and can now be found all around Europe, down to Turkey, and in North Africa. Hard to say if Mother Nature needed a ...


	10 - 30m	6 - 8m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus parviflora 'NEGISHI'
(Japanese white pine)

You needn’t be a specialist to fall in love with this Japanese white pine at the first sight; this is probably one of the top ones mostly sought after by bonsai-makers, though. Needles of Negishi are 5-6 cm long, dark green with silvery grey film which gives it a unique, a ...


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

Pinus strobus
(eastern white pine)

One of the tallest pines is this eastern white pine. It has soft, 7-13 cm long needles of light green colour with a bluish tint. Natural growth is upright with pyramidal shape when young, turning slightly wider and irregular as the branches spread to sides and mature. In gardens where it has limited ...


	8 - 20m		full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'PENDULA'
(Weymouth pine)

White (Weymouth) pines are very popular for their soft needles which you want to touch over and over again. They are usually long, silvery blue-green and come in whorls of 5. Pendula is a picturesque variety with arcing bra ...


	1 - 3m	2 - 4m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus strobus 'TINY CURLS'
(white pine)

Tiny Curls is a picturesque selection of white pine with twisted needles and straight trunk and branches. The needles are mid green with a silver stripe. It is very similar to another variety with twisted needles called Torulosa but Tiny Curls show much more symmetrical growth, ...


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

Pinus strobus 'RADIATA'
(dwarf white pine)

If you like pines with soft needles, white pines are the best choice. Radiata is an old variety from 1923 which is a slow grower with silvery blue-green needles decorated with green underneath. The appearance is fluffy and ...


	1.5 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. It bears 5-7 cm long, mid green needles with a slight bluish overlay. They are borne in pairs and remain on the tree for 3 ...


	2 - 15m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'AUREA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in country, too. The green species makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Aurea is a variety known already since the ...


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

Pinus sylvestris 'GLAUCA'
(Scots pine)

Scots pine is a European native pine species, and is native in our country, too. Its makes the most beautiful and at the same time the most bizarre specimens in the wild. Glauca is a selected variety with blue green needles ...


	2 - 10m	2 - 6m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus sylvestris 'MOSERI'
(dwarf Scots pine)

Moseri is a dwarf variety of Scots Pine from Moser Nursery in Versailles, France, from 1900. It has long, slightly twisted needles of soft green colour in summer and rich golden yellow in winter. It grows very slowly (8-12 ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus uncinata
(mountain pine)

Uncinata is a subspecies of mountain pine. Its main difference from dwarf mountain pine is a central leader which helps it make a tree character. Also, this pine is much taller in full maturity as opposed to common mountain pine, forming a widely pyramidal habit, slightly irregu ...


	10 - 20m	3 - 6m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus wallichiana
(Himalayan pine)

Pinus wallichiana (syn. P. griffithii, P. excelsa)

Himalayan pine is often the dream of most pine growers but due to its large size in maturity only a few dare to grow it in their gardens. Nevertheless, if you have room and love pine trees, this majestic piece is worth a good landscape plan, perhaps even if you eve ...


	15 - 25m	8 - 12m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pinus x schwerinii 'WIETHORST'
(dwarf Schwerin's pine)

Wiethorst is a witch’s broom of Schwerin’s pine, found and named by Johann Wieting in Gieelhorst, Germany. It is dwarf, slow growing version of this pine with symmetrical, pyramidal shape and dense habit. It has ...


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

Platanus orientalis 'DIGITATA'
(oriental plane)

Digitata is a naturally occurring form of oriental plane, now considered a variety. It was first described by British botanist George Henry (1806-1879) who also admitted that the tree had been put into commerce some 30 earl ...


	15 - 25m	15 - 20m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platanus x acerifolia
(London plane tree)

Some trees have identity crisis and scientists are trying to trace up their true origin. As these efforts often end up in argumentative sessions we tend to choose the easiest possible explanation. In the case of this London plane tree we rather believe it comes from Cenozoic platanus aceroide ...


	5 - 30m	2 - 20m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Platycladus 'AUREA NANA'
(oriental arborviatae)

Aurea Nana is a dwarf conifer with golden-yellow, scale-like leaves. It belongs to cypress family and is known under its other name – oriental thuja. It grows slowly, keeps it compact shape and dense habit and is suit ...


	1 - 2m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pleioblastus variegatus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pleioblastus variegatus (Arundinaria fortunei)

This bamboo is a popular groundcover. Its mid-sized leaves are 10-14 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, and distinctly white variegated. It comes from Japan. It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If you want to keep it in a certain area of your garden we recommend using root barriers. ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Podocarpus lawrencei 'RED TIP'
(Tasmanian podocarp)

Red Tip is a valued podocarp variety with dark green, glossy needles which emerge deep burgundy red in spring. They are evergreen and only 1-2 cm long. The plant is mound-forming and quite compact yet we recommend midsummer ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Polystichum polyblepharum
(Japanese tassel fern)

Japanese tassel fern belongs to the evergreen group. Its leaves are hardy to about -20°C if sheltered from sun and wind. In any case the plant is fully hardy to about -30°C. Upright growing leaves are long fronds made of dark green, glossy, leathery leaflets, often with hairy indumentum on the rever ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	0.5 - 0.8m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Polystichum tsussimense
(Korean rock fern)

Korean rock fern is an East Asia species with glossy, evergreen foliage. It forms small, compact shuttlecocks of 20-40 cm long, pinnate fronds which might have been bi-pinnate if only the pinnae had not been joined at the base into one, deeply lobed, lanceolate, ab ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	semi-shade to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Populus deltoides 'PURPLE TOWER'
(eastern cottonwood)

In 2011 and 2012 the internet sites, forums, and gardeners’ blogs got flooded by pictures and information about a poplar variety that received gold medal at an international plant exhibition in Moscow in 2011. Its name is Purple Tower and it was bred in Polan ...


	2 - 10m	1 - 3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'ABBOTSWOOD'
(cinquefoil)

Abbotswood is an older and proven variety of cinquefoil. It produces masses or 3 cm wide, snow white flowers from late May until early July, and then repeats flowering in several flushes until late August or even mid Septem ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Potentilla fruticosa 'KOBOLD'
(shrubby cinquefoil)

Kobold is one of the top varieties of shrubby cinquefoil with bright yellow flowers from June until early autumn. The shrub grows slowly into a compact bush that will look very neat if pruned every spring. Such plant will flower more profusely and offer a larger mass of grass-gr ...


	0.4 - 1m	0.4 - 1m	full sun	3 (down to -40°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

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Prunus 'ACCOLADE'
(flowering cherry)

This flowering cherry is a cross between prunus sargentii and prunus subhirtella, both of which are flowering cherries. In early spring it produces masses of semi double light pink flowers that can withstand a few degrees of late frosts since they start blooming in early April a ...


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

Prunus 'SNOW FOUNTAINS'®
(weeping cherry)

Originally named Snofozam after it was put to trade this hybrid weeping cherry received a nicer name Snow Fountains® which tells everything. In the spring it produces masses of lightly scented pure white flowers along plentiful of weeping branches that may run almost ...


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

Prunus armeniaca 'POLONAIS'
(apricot tree)

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 fir ...


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

Prunus armeniaca 'SAN CASTRESE'
(apricot tree - midseason)

San Castrese is an Italian, vigorously growing apricot variety producing fruit from about early August in CE climate. The fruit is golden yellow to pale orange, only slightly red flushed, almost rounded, sweet, aromatic, le ...


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

Prunus armeniaca ZAKRSLÉ ODRŮDY / DWARF
(dwarf apricot tree)

Who would not love a fresh and sweet apricot picked off in the middle of summer. Not a garden owner? No problem, dwarf apricots will live in a large pot on a balcony or patio, too. They are all self-fertile so that they don’t need a pollinator which might be ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'BURLAT'
(sweet cherry tree)

Burlat is an early variety of sweet cherries. The fruit is vivid to dark red, mid-sized or large, very sweet and juicy, with medium firm flesh. As it is very precocious it is not vermicular. It is partly self-fertile but benefits from being pollinated by another early cherry. ...


	3 - 7m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'DÖNISSENS GELBE'
(sweet cherry)

Dönissens Gelbe is a super sweet and aromatic variety of yellow sweet cherries from Germany. It produces masses of medium-sized, juicy fruit in July. Its colour brings one advantage – it is usually untouched by birds ...


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

Prunus avium 'GIORGIA'
(sweet cherry - early)

Giorgia is an early sweet cherry variety from Verona in Italy where it was bred by Giorgio Bargioni. It produces about 3 cm wide cherries of 7-9 g from approximately last week June (depending on weather). They are crispy an ...


	3 - 6m	2 - 4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'HEDELFINGEN'
(sweet cherry)

Hedelfingen is a very good variety of sweet cherry. It bears medium-sized fruit in early summer. Fruit is sweet and crunchy and partly resistant to cracking. It gains its colour about a week before it is truly mature. It needs protection from cherry-worms. It is not self-fert ...


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

Prunus avium 'NAPOLEON'
(bigarreau cherry)

Napoleon is a mid-season variety of sweet bigarreau cherry. Its fruit ripens in early July. Fruit is large, heart-shaped, yellow and red, getting deeper red as it matures on the tree. The flesh is aromatic, sweet, and has excellent taste. It needs protection from cherry-worms. ...


	3 - 6m		full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'STELLA'
(sweet cherry)

Stella is one the best modern self-fertile varieties of sweet cherries. It comes from Canada and produces reliable crop of large, sweet, very dark red, juicy fruit from end July. Self-fertile means it does not need a pollin ...


	2 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'SYLVIA'®
(columnar sweet cherry – late)

Sylvia® is a columnar sweet cherry of upright and narrowly conical habit. It produces large, up to 10g cherries. They are rich red and glossy with excellent, crispy, and sweet flavour. It matures late, usually in mid A ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus avium 'Büttners Rote Knorpelkirsche' ALTENBURGER MELONENKIRSCHE
(sweet cherry - medium late)

Büttners Rote Knorpelkirsche is a great and unique sweet cherry variety from German Halle found already in 1795. In early 2000‘ it was renamed to ALTENBURGER MELONENKIRSCHE which truly does no make its pronunciation any easier. This cherry produces excellent fruit of unique taste and beaut ...


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

Prunus avium 'Grace Star' MAXIMA
(sweet cherry - self-fertile)

MAXIMA is a modern, medium early, self-fertile cherry variety from Italy. It starts blooming only about 2 days later than Burlat (another medium-early variety) which helps the flowers escape cherry fruit flies that damage l ...


	3 - 5m	2 - 4m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus cerasifera 'NIGRA'
(cherry plum)

This ornamental cherry plum is popular in demand for its deep burgundy leaves, almost no maintenance at all and no special soil requirements. Deciduous leaves are ovate to elliptic, of deep burgundy red colour. Such shade is perfect to break an overall green landscape with or to be used i ...


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

Prunus cerasus 'MORELLENFEUER'
(sour cherry - late - self-fertile)

Morellenfeuer is one of the top German sour morello cherries. It bears medium-sized, burgundy-black fruit with dark, juicy flesh that is both sour and light sweet, aromatic, freestone. It is ideal eaten fresh as well as processed in jams, preserves, desserts etc. It is a late va ...


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

Prunus domestica 'PRESIDENT'
(moyer plum - late)

President is an amazing moyer plum variety of excellent taste and late maturity. Unlike most moyer plums such as Stanley of Jojo which can be picked up as early as in late August, you have to be more patient for President a ...


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

Prunus domestica 'QUEEN VICTORIA'
(plum)

Queen Victoria is probably the most popular plum with red skin. It is a heavy cropper, producing typically egg-shaped fruit with yellow skin decorated with numerous red blotches. It is very sweet and juicy, stone-free. The ...


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

Prunus domestica 'REINE CLAUDE D`OULLINS'
(golden gage)

Reine Claude d´Oullins is another French variety out of Reine Claude range. It is a greengage with large, spherical fruit of greeny-yellow fruit. It is delicious, sweet and juicy taste, the flesh is attached to the core. It is an early variety that ripens from mid to end of Augu ...


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

Prunus domestica 'STANLEY'
(moyer plum)

Stanley is one of the most tasteful and reliable varieties of plums. The fruit is sweet and juicy, though firm. Flesh is orange-yellow, skin is smooth, deep violet-blue. The fruit is excellent fresh as well as canned, high sugar content makes them ideal for drying. It blooms ...


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

Prunus domestica 'ŠVESTKA DOMÁCÍ' ('Quetsche d'Alsace')
(European plum - midseason)

Quetsche d’Alsace is one of the oldest European plum varieties that was first described in German Alsace in 1914, hence its name. Still, it is so old and of unclear origin that most producing countries gave it its own ...


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

Prunus domestica ssp.syriaca 'MIRABELLE de NANCY'
(cherry plum)

Mirabelle de Nancy is a cherry plum which is believed to be present and popular in France since the 15th century. Cherry plum is specific fruit, something between damson and plum. This var ...


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

Prunus incisa 'KOJOU-NO-MAI'
(Fuji cherry)

Fuji cherry Kojou-no-mai is a fantastic must have for small gardens and yards. This little shrub or tiny tree (if grafted on a short stem) is an eye-catching jewel with year-round interest. In winter it shows attractive arc ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus kurilensis 'BRILLANT'
(flowering plum tree)

This flowering plum is a popular flowering tree although very few people even know its name. It is a slow to medium fast growing small tree which makes a handsome crown with profusion of flowers early in the spring, sooner than any Japanese flowering cherry. In our garden it is the first heav ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus kurilensis 'RUBY'
(flowering plum tree)

This flowering plum is a unique shrub of small-sized gardens. Thanks to its size it is suitable for even the smallest of gardens. The main feature – flowers – appear earliest of all flowering cherries and plums. They are soft pink with yellow stamens and there is always profusion of them ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'ANI'
(Cherry laurel)

Ani is a Hungarian cherry laurel bred by Dr. Jozsa Miklos in order to achieve hardy and compact varieties suitable for cold winters of Central And Eastern Europe as well as resistant to summer heat and drought. Ani looks a ...


	1 - 2m	1.5 - 1.8m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'MOUNT VERNON'
(cherry laurel)

“Mount Vernon” is an American variety of the lowest cherry laurel which is used for borders, rock gardens, and most often as a luxuriously looking groundcover. The leaves are highly glossy, bright to deep green and slightly drooping which brings an extra elegant feature. Although this is ...


	0.3 - 0.6m		semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'NOVITA'
(cherry laurel)

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 fo ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'NOVITA'
(cherry laurel - STANDARD TREE)


	3 - 6m	1 - 3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'OTTO LUYKEN'
(Cherry laurel)

Otto Luyken is one of the best known as well the most reliable and the hardiest selection among cherry laurels. Its evergreen pointed leaves are glossy and dark green. In April and May appears a profusion of erect racemes c ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'ZABELIANA'
(cherry laurel)

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- ...


	1 - 1.3m	1 - 3m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Anbri' ETNA®
(cherry laurel)

Etna® is the queen of laurels. Its bright emerald green leaves are glossy and healthy, slightly curved at the ends and edges which gives the whole shrub added plasticity. New leaves emerge coloured in rich bronze. Etna’s foliage is much more tolerant of winter sun scald than ...


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

Prunus laurocerasus 'Flippi01' BONAPARTE®
(cherry laurel)

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 whe ...


	1.5 - 3m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Mariblon' GENOLIA®
(cherry laurel)

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 pru ...


	2 - 3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun to shade		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Verstra' ELLY®
(cherry laurel)

ELLY® is a German introduction of slender growing cherry laurel from Adrian Straver. It forms a dense, columnar, evergreen shrub which requires no pruning to look great. Leathery leaves are mid to dark green, narrowly ...


	2 - 4m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus laurocerasus 'Zsófi' SOFIA
(cherry laurel)

SOFIA is a dwarf cherry laurel that can easily be mistaken for a holy because of its distinctly serrated (not spiny) leaves. Hoar frost makes a picturesque sight in autumn and winter and you will want to make a photo of the ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus lusitanica
(Portugal laurel - shrub)

We are specialists in evergreen plants and offer the widest possible range of hardy, quality plants. Portugal laurel is a great evergreen plant that is surprisingly hardier that some large-leaved cherry laurels. Origin: S.W.Europe. This shrub has ovate to ell ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - shrub)

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 ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'ANGUSTIFOLIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)

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 le ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel)

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. The stalks and new stems are rich ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'BRENELIA'
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)


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

Prunus lusitanica 'VARIEGATA'
(Portugal laurel)

Variegata is an eye-catching mutation of Portugal laurel. It bears evergreen, narrowly elliptic, slightly undulated, deep green leaves with white margins which turn pink in autumn and winter when leaf stalks and young twigs ...


	2 - 2.5m	1 - 2m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus lusitanica 'Ybrazo1' TICO®
(Portugal laurel)

You can easily fall in love with this Portugal laurel if you like evergreen plants. It will enchant you with its lush, glossy leaves. They are large, thick, somewhat undulated, and emerge coppery orange, turn soft green, and mature to dark green in summer. They res ...


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

Prunus lusitanica 'Ybrazo1' TICO®
(Portugal laurel - STANDARD TREE)

When I first saw the large, glossy, and thick leaves of TICO® Portugal laurel, it was clear that a new chapter of the evergreens was about to be written. First, I tested its hardiness in several locations of Czechia an ...


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

Prunus persica 'FAYETTE'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

If you like peaches and are looking for a heavy cropper try Fayette. This freestone variety bears large fruit that can be compared to the modern varieties. It has smooth, deep red skin with some yellow-orange shades, yellow flesh, and sweet taste. It matures from end August unti ...


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

Prunus persica 'ICE PEACH'
(dwarf peach tree - medium late)

Ice Peach is a dwarf peach tree variety and the first white-skin peach in history. It produces medium-sized fruit with very pale yellow to almost white skin as well as the flesh which is sweet, low in acidity, aromatic, and ...


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

Prunus persica 'REDHAVEN'
(yellow flesh peach tree)

Redhaven is one of the most successful commercial varieties of peach in the world. It comes from the USA, and was registered in 1973. It flowers profusely, is self-fertile and very productive. The fruit is mid-sized, with yellow and red hairy skin and yellow flesh and ripens ...


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

Prunus persica 'Pix-Zee' 'AMBER'®
(dwarf peach tree - midseason)

AMBER® is a dwarf peach tree developed by Chris “Floyd” Zaiger (1926-2020) who devoted all his adult life to breeding stone fruit. He set up Zaiger’s Genetics in Modesto, California, USA, where plants ...


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

Prunus persica var. PLATYCARPA
(flat peach tree)

Platycarpa is not a peach variety but a type (form), in botany it is recognized by var. or f. in front of the name. It has many names and is most often called flat peach, donut peach, even UFO peach, and among growers commo ...


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

Prunus persica var.nucipersica 'SILVER PROLIFIC'
(dwarf nectarine tree)

Silver Prolific is a dwarf nectarine variety with excellent fruit. It has profusion of usual peach-like, bright pink flowers that are clustered along short branches in a dense plant. The leaves are mid green, semi-glossy, n ...


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

Prunus persica var.nucipersica 'Zaitabo®' BIG TOP®
(nectarine)

Big Top® is a yellow-flesh nectarine with regular, rounded, mid-sized fruit with deep red skin. It has excellent, sweet, taste. It is not easily detached from stone. Flowering is not abundant but very productive. It flowers from end March until early April. Fruit ripens usu ...


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

Prunus serrulata 'KANZAN'
(flowering cherry)

Just like many beautifully flowering trees or shrubs, this flowering cherry too comes from China. It even bears a name of an ancient tendai buddhist temple. Kanzanu is a mid sized tree with double pink to magenta flower ...


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

Prunus serrulata 'KIKU-SHIDARE-ZAKURA'
(Cheal´s weeping cherry)

True pink is the colour of this beautiful Cheal´s Weeping Cherry. Either a standard or a half standard tree, this flowering cherry always has rather pendulous branches forming a wide crown. Double flowers appear on bare branches at the end of April and continue throughout May already with ...


	2.5 - 3m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus serrulata 'ROYAL BURGUNDY'
(flowering cherry)

God bless all botanists who restlessly create new and yet more beautiful crosses and hybrids of plants, so we can enjoy splashes of colours and abundant flowering in our gardens. Many of us thought Kanzan to be the best flowering and the most beautiful cherry. Well, get ready for a ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'AUTUMNALIS ROSEA'
(Higan cherry)

The prunus genus contains over 400 species which are useful and beautiful at the same time. There are cherries, plums, peaches or sloes, as well as flowering Japanese cherries, cherry laurels etc. This variety received its name for the season in which it can re-flower if the end of autumn is warm. < ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'AUTUMNALIS'
(higan cherry)

Autumnalis is a popular variety of Higan cherry. It received its name for the season in which it can re-bloom if the weather is sunny and warm. Be it early late autumn, early or mid winter this tree will open its pinkish bu ...


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

Prunus subhirtella 'PENDULA ROSEA'
(weeping Higan cherry)

Weeping Higan cherry has rich pink, double flowers in early cherry season. It makes pendent branches that soon reach the ground. It is the right spring-teller as it announces warmer weather as one of the first flowering trees. It seldom grows taller than 3 m which ...


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

Prunus tenella 'FIRE HILL'
(dwarf Russian almond)

Dwarf Russian almond is a profusely flowering, deciduous shrub from Russia, mostly western part of Siberia. It grows sparsely in our country, too, mainly in Moravia and is a protected plant. Sometimes it is mistaken for mezereon for its flowers and habit look simil ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.8m	full sun	2 (down to -45°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Prunus x cistena
(flowering plum tree)

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 ...


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

Prunus x yedoensis
(Yoshino cherry)

Yoshino cherry brings joy to spring gardens with profusion of white flowers borne from deep red calyxes. It is a hybrid cherry that came from crossing prunus sunhirtella and prunus speciosa. The flowers appear on bare branches in early spring – around April and are followed by deciduous ...


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

Pseudolarix amabilis
(Golden larch)

Pseudolarix amabilis (syn. Pseudolarix kaempferi)

Pseudolarix is a genus of one species only pseudolarix amabilis - golden larch, formerly also called p. kaempferi after the German naturalist, physician, and botanist Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). He was a man of many interests, all of which led to Asia (history, ...


	10 - 20m	6 - 12m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pterocarya fraxinifolia
(Caucasian wing nut)

Caucasian wing nut is one of my favorite trees. I first saw it growing in the castle garden of Třeboň chateau where it was ingeniously and logically placed as a focal point in the front of the main facade. And despite its size I knew immediately that I wanted to gr ...


	15 - 20m	10 - 15m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pulmonaria 'TREVI FOUNTAIN'
(lungwort)

Trevi Fountain lungwort has many features for which it has become so beloved. In spring, usually from early April in CE climate, rise 20-30 cm tall, fleshy stems topped by rich trusses of small, fuchsia-pink flowers which s ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pyrus calleryana 'CHANTICLEER'
(Callery pear)

Callery pear is a flowering (ornamental) pear tree which is cultivated for its profuse flowering in April. The tree produces a huge quantity of snow white flowers followed by small, almost spherical fruit that is edible but not too tasty. Chanticleer is a famous variety of na ...


	8 - 13m	4 - 6m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pyrus communis 'CLAPP'S FAVOURITE'
(pear tree)

Clapps Favourite is an early pear tree variety that was first introduced in the USA before 1860. It bears medium-sized pears with greeny-yellow skin, red flushed. The flesh is sweet, soft and juicy, “melt in the mouth”. It is ideal snack fruit eaten just as picked fr ...


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

Pyrus communis 'CONFERENCE'
(pear tree)

Conference is a famous pear tree from the 19th century. It was first introduced at the National British Pear Conference in 1885, hence its name. It has medium-sized fruit that is pyriform if cross-pollinated, or banana-shaped if self-pollinated. The fruit is pale green with ...


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

Pyrus communis 'WILLIAMS'
(pear tree)

Williams is probably the most known and spread out pear in the world. Its complete name is Williams bon Chretien and comes from the UK, 18th century. It is an early variety bearing mid-sized or large fruit with light green or yellow skin. The flesh is very juicy, aromatic, an ...


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

Pyrus communis ZAKRSLÉ ODRŮDY / DWARF
(dwarf pear tree)

Dwarf pears are short and slender mini trees, usually with erect branches and plenty of fruit on a small tree. They are commonly at least partially or fully self-fertile so that they don’t need a pollinator which might be a problem to find if located on a c ...


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

Pyrus salicifolia 'PENDULA'
(weeping silver pear)

Among quite a few English names of this species I think that silver pear is best. This deciduous tree really belongs to a pear family and has silvery blue-green, willow-like, narrow leaves. They emerge much greener in mid spring, along with the white, scented, 5-pe ...