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Acanthus 'WHITEWATER'
(bear's breeches)

Whitewater variety is a masterpiece created by Janet N. Egger from the Terra Nova® Nurseries in Oregon, USA. It bears beautifully variegated leaves that look like they have been intentionally white painted over and over for a patina effect. The leaves a ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Acanthus mollis
(bear's breeches)

Bear’s breeches is a unique perennial with large, architectural leaves. They are deep green and extremely glossy. Strong plants make long, erect stems with pinkish flowers at the end of summer. It is evergreen in milder parts of Europe. Acanthus is popular in the Mediterranean where ...


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

Acer monspessulanum
(Montpellier maple)

Montpellier maple is a typical Mediterranean tree commonly found in dry, coastal or mountainous landscapes of Portugal, France, and Italy. It makes small, three-lobed, leathery but deciduous leaves, which are medium green in summer, and turn yellow, amber orange or ...


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

Agapanthus 'PM003' EVERPANTHUS POPPIN' PURPLE
(African blue lily)

EVERPANTHUS® POPPIN’ PURPLE is a special variety of hardy African blue lily with purple blue (not sky blue) flowers. Individual flowers are funnel-shaped, composed in large umbels, and open one by one thus extend ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Albizia julibrissin
(silk tree)

Mimosaceae plants are common and popular mainly in southern Europe for their high tolerance to drought as well as attractive and long lasting flowering. Even though they come from subtropical parts of the world there is one species hardy enough to be grown in our climate - si ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'EVI'S PRIDE'
(silk tree)

Evi's Pride (also spelled Evey's Pride) is a purple-leaved form of silk tree which boasts with better hardiness and richer flowering as opposed to Summer Chocolate®< ...


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

Albizia julibrissin 'Boubri' OMBRELLA®
(silk tree)

Ombrella® belongs to the hardy group. It was a chance selection from France which was observed and cultivated, and later on patented under the name Boubri. It differs from the species by darker leaves and deeply coloured flowers. Exotic looking flowers are pinky-red, hairy spheres wit ...


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

Aralia elata 'AUREOVARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Aureovariegata Japanese angelica tree is another variegated form of this east Asian taxon. It boasts showy variegation of leaf margins that are rich yellow in spring and turn paler in summer to almost white when the flowers ...


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

Aralia elata 'VARIEGATA'
(Japanese angelica tree)

Variegata is one of the first (or possibly the very first) variegated mutation of Japanese angelica tree which probably explains it rather botanical, charmless name. Nonetheless the plant itself is charm impersonified! ...


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

Arbutus unedo 'COMPACTA'
(hardy strawberry tree)

Compacta is a strawberry tree selection found many years ago as a seedling of the species. It boasts a neat and well-behaved habit, dense branching, and improved hardiness. Its evergreen leaves are narrowly obovate, 5-7 cm ...


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

Artemisia 'POWIS CASTLE'
(wormwood)

Powis Castle is an English variety of wormwood that is also called Brass Band. It is most likely a spontaneous hybrid between the species a. arborescens and a. absinthium from the Middle East where wormwoods willingly hybri ...


	0.4 - 0.8m	0.4 - 0.8m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'ASHTON'S PRIDE'
(hardy camellia)

Ashton’s Pride is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Plain Jane) and camellia sasanqua (cv. Santozaki). It produ ...


	1.5 - 2.5m	1.5 - 2.5m	semi-shade to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia 'PINK ICICLE'
(hardy camellia)

Pink Icicle is a showy, large-flowered hybrid camellia bred by dr. Ackermann from the United States National Arboretum. Its semi-double, soft pink flowers are 11 cm across, and open in April for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergr ...


	1.8 - 2.5m	1.3 - 1.8m	semi-shade to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia japonica 'ADEYAKA'
(hardy camellia)

Adeyaka means Fascinating in Japanese, and the name was aptly chosen for this special Japanese camellia. It produces uniquely bell-shaped (but not nodding) flowers, 6-8 cm across when fully open, revealing multiple yellow s ...


	1.5 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia japonica 'ALBA SIMPLEX'
(hardy camellia)

Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any furth ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	semi-shade to shade	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Camellia japonica 'APRIL BLUSH'
(hardy camellia)

April Blush is a spring flowering camellia from the April series bred by dr. Clifford Parks. It produces 6-8 cm large, semi double flowers that are near white with a very pale tone of pink. They come out from early April fo ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 2m	semi-shade to shade	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'AZTEC PEARL'
(Mexican orange)

This variety called Aztec Pearl was bred by Peter Moore and introduced in 1989, when Hiller Nurseries celebrated their 125th anniversary. Its name perfectly describes this evergreen plant from the moment it begins to show flower buds. They are pearl-shaped, ...


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

Choisya 'Hilgold' AZTEC GOLD
(Mexican orange)

AZTEC GOLD is a Hillier Nurseries introduction from 2012, bred by Alan Postill. It is a bright golden-yellow-leaved choisya shrub. It produces profusion of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant flowers with yel ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Choisya 'Limo' GOLDFINGERS
(Mexican orange)

Possibly every plant is capable of creating its gold-leaved mutation. No wonder Peter Moore helped choisya with this process when crossing choisya ternata Sundance with choisya arizonica pollen. It was named GOLDFINGERS and ...


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

Choisya 'Lissfing' GREENFINGERS®
(Mexican orange)

GREENFINGERS® is a large-leaved Mexican orange variety from 2019, developed by Peter Catt from Liss Forst Nursery in Liss, Hamshire, England. It bears evergreen, softly leathery, glossy, palmate leaves divided into 7 l ...


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

Choisya 'Londaz' WHITE DAZZLER
(Mexican orange)

WHITE DAZZLER is a follow-up choísie to Aztec Pearl from Peter Moore, introduced in 1991. It produces masses of simple, star-shaped, pure white, and very fragrant ...


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

Choisya 'Pmoore09' APPLE BLOSSOM
(Mexican orange)

APPLE BLOSSOM is another of English beauties among hybrid choisias bred by their father Peter Moore. It is renowned for very fine foliage, and also is the very first to offer romantic pink colour. From late April until earl ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.6 - 0.8m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Cupressus sempervirens 'GARDA'
(Mediterranean cypress)

Garda is a selected form of Tuscan cypress found in the Italian Lake Garda region. It naturally forms slender, evergreen columns, whose dense branches are covered with dark green, scale-like needles that do not lose their c ...


	6 - 12m	1 - 2m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Daphne x transatlantica 'Blafra' ETERNAL FRAGRANCE™
(daphne)

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 per ...


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

Eremurus 'LINE DANCE'
(desert candle)

Do you know Line Dance? A dance where dancers are formed in one or more rows and the fact that they all make the same moves and repeat them over and over makes the performance very attractive. This desert candle variety, an ...


	1.3 - 1.5m		full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Eremurus x isabellinus 'SOLID YELLOW'
(desert candle)

Solid Yellow is a sought-after desert candle variety producing truly solid yellow flowers without any other hues. Its numerous star-shaped flowers form dense spikes and open from the bottom upwards. The plants look absolute ...


	1.3 - 1.5m		full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Eucalyptus gunnii 'Cagire' AZURA
(cider gum)

AZURA is undoubtedly the first reliably hardy cider gum variety of European origin. It has typically steel blue-green, rounded, highly aromatic, evergreen foliage along silvery blue stems. It grows moderately to fast and it ...


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

Ficus carica 'BORNHOLM'S DIAMOND'
(fig tree)

Another hardy fig that can grow and even fruit in our climate (zone 6) is called Bornholm’s Diamond (Bornholms Diamant). Its name and characteristics were derived from a Swedish variety called Bornholm bred on on island of the same name. This one is more tolerant of damp w ...


	1 - 2m		full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ficus carica 'BROWN TURKEY'
(fig tree)

One of the hardiest figs for our climate (zone 6) is named Brown Turkey. As the name suggests the fruit is brownish-red or blackish-purple, relatively large and sweet. They do not require pollination. Immature fruit and branches contain sap which can be an eye and lip-irritant. ...


	1 - 2m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ficus carica 'ICE CRYSTAL'
(fig tree)

Ice Crystal is a unique variety of fig tree which probably rose from spontaneous crossbreeding with ficus afghanistanica. It stands out for its beautiful, palmate, deeply lobed leaves whose margins are picturesquely carved ...


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

Hibiscus moscheutos 'LUNA WHITE®'
(swamp mallow)

LUNA WHITE® is the white version of swamp mallow from the Luna® series bred in 2000. The flowers are white with a small red eye in the centre and a short pistil with numerous light beige anthers. It is a compact, ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'CRANBERRY CRUSH'
(swamp mallow)

Cranberry Crush swamp mallow produces large, cup-shaped, rich cranberry red flowers from midsummer until early autumn. They are borne atop about one meter tall, strong, red stems, and each stem makes 14-20 flowers. Deciduou ...


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

Hibiscus x 'FANTASIA'
(swamp mallow)

Fantasia swamp mallow produces almost 20 cm large flowers of unique colour - it is somewhat old pastel pink with a tint of pale violet and lilac. Flowering begins in early August and lasts until early October. Deciduous lea ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'FIREBALL'
(swamp mallow)

Swamp mallow and its hybrids have been sought after plants for the past few years now. They are perennials with sturdy stems that have large, tropically looking flowers. Fireball is a unique variety with large, about 15-25 cm across, clear red flowers from midsummer until early ...


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

Hibiscus x 'JAZZBERRY JAM'
(swamp mallow)

Jazzberry Jam swamp mallow is a stunning variety with large flowers, up to 25 cm wide, of rich magenta pink colour and ruffled margins. They come out from mid August atop very strong, almost 1.5m tall stems that do not bend ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1.3m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'KOPPER KING'
(swamp mallow)

Swamp mallow and its hybrids have been sought after plants for the past few years now. They are perennials with sturdy stems that have large, tropically looking flowers. Kopper King is a variety with large, dinner-plate-size flowers that can be anything from 20 up to 30 cm acros ...


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

Hibiscus x 'PLUM CRAZY'
(swamp mallow)

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	0.8 - 1.2m	0.6 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'ROYAL GEMS'
(swamp mallow)

Royal Gems (not to be mislead by Crown Jewels) is a stunning Swamp mallow variety with extremely large, rich purple pink flowers. Their size is at least 25 cm, but more often 27-28 cm across! Flowering begins early in the s ...


	1 - 1.3m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'SUMMER STORM'
(swamp mallow)

Summer Storm is another modern variety of swamp mallow hybrid. It bears very large flowers – up to 20 cm across, light pink with rosy red veins and a striking burgundy red eye. They are borne on 60-100 cm long stalks from midsummer until early autumn. The leaves are very a ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Akata204' FUJIN®
(swamp mallow)

FUJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nove ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Akata88' RAIJIN®
(swamp mallow)

RAIJIN® is a Japanese variety of hybrid hibiscus bred by Yukio Kurabayashi from Tokyo's Akatsuka Botanical Garden. It is a cross between h. moscheutos and h. coccineus and it was first introduced at the prestigious nov ...


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

Hibiscus x 'Tahi05' CAROUSEL Géant Red
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Géant Red bears large flowers - 15-18 cm across - of deep red colour ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi12' CAROUSEL Pink Candy
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Candy is one of its varieties and is truly as sweet as its name. ...


	0.8 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi16' CAROUSEL® Pink Passion
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Pink Passion makes 16-18 cm wide flowers of deep pastel pink colour. ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hibiscus x 'Tahi56' CAROUSEL® Jolly Heart
(swamp mallow)

CAROUSEL® is an attractive series of several swamp mallow cultivars bred by Alain Tan of French Montauban. Jolly Heart is a wide-eyed variety with 15-16 cm large, white flowers ...


	0.6 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kniphofia caulescens
(torch lily)

This torch lily originates in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Lesotho) where it grows in moist or even marshy areas because it is quite thirsty. In its home frost-free environment it is an evergreen perennial with semi-woody base (just like yucca), but i ...


	0.6 - 1m	0.4 - 0.6m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'HOPI'
(crepe myrtle)

Hopi is a crepe myrtle hybrid variety suitable for zone 6 and higher. It produces rich panicles of bright pink flowers earliest of all known hardy varieties so far introduced – it begins blooming in late July or early ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'LIPAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Lipan crape myrtle is one of Dr. Egolf’s creations from the US National Arboretum. It is a beautiful and fast-growing variety that naturally forms a multi-stemmed shrub/tree with beautifully colored trunks. The flower ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'NATCHEZ'
(crape myrtle)

Natchez is another hardy hybrid of crape myrtle. It has profusion of white flowers from mid summer. Deciduous leaves are 3-4 cm long, elliptic to obovate, very glossy, mid green in summer, turning red and orange in autumn. Older plants reveal cinnamon red flaking-off bark. Natch ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'PURPLE MAGIC'
(crape myrtle)

Purple Magic is a showy crepe myrtle variety of compact (now dwarf) habit. It makes bright purple flowers with violet hues arranged in upright panicles, and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to Septemb ...


	1 - 2m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'RHAPSODY IN PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Rhapsody in Pink is another crape myrtle novelty bred and introduced by Dr.Carl Whitcomb. It was first introduced in 2006 and has been a sought after crape myrtle since. It bears rich panicles of pure pink flowers on the background of burgundy red foliage. The inflorescence keep ...


	1 - 2.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'TUSCARORA'
(crepe myrtle)

Tuscarora is another successful cold-hardy lagestremia hybrid variety from the US National Arboretum. It has bright coral pink to scarlet red flowers composed in upright panicles and appear, according to the quality of the ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'WORLD'S FAIR'
(crepe myrtle)

World’s Fair is a short growing crepe myrtle variety producing arching branches on shrubs that seldom exceed one meter tall and some 1.5m wide. Bright pink flowers are composed in terminal racemes and open continuousl ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia 'Gamad VI' BERRY DAZZLE®
(crepe myrtle)

BERRY DAZZLE® is another crape myrtle introduction by Michael A.Dirr from Georgia, USA. It is a chance seedling of Pocomoke from 2002 forming small, compact and very dense shrubs with bright fuchsia pink flowers, compo ...


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

Lagerstroemia 'Piilag B5' ENDURING SUMMER® RED
(crepe myrtle)

ENDURING SUMMER® is an American crepe myrtle series bred by Joshua H.Kardos. The plants boast compact, rounded habit and excellent resistance to diseases. ENDURING SUMMER® RED ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'PETITE PINK'
(crape myrtle)

Petite Pink crepe myrtle belongs to the Petite series which means 'small' in French and that's exactly what all of its varieties are. Petite Pink has bright pink flowers composed in smaller racemes compared to tall varietie ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full sun		for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'POWHATAN'
(crepe myrtle)

Powhatan is an Indian crepe myrtle variety (not a hybrid) developed at the US National Arboretum. It is a compact, moderately fast-growing shrub or small tree with a dense, almost impenetrable canopy with slightly arching b ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica RHAPSODY IN BLUE
(crepe myrtle)

RHAPSODY IN BLUE is an attractive crape myrtle variety from the Play It Again® series introduced in 2022. The series comprises of varieties with double flowering on the same panicle and in a few cases dar ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'Hoch1065' 'PURPLE STAR'
(crepe myrtle)

PURPLE STAR is an amazing crepe myrtle variety introduced in 2020 with rich purple violet flowers composed in short, upright panicles. They are non-scented and appear, according to the quality of summer, from August to Sept ...


	2 - 3m	1.5 - 2m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit II' DYNAMITE®
(crepe myrtle)

DYNAMITE® is one of the reddest crepe myrtle varieties currently known to trade. It belongs to the Play It Again® series which comprises of varieties with double flowering on the same panicle and in ...


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

Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit X' DOUBLE DYNAMITE®
(crepe myrtle - STANDARD TREE)

DOUBLE DYNAMITE® is an improved crepe myrtle variety of DYNAMITE® from 2014. It bears some of the reddest flowers on the background of dark maroon folia ...


	2 - 5m	1 - 2m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'FERRUGINEA'
(southern magnolia)

Ferruginea is a southern magnolia variety with large, 24-26 cm across, creamy white, lotus-like flowers whose fragrance attracts not only bees and other insects, but also most perfume producers and every passer-by, especial ...


	4 - 8m	3 - 5m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'FRANCOIS TREYVE'
(southern magnolia)

Francois Treyve evergreen magnolia is more compact than the species. It bears deep green, glossy, broadly ovate or almost rounded leaves with cinnamon-brown leathery undersides that protect them from drying winds and cold. Flowers appear from the first hot and sunny days of summer. The ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'LITTLE GEM'
(southern magnolia)

Little Gem is an evergreen magnolia which is smaller in every aspect but offers more of everything. The glossy, leathery leaves are numerous, making the plant very dense. They are deep green with distinct rusty underneath. ...


	2 - 4m	1.5 - 2.5m	full sun	6b (down to -21°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'MARYLAND'
(southern magnolia)

Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties available. MarylandMarylandwhich offers something unique – different leaf colour as it is ...


	3 - 8m	2 - 4m	full to partial sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora ALTA® ('T.M.G.H.')
(southern magnolia)

ALTA® is a gorgeous southern magnolia of dense habit and narrowly columnar, very elegant shape that looks like a candle flame. From the first hot days of summer large – 20-24 cm across, creamy white, strongly swe ...


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

Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(southern magnolia)

Goliath is bushier than the species. As you can tell by its name, something is going to be extraordinary here. True: the flowers are extremely large, often up to 30 cm wide, strongly fragrant and appear on the plant usually from June, often from late May if ...


	3 - 8m	3 - 4m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Magnolia grandiflora 'GOLIATH'
(bull bay magnolia - STANDARD TREE)

Evergreen magnolias are the queens of flowering trees. We choose the most beautiful and at the same time the hardiest varieties. Goliath is a cultivar found by American botanist Albert Charles Smith (1906-1999) in former Ca ...


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

Magnolia macrophylla ssp. ASHEI
(Ashe magnolia)

Ashei is a rare subspecies of bigleaf magnolia popular for much smaller height compared to the species. Some even call it dwarf but given a height of 3 to 4 meters I would probably avoid with, but I can understand their nee ...


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

Mahonia eurybracteata ssp. ganpinensis
(threadleaf mahonia)

Ganpinensis is a threadleaf mahonia subspecies with the narrowest leaves. There is an assumption that it might be the identical plant to the American variety SOFT CARESS selected by Karen Reiter Stever. She claims that she ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	semi-shade / partial sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Morus alba 'FRUITLESS'
(white mulberry)

Plane-leaved mulberry has many admirers thanks to its almost exotic large leaves. Fruitless is a follow-up variety from Italy eliminating the only set back this tree may have when it comes to cleanliness: it is sterile (mal ...


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

Morus alba 'MACROPHYLLA'
(white mulberry)

Macrophylla is a beautiful cultivar of white mulberry with an exotic touch. Its other name says plane-leaved which aptly describes its most prominent feature: large, sycamore-like, deeply ...


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

Osmanthus fragrans
(Fragrant olive)

The species of sweet olive is an evergreen shrub from Asia where it occupies a wide area from the western Himalayas to Indochina, and among the large-leaved sweet olive species it stands out with one important feature – it has perfectly smooth (entire) leaf m ...


	3 - 4m	2 - 3m	full to partial sun	7 (down to -18°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

Pinus pinea SELEKCE
(Italian stone pine)

Being a plant lover based in Europe and perhaps a bit of a traveler, too, I suppose you must have been to the Mediterranean at least once in your life, am I right? And there, you must have come across one of the key features of the Mediterranean landscape apart from the Tuscan cypress – the


	10 - 20m	8 - 15m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Quercus suber
(cork oak)

Cork oak is deservedly one of the most admired evergreen oaks. Native to the Mediterranean basin (SW Europe and NW Africa), it is the national tree of Portugal which is the largest producer of cork that is obtained from its bark. It is both a long-lived tree and at ...


	6 - 10m	6 - 8m	full sun	7 (down to -18°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Rodgersia pinnata 'ALBA'
(rodgersia)

In early summer rise 50-90 cm tall stems with plume-like panicles composed of tiny, fragrant flowers. Alba is a seedling selection with white flowers. They emerge pale yellow and mature to clean white. Individual flowers are tiny and star-shaped and resemble ...


	0.5 - 0.1m	0.5 - 0.8m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Tricyrtis formosana 'Innotripf' PINK FRECKLES®
(toad lily)

Toad lily is a rhizomatous plant with orchid-like leaves and unusual star-shaped flowers with 6 heavily spotted petals and stigmas. PINK FRECKLES® is a compact variety producing light lilac pink to pale violet flowers ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Wisteria brachybotrys 'SHOWA-BENI' ('AKA-KAPITAN')
(silky wisteria - STANDARD TREE)

Flowers of Showa-beni (or ‘Aka-kapitan’) silky wisteria open from rich pink buds into pastel pink flowers with a conspicuous yellow-green spot on the upper lip. Individual flowers are pea-like, about twice the s ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca filamentosa 'BRIGHT EDGE'
(Adam's needle)

Bright Edge is another variegated Adam’s needle. Its leaves are enriched with wide, bright yellow margins. It is an evergreen shrub with basal rosettes of erect, inversely lance-shaped leaves which are rigid but not s ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca gloriosa
(Spanish dagger)

Spanish dagger comes from coastal parts of S.E. USA (North Carolina to Florida) where it naturally grows on sandy sites, exposed to wind, drought, and heat. It can easily by confused with Adam’s needle (yucca filamentosa) whose leaves are much softer while Sp ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Yucca rostrata
(beaked yucca)

Beaked yucca is a tree-like yucca with evergreen, steel-blue leaves formed in a dense rosette. The blades are 40-60 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. You can also come across specimens with a thin yellow margin but those do not seem to be considered separate or named ...