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Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' - European elder (289 readers)
Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 09:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Aren’t the breeders krafty, I often say to myself. Take European elder, for instance. This omnipresent shrub grows anywhere, without any maintenance and the more you prune it the thicker it gets. Well, what a promising start for cultivation, someone said. And here we are! So forget this common weed of our countryside and dive in the world of SAMBUCUS, the world of colours, shapes and sizes that, with 10 different varieties, could well do for one complete garden. ...
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation' - lilac (279 readers)
Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 09:15:44 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Lilacs are famous shrubs with showy flowers from May to June. Rich and dense upright panicles of tiny, fragrant flowers last for 3-4 weeks. Sensation is a variety with a perfect name. Its individual flowers are deep purple to violet with rich, white margins = an eye-catcher even for those who consider lilacs far too usual. They are strongly fragrant. ...
Malus 'Royalty' - crab apple (229 readers)
Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 09:07:43 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This crab apple is a beautiful small tree with excellent flowering in the spring. The flowers are deep pink to bright purple and are followed by non-edible dark purple small fruits. The leaves are small-ish as opposed to real apple, shiny, deep purple throughout the season. ...
Malus COCCINELLA® 'Courtarou' - crab apple (126 readers)
Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 08:54:23 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Coccinella® is a relatively new variety of crab apple. It is protected as a registered trademark and its features speak for itself. The flowers are pale to rich purple, with tints of red rather than pink as on ornamental cherries. Moreover, this selection has burgundy leaves and dark red branches for an exquisite display throughout summer. ...
Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' - black chokeberry (317 readers)
Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Recently, less known fruit trees and shrubs are becoming more and more popular mainly thanks to their original taste as well as positive impact on our health. Black chokeberry is one of them. It is in the same rosaceae family as the service tree and its fruit is similar, too. The lustrous fruits are black, slightly larger than black currant, contain vitamin C and other important microelements such as ferrum and iodine. They can be eaten fresh, in fruit salads or sundaes, or processed as stewed f ...
Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose' - common lilac (271 readers)
Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:08:03 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Lilacs are famous shrubs with showy flowers from May to June. Rich and dense upright panicles of tiny fragrant flowers last for 3-4 weeks. Variety Primrose has yellow-green buds and light creamy yellow flowers. Stiff leaves are heart-shaped, upto 10 cm long, mid to dark green. ...
Azalea 'Arneson Gem' - deciduous azalea (228 readers)
Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:00:07 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Knapp Hill rhododendron | Deciduous azaleas are probably the most striking flowering shrubs. Their colours are vivid and bright, and often have the shades that not many rhododendrons can offer. They need full sun. “Arneson Gem” is a true jewel. Its reddish buds open to soft golden-yellow flowers with apricot orange tips and petal margins. It is fragrant and the leaves are disease resistant. Prolific bloomer. ...
Azalea japonica 'Snow' - Japanese azalea (696 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:51:37 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Japanese azaleas are very popular features of our gardens. In their home climate they grow to relatively substantial shrubs, as opposed to limited sizes in our continental, dry climate. Azaleas are very floriferous, maintenance-free shrubs that bloom from end April until end May. Snow is a pure white variety with large, scented flowers. It grows moderately fast into an irregular-shaped shrub. ...
Azalea japonica - japanese azalea (655 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:46:53 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Japanese azaleas enhance every flowering spring garden. They are an ideal choice for evergreen compositions; they can be easily pruned to reach a shape you like. We offer shrubby forms, cones and half standards. There are plenty of colours to choose from – shades of red, pink, purple or violet, and obviously white. ...
Magnolia 'Betty' - girl magnolia (621 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:40:09 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs In 1955 and 1956 several crosses between m.liliflora and m.stellata were made at the U.S. National Arboretum by William F. Kosar and Dr. Francis de Vos. These selections bloom two-four weeks later than other spring blooming magnolias, reducing the possibility of frost damage to minimum. Betty’s flowers are deep purple outside and almost white inside, there are up to 19 narrow, long petals which in full bloom open like a star as much as 20 cm wide with strong citrus scent. It has attractive brigh ...
Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alexandrina' - saucer magnolia (667 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:30:10 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Alexandrina is a very popular variety of saucer magnolia. Thanks to the rich colour of outer petals it is rated commercially best-selling saucer magnolia. The flowers are upto 10 cm across, white inside, flushed deep pink and purple outside, with a lovely fragrance. ...
Hibiscus moscheutos 'Scarlet' - swamp mallow (438 readers)
Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:54:33 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Swamp mallow has been a sought after plant over the past couple of years and its popularity is rising as new varieties keep coming in the market. Scarlet is a Czech selection with deep red flowers of enormous size: 20-23 cm wide. Fat buds are deep red, too. Deadheading spent flowers will encourage setting new flower buds. ...
Magnolia 'Goldstar' - Goldstar magnolia (580 readers)
Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:41:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate. Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shaped magnolias. The colour is a delicate creamy-yellow and as the shrub flowers abundantly it brings a little bit of spring sunshine to your awakening garden. The flowers come out about a week or two later than stellata types. ...
Calycanthus floridus - sweetshrub,strawberry shrub, pinneapple shrub (500 readers)
Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 17:09:31 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This easy to grow shrub has many names and all of them say something about the beautiful scent of the flowers: sweetshrub, strawberry shrub, or even pineapple shrub. That’s because of the deliciously scented flowers which smell like a blend of strawberry jam and apple juice. ...
Lonicera kamtschatica 'Modrý triumf' - honeyberry (502 readers)
Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:26:35 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Honeyberry is an edible version of honeysuckle with fruit of similar taste and appearance of blueberry. Modrý triumf is a Czech variety selected for the best taste and heavy cropping. The fruit is sweet or sweet-and-sour, 25-35 mm long, oval, deep blue. The fruit ripens very early, often already in May, about two weeks before the first strawberries. ...
Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' - false spirea (1290 readers)
Contributed by havlis 12.03 2008 on 13:21:07 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs False spirea is a valuable plant for small sized gardens as it quickly fills limited space with mass of beautiful leaves. It is a woody plant spreading with suckers like some perennials. Its leaves are fresh green during summer, pinnate, and look like service-tree leaves but are finer and prettier. When young they are rich pink or purple, slowly changing to yellowish-green. ...
Philadelphus 'Mont Blanc' - mock orange (750 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 11:11:44 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Mock orange is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub of old European gardens. It is popular for its snow white, scented flowers. They are single on this variety and come out profusely every year in early summer. They release a heavy fragrance that can hardly be mistaken for anything else. Mont Blanc is a hybrid of a compact shape, growing about 1m tall and wide. ...
Paeonia suffruticosa - tree peony (866 readers)
Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 11:07:35 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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. Leaves are deeply lobed, mid green, turning multiple of colours in autumn. ...
Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra Select' - purple lily magnolia (1076 readers)
Contributed by havlis 21.02 2008 on 08:51:38 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This lily magnolia is a special selection from Italy, found by Mr.Giovanni and Mr.Rolando Tesi in their nursery in late 1980´s. It has deep burgundy petals on the outside with light to rich purple red inside. It belongs to the darkest purple magnolias in the market. The cup shaped flowers are borne erect on the stems and appear late in April, rather in May, and continue blooming for as many as 4 weeks even when the shrub is in leaf. This selection opens its flowers fully more reliably compared t ...
Hibiscus syriacus 'Hamabo' - Rose of Sharon (515 readers)
Contributed by havlis 21.02 2008 on 08:47:31 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Rose-of-Sharon deserves more attention for its abundant flowering in summer. These maintenance-free shrubs come from eastern Asia and are the inevitable ingredient of every summer garden which they highlight with a wide range of coloured flowers. There has been a number of cultivars available since its discovery. They have various bloom colours, shapes and sizes, as well as varigated leaves. “Hamabo” will no doubt attract your attention thanks to its rare, pink-red veins on pale pink or almost w ...
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