https://www.about-garden.com Garden Plants - Articles, Photos, Plant Encyclopedia, Discussion forum https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10894-operating-conditions/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10894-operating-conditions/ Introductory provision The following Operating conditions ( OC ) govern the terms of use of the www.garten.cz (www.profizahrada.cz, www.about-garden.com, www.zahrada-cs.com, www.zahrada-sk.com, www.garden-en.com, www.garten-de.com, www.ogrod-pl.com) (hereinafter referred to as Garten.cz ) by third parties (hereinafter Readers ). The owner and operator of Garten.cz is Ing. Miloš Vymazal (hereinafter ... Information / About us https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10880-privacy-policy/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10880-privacy-policy/ I. Basic provisions 1. The personal data controller referred to in Art. 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Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10263-liquidambar-orientalis-oriental-sweet-gum/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10263-liquidambar-orientalis-oriental-sweet-gum/ Oriental sweet gum is a beautiful, slow growing shrub or a small tree from SW Asia. It bears attractive, deeply cut leaves that are fresh green from spring until late summer, and turning rich yellow in neutral soil or orange and red in highly acidic soil in autumn. Each lobe is decorated with a pair of small antlers along the sides. Bark is smooth and on young twigs glossy and burgundy red. Oriental ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10262-liquidambar-acalycina-burgundy-flush-chinese-sweetgum/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10262-liquidambar-acalycina-burgundy-flush-chinese-sweetgum/ Sweetgums are very popular trees, some come from the USA, others from Asia. Thanks to the leaf shape they are often mistaken for maples. However, sweetgum leaves are more star-shaped and usually smaller. They fall down late, usually in early winter and the tree is decorated with fruits, which are small, spiny spheres. Burgundy Flush is an American selection of Chinese sweetgum which is unique sweetgum ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10257-quercus-frainetto-hungarian-oak/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10257-quercus-frainetto-hungarian-oak/ Hungarian oak (Italian oak) is a very handsome tree with attractive foliage. Its leaves are distinctly margined with small, rounded lobes. They are deciduous, up to 20 cm long and glossy, bright green when they emerge, turning darker green in summer, leaving a showy texture of light green veins. Autumn colour is yellow and brown. They are the key feature because of which this tree is grown even in ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10256-acer-platanoides-columnare-norway-maple/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10256-acer-platanoides-columnare-norway-maple/ Norway maple is a native European tree commonly cultivated in countries and regions with harsh winters. It is one of the most common street and park in Czech and Slovak republics. Its tolerance against pollution, low winter temperatures, and vigorous growth made it a useful tree for almost all places where rapid growth is required for screening and as a noise barrier. Columnare is a slender form of ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10255-acer-palmatum-beni-shichi-henge-japanese-maple/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10255-acer-palmatum-beni-shichi-henge-japanese-maple/ Japanese maples are the „créme de la créme“ of every garden. A majestic looking tree needs no pruning at all and we recommend letting it form its own shape. This Japanese maple is an item for collectors. It was first delivered from Japan in 1967 and offer multicoloured leaves. They are deeply lobed, mid green with creamy white, slightly serrated margins that turn pink. It resembles another variety ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10254-acer-cappadocicum-aureum-cappadocian-maple/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10254-acer-cappadocicum-aureum-cappadocian-maple/ Among maples that do not belong to the Japanese group you can also find jewels that offer something a little more extraordinary than the common species. Aureum variety of Cappadocian maple is one example. This mid-sized tree from Asia has interesting palmate leaves with 5 or 7 lobes with conspicuous tips. They are bright green as they emerge, changing to mid green in summer and turning back to golden ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10242-quercus-dentata-carl-ferris-miller-daimyo-oak-korean-oak/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10242-quercus-dentata-carl-ferris-miller-daimyo-oak-korean-oak/ Oaks are common trees of our natural woodlands. They border our ponds, occur naturally in our mixed forests, and make magnificent specimen trees in our parks and arboretums where less common species or rare varieties can be seen. Carl Ferris Miller is a beautiful variety of daimyo oak. It originates in Korea where it was found and named after a former US soldier who founded the Chollipo Arboretum in ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10241-quercus-cerris-turkey-oak/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10241-quercus-cerris-turkey-oak/ Oaks are common trees of our natural woodlands. They border our ponds, occur naturally in our mixed forests, and make magnificent specimen trees in our parks and arboretums where less common species or rare varieties can be seen. Turkey oak is a handsome mid-sized tree with lovely foliage. The leaves are fresh green until early summer, changing to mid green in summer and pale yellow in autumn. They ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10233-helleborus-hgc-goldmarie-%C2%AE-hellebore-lenten-rose/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10233-helleborus-hgc-goldmarie-%C2%AE-hellebore-lenten-rose/ Hellebore (Lenten rose) is not a new plant to Czech and Slovak gardens. I remember those flowering stems that surprisingly pushed through the snow in late winter and I kept asking grandma how come that a plant can flower while there is still snow on the ground. These evergreen perennials are still very popular, mainly thanks to newly hybridized varieties with fantastic flowers. German nursery Heuger ... Plants / Perennials https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10232-abies-koreana-tundra-dwarf-korean-fir/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/10232-abies-koreana-tundra-dwarf-korean-fir/ Tundra is a dwarf variety of Korean fir. It creates an almost perfect cushion of soft green colour. This dwarf conifer is evergreen, very compact, slow growing and mound-forming shrub with bright green needles whose colour remains fresh from January until December. The needles are short, glossy, soft to touch and silvery grey on the undersides. Tundra can grow about 25 cm tall and 40 cm wide in 10 ... Plants / Conifers https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9497-forsythia-viridissima-bronxensis-golden-bell/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9497-forsythia-viridissima-bronxensis-golden-bell/ Viridissima species of Golden bell originates in China. Bronxensis is one of its few but truly fantastic varieties valued for very attractive semi-evergreen foliage and primrose yellow, bell-shaped flowers in early spring (April in zone 6). Leaves are soft green, glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, and heavily serrated at margins. In mild winters majority of them persist on the shrub, falling down only ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9496-cornus-florida-cherokee-daybreak-flowering-dogwood/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9496-cornus-florida-cherokee-daybreak-flowering-dogwood/ Flowering dogwood is quite an unusual shrub or small tree which draws your attention all year round: in the spring it has very showy large petal-like coloured bracts, and its leaves turn to beautiful colours early in the autumn. Cherokee Daybreak® has 4 large, creamy white bracts around a tiny flower head. Leaves are mid green with yellowish-white varigation that turns pink towards the end of summer. ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9495-aucuba-japonica-rozannie-japanese-aucuba/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9495-aucuba-japonica-rozannie-japanese-aucuba/ This evergreen shrub is a commonly known favourite especially in Britain and in milder parts of humid regions of Germany and Benelux. The first specimen was brought from Japan to Europe in 1783, and has been sought after ever since for its unusual shape of foliage and beautiful variegation on some cultivars. Rozannie is an elegant variety of Japanese aucuba. Some might think that it looks too ordinary ... Plants / Evergreen Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9494-amelanchier-canadensis-glennform-shedblow-servicebe/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9494-amelanchier-canadensis-glennform-shedblow-servicebe/ Glennform (RAINBOW PILLAR®) is a unique variety of shedblow serviceberry with upright, columnar growth that is suitable for small gardens and hedges. In April it produces numerous star-shaped, white, scented flowers that are followed by small, spherical berries. These are ready to be picked when their red colour changes to purple black. The taste is sweet and juicy, and can be harvested for as long ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9466-magnolia-denudata-yulan-magnolia/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9466-magnolia-denudata-yulan-magnolia/ Yulan magnolia is the most spectacular species among white flowering magnolias. The flowers are snow white and appear on bare branches in April. The bark is quite dark and offers a nice contrast to the flowers. Deciduous leaves are oval to obovate, upto 15 cm long, mid green of a shade that remains nice and fresh until the autumn when the leaves turn yellow and fall down. It grows moderately into a ... Plants / Deciduous Trees https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9465-magnolia-campbellii-lanarth-magnolia/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9465-magnolia-campbellii-lanarth-magnolia/ Lanarth is another breathtaking rare magnolia. It belongs to campbelli group which originated in Nepal and India. Its full name is Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata Lanarth. This one, however, comes from Yunnan Province in China, where it was raised from a seed in 1924 by a famous collector George Forrest. It has extremely large flowers, open wide they are up to 30 cm across. Their colour is cyclamen ... Plants / Deciduous Shrubs https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9464-air-plants/ https://www.about-garden.com/a/en/9464-air-plants/ Air Plants: Your Guide To Indoor Plants For Effective Air Plant Care And Tillandsia The care, maintenance of your air plants is found in this great title AIR PLANTS: YOUR GUIDE TO INDOOR PLANTS FOR EFFECTIVE AIR PLANTS CARE AND TILLANDSIA This Tillandsia with their blooming circle coming just once in their entire life time, require a certain amount of care for them to bloom. This book will give you ... Other / Books