Liquidambar styraciflua 'Burgundy' - Sweetgum Plants / Deciduous Trees Burgundy sweetgum is a rare variety prized for its richly coloured autumn leaves and corky furrowed bark. The leaves are typically sweetgum-lobed, star-shaped with 5 tips, deciduous, mid green in summer, and rich carmine and dark burgundy red in autumn. Coloured leaves remain on the tree for a considerable … Contributed by havlis 24.10. 2017 12:42:15 (808 readers) | |
Liquidambar orientalis - Oriental sweet gum Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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 … Contributed by havlis 24.10. 2017 12:36:31 (592 readers) | |
Liquidambar acalycina 'Burgundy Flush' - Chinese sweetgum Plants / Deciduous Trees 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, … Contributed by havlis 24.10. 2017 12:30:53 (675 readers) | |
Quercus frainetto - Hungarian oak Plants / Deciduous Trees 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 … Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2017 16:07:49 (548 readers) | |
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Acer platanoides 'Columnare' - Norway maple Plants / Deciduous Trees 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 … Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2017 16:00:46 (515 readers) | |
Acer palmatum 'Beni Shichi Henge' - Japanese maple Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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. … Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2017 15:52:53 (656 readers) | |
Acer cappadocicum 'Aureum' - Cappadocian maple Plants / Deciduous Trees 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. … Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2017 15:46:00 (493 readers) | |
Quercus dentata 'Carl Ferris Miller' - Daimyo oak, Korean oak Plants / Deciduous Trees 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 … Contributed by havlis 19.10. 2017 18:42:30 (613 readers) | |
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Quercus cerris - Turkey oak Plants / Deciduous Trees 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. … Contributed by havlis 19.10. 2017 18:36:21 (468 readers) | |
Helleborus 'HGC Goldmarie'® - hellebore, Lenten rose Plants / Perennials 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 … Contributed by havlis 17.10. 2017 17:05:49 (634 readers) | |
Abies koreana 'Tundra' - dwarf Korean fir Plants / Conifers 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 … Contributed by havlis 17.10. 2017 16:58:21 (361 readers) | |
Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis' - golden bell Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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 … Contributed by havlis 11.04. 2017 11:21:31 (1281 readers) | |
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Cornus florida 'Cherokee Daybreak' - flowering dogwood Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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. … Contributed by havlis 11.04. 2017 11:16:29 (1138 readers) | |
Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' - Japanese aucuba Plants / Evergreen Shrubs 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. … Contributed by havlis 11.04. 2017 11:10:47 (1213 readers) | |
Amelanchier canadensis 'Glennform' - shedblow servicebe Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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 … Contributed by havlis 11.04. 2017 11:05:34 (901 readers) | |
Magnolia denudata - Yulan magnolia Plants / Deciduous Trees 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. … Contributed by havlis 02.04. 2017 22:12:14 (1192 readers) | |
Magnolia campbellii 'Lanarth' - magnolia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs 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 … Contributed by havlis 02.04. 2017 22:05:05 (1019 readers) | |
