Acer palmatum 'Atrolineare' - Japanese Maple Plants / Trees and Shrubs Small, slow, narrow tree whose deeply divided leaves appear string-like. New growth is purple-red. Autumn colors are usually a good yellow. Growth habit is upright, opposed to the dome topped cultivars Red Pigmy and Villa Taranto. Exquisite and unique form of the Japanese Maple. … Contributed by amazon 17.07. 2008 10:53:11 (34587 readers) | |
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 (191330 readers) | |
Acer palmatum ('Crispifolium') 'Shishigashira' - japanese maple Plants / Trees and Shrubs Japanese maples are the „créme de la créme“ of every garden. A majestic looking tree needs no pruning at all and we recommend to let it form its own shape. … Contributed by havlis 06.07. 2011 18:26:38 (33105 readers) | |
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' - japanese maple Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Bloodgood is an extremely commercially successful variety with deep burgundy leaves. They have 7 lobes and hold the colour reliably. The leaves turn bright scarlet red in the autumn. The bark is blackish-red. … Contributed by havlis 28.08. 2012 11:58:25 (38054 readers) | |
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Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' - Japanese maple Plants / Deciduous Trees Japanese maples are pride of every neat garden. Some are large, others seem motionless owing to extremely slow growth rate. This variety looks similar to acer palmatum but does not grow so large or wide. Its leaves are punkah-shaped leaves are golden yellow, with pinkish tinted margins and veins. They … Contributed by havlis 25.10. 2007 10:36:32 (76036 readers) | |
Quercus palustris 'Swamp Pygmy' - dwarf pin oak Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This pin oak has a great name, so true to what it really is = a slow growing dwarf suitable for even the smallest of gardens where it can easily be used as an attractive specimen. It has extremely deeply lobed leaves, 15-17 long, that are deep green and glossy during the season. Its main feature are … Contributed by havlis 10.11. 2007 18:25:33 (25151 readers) | |
Nandina domestica - Heavenly Bamboo Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Commonly called Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina can be used in virtually any part of the landscape and is especially useful in full or part sun, where the foliage color is superb. The new growth is often bronze to rose in color, becoming green with age. In the fall and winter, the growth takes on autumn leaf … Contributed by amazon 14.09. 2007 08:56:39 (26127 readers) | |
Paeonia suffruticosa - tree peony 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 … Contributed by havlis 08.03. 2008 11:07:35 (217872 readers) | |
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Acer japonicum - Amur maple Plants / Deciduous Trees Acer japonicum, the Amur maple, downy Japanese-maple or fullmoon maple; Japanese: ハウチワカエデ hauchiwakaede) is a species of maple native to Japan, on Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū (Nagasaki Prefecture), and also southern Korea. … Contributed by garden-en 23.10. 2016 13:22:31 (18031 readers) | |
Stewartia pseudocamellia var.koreana - Korean stewartia, false camellia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This false camellia – Korean stewartia is very similar to its Japanese sister stewartii pseudocamellia. It comes from moist woodlands of Korea and it is a tall shrub flowering in summer and has beautiful autumn foliage. … Contributed by havlis 25.01. 2008 10:29:39 (32120 readers) | |
Amelanchier lamarckii - muchovník lamarckov Plants / Deciduous Shrubs A very beautiful, small, North American bush or tree that is attractive in all seasons, even in winter when its spreading crown of fine shoots makes a satisfying, dense, shrubby shape. In March the branches erupt with a froth of delicate star-shaped white flowers in lax conical heads, just as the coppery … Contributed by abies 21.11. 2007 11:49:59 (33126 readers) | |
Arum italicum - lords and ladies Plants / Perennials Lords-and-ladies is an old favourite among tuberous plants. And as you can tell by the Latin name, it does not come from Bangladesh though it looks rather exotic. The arrow-shaped leaves are very attractive, marbled green with conspicuous creamy white or yellowish veins. They are popular for flower bouquets. … Contributed by havlis 20.04. 2008 21:24:42 (93120 readers) | |
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Viburnum 'Eskimo' - Eskimo viburnum Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Eskimo is a jewel among viburnums. It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen, compact shrub, growing slowly about 1m tall and wide. In mid-spring it makes almost spherical corymbs of pure white, lightly scented flowers. … Contributed by havlis 27.05. 2008 10:26:11 (46131 readers) | |
Aesculus pavia 'Koehnei' - dwarf red buckeye Plants / Trees and Shrubs If you like big trees for their leaves but own only a small plot have a look at this dwarf red buckeye. Koehnei is a fantastic variety with attractive both foliage and flowers, and moreover, slow growth. … Contributed by havlis 22.09. 2016 14:18:10 (26981 readers) | |
Euonymus europaeus - European spindle Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Scientific names: Euonymus europaea, Euonymus vulgaris Euonymus europaeus (spindle, European spindle, common spindle) is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to much of Europe, where it inhabits the edges of forest, hedges and gentle slopes, tending to thrive on nutrient-rich, … Contributed by garden-en 18.09. 2016 10:12:15 (18726 readers) | |
Fraxinus ornus 'Meczek' - manna ash, flowering ash Plants / Deciduous Trees Meczek is a special variety of flowering ash with a compact, mop-shaped, round crown that does not have to be trimmed to maintain its shape. It was selected in Hungary in 1980´s. … Contributed by havlis 08.02. 2008 10:14:27 (32612 readers) | |
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