Milan Havlis - gardening

This low shrub is an attractive form of barberry. The main feature that distinguishes it from others is evergreen foliage. The leaves are 2-3 cm long, bright green, oblong or ovate with spiny tips. Unlike other barberries it has only very small thorns or is entirely spineless. Older leaves may turn ...

Darwin’s barberry is another of few evergreen barberries with sufficient hardiness for our climate conditions. It originates in Latin America, in the regions of Chile and Argentina and was first discovered by Charles Darwin, what a surprise, in 1835. It is a nice and reliable shrub w ...

Pink Dragonfly is a fantastic variety of bergenia with elongated, narrower foliage that turns brilliant burgundy red in mid autumn and remains red until spring. It has coral pink flowers on 10-20 cm tall stems. They appear first in mid spring and then again in early summer and o ...

Hard fern is an evergreen fern with deep green, glossy leaves. The fronds are 30-50 cm long, erect. It dislikes direct sun and does best in partial shade or even deep shade. It needs moist, light and acidic soil. In shade it withstands drought. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5). Last upda ...

If you are looking for a nice, evergreen plant that can be either trimmed to a desired shape or quite the contrary – left to its own devices, look no further. Faulkner is a boxwood variety with small leaves. They are ovate to almost rounded, mid green and very glossy. ...

If you are looking for a nice, evergreen plant that can be either trimmed to a desired shape or quite the contrary – left to its own devices, look no further. Arborescens is superb variety of English box with medium slow, dense growth. It is a reliable shrub with small ...

Leaves of Aureovariegata have creamy-yellow margins, some of them may be completely yellow, others entirely green. It is ideal to light up dark corners or highlight borders with other evergreen shrubs of only green colour. It mixes well with broadleaves as well as conifers. It grow ...

Elegantissima brings light and colour into darker places. It has richly varigated leaves, their margins are creamy white or almost butter-yellow. It is ideal to light up dark corners or highlight borders with other evergreen shrubs of only green colour. It mixes well with broadleaves a ...