Beautiful evergreen foliage with changing colours
Young flamboyant red shoots contrasting with glossy green foliage
In autumn, the entire plant takes on deep wine-red autumn colours that persist throughout the winter
Selected by a nurseryman for its ease of cultivation, it grows well and is healthy
Interesting all year round, ideal for undergrowth or shady slopes, can also be planted in tubs or pots
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In springtime its chartreuse coloured leaves are very attractiveA Nandina with a brand-new colour! The new shoots are yellow-green, chartreuse or also lime green and very bright. In full sun the outer leaves keep their chartreuse colour, whereas the inner leaves turn light green.Its shape is very interesting, forming a bushy and branched little shrub of under 1 m, like a ball.It never flowers, or very seldom.Recommended to illuminate the darker parts of the garden in the spring, it also accepts to be grown in pots.Trophies: Gold medal at PLANTARIUM 2014 (Boskoop - NETHERLANDS)Honored with a Retailer's Choice Award™ at SNA 2014
A physocarpus with golden foliage
Raspberry Lemonade® is a highly flowering, melliferous physocarpus variety with a compact, upright habit and dense branching that doesn't spread.
Its fine, golden-green leaves do not burn in the sun. Its white blossoms are followed by small, brightly-colored coral-red fruits.
It's an easy plant, requiring little maintenance or pruning.
A shrub with cheering flowers in late summer!
Sweet Cherry Tea® is a highly flowering, melliferous physocarpus variety with a compact, upright habit and dense branching that doesn't spread.
Its fine leaves are brightly colored, evolving from orange-red spring foliage to purple. Its dark pink flower buds bloom light pink, with a mid-summer flush of flowers.
It's an easy plant, requiring little maintenance or pruning.
A beautiful regular ball of 0,80 m high (fully grown).
Growth rate is 5 - 9 cm per year, slower than 'Pierrick Bregeon'.
Forms a compact dense mound.
Light green needles of up to 10 cm, can naturally and slightly turn yellow in winter. Spiraling needles at maturity. Viability of the needles: 3 to 4 years.
Small grey buds with a pointy tip
No resin production.
Like all the other varieties of the pine range, registered by H. BREGEON, its reduced growth allows this pine to be grown in pots, on terraces and on balconies, as well as in small modern gardens.
Bambino®, the smallest of the range.
The smallest variety (0.50 m fully grown) and of slowest growth rate.
The dark green needles stay on for 2 to 3 years.
Pointed buds.
Very slight resin production.
Like all the other varieties of the pine range, registered by H. BREGEON, its reduced growth allows this pine to be grown in pots, on terraces and on balconies, as well as in small modern gardens.
A golden ball for low hedges or in isolationThe variety 'Golden Ball' has very brilliant golden foliage. In its period of growth, its young golden-yellow leaves contrast with the older yellow-green leaves edged with a stronger green.Coming from the same breeding than Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball', 'Golden Ball' has the same qualities: very dense, it naturally forms a ball of less than one meter. Fast-growing and branching from the base, it can be pruned. 'Golden Ball' is ideal for small spaces and low hedges as well as in pots and for topiary.As it is resistant to drought, wind and seaspray, it provides an alternative to box in temperate and Mediterranean areas. In May and June its small discreet violet-coloured flowers smell of honey.
Recommended for its low, naturally ball shaped growthThis cultivar originates from New Zealand.?Golf Ball? has a very round shape, not more than 1 m in dimension. It grows rapidly and stands out by its dense branches from the base upwards.Its evergreen foliage is light green.Discrete violet-brown flowers appear in Mai and June. The have a scent of honey but are of no decorative interest. 'Golf Ball' resists rather well to drought, and to temperatures of -5 to -10° C. It is excellent for the sea side because it accepts mist and wind.Recommended for small areas and low hedges, it is also suitable for pots and as topiary, like box.
Fantastic foliage in perpetual evolution
The Bannow Bay variety is a natural mutation of the Pittosporum Tom Thumb.
Its very dense foliage has evolving colors: olive green edged with white in spring, then splashed with pink and finishing in a beautiful shade of purple when the cold arrives.
Its natural, round clump growth requires little or no pruning.
This shrub adapts perfectly to mild climates, in the garden or in pots on a balcony or terrace.
Among the compact Salvia, the fire red one from May to October.'Flammenn', has been selected:- for its extremely even, compact and well-branched, straight and high shape.- and for its early flower heads, made up of big, bright red flowers from May to the first frosts.The elongated dark green leaves are semi-evergreen and naturally aromatic.An easy plant for the garden, in well draining soil, also tolerates being planted in a pot. The Salvia range on sale by SAPHO offer a beautiful palette of colours.Trophies: Bronze medal at PLANTARIUM 2010 (Boskoop - NETHERLANDS)
Compact Salvia, delicate due to its jellow - brown contrast from May to October.'Melen' has been chosen: - for its extremely even, compact and well-branched shape.- and for its early and abundant flowering from May to the first frosts. The colours of the flowers bring orginality to the Salvia range: the corolla is pale yellow and the edge of the top lip orange in contrast with the dark brown calyx. The elongated dark green leaves are semi-evergreen and naturally aromatic.An easy plant for the garden, in well draining soil, also tolerates being planted in a pot. The Salvia range on sale by SAPHO offer a beautiful palette of colours.Trophies: Bronze medal at PLANTARIUM 2010 (Boskoop - NETHERLANDS)
A bright pink from May onwards, 'Pluenn' offers a very beautiful second flowering at the end of the season.'Pluenn' has been chosen:- for its extremely even, compact and branched shape. - and its early abundant and long flowering, beautiful bright salmon-pink flowers from May to the first frosts. The elongated dark green leaves are semi-evergreen and naturally aromatic.An easy plant for the garden, in well draining soil, also tolerates being planted in a pot. The Salvia range on sale by SAPHO offer a beautiful palette of colours.Trophies: Bronze medal at PLANTARIUM 2010 (Boskoop - NETHERLANDS)