Morus nigra (Mustamulperi)
A Chinese tree with edible berries, actually one of the most important plants in the world. The caterpillars of the silk moth Bombyx mori...
Diversity in boreal region &Â unusual survivors
A Chinese tree with edible berries, actually one of the most important plants in the world. The caterpillars of the silk moth Bombyx mori...
This land cover plant comes from east North America and ha small evergreen round leaves and pink flowers. This species is seldom seen in...
I had to buy this North American exotic tree just because it is said to be ver difficult to get over the winter here. Its first winter in...
An exotic tree from north China and east Russia. Tolerates the cold winters generally well but needs a lot of light and nutritious soil....
I have two color varieties of this evergreen shrub, one completely green and one of form Argenteamarginata. Both have been outside at...
This bush-like giant St John's wort comes from North America, where everything is bigger. The flowers are bright yellow and the leaves...
The Finnish name means " Christmas-rose". This plant blooms very early and is commonly sold in full flowering just before Christmas. I...
A southern European species which is seldom seen in Finnish gardens because it easily freezes during the winter. I have managed to keep...
A decidual shrub from North America. When I saw for first time a blooming Fothergilla with its unusual flowers I had to buy it and try...
This hardy species of bamboo has been growing in my green house at least from 1990's. I took 2 small pieces of root from our relatives...
Though beech belongs to typical European deciduous forest, it is in Finland very rare. There are just few small beech forests on the...
A low growing, evergreen form of Euonymus. It may survive Finnish winter normally just along the south coast. In my garden it has grown...
An very early flowering species from Central and South Europe. It is not very common in Finland though it should not be very difficult. I...
Crocus vernus grows in every garden telling us in the spring that the winter is finally over. But not very many gardeners own this...
One of my friends live in Sweden and during my last visit I noticed that C.monogyna was growing all over. I my country it is really...
A low growing land cover bush, evergreen. It is told to be some difficult to get over the winter, but my bush has not got any damage...
This special bush comes from Southern Europe and is said to be difficult to get alive over the boreal winter. My tiny Cotinus has now...
A very early blooming Cornus, which is seldom seen in Finnish gardens. The species belongs to flora of South and Central Europe and has...
A north American bush with small white flowers. It may survive winters in the southernmost Finland. It needs some acid soil so the main...
This a small herb with a pleasant, spicy odor. The flowers are small and blue. This species comes from the Mediterranean region and...