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Grape 'Amethyst'

Grape 'Amethyst'

Vitis vinifera L.

A table grape form of very early ripening (100-110 days). Bunch small, medium density, cylindric-conical. Berries large, elongated, from bright red to dark raspberry in color. Flesh juicy, crisp, with the flavor of the …

Acaena

Acaena

Acaena

These are mat-forming shrubs or subshrubs 10 to 30 cm high, with woodying shoots and overwintering leaves

Moonseed

Moonseed

Minispermum

Herbaceous, strongly branching liana, more than 3 m in height, with shoots up to b m long, bearing large leaves that are heart-shaped below and three-lobed in the upper parts of the shoots, which create a water- and lig…

Glaucous Dewberry

Glaucous Dewberry

Rubus caesius L.

Family Rosaceae. Native to Western Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Grows in forests, ravines, shrub thickets, on clearings, and on riverbanks.

Mayr's fir

Mayr's fir

A. mayriana Miyabe et Kudo

Ornamental; resembles Sakhalin fir in appearance. Shade-tolerant. Prefers fertile soils. Winter-hardy.

Sword-leaved rush

Sword-leaved rush

Juncus ensofolius

The most interesting species of rush. Its stems resemble iris leaves; in summer it blooms with brown spherical inflorescences. Plant height 50 cm. After autumn frosts its leaves begin to wither, but the inflorescences c…

Tree hydrangea «Grandiflora»

Tree hydrangea «Grandiflora»

Hydrangea arborescens «Grandiflora»

A cultivar of tree hydrangea. Deciduous shrub with a spherical dense crown. Leaves large, ovate, bright green. Inflorescences corymbose, flat, sterile, irregular in shape, olive-green, in autumn – creamy-white.

Grape fern

Grape fern

Botrychium

Within the family are the most ancient and primitive modern ferns, predominantly terrestrial herbs with short non-scaly rhizomes, distinct in appearance, internal structure, and biological characteristics.

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