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Albizia julibrissin is a broad tree with spreading, almost horizontally growing branches. The bark is dark gray and the young branches are olive green, but later turn dark gray. The large leaf can grow up to 40 cm in length. It is doubly pinnate and made up of 4 to 11 yokes each with 15 to 28 pairs of small, sickle-shaped leaflets with a finely rimmed margin. The whole looks like a fern leaf and is very decorative. In the evening the leaves fold up. The flowers are clustered together in dense heads on long stems and stand out because of the purple-pink stamens that can grow up to 3 cm in length. The pods grow up to 15 cm in length and rarely open. Commonly planted in countries around the Mediterranean. Requires shelter in severe winters.

Amelanchier lamarckii is a small deciduous tree of the rose family (rosaceae); with silky-soft leaves that are bronze in the beginning and later dark green. The leaf is oval to broadly elliptical with a light grey-green underside, in autumn it turns a beautiful orange to dark red color. Blooms with white flowers in racemes of eight (April May), edible berries follow later.

Amelanchier spicata is a small deciduous shrub with silky soft leaves that are bronze in the beginning and dark green later. The leaf is oval to broadly elliptical with a light grey-green underside, in autumn it turns a beautiful orange to dark red color. Blooms with white flowers in racemes of eight (April May), edible berries follow later.

Andromeda polifolia 'Blue Ice', called rock heath or lavender heath in Dutch, is a small, evergreen shrub with a ground covering habit. This plant has beautiful, linear, grey-blue leaves with a white-grey underside and blooms profusely in spring with small pink bell-shaped flowers. Andromeda polifolia 'Blue Ice' likes a sheltered position in the sun or partial shade and an acidic, humous, moist but well-drained soil. Andromeda is very hardy, sea wind tolerant and disease resistant.

Medium-sized tree with a short trunk and a fairly dense ovoid to rounded crown. The flaking grey-brown trunk has an attractive ornamental value that becomes visible after a few years. The glossy dark green leaves give the tree a healthy appearance. In autumn and early winter, the dense panicles of small, white to pale pink urn-shaped flowers appear. They can be followed by large round fruits that resemble strawberries. These orange-red fruits are edible but will not ripen in every climate. A. unedo is soil vague and tolerates both acidic and calcareous soils. The tree also tolerates some drought. (Sea) wind is well tolerated, but the tree must be protected against cold (frost) wind.

Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' is a highly recommended variety, a selected clone for flower and berry production. It is a compact growing shrub with a very rich bloom.
Blooms with corymbs of white flowers followed by large black pome fruits rich in vit.C.
At first the leaves are woolly hairy, but later they become bare. In the fall, the green leaves turn a beautiful wine-red color.

Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia' is an evergreen, yellow variegated ornamental shrub with a bushy habit. The large leathery, serrate leaves are light green in color and interspersed with numerous yellow specks. This female aucuba flowers in April and May with small purple flowers, if a male aucuba is nearby, small red berries follow after fertilization. This plant likes a position in partial shade or shade and an acid or neutral, well-drained soil. It is hardy, drought tolerant and tolerates sea wind and air pollution.

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' is a small evergreen ornamental shrub with a bushy habit. The dark green, leathery, lanceolate leaves are serrate at the terminal tip. This monoecious aucuba flowers in April and May with small burgundy red flowers and beautiful red berries follow after fertilization. This plant likes a position in partial shade or shade and an acid or neutral, well-drained soil. It is hardy, drought tolerant and tolerates sea wind and air pollution.

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' is the most common aucuba species. It is a female, evergreen variegated ornamental shrub with a bushy habit. The large glossy, leathery and smooth-edged leaves are green colored and yellow mottled. This female aucuba flowers in April and May with small purple flowers. If a male aucuba is nearby, small red berries will follow after fertilization. This plant likes a position in partial shade or shade and an acid or neutral, well-drained soil. It is hardy, drought tolerant and tolerates sea wind and air pollution.

Philodendron xanadu is a houseplant with large lanceolate, deeply dissected glossy leaves. The stems and leaf veins turn deep red in older plants.
Normally requires moist soil, but drier in winter. Lots of light but no direct sunlight.
A normal room temperature of 18-22°C.
Ugly leaves can simply be cut away.
The cream colored bloom is rare.

A strange Philo' among the Philodendrons. The shape of the leaves is more common, but the stems of these leaves are dotted with small red strings. The squamiferum is a climbing plant that needs a good support in the form of a bamboo stick or a coconut pole. A healthy plant produces leaf after leaf after leaf in a growing season.

The Philodendron Narrow Escape is distinguished from the Philodendron family by its narrow, serrated leaves. A special, playful and also easy houseplant.