Bright bush in the garden. Decorative flowering perennial shrubs for the garden. Barberry - add bright accents

Ornamental shrubs occupy the most important place in decorating gardens and household plots. They can be used for organizing hedges and borders, single plantings and flower beds, designing gazebos and recreation areas, as well as as part of large landscape compositions.

Ornamental garden shrubs: choose the right one

Garden shrub crops are extremely diverse. Most often they are classified as follows:

decorative leafy;
blooming;
coniferous and evergreen;
fruit.

Ornamental shrubs are indispensable in the design of any garden.

Video: an overview of ornamental shrubs for the garden

Deciduous shrubs

Among plants that have an original shape of leaves or their unusual color, one can distinguish:

Dören. A plant from the dogwood family up to 3 m high with shiny flexible red branches. The color of the leaves can be different: green with white spots, greenish-reddish with pink edging, yellow, pinkish-brown, etc. The inflorescences are white, whitish-bluish berries form in their place in autumn.
Derain has very beautiful variegated foliage
. A plant of the Bereskletovye family with a dense and dense crown, but at the same time lacy and densely branched. Small leaves are usually green or variegated, turning all shades of red in autumn. The flowers are inconspicuous, of light shades, but they are replaced by multi-colored original fruit-earrings hanging on long petioles.
Euonymus has not only beautiful bright leaves, but also interesting original fruits.
Red Japanese Maple. Tall, slow growing shrub (3–5 m), belonging to the Maple family. A voluminous crown of bright green strongly cut dissected fan leaves in autumn gradually changes color to orange-reddish, rich red or carmine, almost black. Red or yellow-green flowers open before the leaves open, forming lionfish seeds.
The foliage of the Japanese maple gradually changes color from yellow to dark red.

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful leaves

Winged euonymus is a picturesque shrub that delights with a dense green crown in summer, and in autumn it delights with a fantastic view of foliage of all shades of red. Fortune's euonymus has very decorative dark green foliage with a white or yellow border. decorative even in winter, thanks to branches with bright red bark Nana purple willow is an ornamental tree that has a small size and a spherical crown Maple Royal Red is distinguished by the presence of a leading slender trunk, uneven crown density and large leaves when blooming bright red, then - dark red Bubble fruit Darts Gold - a spectacular shrub with decorative leaves of bright yellow color, delicate flowers and fruits adorns the site throughout the season Bubble fruit - an ornamental deciduous shrub that has recently appeared in gardening, and is rapidly gaining popularity Fieldfare Ryab hoar-leaved grows rapidly, forming lush thickets White Dören Siberian Variegata has variegated bordered foliage that changes color in autumn (leaves may sparkle with yellow, purple or violet)

Video: what happens deren

flowering shrubs

Of the flowering garden shrub crops, the following can be distinguished:

Weigela. A spectacular flowering plant belonging to the Honeysuckle family, from 0.6–0.7 m to 3 m high with smooth bluish or green, sometimes red-brown leaves. The flowers are large (up to 5 cm), tubular-bell-shaped, reddish-pinkish, brick and creamy yellow shades.
Weigela flowers resemble a bell
. Shrub from 1 to 3 m tall from the Hortensia family with large (10–12 cm) pointed oval leaves. Blooms luxuriously and profusely from mid-summer until autumn with spherical inflorescences up to 30 cm in diameter, painted in all shades of blue, deep purple, red, lilac, pink and white.
Hydrangeas have very large spherical inflorescences.
Jasmine. Garden shrub, commonly called mock orange, belongs to the Hortensia family, reaches a height of 2–2.5 m. The leaves are light green, simple, wide ovate or lanceolate, 2–7 cm long. Flowers with white or creamy petals are collected in loose inflorescences, have a delicate delicate aroma.
The flowers of jasmine (mock orange) are not very large, but scented

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful flowers

Because of some external similarity, Budley is sometimes called autumn lilac. The species of flowering weigela pleases the eye with pink bell flowers that bloom in waves during the season. Weigela flowers can be of various shades. Hydrangea blooms throughout the summer. Deutia blooms with densely growing white-pink or snow-white (in depending on the variety) with racemose inflorescences Kalina beautifully blooms with large white spherical inflorescences, the foliage changes from rich green to golden and red in autumn
Potentilla shrub is widely used in decorative floriculture.
Broom, depending on the variety, blooms with “moth” flowers of different shades Small, very fragrant, four-petal lilac flowers are composed in a lush pyramidal brush-panicle of white, lilac, purple or purple color Spiraea blooms profusely and magnificently, leaning branches literally plastered with white flowers to the very ground Forsythia blooms in early spring with bright yellow bells, and the foliage on the shrub appears after the flowers have fallen

Video: beautiful shrubs that bloom all summer

Coniferous and evergreen shrubs

Among the evergreen and coniferous garden crops that do not lose their decorative effect throughout the year, the most popular are:

Juniper. A coniferous shrub with a height of 1 to 3 m from the Cypress family. The leaves are hard, needle-shaped, short and prickly, grayish-green in color. The plant is dioecious, the fruits (cone-berries) of a bluish-bluish hue up to 7–9 mm in diameter ripen in the second or third year.
Juniper - a shrub whose berries are often used as a spice and used to treat diseases
Boxwood. Very slowly (no more than 5 cm per year) growing evergreen shrub of the Boxwood family with small leathery bright green leaves. The flowers are small and inconspicuous, the fruits are in the form of a box.
Boxwood is an ornamental shrub that is used by landscape designers when designing hedges.
Heather. An evergreen, low, densely branched bush (30–80 cm) of the Heather family with small trihedral petiolate leaves of various colors (green, bluish-white, orange-golden, etc.). Small white or pink flowers are collected in a one-sided inflorescence.
Heather bush is densely covered with small triangular leaves with different shades of green, but some varieties of heather have leaves of reddish, copper, yellow and silvery gray.

Most evergreen conifers grow extremely slowly.

Video: coniferous plants for the garden

fruit shrubs

Most often in gardens such berry bushes are used:

Snowberry. A low shrub (no more than 1.5 m) with thin yellowish-gray branches, belongs to the Honeysuckle family. The bluish-green oval leaves are 5–6 cm long. The flowers are regular in shape, pale green, pinkish, less often red, collected in racemes of 6–10 pieces. The fruits of a white or pinkish hue do not ripen at the same time, they remain on bare branches until spring.
White berries hang on snowberry branches all winter
Barberry. A thorny plant 2–2.5 m high from the Barberry family. The leaves are green, bright red, orange and yellow, in autumn the color intensity becomes stronger. The flowers are small, yellowish, oblong berries ripening in their place have a red or purple hue.
Barberry can also be attributed to decorative deciduous shrubs, because its leaves can have a variety of shades.
Rose hip. The smooth long stems of this plant from the Pink family, reaching a height of 2–2.5 m, are covered with hard thorns and green oblong-elliptical long-leaved leaves. Five-petalled flowers of various colors (white, yellow, raspberry, pink, etc.) and degrees of doubleness. Fleshy orange-red berries with a diameter of 10–15 mm ripen in August.
Rosehip, a close relative of the garden rose, is not only a beautiful shrub covered with fragrant flowers, but also a source of healing fruits.

Not always beautiful bright fruits are edible, very often they are poisonous.

There are several bushes of garden rose hips growing on our site. In spring, the shrub looks very decorative, as it is densely covered with flowers. The life span of each shoot is about 4-5 years, then they die. Cutting dry branches is extremely problematic, since the thorns of this culture are very sharp. Wear thick-soled shoes and protective canvas gloves. If you do not cut dead wood in time, then the shrub looks very ugly.

The yellow rosehip looks especially impressive.

Video: the most beautiful garden shrubs

The list of garden shrub crops is extremely wide. You can choose plants for every taste, guided by the layout of the site, the developed design project and individual preferences.

Who does not dream of a beautiful, well-groomed garden where you can take a break from everyday hustle and bustle, chat with family or friends, relax and lie down in a hammock or just wander along the shady alleys on a hot, sunny day. But this is a troublesome business and requires not only certain efforts, but also knowledge, experience and great desire. Today we will talk about ornamental shrubs and flowering shrubs for summer cottages - constant companions of any garden. And also about what they are, how best to arrange them and the basic rules of care.

Shrubs are divided into decorative and fruiting. As a rule, with good care, they have a long life expectancy (20-40 years). That is, the plants will decorate the garden for many years. The options for how to use bushes for summer cottages are varied: this is the background for plant compositions, these are green hedges, planting in groups and a single arrangement. Shrubs make the garden cozy and familiar. They smooth out flaws, close unsightly places, create color accents and, importantly, do not need constant care.

Selection and placement

The choice and composition of garden shrubs is not an easy task. It all depends on your desire. What kind of garden do you want to create: in Japanese, English, French or nature style? What to focus on - on decorativeness and color contrasts, or do you need fruit bushes for the garden? We will dwell on some points.

Our visual perception is arranged in such a way that at first we perceive the color, and then the shape. The natural garden does not have sharp color contrasts that would catch the eye. The main color is green. Variegated colors look very gentle against the background of greenery. Therefore, we use variegated varieties, of which there are now a great many. Plants with yellow foliage “illuminate” the garden during the day, and in the evening create the illusion of sunlight. Red foliage is also good in sunny weather, but in the evening it fades. Color makes it possible to expand or narrow the space. Yellow visually makes the space wider, while red, on the contrary, narrows it. So, creating compositions, you can expand or lengthen them. If there are a lot of color accents, this can be annoying, and not cause peace and tranquility. After all, any garden is, first of all, a place to relax. The texture of the crown, the shape and size of the leaves also matter. How to place ornamental shrubs in landscape design can be seen in the photo.

When creating compositions from ornamental shrubs and flowering shrubs, follow the basic rules:

Don't buy a plant just because you like it. Find out how it will take root in this climate zone, about its frost resistance.
Clarify how the plant refers to "haircut" to give it the desired shape.
In any garden, the dominant color is green, others create splashes of color against the background of greenery.
Consider lighting when planting variegated forms.
Do not create sharp contrasts, play in semitones.
Model the garden space by creating different combinations.

The place for the shrub should be sunny. Shade-tolerant plants will be planted under the crowns of larger shrubs or trees. The soil is as fertile as possible, but a significant amount of organic matter can be added to the planting hole. So, what shrubs to plant in the country?

blooming forms

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the information about what flowering shrubs are for summer cottages in the Moscow region.

Spirea

Very elegant and at the same time picky representatives of the Rosaceae family. There are spring flowering and summer flowering forms. With a combination of both, flowering in your garden will be constant. Characterized by rapid growth and frost resistance. These beautiful shrubs are good in compositions.

Mock orange is delicious

Or garden jasmine. Different representatives are characterized by a different flower shape, aroma, bush shape and flowering time. Variegated forms are also bred. Another of the advantages: it tolerates cold and rarely suffers from pests and diseases. It is good both in single plantings and in plantings in groups.

viburnum

It has a lot of positive features: healing, edible, beautiful. There are also decorative species with bright scarlet, unusual foliage. There are evergreen forms of the plant. It all depends on your preferences. More often in gardens they grow viburnum vulgaris, the fruits of which are medicinal raw materials. Undemanding and frost-resistant. It also grows in shady places, and looks interesting in plantings with conifers. Viburnum has only one drawback: it is easily infected by pests.

Rose hip

Beautiful flowering shrubs for the garden. Its appearance depends on the species. Choose forms for hedges or for flowering. Terry forms look like roses. Does not get sick during transplantation and pruning, grows rapidly. The briar hedge becomes impenetrable over time. Grows in sun and shade. Good in combination with trees and shrubs. It does not require special care.

Forsythia

It is a shrub with yellow flowers. It blooms in early spring and looks fantastic at this time. Then the flowers fall off and new leaves grow. Looks great in a single planting or surrounded by early flowering bulbs. This lover of the sun freezes through in cold winters, therefore it is not suitable for the northern regions. In the middle lane, it is thoroughly mulched, and the shoots are tilted to the ground.

Lilac

Previously, one variety of lilac was grown - common lilac. Now varieties have been bred - from lilac to purple. It is still one of the favorite flowering shrubs for the garden. It is desirable to plant in a sunny area separately from other plants, leaving more free space around. The plant is not demanding on environmental conditions.

Hydrangea

Good for shady, damp areas. Grows on acidic soils, but does not tolerate the windward side. Characterized by long flowering. Elegant inflorescences look great in the cut, you can create winter bouquets. There are two types of frost-resistant: paniculate and large-leaved. They hibernate under the snow, wrapped in spruce branches. Pairs well with hostas and ferns.

Hawthorn

It is unpretentious to any conditions, grows even in tubs on terraces and in winter gardens. It is characterized by abundant flowering in spring and bright colorful foliage in autumn. The fruits are used for processing (jam and jelly) and for medicinal purposes. The sun is very important for flowering and fruit set. It is used both in hedges and in single plantings.

Fieldfare rowanberry

A relative of spirea, another ornamental flowering shrub for summer cottages. It grows quickly and is very unpretentious. The flowering period is up to three weeks. The carved foliage is very unusual, and in autumn it also acquires rich colors. Able to grow in the shade, tolerates drought well. The disadvantage is the rapid growth of root growth, which easily captures neighboring areas. The plant successfully hides sheds, fences, unattractive buildings due to its rapid and abundant growth.

Beautifully flowering shrubs for the Moscow region, photos and names can also be found on the Internet.

Decorative foliage forms

Flowering plants are always admired, but plants with variegated, red or yellow leaves are no less attractive. If autumn yellow leaves are familiar, then red ones evoke enthusiastic emotions. When the flowers fade, the void is filled with various shrubs with unusual, bright foliage.

Ornamental shrubs for summer cottages include:

Barberry

It has purple and burgundy leaves with edging. Shrubs of different species have different leaf colors, which can be combined in compositions. A hedge from this plant looks neat. And it coexists well with conifers (juniper, thuja, pine). There is a dwarf barberry, which is used for small compositions, for example, in a rocky garden.

Skumpia

It grows in regions with a warm climate, but has already taken root in central Russia, and is an excellent ornamental plant for summer cottages. In the spring it forms inflorescences - pink fluffy panicles, and in the fall the leaves become purple, orange or burgundy (it all depends on the variety). First, the veins turn red, and then the entire leaf is painted. Likes sunny, windless places. It grows well, so it needs space. Resistant to pests and diseases, but may require shelter in winter.

Derain white

Looks pretty all year long. A variegated plant that has a white border around the edge of the leaf. The bush looks elegant and light. It has a semicircular shape that must be maintained by removing old shoots. Unpretentious, frost-resistant, shade-tolerant. But loves fertile, well-moistened soils. It is also decorative in winter: red shoots are clearly visible against the background of snow.

Vesicle viburnum

It is beautiful in spring, when its large foliage is painted in rich purple tones, and the inflorescences collected in corymbs are white and pink. Later, the foliage becomes darker and slightly gloomy. Now there are new varieties in which the color of the leaves does not change. The plant is frost-resistant, unpretentious to the composition and moisture of the soil. It is good in longline plantings, as an ornamental shrub for the garden.

black elderberry

Will take a worthy place on your personal plot. You can plant a bush with golden foliage, or you can choose a more elegant one - red with carved leaves. It is better to plant it in a little shading, under the crowns of other trees, as the leaves in the bright sun can fade. And the rest - very unpretentious. It grows on any soil and does not require special care. It is also not necessary to cover for the winter: the plant is frost-resistant. In August, clusters of ripe berries (black or red) ripen, which makes the bush even more decorative. You can land separately, or you can - on the shore of the pond, as it loves moisture very much.

Of course, far from all ornamental shrubs for the Moscow region are listed here - photos with names can be found in large numbers on the Internet. It all depends on your preference. But not all of them tolerate our climatic conditions. I would like to once again draw attention to the frost-resistant beautiful shrubs for the Moscow region, which were discussed above:

spirea;
mock orange;
viburnum;
rose hip;
lilac;
hawthorn;
sod;
vesicle;
elder .

fruit forms

Fruit shrubs are both ornamental and produce berries, which is why they are grown most often. Consider the most popular plants.

Currant

One of the most common and beloved cultures. There are red, black and white varieties of this plant. Not afraid of frost, tolerates heat and drought. Grows up to 15 years. He loves the sun, but does not tolerate waterlogging and drafts.

Gooseberry

No less popular culture. In another way, it is also called "northern grapes." Grows up to 24 years. Disadvantages: does not like waterlogging and frost. Needs shelter in winter.

Raspberry

Demanding on the soil and afraid of waterlogging and drafts. The garden bushes of this plant are self-pollinating, so you should not plant different varieties next to each other. Bushes grow rapidly. The plant is demanding on moisture and soil, does not tolerate drafts.

Honeysuckle

It translates as "youth" and "life". Slowly growing, but life expectancy is 100 years. It does not freeze even in severe frosts and looks beautiful in any corner of the garden. Disadvantage: berries in some varieties fall off when ripe, so you need to harvest on time.

Irga

A beautiful shrub up to 3 m high, which is good both during flowering and during picking berries. High-yielding, berries are harvested from early July to mid-August. Berries are useful and medicinal.

Caring for many shrubs, although not particularly time-consuming, requires a number of mandatory actions.

Watering should provide the root system with water. And evenly. To do this, the trunk holes are torn apart and filled with water, which is done repeatedly. After soaking, the hole is buried with earth. The irrigation area corresponds to the crown projection area. Young shrubs require more frequent watering. Loosening and mulching: important procedures. Loosening is shallow, it is better to carry it out after rain or watering. Mulching is carried out in the spring. Peat, biohumus, compost are used as mulch.

The consumption of nutrients depends on the age of the flowering or ornamental shrub. The first top dressing with nitrogen fertilizers should be done in the spring, the second - in the fall, during the leaf fall period with potash and complex fertilizers. Microelements are used as top dressings, which are sprayed on plants in the morning or in the evening in calm weather.

One of the major activities is pruning. This is the removal of dry and diseased branches, thinning of the crown and its formation. In addition, shelter for the winter is important. Shrubs are covered with special materials (for example, roofing material). Creeping forms are covered with spruce branches. Flexible shrubs lean towards the ground. Open them after frost. It is important to check that the plants do not rot or rot.

Now you have an idea what fruit, flowering and ornamental shrubs in the country will be good. And always the main decoration of your garden will be garden shrubs. They will help create amazing and unique compositions that will delight from spring to autumn. You can see beautiful shrubs for giving, photos and names in our article. Try, observe, plant and care - and your garden will shine with new colors.

In almost every garden you can find ornamental flowering shrubs. They have many advantages. Firstly, they are very beautiful, secondly, many of them are quite frost-resistant, and thirdly, they are high and low (which expands the possibilities of using them for different types of landscapes). But the main thing is that with their correct selection, it is possible to achieve constant flowering of shrubs from the first spring days until late autumn. They are valued not only for their beautiful, often fragrant flowers, but also for their decorative leaves, crown shape and various fruits. There is a great variety of ornamental shrubs.

Most shrubs do not lose their decorative effect throughout the warm season, and some remain attractive even in winter.

There are shrubs that attract with their bright and abundant flowering, they can be called beautifully flowering. And there are those who cannot boast of beautiful flowers, but they have leaves of an unusual color or shape. Such bushes can be called decorative leafy.

The first group includes rhododendrons, lilac, hydrangea, bulldenezh, spirea, hawthorn, buddley, euonymus and some types of barberry. And from the second group, one can name Thunberg's barberry, holly, privet, tannery and others.

It is possible to divide flowering ornamental shrubs into groups according to the time of flowering. In April, we are pleased with forsythia, wolfberry, daphne. A little later they are joined by chaenomeles, low almond, cotoneaster, spirea, barberry. In May, viburnum, wild rose, lilac, and mock orange take over. Summer gives us the flowering of roses, cinquefoil, some varieties of spirea. In July, hydrangeas conquer with their beauty, which adorn the gardens until the very cold. In early autumn bloom: heather, kalmiya. Well, in winter, the decoration of the garden will be holly and its coniferous counterparts.

Autumn gardens look unusually colorful and elegant, thanks to some deciduous types of shrubs. When nothing else is in bloom, barberry, euonymus, chokeberry, spirea, wild rose, skumpia and hybrid azaleas add bright colors of various shades of autumn with their foliage. Most shrubs have fruits that are also very decorative.

Shrubs differ in growth, you can pick up both dwarf - undersized, and high varieties. The shape of the crown is domed, upright (pyramidal), fountain-shaped, creeping.

In addition to beauty and decorativeness, the practical properties of shrubs should also be emphasized. They grow fast enough and are long-lived (up to 5-8 years without a transplant). Most of them are unpretentious in terms of illumination, soil composition, and are quite frost-resistant. Do not require constant care. Thanks to the superficial root system, they can grow on slopes, fixing loose soil.

Barberry (Berberis)- deciduous or evergreen thorny shrubs, the barberry family. The color of barberry leaves is very diverse, in addition to the usual green, it can be variegated - with spots or a border, as well as purple or yellow. The height of the bush is also different, it depends on the variety. The range is from low - up to 30 cm, to high - more than 3 m. Barberry flowers are small yellow bells. Blooms in mid-May. Excellent honey plant.

It will not cause much trouble, because it is a very unpretentious shrub. Loves the light, but grows well in the shade. It is completely undemanding to soils, it does not tolerate only soaking. Not afraid of wind and drought. It is frost-resistant, especially the variety - Thunberg's barberry (Berberis thunbergii), however, in the first three years, a little shelter is needed for the winter. If the barberry variety is unknown to you, then you need to make a frame of arcs and cover it with non-woven material in two layers (as some variegated varieties may be less frost-resistant).

Undersized species of barberry look great on rocky hills and in rock gardens. And tall ones - like tapeworms and in group plantings. This shrub is a leader in use in hedges and borders, both clipped and loose.

Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare)- deciduous or evergreen shrub, olive family, 2-3 meters high. In June-August, pretty paniculate inflorescences appear with a pleasant aroma, white or cream. They are replaced by shiny black fruits. The leaves are leathery, most varieties are dark green, but there are also decorative forms with yellow, bluish-silver leaves.

Privet is an unpretentious plant. Can grow in full sun and partial shade. Any soil is suitable (except clayey with an acidic reaction). It is drought-resistant, in very hot weather rare but plentiful watering is recommended. Winter-hardy, easily restored, only some varieties need to be covered.

A feature of privet is that it responds very well to a haircut and can retain its shape for a long time. Therefore, it is great for dense borders. It makes wonderful molded hedges. You can even create unusual living walls. Topiary figures cut from privet are a wonderful landscape decoration.

Spirea (Spiraea)- Deciduous shrub with beautifully curving branches, Rosaceae family. This is a large genus of shrubs, which is divided into spring-flowering and summer-flowering. Flowers are varied in the form of inflorescences and color (from white to deep crimson). Its height does not exceed 2 m.

The plant is very unpretentious. Well adapted to urban conditions. Grows well in partial shade, but prefers full sun. Any soil is suitable, but slightly acidic is best. Watering is moderate. It grows quickly, blooms in the third year. Frost-resistant.

Has gained well-deserved love from gardeners and landscape designers. The vast variety of its varieties provides many opportunities for creativity. The shape of the bush can be pyramidal, spherical, flowing. The color of the leaves varies from green to yellow, orange or purple-red. Numerous small flowers are collected in inflorescences of various shapes. All these features of the crown, leaves and flowers allow you to create wonderful compositions. And if you choose the right varieties, you can admire the continuous flowering of spirea throughout the warm season. It is used in rockeries, hedges, as a frame for green-leaved groups of trees.

Bobovnik (Laburnum)- the legume family, has 6 types of shrubs, valued for their beautiful flowering. The most common are anagyroleaf bean or Golden Rain (Laburnum anagyroides) and Alpine bean (Laburnum alpinum). 'Golden Rain' is a shrub with smooth green and later light brown bark. It can have both pyramidal and dome-shaped drooping crown shape. The leaves are trifoliate, consist of oval leaves, the underside of which is pubescent. At the end of summer they become light yellow. Blooms in May. Inflorescences in the form of a large hanging brush (up to 30 cm), consisting of yellow flowers with moth corollas. They have a weak aroma. The fruits are first pubescent, then become smooth. The alpine beaver is very similar to the "Golden Rain", although it is more frost-resistant. Its branches and leaves are smaller, the fruits are not pubescent.

The plant is poisonous! The fruits contain alkaloids - laburnine and cytisine. Children should not be allowed near it.

The beaver is light-loving. The soil is undemanding, but good drainage is required. Bobovnik requires constant pruning to avoid turning the shrub into a large (up to 7 m) tree. While the trees are young, they need support. The first three years, young plants should be mulched and covered with agrofibre. After a slight freezing, the crown is quickly restored.

Both in a group and in a single planting, it looks very bright and beautiful, thanks to the large number of huge flower brushes. From the beaver, delightful canopies and pergolas are obtained.

Rhododendron (Rhododendron)- deciduous or evergreen shrub, heather family. In nature, it grows in Western Siberia, the Far East, Mongolia and China. There are many varieties with a variety of foliage: spear-shaped, round, oval. Inflorescence corymbose. The shape of the flowers and their color are also very diverse, in their beauty they can even compete with roses. They bloom from the end of April and almost all summer. They began to grow little by little in gardens, but you need to carefully select frost-resistant varieties that can overwinter in our climate.

The site for planting rhododendrons should be protected from the wind and be in partial shade. The soil is acidic or neutral. Needs regular watering.

In our area, they do not reach large sizes. By choosing different varieties of rhododendrons, you can ensure their constant flowering throughout the season. They look very nice next to coniferous plants. Their undersized varieties are great for rock gardens. Rhododendrons are used to create hedges near water bodies.

Irga (Amelanchier)- deciduous shrub or small tree, Rosaceae family. In the spring, often ahead of the leaves, beautiful white flowers bloom on the irga. Flowering is short, after which small black-purple fruits of a rounded shape appear (similar to tiny apples).

The fruits are tasty, juicy, rich in vitamins (especially P). The green leaves of the shadberry in autumn flash with bright colors: yellow, scarlet.

Irga is a very unpretentious plant. Light-loving, but tolerates shading. Doesn't like waterlogging. Very winter hardy. Not afraid of cold winds or spring frosts. Some species of this ornamental shrub are even suitable for decorating a garden in Siberia and the Far North.

This is not a complete list of frost-resistant ornamental shrubs.

shadow lovers

Many ornamental shrubs can grow and develop normally in moderately shaded areas. True, this may affect the abundance of flowering. Some also tolerate shading well, moreover, direct sunlight is contraindicated for them.

Dogwood (Cornus)- deciduous strongly branched shrub, dogwood family. In spring, dogwood decorates the garden with its flowering. Small white, purple or yellow dogwood flowers are collected in a head or umbrella (depending on the species). There are varieties in which small flowers in inflorescences are unsightly, but are surrounded by large bright petal-like leaves (bractei).

In autumn, dogwood foliage also pleases the eye with bright yellow, orange and crimson colors. The fruits also ripen in autumn. Most often dark red, sometimes light yellow or pink, oblong in shape. They not only add decorativeness to the bush, but are also tasty and healthy.

Dogwood leaves burn easily in the open sun, so shaded areas are suitable for it. Prefers moist soil and air. The composition of the soil is undemanding. Most varieties are hardy, but some require little shelter for the winter. Differs dogwood and durability. In landscape design, dogwood bushes are used as a tapeworm or in mixborders.

Hydrangea (Hydrangea)- hydrangea family, deciduous ornamental shrub. The flowers are collected in large domed or paniculate inflorescences. Most often they are white, but there are blue, red and pink. The color of some plants may vary depending on the chemical composition of the soil. AT
Depending on the variety, the height of the bushes ranges from 1 to 3 meters. There are also dwarf varieties.
The plant is moisture-loving, it is better to plant in partial shade. Many varieties of paniculate and tree hydrangeas are frost-resistant. However, protection is needed in the winter: pinning branches to the ground, followed by spruce branches and agrofibre. Frozen branches are pruned in spring and the plant grows quickly.

In landscape design it is used both singly and in compositions with coniferous or other ornamental shrubs, as well as bulbous flowers. The bushes look amazing due to the splendor of the inflorescences and their large number.

Holly (Ilex aquifolium) or Holly- evergreen or deciduous shrub, holly family. In the wild, it grows almost everywhere. It is a beautiful plant with dark green or bicolor leathery leaves. Flowering lasts only two weeks from May to July (depending on the variety). The flowers are small, white and fragrant. Especially decorative with the onset of winter, when modest flowers are replaced by bright seedlings of bead-berries. Holly is an indispensable component of Western Christmas wreaths.

Many varieties of holly have been bred. Some with a white or yellow border around the edges of the leaves, or with a hint of blue. The purely male variety Blue Prince is an excellent pollinator. It should be noted that the holly plant is dioecious and female varieties delight us with red berries only if a male specimen grows nearby.

Holly areas exposed to the sun are contraindicated, as it can suffer from sunburn. You need to plant it in a shady place with forest soil. Does not tolerate drought, requires regular moisture. Most varieties are cold hardy.

Thanks to the dense and prickly foliage, the holly is well used as a hedge. It is a slow growing shrub that responds well to shearing, which is why it makes wonderful topiaries. The beautiful holly leaves make a great backdrop for bulbous or other perennial flowers in summer. Evergreen foliage and red berries make holly a bright accent in a deserted garden in winter.

coniferous shrubs

There is also a type of ornamental shrubs that have neither beautiful leaves nor flowers, but this makes them no less attractive. These are coniferous shrubs.

Juniper (Juniperus) is an evergreen shrub of the cypress family. The needles are needle-shaped or scaly. The fruits are blue-black cones (sometimes red-brown). The plant is dioecious. Exists
many types of juniper. Among them there are also high bushes (more than two meters), there are completely dwarf ones (up to 30 cm). They are also represented by a variety of forms: creeping, pyramidal, domed. Many frost-resistant varieties.

Junipers grow well in bright sunny areas. Undemanding to soils. Drought-resistant. In dry summers, it is required to water them well several times. Even frost-resistant varieties require winter shelter in the first year after planting. Junipers with a pyramidal crown for the winter must be tied up so that branches do not break under the weight of snow.

Low-growing and creeping varieties of juniper are used in alpine slides and to secure slopes and slopes. You can also create very original borders from them. High varieties are used in single and small group plantings.

Thuja- evergreen trees and shrubs, cypress family. Leaves are scaly. The fruits are oblong or oval cones with several pairs of scales. Seeds are flat with two wings. This plant is monoecious. It has many decorative artificially derived forms.

Grows in sunny areas and partial shade. The soil is suitable for any, but well permeable. Need regular watering and mulching of the root zone. Tui are frost-resistant, but young plants in the first two or three years require shelter for the winter. Like junipers, high pyramidal varieties of thuja for the winter must be tied to avoid damage to the branches under the weight of snow.

Due to its durability, winter hardiness and adaptability to urban conditions, thuja is very widely used in ornamental gardening in many climatic zones.

In landscape design, it is used to create picturesque alleys. From densely planted groups, depending on the height of the bush, living walls or hedges are formed. Thuja looks just as good as a tapeworm.

Ornamental shrubs, for the most part, are distinguished by unpretentious care, tolerate winter frosts well and at the same time are unusually beautiful. Everyone can choose the varieties and species that are suitable for his or her garden. Their diversity allows you to make the garden bright, blooming and delightful almost all year round!

By the middle of spring, the air is filled with the magical aroma of blooming flowers on trees and shrubs. It is impossible to pass by such a beautiful plant and not stop for a couple of seconds to take a deep breath and admire the lush buds. I just want a similar shrub to grow on its own site and please with bright colors. But which plant should you choose? What bush will feel comfortable in our climate and bloom magnificently all season? Let's take a look at 10 wonderful shrubs that can make a great addition to your yard.

viburnum

Viburnum common variety Buldenezh (or Snow globe) is an ornamental shrub, there are berries, but they are not edible. The shrub feels great in the shade, loves moisture. Every year in the spring-summer season, it blooms with magnificent white buds.

Lilac

It is impossible to imagine April and May without the heady aroma of lilacs. The shrub feels great in a wide variety of climates, does not require special care.

Rhododendron

Different types of this wonderful plant require different living conditions. Some rhododendrons need a lot of sun, and some prefer to grow in partial shade. However, all rhododendrons love moisture and the proximity of water.

Honeysuckle

In early May, the shrub blooms with bright flowers that attract insects with a sweet aroma. After about a month and a half, honeysuckle forms extremely useful blue-purple berries.

Rose hip

Blooming cultivated wild rose (park rose) pleases not only with delicate flowers, but also with useful fruits. The shrub tolerates frost well, is unpretentious, does not need annual pruning.

Hydrangea

The literal translation from Greek is "a vessel with water." The name itself contains the main feature of hydrangea - it is a very moisture-loving shrub. However, in response to care, the plant will certainly thank you with wonderful, colorful and lush flowers.

Mock orange or garden jasmine

This shrub in the flowering season will fill the garden with an incredible smell of wild strawberries. In addition, the snow-white flowers that adorn the mock orange look very, very gentle.

Forsythia

In early spring, the shrub throws out colorful yellow flowers that adorn the area that has not yet woken up after winter. It is believed that the blooming forcysia is the first sign of the onset of spring.

Spirea

With its help, hedges are often erected, which look very impressive. Judge for yourself: how can someone not like such a charming shrub with dozens of delicate white and pink (depending on the variety) buds?

Heather

For some unknown reason, this shrub has not received enough popularity, and very in vain. Heather is quite hardy, unpretentious, and, in addition, incredibly beautiful. Flowers blooming on the plant exude a delicate and exceptionally pleasant aroma.

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A beautiful garden or just a plot is the dream of many. And no matter how extraordinary the beauty of the flowers fills it, this dream cannot come true until ornamental shrubs appear in the garden that can simply transform the whole space and delight the eye all year round.

Low growing ornamental shrubs for the garden

Low-growing shrubs are good because they can both create compositions on their own and serve as an excellent backdrop for other members of the garden. Usually unpretentious in terms of conditions and care, low-growing shrubs are able to reduce the number of growing weeds or simply decorate with themselves some undesirable area of \u200b\u200bthe territory.

Usually these include plants whose height does not exceed 1 meter and among them you can find flowering, decorative and deciduous, fruit and.

Quince Japanese low (Chaenomeles japonica) is an excellent choice for hedges. It has thorns, and arched sloping branches from the end of May are covered with bright orange-red flowers, which are replaced by golden fruits. It is not afraid of winters and tolerates them well under snow.

Japanese quince "Rubra"

heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low-growing evergreen shrub that is valued for its long flowering throughout the second half of summer. Its height does not exceed 60 cm, and the shoots are always directed strictly upwards, due to which an abundantly flowering crown of a beautiful shape is formed. Heather is able to grow on any soil, provided there is sufficient light.

Heather ordinary "Annemarie

wolf ( Daphne) - the only drawback of this shrub is that all its parts, including the fruits, are highly poisonous. Although in appearance, this is a rather pretty plant, with white fragrant flowers, which are replaced by bright red berries. The soil prefers fertile, well-lit places and does not tolerate drought.

Daphne (wolf, wolfberry) hybrid "Lawrence Crocker"

The action is graceful ( Deutzia gracilis) is a flowering shrub, up to 80 cm high. Its flowers are collected in white inflorescences of 30-40 pieces, and the leaves can be not only green, but also variegated and even golden. It is also noteworthy that the action is practically not affected by garden pests.

Deutsia graceful "Chardonnay Pearls"

Cotoneaster horizontal (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is a slowly growing shrub, which, however, is more than offset by its decorative effect. Green shiny leaves by autumn are replaced by purple-orange, which in turn are replaced by coral-colored berries that can please for a long time, even under snow.

Cotoneaster horizontal

Potentilla shrub (Potentilla fruticosa) is a versatile shrub that can decorate both a hedge and a border. Its bright yellow lights last up to 100 days. Quite unpretentious to growing conditions.

Potentilla shrub

Snowberry ( Symphoricarpos) - a distinctive feature of this deciduous shrub is the spectacular fruits of white or pale pink color, which persist throughout the winter. A rather unpretentious plant that prefers limestone soils and tolerates a haircut. The Chenot snowberry is especially interesting for carpet plantings ( Symphoricarpos x chenaultii), resulting from hybridization with. rounded, but it requires shelter for the winter.

Snowberry Chenot

Norway spruce (Picea abies) - contrary to popular belief, it can also be undersized and not exceed 30 - 50 cm in height. It is to such low-growing varieties that can be attributed "Little Gem", having a hemispherical dense crown, with dark green needles and "Echiniformis", which, with its outlines, can sometimes create rather bizarre images. Both varieties are hardy and easy to grow.

Norway spruce "Little Gem

The next two species are herbaceous perennials, although they are sometimes referred to as subshrubs.

Pachysandra apical (Pachysandra terminalis) is an evergreen low growing shrub that grows quickly and is ideal for shady places in the garden. It can be planted with areas under fruit trees, thereby creating carpet plantings. Its small white flowers are collected in spikes and appear for a short time - in April.

Pachysandra apical

St. John's wort(Hypericum ascyron) - a plant that does not impose special requirements on the place on which it grows, therefore it can be placed in any part of the garden. Its bright yellow flowers, decorative appearance, delight the eye for a long time. And harsh winters do not frighten him at all, since, even if he freezes, he is able to quickly recover.

St. John's wort

Creeping forms of ornamental shrubs

Creeping shrubs include those species whose crowns develop and grow in a horizontal plane. Many of them have a rather openwork crown, which must be taken into account when mulching. In addition, although they give the impression of green carpets, especially when planted in large groups, it is not desirable to walk on them, as they cannot stand it.

Blackberry cut (Rubus laciniatus) - is able to spread up to 4 m in diameter, while its height does not exceed 80 cm. Split, dark green leaves turn bright purple in autumn, and shoots produce edible fruits.

Blackberry cut

buckthorn willow (Salix rhamnifolia) - no more than 250 cm in height, but in width it can grow to unlimited distances. The fact is that her creeping shoots are able to take root right there, which allows her to look like a solid green carpet. It grows quite quickly, tolerates darkening and waterlogging of the soil, therefore it is ideal for planting near fountains, ponds and streams. However, there are a great many creeping willow species, interest in them is due to the search for interesting dwarf plants for alpine slides and rockeries. Read more about arctic dwarf willows at the ECDR project.

buckthorn willow

Microbiota cross-pair (Microbiota decussata) is an evergreen plant that prefers darkening and when exposed to direct sunlight, its needles turn yellow and fall off. It tolerates harsh winters well, but does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil at all. Grows slowly.

Microbiota cross

juniper lying (Juniperus procumbens) - a shrub no higher than 60 cm in height, but in diameter it can grow up to 2 m. It has bluish, dense needles and grows rather slowly, but it is unpretentious in care.

Juniper lying "" Nana

Stephanandra incised leaf (stephanandra incisa) - grows quite quickly and is able to create green surfaces of almost any area. It is unpretentious in care, tolerates winters well, and even if it freezes, it recovers very quickly.

Stephanandra cut-leaved "Crispa

In addition to the above shrubs, other types of junipers can also be noted (m. Cossack, m. horizontal, m. medium), many varieties of mountain pine (however, it still needs formative pruning), undersized varieties of Weymouth pine (say, "radiata"), cedar elfin ( Pinus pumila). This is with regards to conifers. From deciduous, you can add Thunberg's barberry to this list ("" green carpet""), creeping broom, Fortune's euonymus, Dummer's cotoneaster, Japanese spirea (" Crispa"", ""little princess"", ""Goldmound"", ""Japanese Dwarf"", ""Albiflora""), offspring derain (" Kelseyi"") and d. Canadian, in the southern regions - boxwood and shiny honeysuckle.

When choosing decorative low-growing and creeping shrubs for your garden, it is necessary to take into account not only climate conditions, soil and access to moisture, but the characteristics of the species. After all, it is not for nothing that all ornamental shrubs are also divided into spring, summer, winter and year-round, choosing the right ones can really make your dream of a beautiful garden come true.