Landscaping a summer cottage is a creative and exciting process; at the initial stage of garden planning, summer residents determine what bushes and trees they will plant. If the site is completely empty, then fast-growing trees and shrubs for the garden will create a beautiful landscape in a short time. If time is of the essence, then you can choose crops that have been growing for a long time and enjoy their transformation from year to year.

Types of shrubs

When thinking about which shrubs to plant in your dacha, pay attention to their classification, this will greatly facilitate your choice. Whether you only need ornamental bushes or want to get a variety of fruits from them, it depends on which type you should give your preference.

Appearance and agrotechnical characteristics allow seedlings to be divided into three main types, which we will discuss in the following sections.

Note!
The price of seedlings for self-growing is significantly lower than the cost of already grown shrubs.

Beautiful flowering shrubs

The absolute favorites in decorating garden plots are plants that are distinguished by their unique flowering. The most beautiful shrubs amaze the imagination with inflorescences of bizarre shapes and a wide range of shades.

By planting them with different flowering periods, which will replace each other, you can achieve the effect of an “ever-blooming” garden. Flowering shrubs are perfectly complemented by compositions of coniferous plants, as well as any ornamental bushes.

The most spectacular flowering species:

• Dogwood. It begins to delight with its color in early spring. It is unpretentious to the soil, like many shade-tolerant plants, and does well in unlit areas.
• Rhododendron. It blooms in April and has soft lilac flowers. To achieve the most magnificent flowering, plant the plant in partial shade and fertilize with humus.
• Forsythia. It blooms even before the foliage appears. After the bush fades, it continues to delight the eye with its decorative effect.

• Japanese quince. Pleases the eye with orange flowers. It grows well in illuminated areas and is most often used to create hedges with your own hands.
• Buddleya. The branches of the plant are densely covered with pinkish flowers. One of the individual features of this shrub is its incredible aroma, which can attract many butterflies. This bush is capable of reaching a height of three meters in just 2-3 years and has a long flowering period.
• Chubushnik. The most beautiful of all shrubs. It has large snow-white flowers with a stunning aroma; it can be used to easily create green hedges.

Fruit bushes

This species can also play the role of ornamental plants, but their undeniable advantage is that they are able to bring us fresh berries. Therefore, it can be rightly noted that these are the most useful shrubs in the country. However, it should be noted that they require more care.

Below are a few plants of this species:

• Currant . There are white, red and black currant fruits. Some of its varieties can bear fruit for up to 18 years in a row. Do not forget that it is necessary to protect the bushes from drafts and excess moisture.
• Gooseberry. It bears fruit for up to 25 years, but is not very frost-resistant, so it needs insulation for the winter.

• Raspberry. It grows well in the sun, is resistant to cold, but requires fertilized soil and moisture.
• Blackberry. Similar in characteristics to raspberries, but more sensitive to frost.

Advice!
If you decide to plant fruit and berry bushes on your site, it is better to do it in the fall, then in the summer you can get your first small harvest.

Decorative garden shrubs

Decorative plants add elegance to the design of the site, and it doesn’t matter what kind of country houses need to be decorated - they will be made from block containers, or built from brick or wood. The wide color palette and texture of these bushes can create bright accents, decorate individual elements of your garden, and divide the area into zones.

Unpretentious in care, they are quite easy to grow if you follow a few rules when planting them:

• Do not plant this type of plants too closely together.

For your information!
There are simple instructions for calculating the distance between bushes - the distance is equal to twice the height of an adult bush.

• Plant at a sufficient distance from fences and buildings.
• Plants with burgundy leaves need sunlight; in the shade they become faded in color.
• When replanting, to avoid damaging the roots, dig a hole wider and deeper.
• Fertilize the soil.

• Hydrangea. Its inflorescences are large balls of pink, lilac, milky or blue. All varieties of hydrangea are shade-loving and prefer moist soil.

• Weigela. Can be planted on any soil; both shade and sunny areas are suitable. An adult plant reaches a height of 2 meters and blooms from the second year. It has flowers of bright pink color.
• Barberry. Excellent as a hedge, the color of the foliage depends on the abundance of sun and can vary from red to purple. Regular pruning gives the bush a neat and noble appearance.
• Boxwood. Ideal for those who like to create figures of various shapes from plants. Has low-growing varieties of shrubs. Heat-loving, but feels good in the shade. It is characterized by rapid growth and an unusual smell.

• Deren. A very unpretentious shrub that easily takes root in any soil. Tolerates both shade and sun. It has purple foliage and blooms twice a year.
• Deytsia. In a sunny area it reaches two meters in height and has beautiful white or pink flowers. Not picky about soil.
• Spirea. Used as a hedge. It has inflorescences of red, white or pink flowers. It especially attracts attention in the autumn, when its leaves paint the bush in different colors.
• Forsythia. One of the earliest shrubs to bloom in spring. Requires regular fertilization and watering, like other moisture-loving trees and bushes.

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Conclusion

The choice of plants for your summer cottage can be limited only by your own fantasies and desires; you can always find some affordable analogue of an expensive shrub. And don’t forget about the little trick of unscrupulous sellers - when buying seedlings, you do not receive any guarantee that you are purchasing exactly the desired plant.

In the video presented in this article you will find additional information on this topic.

When choosing perennial shrubs for your garden, you need to take into account their future dimensions, color, character and growth rate, texture and flowering time. Exactly flowering perennials give the garden a special decorative effect. And even after flowering, voluminous bushes create a backdrop for annual flowers or simply serve as a hedge.

Let's talk about the most popular flowering perennial shrubs, which, together with trees, will shape the image of your garden for many years.

In this article we reviewed the most interesting perennials from the point of view of landscape design. They can be planted alone or in groups. With their help you can decorate a house, fence or gazebo. Landscape designers often use them to create interesting compositions. So…

Blooming perennials

Perhaps the top three most popular plants in our gardens are lilac, jasmine and viburnum. These are large, colorful and luxurious perennial shrubs. They fill the garden with a wonderful aroma and create a saving shade.

Kalina

Kalina- perennial unpretentious shrub. It is almost a symbol of the vast Russian expanses. Viburnum is mentioned in songs, poems, and films. Gardeners value it both for its decorative value and for its benefits. This perennial decorates the garden almost all season. In spring, viburnum blooms with large white caps, and in autumn it decorates the garden with bright red fruits. The benefits of all parts of this plant have been scientifically proven. They also love viburnum for its unpretentiousness. It easily tolerates shade and frost. Grows well in temperate climates of Europe and Asia. It is not surprising that this perennial shrub is so loved by many gardeners. They love it for its lush flowering, bright autumn foliage, and abundance of healthy berries.

Lilac

Lilac is popular in almost every corner of the world. They love it for its unpretentiousness, aroma and lush beautiful flowering. A wide variety of species and varieties allow you to choose the lilac of the desired shade and flower shape for your garden.

Budleya is widely used in landscape design. It blooms almost from spring to autumn, which undoubtedly expands the possibilities of garden decoration. Buddleia looks especially beautiful as a solo plant or against the background of green conifers.

This perennial also has one interesting feature - on the bush you can simultaneously see buds, open flowers, and fruits.

Spirea

Spirea- an elegant perennial shrub with arching branches. Rarely exceeds 2 m in height. There are weeping, pyramidal, creeping, cascading and erect forms. Spiraea also differ in the shape and color of the leaves. There are many varieties that are valued for their original decorative foliage.

Spiraea are divided into 2 types - spring-flowering and summer-flowering. Thanks to this diversity, these perennials widely used in landscape design. Experts advise using different types of spirea in creating compositions - with different colors and different flowering periods.

Weeping and creeping forms of spirea look good in single plantings. Low-growing species perfectly decorate alpine slides and borders.

Even in winter, spirea look beautiful against the background of snow. Spireas with decorative foliage are good for the winter garden.

Wisteria

Wisteria, or wisteria, is a charming tree-like vine native to East Asia. Unfortunately, it is not widespread throughout our country due to cold intolerance. However, we have already learned how to grow it in the south or in a greenhouse. It's luxurious perennial with cascades of hanging inflorescences has captivated many gardeners. In Japan, a walk through a garden with fragrant blooming wisteria is called heaven.

In landscape design, wisteria is used to decorate gazebos, terraces, trellises and other household buildings. Even the most inconspicuous old barn, entwined with beautiful wisteria, turns into a luxurious landscape object. This perennial vine is deservedly called the queen among all garden vines. Abundant and long flowering, sweet aroma and clouds of delicate colors leave no one indifferent.

At home, wisteria can reach 20 m. Therefore, reliable shelter for the winter in our latitudes is the most difficult task for gardeners. Also, wisteria (wisteria) is successfully grown in tubs and as a standard tree. But still, in vertical gardening, this perennial plant has no equal.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron- a magnificent perennial flowering shrub, including about 800 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. Translated from Greek, rhododendron means “rose tree.” In free plantings it is found mainly in south-east Asia, on mountain slopes and sea coasts.

The variety of species allows you to choose specimens with very small flowers and large ones up to 20 cm in diameter. There are creeping shrubs. Rhododendron is popular not only because of its amazingly beautiful flowers. It has beautiful colorful decorative foliage that changes shades in the autumn.

Rhododendron is also an excellent honey plant, although beekeepers have a special opinion on this matter. It is believed that the nectar collected from rhododendrons is “drunk”. The bees literally get drunk when collecting such honey. Therefore, many beekeepers do not like to locate their apiaries in the area where these beautiful perennials grow. Although many argue that it all depends on the variety of rhododendron.

This flowering shrub has earned its fame as a royal flower over the centuries. Many experts compare its beauty with the queen of flowers herself - !

This is a true aristocrat among flowering perennials. And like all beauties, rhododendron has a rather capricious disposition. Growing it is quite troublesome. He has special preferences for soil composition, air humidity, planting location and amount of light.

However, more and more people want to plant rhododendron in their garden every year. In the end, he rewards the most persistent ones with lush and amazingly beautiful blooms, pleasing almost all summer.

Rhododendrons are good in both group and solitary plantings. Look great when creating hedges and on the lawn. Landscape designers recommend planting low-growing varieties of this perennial on rocky hills and as a border plant.

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle represents perennial shrub, both upright and climbing. This is a very beautiful plant, widely used in landscape gardening and decoration of alleys and gazebos. Climbing honeysuckle creates charming hedges and is perfect for terrace landscaping. The most common types of honeysuckle in our country bloom from late May to mid-June.

The variety of varieties of decorative honeysuckle allows you to choose a variety for your garden in the form of shrubs, trees and vines. Gardeners value this plant for the delicacy of its flowers and rich colors. It is believed that once you try to grow honeysuckle, you will never give it up.

In recent years, growing edible honeysuckle has become popular. It is a shrub up to 2 m high. The berries are healthy and tasty, with a slight sourness. Some sources say that honeysuckle is even superior to blueberries and blackberries in terms of the content of useful substances.

Clematis

Clematis (clematis) is a very popular flowering perennial. This is a fast-growing wintering and greenhouse plant. It can be in the form of vines or shrubs. In Russia, clematis appeared in the 19th century, and were first grown as greenhouse plants.

Over almost 2 centuries, breeders have created many varieties and species that differ in many respects. In some clematis, the flowers are collected in a semi-umbrella, in others in a panicle or shield. There are small-flowered clematis with a flower diameter of up to 5 cm. There are large-flowered ones with a diameter from 6 to 25 cm. The color of the flower is very diverse - pink, white, crimson, lilac, purple and even almost black.

Semi-shrub clematis have a lignified lower part that successfully winters and an upper part that dies off annually. This perennial has the ability to cling to the branches of bushes, trees and various supports, securely entwining them with its cuttings.

Clematis is rightfully considered one of the favorites in landscape design. These charming vines quickly and beautifully decorate walls, balconies, gazebos, arches, fences and roofs. They are loved for the unusual and bright colors, for their wonderful aroma and unpretentiousness. This perennial allows you to create complex garden compositions together with other plants, enriching the garden pattern.

The ideal combination is clematis with roses. If you want to truly enjoy these magnificent flowers, choose varieties of roses and clematis that bloom at the same time. Other classic combinations include clematis with hydrangea, budlea, hops and barberry.

Rose

Shrub rose – perennial worthy of writing entire treatises. Within the framework of this article, we can only talk about it in passing. This is the favorite plant of all gardeners. There is probably no garden in which a rose would not grow.

The Queen of the Garden, beautiful and diverse, has captivated kings and ordinary gardeners all over the world since ancient times. Its fame as the most luxurious plant in the world has firmly established itself.

All types of roses are widely used in landscape design - climbing, standard, bush, hybrid tea, ground cover, polyanthus and miniature. All of them perfectly decorate both small gardens and grandiose parks, small romantic corners and large garden compositions.

In terms of beauty and fragrantness, this perennial is one of the most perfect among ornamental flowering plants. Such a variety of bright and delicate shades of color and scent belongs only to roses.

It is not surprising that this royal plant adorns gardens in many countries around the world. Roses are good both on the edge of the lawn and in the center of the lawn, against the background of coniferous plants and in combination with other shrubs, such as clematis. They look good against the background of stone, forged metal or wood.

Rose pyramids, arches and even entire pink walls are all great options for using roses in garden design. And some experienced gardeners create entire streams of ground cover roses in their gardens!

Rose hip

Rose hip- probably the most common perennial shrub in our gardens. It is grown both as a source of healthy berries and as a hedge. The rose hip is a close relative of the rose and is a wild shrub. Forming extensive thorny thickets, it reliably protects the fence from uninvited guests. In spring, this perennial blooms with simple but very pretty flowers.

In the fall, it gives its owners healthy red berries, which are valued by their. The fruits left on the rose hips serve as excellent food in winter and enliven the winter garden.

Hawthorn

Thorny hawthorn bushes allow you to create a real impenetrable fence. A mature bush sometimes reaches 5-6 m. Hawthorn bushes can become a real obstacle not only for uninvited guests, but also for neighboring pets. Hawthorn needs regular pruning. If not trimmed, it can turn into impassable thickets.

Hawthorn is also planted in the garden for its healthy berries. They have long been credited with both medicinal and magical properties. They healed heart diseases and drove away evil spirits. Due to its rich unique composition, hawthorn fruits are also used in official medicine.

Mahonia holly

Mahonia holly– evergreen perennial shrub. Thanks to its greenery, mahonia decorates the garden all year round. The leaves are naturally spiny and glossy. Their rich color goes well with the yellow flowers that appear in the south of our country in late autumn. In colder latitudes, flowering begins in the spring. This is an incredibly decorative shrub that decorates the garden both in winter and summer. Mahonia berries and flowers look especially impressive against the backdrop of a blazing autumn garden. As green berries ripen, they acquire a dark purple color with a bluish tinge. Clusters of berries are similar to clusters of grapes and ripen towards the end of summer.

Mahonia holly is often used in landscape design. Thanks to its unusual appearance, it alternately pleases its viewers with foliage, clusters of blue berries, and bright yellow inflorescences. This perennial looks great as a single plant, as a lawn plant, as an addition to a stone composition, or as a hedge.

Besides, Mahonia- a very useful plant. The berries contain a lot of vitamin C, the roots have antibacterial properties, which is why they are widely used in folk medicine.

Weigela

Weigela– an ornamental perennial shrub from the honeysuckle family. This beautifully flowering plant is very popular with both gardeners and landscape designers. Weigela is valued for its high decorative properties. The ability of weigela to bloom twice per season allows you to create diverse compositions. The first abundant flowering occurs in May-June, captivating all spectators with its grandeur. Flowering is long lasting, lasting almost a month. Second time this perennial blooms in early autumn, revitalizing an already tired garden. Some varieties of weigela have a wonderful smell. The specificity of this plant is large, tubular, drooping flowers with an unusual color. So one flower can have several shades of color at once.

This perennial is unusually good in both single and group plantings. It is often grown as a hedge. Because of its spreading crown with beautiful leaves, weigela looks decorative even after flowering.

Weigela- perennial with different dimensions. Depending on the variety, it can reach a height of 30 cm to 3 m, and a diameter of up to 4 m. Therefore, these features should be taken into account when creating landscape compositions. By combining different varieties, you can create a real garden of continuous flowering.

Usually weigela blooms immediately after lilac. Surrounded by noble conifers, weigela looks even more beautiful. Low-growing varieties perfectly revitalize rocky areas. If you have weigela growing in groups, then experts recommend filling the space between the bushes with herbaceous perennials: astilbe, hosta, ferns.

Deytsia

Snow-white beauty - this is how this place is often called perennial shrub with white or pink flowers. It belongs to the genus Hydrangeaceae and contains about 50 species. Deutzia is a deciduous perennial with a spreading or erect form. Some deutias are used as border plants, others for small group plantings. But there are varieties that are perfect for a solo role.

In landscape gardening, deutsias have deservedly acquired their loyal fans. Gardeners value them for their extraordinary decorativeness, abundant and very spectacular flowering. It is not without reason that many outstanding florists compare the beauty of deutsia with roses and hydrangea.

This perennial is native to East Asia. And this, of course, leaves some imprint in terms of care. Deytsia are demanding of the place where they grow and the soil; they do not like frequent watering. And yet, difficulties do not stop fans of this beautifully flowering perennial. Deytsia looks picturesque in different compositions. It looks good next to weigela, forsythia, and also against the background of a brick wall. If you want to give your garden some exoticism and mystery, pay attention to the eastern snow-white beauty Deutzia.

Evergreen shrubs for hedges

Gardeners valued green fences centuries ago and now. We all remember from films walking through palace parks, divided into sections by such hedges. This is truly a magnificent, luxurious spectacle where greenery in all its shades plays the main role.

I can classify this plant as completely unpretentious. It does not impose any requirements on soils, lighting, or fertilizers. A gardener's dream.

Fieldfare

It is called so because the leaves are similar to rowan. But that's where his similarities to her end. His beauty is not only in the leaves, but also in the panicle flowers.

Fieldfare - beauty in the panicles.

Its significant drawback is the root shoots, which constantly crawl to the neighbors. You have to fight it with pruning shears. As for the rest, it is absolutely unpretentious. True, it does not tolerate transplantation quite well.

Barberry

His can only be described with positive epithets- spreading, beautiful, with leaves that change color throughout the season, unpretentious and undemanding to soil.

Watercolor paints of barberry.

Its miniature forms can decorate flower beds, and taller plants look great both as tapeworms and in group plantings and hedges. Barberry has a slight drawback when planting - it is prickly.

I recommend buying ornamental shrubs at garden centers. If I take seedlings from friends, I know exactly what it looks like as an adult and how it was grown. So, all my hydrangeas, fieldfare and silver eagles are gifts from friends, grown from cuttings. I bought the rest of the shrubs from nurseries.

In the background is a fieldfare.
Flowers in the center - .
On the front there are conifers - .

I love all my plants very much: both with decorative leaves and especially flowering ones. It seems to me that they are not only decorate my favorite garden, but also create a feeling of celebration in it, make the dacha plot very attractive.

With each flower blooming, the garden takes on a new look, and you really want to see your favorite flowers again every year. That's why gardeners love perennials. But another way to admire the blooms every year throughout the season is flowering shrubs for your garden and garden. There are more than 200 species of such ornamental plants, completely different from each other and blooming their buds from early spring until almost autumn. We will tell you about the most interesting bushes and tree-like vines that can be planted alone, make interesting compositions, and decorate a house, terrace, or fence.

Jasmine

Jasmine is the first to bloom, back in February, among the snow and frost. And in regions where the winter temperature does not drop below -10 degrees, the holoflowered jasmine blooms its first yellow star-flowers back in November - and they bloom all winter. In our gardens you can grow about 10 types of jasmine with flowers of white, yellow, pink or red. They bloom at different times. For example, jasmine officinalis opens its pink buds all summer, from June to the end of September, and its shoots grow up to 8 meters. Low bush jasmine blooms in May-June with yellow flowers. The peculiarity of all types is an unusually pleasant aroma. Decorative jasmines do not require special conditions other than a sunny place. They reproduce by layering and cuttings in a greenhouse in July.

Japanese Keria is completely unpretentious to either soil or place of growth. It blooms brightly, luxuriantly and for a long time from mid-April to June with shaggy, papery yellow flowers. There are decorative varieties whose petals have a white or cream border. In July-August there may be a second wave of flowering, but not as abundant. This shrub requires annual formative pruning after the first flowering. Propagated by root shoots or cuttings in June.

This is one of the best decorative flowering shrubs. Weigela lends itself well to pruning, but it looks even more beautiful when planted alone - with long curved branches literally covered with bright pink or pale flowers. There is also weigela, which has yellow or cream flowers - Middendorf, and the Eva Rathke variety blooms deep red. There are many varieties with colored, speckled and variegated leaves. Weigela blooms twice per season - in spring and autumn. After flowering, it requires pruning and is propagated by cuttings planted directly into the ground in the fall.

Or a more correct name is wisteria. This is a tree-like vine that blooms in April-May with incredibly beautiful purple, white or pink tassels. In some hybrid varieties, decorative brushes can reach up to 80 cm in length! This is a very popular plant in Japan, where entire streets are decorated with wisteria. Interestingly, its shoots curl counterclockwise and can reach up to 30 m in length. It blooms for the first time only 5 years after planting. In July, it is recommended to shorten its side shoots. Wisteria can be propagated by buried layering or woody cuttings under a jar in the summer. Plant this vine near a gazebo, fence or old tree, and it will give you a flowering festival every spring for many years. Wisteria lives for more than 200 years.

A very popular flowering perennial shrub with vibrant white or soft pink flowers. It grows no more than 1.5 meters, blooms in summer, almost 2 months, very profusely. Deytsia is completely undemanding to growing conditions; only after flowering is it recommended to cut off the faded shoots. To propagate this shrub, it is enough to dig cuttings 10-15 cm long in the fall, and in the spring they will begin to grow. Deytsia is very fond of aphids, so it should be planted away from garden crops.

Tsercis

A tall shrub with a spreading crown, which over time becomes like a tree. It blooms in May-June with very bright pink-lilac flowers that cover the entire length of the stems. It is necessary to prune carefully in early spring. You can propagate by seeds, or plant cuttings in the fall.

This wonderful bush not only blooms for almost the entire month of May with bright, large orange or red flowers, but in the fall it will delight you with fragrant fruits that taste and look like quinces, only the size of a large nut. Japanese quince grows both in the sun and in the shade; it does not need to be pruned. If you plant Chaenomeles near a wall, it will stubbornly grow along it, decorating an ever larger surface.

Spirea

This is probably the most common shrub in our parks and gardens. There are more than a hundred species forms. Spiraea is a favorite bush of breeders who have bred a myriad of varieties. There is a spirea that blooms in early spring with white or pink shields, and there is one that blooms in the fall until frost. The most beautiful and famous representatives:

All spirea are undemanding to conditions; they are propagated by cuttings directly into the ground or by dividing the bush.

If you are looking for flowering shrubs for your garden that are decorative all year round, then be sure to plant mahonia holly. This evergreen shrub in the spring (and there are species that bloom in the fall) blooms with very fragrant yellow flowers, all summer it is decorated with blue-black berries, and in winter the glossy leaves turn bronze or purple. The bush can be propagated by root shoots.

This picturesque bush is rarely found in our gardens, but in vain. In the month of May, its arched decorative shoots become covered a huge number of pink drooping flowers. Colquitia must be pruned after flowering, otherwise it will grow up to 3 meters in height. Propagated by conventional cuttings.

Hydrangea

Flowering shrubs also include everyone's favorite hydrangea, which blooms all summer. And if everyone knows the usual species, then pay attention to varieties such as Sargent hydrangea, Grandiflora or climbing hydrangea.

Hibiscus Syrian and herbaceous

This tree-like shrub, despite its southern origin, tolerates the harshest winters well and will bloom tirelessly every year from the beginning of July until the coldest weather. The flowers are white, pink, lilac, purple, red. Herbaceous hibiscus is a perennial bush with incredibly beautiful flowers of all colors and sizes, but its shoots must be cut out at the root every year. All hibiscus reproduce by seeds.

Hebe

A magnificent evergreen shrub, blooming brightly and profusely with clusters of rather rare blue, dark blue, lilac, pink and even gray colors. Hebe, of which there are almost 200 varieties, are the favorite ornamental perennial shrubs in Europe, and now they are confidently conquering our gardens.

Buddleya

One of the most beautiful bushes that blooms in summer, attracting hundreds of butterflies with its amazing aroma. Two types of buddleia are popular in our country: Davida, in which the candle inflorescences can reach up to 30 cm and be from pure white to black, and buddleia alternate-leaved - with long hanging branches densely covered with blue flowers. Both species can be propagated by cuttings directly into the soil in the fall.

You could go on and on about what wonderful shrubs you can plant at your dacha, but it won’t fit in one article. Therefore, further we will simply list their names, and you will find more detailed information on the pages of our website. So, pay attention to these shrubs:

Review of the most popular perennial shrubs for the garden with photo examples

Garden landscaping is the most important component of the landscape design of the site. The importance of plants in the design of a dacha can be felt while walking along city streets - the grayness of concrete walls and asphalt simply requires relaxation in a green garden. One of the most popular plants for garden decoration are shrubs. In this article we will very briefly look at the most popular types of shrubs that can be used to decorate your dacha and garden in an original and useful way.

Which shrubs to choose for a small garden?

Since shrubs are famous for their small growth and large width, owners of small summer cottages need to choose less voluminous shrubs so that they fit in a tiny garden. The most suitable shrubs for the garden in this case are:

Forsythia is one of the earliest flowering shrubs, which pleases with its yellow and light green colors at the beginning of spring, when all other shrubs and trees are still completely bare. Forsythia has small dimensions, so it is ideal for a small garden.

Forsythia

Another option for a low shrub for the garden is Japanese rhododendron, which comes in a wide range of colors and can blend well with the rest of the plants in the garden.

Japanese rhododendron

In order to continue the relay of flowering shrubs in a small garden, it is recommended to use lilac, which begins to bloom closer to summer.

In the summer, the composition of a blooming garden will be brightly complemented by kolkvitsia, which will give the dacha a pleasant aroma.

In order for a small garden to bloom in the autumn, it is recommended to place within it various types of hibiscus, the color range of which ranges from bright white to purple.

Hibiscus

Well, in order to ensure that the garden plot does not do without decorative equipment with plants in winter, it is recommended to add dwarf spruce or thuja to the assortment of plants.

Dwarf spruce

Which shrubs to choose for a large garden?

In this case, you can use any shrubs you like and plant them not only alone, but also in mixborders, green hedges, etc.

In order, again, for shrubs in the garden to please us all year round, it is necessary to select a combination of them that ensures the flowering of one group of shrubs at the moment when others are already finishing their flowering period. We present to your attention the types of shrubs that bloom in a certain season:

• Spring: the same forsythia, Japanese quince, spirea, keria, almond, serviceberry, wolfberry (be careful with it, because it is very toxic) and others.
• Summer: barberry, hydrangea, deutzia, weigela, mock orange, mackerel, etc.
• Autumn: hydrangea, heather, rowan (which in winter also never ceases to delight with the colors of its fruits), rose hips, cotoneaster, hawthorn, etc.

The most popular perennial shrubs

There is a very wide range of perennial shrubs that can brightly complement the garden at your summer cottage, but the following 4 plants are considered the most popular and attractive:

Rules for creating flower borders

Many principles for creating borders appeared thanks to the famous English gardener and landscape designer Gertrude Jekyll. Her own garden at Munstead Wood was stunning with its elaborate flower beds. Until now, her work is considered an example of skill and impeccable artistic taste.

Gertrude Jekyll believed that contrast is necessary to enhance harmony, but the use of neutral colors, such as white or silver, is also acceptable

In order for a flower border to be functional and attractive, it is necessary to follow some rules when creating it:

• Borders with their own color scheme should contrast with the flower bed they frame.
• When using border low-growing perennial flowers, remember that they will definitely grow both tall and wide. Give them a little more space.
• The presence of gaps in the edging always looks untidy, so it is better to place plants of the same type in two rows.
• There are classic parameters for borders: width - no more than 50cm, and height - up to 40cm. But floral frames don't have to be low. It all depends on the place of its application. However, ornamental shrubs and even annuals such as kochia are easy to trim and look very attractive.
• It is important that the frame does not fall apart on different sides and has a well-groomed and neat appearance. To do this, choose compact plants that grow slowly.
• The decorative effect of plants cannot depend on weather conditions. Flowers should look good both in the rain and in the scorching sun. Therefore, for borders, choose the most unpretentious plants that are hardy even in conditions of limited space for growth.

Based on all that has been said above, it becomes clear that choosing plants for planting in borders is a key point in creating a high-quality border.

Flowers for fencing are always dangerously close to feet and lawn mowers, so the rapid recovery of plants is another principle by which they should be selected

Annual plants as part of a flower border

Annual plants live a short but vibrant life. In early spring, their seeds are sown in order to obtain seedlings. In the summer they turn into blooming bouquets, and wither in the fall. Every year the border of annual flowers will have to be renewed. But this is the only drawback, and it is completely offset by the advantages of a border of annual flowers.

Such plants, even purchased as seedlings, are inexpensive and bloom very beautifully. Even in the very fact of their annual renewal there is a positive hidden: you can create new beautiful combinations of plants. Below we give you a small list of the best varieties.

Marigold. Among the many varieties of these plants, preference should be given to low-growing border flowers. Marigolds bloom from June until the coldest weather. There are varieties of marigolds with double and simple flowers. A little shade does not interfere with their growth and flowering. Marigold seedlings are planted in mid-May.

Marigolds never look too simple: the plants are varied, attractive and not boring: there are both simple and double varieties

Nasturtium. This plant loves warmth and light. Nasturtiums planted ahead of schedule may freeze. Nasturtium cannot tolerate replanting, so it needs to be grown in peat pots. If the plant doesn't get enough light, it may stop blooming and growing. Moderately fertile and moist soil is ideal for nasturtium.

Nasturtiums will decorate the area both as border flowers and in hanging baskets, and even just in decorative pots placed along the path

Verbena. It is important not to make a mistake and choose a low-growing plant. Verbena seeds can already be planted in the ground in April if they are covered with film on top. This drought-resistant and light-loving plant does not tolerate excessive watering.

Verbena can be in union with marigolds and marigolds, and for rudebeckia and helenium they create a sharp contrast

Ageratum. Among annuals, flowers with such an amazing blue color are very rare. In order for the seedlings of this plant to be healthy, they need to be planted towards the end of March or early April. Ageratum blooms in June and fades only by September.

It is important not to plant the plant in the shade and not to over-fertilize the soil, otherwise there will not be sufficient flowering; overgrown ageratum can be cut

Iberis. In March-April, the seeds of this plant can be sown in the ground. You just need to place them at a certain distance from each other, because when replanting the plant often suffers.

Iberis is usually planted in borders along with tall annual flowers: it creates a wonderful snow-white background that makes the garden elegant

Lobelia. This plant loves the sun. Its pink or blue flowers bloom in June, and abundant flowering continues until frost. Seedlings of these plants should be placed under glass.

Look at these flowers and think if you would like to have this amazing royal blue color in your garden plot

Cineraria. Undemanding and unpretentious, cineraria look gorgeous, but are very sensitive to waterlogging. In the shade, the wonderful silver shade of the plant can turn into ash gray. The plant reproduces by seeds.

This magnificent plant looks a little like coral and, like coral at the bottom of the sea, has a strong attractive power

Alyssum. Alyssum sown in early spring directly into the soil under the film will bloom 1.5 months after germination. Loves cool weather and emits a delicate aroma that attracts butterflies and bees.

The delicate aroma of this plant can attract bees and butterflies to it, and the fragile vulnerability of flowers attracts people's attention

There simply isn't enough space to display the many annuals that make great borders.

Perennials - a worthy frame for any flower bed

Border perennial flowers are plants that allow their upper herbaceous part to die with the onset of cold weather, while their rhizomes are simply covered for the time being. In spring, the time comes for awakening and new shoots grow from the roots so that flowering does not stop for many years.

Chives. Otherwise, this plant is called skoroda. This is a bulbous plant that reproduces very quickly. You can plant just one onion in the spring, and by autumn it will grow into a valuable bunch of onions.

Sun, lime-rich soil and moderate watering are the main priorities of this plant; chives can be used as food.

Arabis. This honey plant can produce flowers that are white, pink, red, purple or pink. It all depends on its variety. Small flowers can even be double.

Collected in clusters, Arabis flowers appear in April and remain in excellent condition for up to 8 weeks, Arabis can grow significantly

Avens. The plant reproduces well both by seeds and vegetatively. Large flowers are rich in nectar, very decorative and attractive. Gravilat seeds planted in the soil can hatch by autumn, but usually mass germination occurs only the following spring. Gravilat is also valued as a medicinal plant, but it is also beautiful simply as a border flower. Gravilat forms rosettes for the new year of flowering right under the cover of snow.

Gravilat is also valued as a medicinal plant, but it is also beautiful simply as a border flower; it forms rosettes for the new year of flowering right under the cover of snow

Sedums. These light-loving plants can tolerate only slight shading. Bright and juicy sedums in the shade become completely different from themselves. They can even lose their shape. But the sun can give this plant a real tan or a special blush. However, sedum, for example, does not tolerate direct sun and tolerates shade. Sedums can grow in one place for about five years.

Tenacious. This variety of evergreen, low-growing border flowers of perennials covers the ground like a continuous carpet. It is distinguished by its endurance and unpretentiousness. The leaves of the tenacious plant are dark green and even purple. The shade may depend on weather conditions and time of year.

The tenacious blooms with blue flowers at the same time as iris and Japanese spirea; this plant is often used not only for borders, but also for rocky hills

Feverfew. This plant is notable for its numerous flowers, which are very similar to daisies. It is better to propagate pyrethrum by seeds. They are sown in a greenhouse in March.

The plant must be pickled, and in June the seedlings are already planted in open ground. The golden color of pyrethrum leaves will only be preserved if the plantings are placed on the sunny side

If anyone thought that this list was at least a third representative of all the plants that are used for borders, they were mistaken. Border plants are remarkable precisely because their list is inexhaustible. You can create amazing ribbons from them, as Gertrude Jekyll once did, creating play of colors and play of shades under the influence of impressionist artists.

Ornamental shrubs for a dacha garden, garden shrubs - photos and descriptions, recommendations from experts, flowering ornamental shrubs for small and large gardens.

The ideal plant is shrubs for the garden– they are suitable for almost any area, are unpretentious and easy to maintain, and have a beautiful appearance. They delight the eye of the gardener and summer resident from early spring until late autumn and successfully perform the function of a hedge, giving the site a well-groomed appearance. By choosing shrubs that produce abundant flowering, the gardener will have a lot of fun during his summer holiday and will be able to escape the bustle of the city and spend time truly in a corner of paradise.

Shrubs are high and medium height, as well as low, coniferous or deciduous, fast-growing and moderate-growth shrubs. The lifespan of a shrub usually depends on its growing conditions. The shape of the crown of a shrub is the most important decorative quality of this plant for the architectural composition. The shrub can have a clear geometric or spreading shape. The crown can be natural or obtained by molding, as a result of the work of specialists on the bush.

At the Mospitomnik Company nursery, specialists work on each specific tree and shrub offered for sale, giving it a beautiful shape or maintaining its original appearance, growing all plants in the most favorable conditions. Therefore, our shrubs are the best choice for the garden; we suggest ordering ornamental plants from us inexpensively.

Decorative shrubs for the garden are an excellent solution for those who love their garden

For any person, his garden is an unusual place. Here we can take a break from the bustle of city life, enjoy unity with nature, and recharge with the vital energy that is so necessary for all modern people. That is why everyone strives to ensure that this place is comfortable and beautiful. And, of course, no well-kept garden can do without shrubs. Shrubs for the garden– one of the most important parts in terms of landscaping. According to landscape designers, ornamental shrubs are designed to smooth the transition from small herbaceous plants to slender tall trees. Everyone likes them, they create a unique impression of beauty and harmony of space, and their huge variety allows you to create according to your taste, embodying any landscape ideas, and create with your own hands a little world in which all family members can relax freely and pleasantly.

To the delight of people, nature has created a huge number of diverse plants, and shrubs are no exception. Whatever they come in, differing from each other in shape and color, some bloom, others do not, some bear fruit, others do not, etc. But each of them is unique and beautiful in its own way. We offer you a huge selection of ornamental shrubs to suit every taste. We will help you make the right choice, select shrubs that are ideal for your garden and purchase plants that will become your favorites.

Decorative shrubs for a small garden

If you have a small garden, then the first thing you should pay attention to is the flowering time of ornamental shrubs. In addition, it is important to take into account their size, choosing not particularly large specimens. The most rational choice in this case would be to choose shrubs whose flowering will gradually replace each other. To do this, you need to choose from ornamental shrubs that bloom at different times of the year. Thus, by skillfully selecting plants, you will ensure that your garden will bloom all year round, pleasing the eye.

Ornamental shrubs for a large garden

Happy owners of large gardens have much more opportunities for creativity. If you are one of them, then you are in luck, because you are free to choose the ornamental shrubs of any size and shape you like, based on your tastes, preferences and aesthetic considerations. The only thing that can be recommended, as in the case of a small garden, is to consider the seasonality of one or another shrub in order to be able to enjoy their beauty all year round.

Perennial ornamental shrubs

Another important factor that you should pay attention to when choosing an ornamental shrub for your garden is whether it is annual or perennial. Perennial are those ornamental shrubs that grow in one place for more than two years, while maintaining their decorative qualities. It is quite clear that perennial shrubs are the most ideal option for you, since they do not need to be replanted every year. In addition, such perennial plants are less demanding than annual plants. The most common flowering perennial shrubs include: Japanese quince, weigela, jasmine, hydrangea, garden hibiscus.

Japonica

Japonica. For example, Japanese quince is considered one of the most beautiful and brightly flowering shrubs that bloom in spring. It has bright red or hot pink flowers that just glow among the green leaves. In addition, it is quite frost-resistant.

Weigel. One of the first shrubs that will delight you with its numerous soft yellow, red and purple flowers in the summer is weigela. This is a strong and unpretentious plant, the height and width of which reaches 3 m. If you ask her nicely, she may please you with repeated flowering at the end of summer.

But shrubs, equal in strength of the aroma emitted, jasmine just no. That is why many people love to keep it in their garden. Jasmine's unpretentiousness also speaks in favor of it. He is not afraid of frost, wind, or drought. But he still loves to live in the sun. At the end of summer, bright blooming hydrangea balls against the backdrop of lush green leaves look simply gorgeous.

Hydrangea is also an excellent option when choosing a flowering perennial shrub, since it is extremely unpretentious and frost-resistant, it can be planted in both sun and shade. Interestingly, the color of hydrangea inflorescences is greatly influenced by the acidity of the soil - the higher it is, the brighter the colors. Hydrangea has an extremely negative attitude towards calcareous soil, but in a humid environment it will feel ideal.

Let's look at which flowering shrubs are best to choose, focusing on the time of year, in order to get the best result, in which the flowering of some plants will smoothly replace the flowering period of others.

Ornamental shrubs blooming in spring

Spring is a time of nature’s rebirth, so observing flowering at this time is more natural and desirable than ever. Shrubs whose flowering period occurs in spring include the most popular plants such as lilac, spirea, Japanese quince, serviceberry, keria, forsythia, wolfberry, and almond.

Lilac is one of the most beautiful and varied flowering shrubs to bloom in spring. In addition, it is not at all whimsical and does not require special care, including constant watering. Lilac bushes can be used for any purpose, for example, when you need to highlight something or, on the contrary, hide it.

Spirea, or as it is also called, meadowsweet, one of the best choices for your garden, is also unpretentious, frost- and drought-resistant, grows very quickly, pleasing the eye for decades. Any possible soil is suitable for it, does not require regular watering, and is simply irreplaceable in decorative terms and garden design.

Japonica. Everyone has heard about such a shrub as quince, just as many people know the tart taste of its fruits, from which they make amazing jam. The most common is the Japanese quince. This shrub is also quite frost-resistant, but if the conditions are really harsh, then in the winter, until about the end of April - beginning of May, it will have to be bent to the ground, covered with burlap. Quince looks great both in a single copy and in group plantings; it will look especially impressive among the stones of an alpine hill or at the entrance to a garden house.

Irga canadensis- an unusually beautiful shrub, ideal for creating hedges. It is also successfully used in solitaire and border plantings, and by selecting different types of serviceberry, you can easily create very interesting decorative compositions.

Kerria- a very elegant ornamental flowering shrub with bowed branches and leaves, as well as bright yellow fragrant flowers. It is characterized by high winter hardiness. It is especially loved for its lush, sunny-bright blooms, which, starting in the spring, do not weaken until summer, and then continue until frost, although less abundant.

Forsythia It blooms one of the first in the spring, when other plants are still bare. The flowers appear on it long before the leaves, while many small golden-yellow flowers bloom on the bushes.

Almond- one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs, especially during its spring bloom. It also blooms very early, when the surrounding plants look rather dull after winter. Many also know that almonds bear fruit, and their fruits are very tasty and healthy. It is worth noting that, despite the high frost resistance of almonds, they are difficult to tolerate frosts in the spring, during the flowering period.

Ornamental shrubs blooming in summer

Summer is simply made for enjoying the beauty of flowering plants. Particularly worth highlighting are such summer-blooming shrubs as mock orange, hybrid weigela, barberry, rose, rose hips, hydrangea, as well as leather mackerel.

Chubushnik Also called garden jasmine because their blooms are very similar. This magnificent plant with wonderful fragrant flowers is becoming increasingly popular in our gardens. It is unpretentious, easy to reproduce, completely undemanding in care, and also very aesthetically pleasing.

Weigela hybrida It is not inferior in aesthetic sense to other shrubs, it has small beautiful flowers of various colors in the form of bells, as well as unusual leaves - green, with a white border or purple, due to which the weigela bush looks truly gorgeous both alone and in a group.

Barberry is a lush bush, the berries of which are very rich in vitamin C. A variety of sweets are prepared from them and used as a seasoning for meat dishes and pilaf. This is one of the most beautiful shrubs. But be careful - it has many protective spikes.

Rose. There are probably simply no people who don’t know or don’t love roses. This is one of the most important, widespread and beloved flowering shrubs. The enormous variability and aesthetic qualities of roses make it possible to create anything while enjoying their unique beauty and aroma.

Rose hip. No less than roses, rose hips are also known. It is not only a beautiful flowering plant, but also a very useful medicinal plant, from which tasty and healthy jam is made. It is a pleasure to grow it, because it is frost-resistant and completely unpretentious.

Hydrangea or hydrangea is also a very beautiful plant, characterized by a very high love of moisture. So, think about this before you plant it in your garden. As for its aesthetic qualities, we note that even one small hydrangea bush can completely transform your garden.

Mackerel leather- a truly extraordinary plant, the benefits of which can be listed for a very long time. Its main advantages include: winter hardiness, beauty from spring to autumn, its large leaves and original fluffy inflorescences are especially good, many ornamental and purple varieties, resistance to urban pollution, drought resistance, durability. Surprisingly, mackerel lives up to 70 years, and under good conditions - up to a hundred.

Ornamental shrubs blooming in autumn

The most successful fall-blooming shrubs rightfully include paniculate hydrangea, cotoneaster, mahonia, European euonymus, rowan, wild apple, viburnum, cold-resistant abelia, hawthorn and rose hips.

Hydrangea paniculata Phantom- one of the many varieties of hydrangea, like all plants of this species, it is extremely moisture-loving. Otherwise, she is not at all whimsical. And it is called paniculata for the shape of the inflorescences, similar to a panicle. The color variety of this shrub is simply amazing in its diversity.

Cotoneaster brilliant- one of the representatives of cotoneasters, is unpretentious and resilient, tolerates shearing well, which makes it very attractive to gardeners. It is often called the king of parks and squares, which is no coincidence, since its dense crown noticeably distinguishes it from all other shrubs.

It has earned self-love due to its undemanding nature in terms of soil composition and acidity; it can easily grow on any soil, even heavy clay soil. As for the shortcomings, the plant is afraid of direct sun and constant wind. She does best in the shade.

Euonymus winged or "spindle tree", has large leaves somewhat reminiscent of laurel leaves, which become bright and multi-colored in the fall. European euonymus has a dense root system, can grow on both wet and fairly dry slopes, and loves alkaline soil. In addition, it is winter-hardy, grows quickly and tolerates shearing well.

Rowan- one of the most popular plants in our country. Looking at its bright red clusters, especially when the frost has already hit, is a special pleasure. They seem to be burning on the branches of the plant. Interestingly, rowan is beautiful at any time of the year, and caring for it is not difficult.

Decorative apple tree Royal Beauty- It is rather a small tree with a round, spreading or spherical crown. When it blooms, it is an extraordinary sight. The fruits of wild apple trees can be very diverse in shape and color. This is a durable plant, completely unpretentious and easy to care for. Snow-white caps of flowers in spring, bright ripe berries that leave a bitter taste on the lips, and scarlet heart-shaped seeds inside - such a tree simply could not help but become a poetic symbol among our people.

Viburnum common Buldanezh- no less popular in our open spaces than rowan, and its fruits are widely used in folk medicine. The decorative properties of viburnum are also quite high, and its ease of care makes it one of the favorite evergreens.

Abelia cold-resistant is a very delicate flowering shrub with fragrant flowers that look like a bell or funnel. With good care, it can grow up to 4 meters. It is very easy to maintain, it is easy to propagate, it blooms very beautifully, emitting an incredibly pleasant aroma.

Many gardeners love hawthorn for its decorative properties; these bushes can be used as a hedge. Hawthorn fruits are a recognized folk medicine remedy against cardiovascular diseases. This ornamental shrub has leaves that are almost invisible in the summer, but in the fall they simply burn, and when it blooms, it is covered with white, pink or red flowers.

Ornamental shrubs blooming in winter

Having shrubs that bloom in winter in your garden is very tempting for all gardeners without exception. We can recommend choosing yew berry, derain, rose hips, and juniper.

Yew berry is an evergreen flowering ornamental shrub, perennial that can grow up to 30 meters. Loves shade, partial shade, and diffused sunlight. Prefers moist soil, so needs careful watering. Feels great in almost any type of soil. It tolerates shearing and shaping pruning well.

Derain is an ornamental flowering deciduous shrub of the dogwood family, a perennial, reaching a height of 4 meters. Loves direct sun, partial shade, and any type of moist soil. Light-loving, shade-tolerant and undemanding plant.

And the last one we'll talk about, juniper is a perennial evergreen shrub of the cypress family. Coniferous plant, hence many of its healing qualities. The height can reach 30 meters. Loves direct sunlight, moist to moderately moist soil. It will decorate and ennoble any garden and fill it with a unique healing aroma.

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If there is such a desire, summer residents limit themselves to planting flower beds, believing that caring for flowers is easier than growing an ornamental bush. This is far from true, since many varieties of bushes do not require special care and are able to grow on their own - without daily watering or other treatments. To make the exact choice, you should understand a little about the varieties of these beautiful plants.

Shrubs for the garden: types, names, photos

Shrubs for growing in the countryside within Russia You can count more than one and a half thousand varieties. Each species requires certain care, including watering, processing, or simply proper planting - in a more suitable area for the plant.

The criteria include the presence of shade in the garden plot and the predominance of winds, as well as the suitable climate of the region.

Winter-hardy shrubs that bloom all summer

Winter-hardy shrubs, which bloom all summer in the summer - this is the main feature when choosing a plant type for subsequent planting. After all, in most regions of Russia, a harsh or temperate climate prevails, and novice gardeners do not want to take additional steps to insulate shrubs for the winter.

Flowering frost-resistant ornamental shrubs are particularly popular. Among them are the most popular:

Lilac is a well-loved shrub that can reach a height of 3 meters. Of course, such heights are not needed within the garden plot, since the branches will shade the crops in the beds. Therefore, lilac bushes should be pruned according to established rules - observing the frequency and principle of pruning. Many gardeners doubt planting this shrub, believing that lilac will not withstand the harsh winter. In this regard, you can play it safe and choose those varieties that are intended for cultivation in harsh climates. These varieties include terry lilac “Alice Harding” and “Paul Tyrion”. If you have doubts about its durability, you can cover the shrub with any covering material in late autumn.

Spiraea is a shrub that, during flowering, takes on a cascading shape due to the weight of numerous small white flowers. This variety is divided into subvarieties, where specimens that bloom in spring or summer are distinguished. Thanks to this feature, you can enjoy the beauty of the bushes from May to October ( plant two bushes next to each other with different flowering periods). Subcultivars can reach a height of 2.5 meters. To prevent this from happening, the shoots must be pruned immediately after flowering. The Japanese varieties “Golden Princess” and “Shirobana” are more popular among gardeners. These shrubs are quite miniature and, with the right approach to cultivation, reach a height of only 70 cm.

Buddleia - intended for cultivation in regions with a temperate climate. It is a fairly heat-loving plant, but will withstand even a cold winter if it is first spudded and covered with spruce branches. Its popularity is inferior to the two representatives listed above, although this is not deserved. Buddleia differs in its flowering time. Gardeners can enjoy the beauty of large lilac clusters from July to October. If warm weather arrives in the region in early autumn, the flowering time shifts slightly in the corresponding direction. If desired, this shrub can be given a beautiful and unusual shape. Each time after flowering the bush is pruned– remove reddish shoots and branches. The free growth of the shrub helps to reach a height of 3 meters. Hydrangea is a tree-like plant that pleases the eye with large inflorescences. Easily tolerates the harshest winters. Requires pruning of shoots and branches twice a year. The first procedure is carried out after flowering in the fall, where it is necessary to remove all shoots that have not yet taken on a woody form. The second pruning of the bush is carried out in the spring - the tops of the branches are cut off to the very top unopened bud. Regular feeding can also be noted among the needs. Compositions for the implementation of the presented procedure should be selected with a high content of iron and magnesium.

It's only the most common types of shrubs for the garden, able to easily withstand severe frosts. Before planting any plant variety, it is recommended to study all the information necessary to create conditions for a comfortable stay of the selected shrub.

Ornamental shrubs blooming all summer, video:

Perennial shade-loving shrubs for the garden

Shade-tolerant shrubs- another type of popular plant to grow in the garden. They are often planted by novice gardeners who have just purchased a summer cottage and are trying to decorate it.

As a rule, shade-loving shrubs planted along the country house and other outbuildings. They can cover up the unpresentable appearance of buildings and at the same time not harm the growth of the plant itself.

Suitable shrubs for planting in the shade include:

Wisteria - can reach a height of 18 meters. These beautiful flowering shrubs are often used to decorate any erected arch or ugly structure. It is enough to simply pull the threads, having previously wrapped them around a bush or branch, in the shape you need. Small flowers with a bright aroma bloom from late spring to early autumn. Weigela are low shrubs, reaching a height of only 70–80 cm. Pink or purple flowers begin to appear at the end of April. With proper care it can bloom until late autumn. Constant shade and warm weather are a must. With the first night frosts, the shrub will shed all its flowers. Deutzia is a beautifully flowering shrub of small size. It begins to bloom in late spring. The flowers are small in size and white or pink in color. With the help of action, they create beautiful compositions by planting several shrubs together at once. To maintain the resulting beauty, it is recommended to trim shoots and branches regularly.

All of the above types of garden shrubs can easily withstand winter, but in regions with a harsh climate it is better to cover them with any suitable material.

Shade-tolerant shrubs, video:

Fast growing shrubs for hedges

Fast-growing shrubs are also particularly popular with novice gardeners. Their task is to build an attractive hedge. This is easier to do with the help of shrubs that reach small heights.

To create a hedge, the following fast-growing garden shrubs are used:

Dogwood - its berries can be used in folk medicine to treat any disease. The shrub can reach a height of 5 meters, so it is often planted to form an external hedge. From March to May you can admire the beautiful flowers of this plant. In the summer, dogwood will delight summer residents with delicious berries. The crown of the trees is quite dense and requires regular care in the form of pruning shoots and tops of branches. Barberry - low varieties are used for hedges. Thanks to the formed thorns of the bush, you can achieve an impenetrable hedge. Due to its dense crown, barberry is easily formed into the correct shape of a hedge. It is enough only to carry out regular treatment in the form of infrequent spraying, feeding no more than once a month, and also trimming the tops of branches as necessary. Sloes - with free growth, can reach a height of 3 meters. But to decorate a hedge with this shrub, regular pruning and formation of the correct shape should be carried out. A distinctive feature of the presented plant is the beauty of the hedge during flowering. The flowers emit a bright almond aroma, which attracts the attention of most gardeners. After the first frost in the fall, the fruits of the sloe can be eaten.

All of the listed types of shrubs also belong to fruit varieties. Therefore, in this case they carry two functions.

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Fruit bushes

Fruit bushes most often planted in garden plots. Needless to say, in almost any dacha you can find currants or cherries, plums or raspberries. Today, these berries are more used for planting a beautiful and blooming garden. This is understandable, because each of them blooms beautiful flowers in the spring.

If you don’t have enough space in your summer cottage and you can’t afford to plant beautiful flowering and ornamental shrubs, use fruit varieties. Plant several varieties at once.

For example, raspberries are not only red, as many are accustomed to seeing, but also white, black and even purple. The seemingly ordinary gooseberry or currant has the same characteristics.

Designate a space on the site for planting fruit bushes. With their help, you can create a unique and attractive garden design with beds for growing vegetables.

Pay attention to this material - Rhododendron: planting and care.

evergreen shrub

evergreen shrub used for planting as decoration, as well as for creating hedges. Varieties such as:

Honeysuckle - reaches a height of only 50 cm. It grows well in the shade and does not require special physical effort for cultivation or knowledge of care. For the winter, it is recommended to cover the bush with special material. Rhododendrons - some varieties of this variety can retain leaves for 5–7 years. They grow low, do not require abundant watering, and tolerate shade well. For the winter, you should also cover the plants with covering material. Magnolia - this beautiful shrub with a height of no more than 1 meter and beautiful inflorescences can retain leaves on the branches for several years. In summer the leaves turn a ripe green hue, but in winter the color changes to a copper shade.

Planting of shrubs is carried out in spring or autumn, depending on the specifics of cultivation. Therefore, before planting any shrub, it is recommended to fully study all the principles of care.

You will be interested in this article - Weigela: planting and care in open ground.

Feeding shrubs in autumn

Many people are interested in the question how to feed shrubs in the fall. Here everything depends on the characteristics of the plant itself: some require magnesium, others require fluorine and other components.

Nitrogen-based fertilizers should not be used, as such nutrients will cause new shoots and branches to grow in the fall. Before the onset of frost, the new shoots will not have time to become woody, as a result of which they will die.

Ornamental shrubs are a decoration for any modern garden. They are used to create hedges and group plantings. A garden in which ornamental shrubs bloom is always amazingly beautiful.

Experienced gardeners prefer to grow several different types of ornamental shrubs on their plot at the same time, blooming at different times, in order to create a garden of continuous flowering.

In the photo on the left: weigela profusely blooming ( Weigela floribunda(Siebold & Zucc.) K. Koch).

One of the first to bloom, immediately after the snow melts. forsythia or forsythia (Forsythia Vahl). It blooms profusely with beautiful bright yellow bell-shaped flowers. The forsythia bush is completely covered with flowers.

Plant height is 1-3 meters, width up to 2 meters.
Forsythia is frost-resistant, undemanding to soil, and shade-tolerant. Propagated by cuttings.

Forsythia is a primrose shrub. Bright yellow flowers appear on the bare branches of forsythia long before leaves appear on other trees and shrubs. The leaves on this shrub bloom after flowering.
Immediately after flowering, forsythia must be pruned, otherwise it will grow very quickly.

Forsythia got its name in honor of the Scottish gardener William Forsyth ( William Forsyth) (1737-1804), who brought this plant from China to Europe. William Forsyth was the head gardener at Kensington Palace and one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society ( Royal Horticultural Society).

Blooms in spring bean or laburnum (Laburnum Fabr.). This plant is also popularly called golden shower.

Laburnum is a small tree up to 5-6 meters high.
The flowers are very beautiful, bright yellow, collected in racemes 10-30 cm long. In their shape, laburnum flowers resemble butterflies. It blooms profusely and for a long time, from April to June.

Bobovnik is unpretentious, undemanding to soil and frost-resistant.

It should be remembered that all parts of laburnum, especially its seeds, very poisonous Therefore, this plant must be handled with extreme caution.

Photo: Anneli Salo, Pöllö, Jeffdelonge.

Golden arch of laburnum in bloom at Bodnant Garden, Wales, UK.
Photo: GerritR.

Chaenomeles or japonica (Chaenomeles japonica(Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach) blooms in April-May.

A shrub 80-120 cm high, often used to create a hedge. Has thorns.

The flowers are large, 3-5 cm in diameter, usually bright red, less often pink or white.
In order for Chaenomeles to bloom better, it must be periodically pruned.

Japanese quince fruits ripen in September-October. They are edible, but very sour, and quite aromatic. The fruits can be used to make preserves, jams, compotes, etc.

Chaenomeles prefers rich, well-fertilized soils. The best time for planting is April or early October.

Blooms in late May - early June weigela (Weigela Thunb.).
This is a very beautiful bush, 70-80 cm high, about 1 meter wide. It blooms with pink or purple-red bell-shaped flowers. It has abundant and very beautiful flowering. During flowering, the weigela bush looks like a pink cloud.

Weigela is shade-tolerant and is used for single or group plantings in the garden, rock gardens, and also for creating hedges.

Weigela was named after the famous German botanist Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel ( Christian Ehrenfried von Weige), (1748-1831).

Weigela blooming (Weigela florida(Bunge) A.D.C.)

Weigela profusely blooming or weigela floribunda (Weigela floribunda(Siebold & Zucc.) K. Koch)
Japan, Saitama Prefecture, Musashi Kyuryou National Government Park.

Blooms from late spring - early summer action (Deutzia Thunb.). This is a low shrub with a height of 50 cm to 1.5 meters. It has abundant and long-lasting flowering. Deutia flowers are white, pink, lilac, purple, and are often collected in inflorescences. There are varieties of deutia with double flowers. Unfortunately, deutia flowers have virtually no aroma.

Deytsia is shade-tolerant and grows well in urban conditions. Used to decorate borders, in group and single plantings.

A deutia bush in one place can live up to 25 years.

Most common in gardening deytsia rough, or stellate (Deutzia scabra Thunb.), imported from Japan and China.

Blooms at the end of spring kerria japonica (Kerria japonica DC.). Flowering time is from April to June.
Kerria reaches a height of 1-2 meters. It blooms with golden yellow flowers with 5 petals, shaped like a rose. Kerry flowers reach 5-6 cm in diameter.
Because of the beauty of its flowers, kerria is sometimes called the "Easter Rose".

Kerria is not demanding on soils and is resistant to exhaust gases. Therefore, it is often planted on the side of roads, near the garden fence. Kerria can also be used for vertical gardening. Its stems often climb other plants, house walls, fences, and rocks.

Kerry got its name in honor of the Scottish horticulturist, plant collector and first gardener of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Ceylon, William Kerr ( William Kerr).

William Kerr developed a special variety of Kerria japonica "Pleniflora". Its flowers are very beautiful, double. Therefore, this variety of kerria is also called Japanese yellow rose(Japanese Yellow Rose).

Photo: Reggaeman, Jeffdelonge, Ignis and others.

Blooms in July - August hydrangea (Hydrangea L.), with ornamental gardening most common hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens L.). This is a shrub 1-3 meters high with white flowers collected in large inflorescences in the form of balls up to 15 cm in diameter.

Tree hydrangea is unpretentious, frost-resistant, prefers fertile acidic soils. It does not tolerate drought well, so it requires regular watering.

Hydrangea must be pruned systematically: in late autumn after flowering and in early spring, before the leaves appear.

Hydrangea is propagated by cuttings. The best time for planting is early April.

All parts of hydrangea are poisonous, so this plant must be handled with extreme caution. It cannot be eaten.

One of the most popular varieties of tree hydrangea "Annabelle" has very large inflorescences, white with a slightly greenish tint.

Blooms from June to October bush cinquefoil or shrubby cinquefoil or Kuril tea (Pentaphylloides fruticosa(L.) O.Schwarz). Bush up to 1.5 meters high. One plant can bloom for up to 2 months.
Kurl tea is a medicinal plant, widely used in folk medicine.

Kuril Chas is a popular ornamental shrub, used to decorate rock gardens, borders, and groups. More than 130 varieties of Kuril tea are known in gardening. Most varieties have yellow flowers, just like the wild species of the shrub. In addition, there are varieties of cinquefoil with white, pink, orange and red flowers.

Shrub cinquefoil is unpretentious, frost-resistant, and undemanding to soil. It can be trimmed once every 3 years.

Kuril tea variety "Mckay's White".

Kuril tea variety "Red Ace".

Snowberry, snowfield, snow berry or wolfberry (Symphoricarpos Dill. ex Juss.) blooms all summer, from May to September. Depending on the type, its flowers can be white, pink, red. But the snowberry is famous not for its flowers, but for its snow-white fruits in the form of berries with a diameter of about 1 cm, which stay on the bush all autumn and winter, giving it great decorative value.

Snowberry blooms profusely and for a long time. The flowers are small, bell-shaped, 5 mm in diameter, collected in dense racemes. Snowberry is a unique shrub; you can see both flowers and fruits on it at the same time.

The height of the bush is 1-2 meters. Used to create hedges and in group plantings. Tolerates haircuts well. Unpretentious, winter-hardy, not picky about soil.

Snowberry is poisonous and its berries cannot be eaten.

Caring for these ornamental shrubs is not difficult. They are all frost-resistant; they do not need to be covered for the winter (perhaps only young shoots).
Ornamental shrubs propagate by cuttings and are not picky about soil.
The only care is that they need to be periodically trimmed to give them a beautiful, regular shape.

These beautiful, abundantly flowering shrubs will decorate your garden all season - from early spring to late autumn.

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A beautiful garden or just a plot of land is the dream of many. And no matter how extraordinary the beauty of the flowers that fill it, this dream will not be able to come true until ornamental shrubs appear in the garden that can simply transform the entire 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 representatives of the garden. Usually unpretentious in terms of conditions and care, low-growing shrubs can reduce the number of growing weeds or simply decorate some undesirable area of ​​the territory.

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

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

Japanese quince "Rubra"

Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low-growing evergreen shrub, which 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 upward, due to which a profusely flowering crown of a beautiful shape is formed. Heather can grow in any soil provided there is sufficient light.

Common heather "Annemarie"

Wolfman ( 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. Prefers fertile soils, well-lit places and does not tolerate drought.

Daphne (wolfberry, wolfberry) hybrid "Lawrence Crocker"

Deytsia graceful ( Deutzia gracilis) is a beautifully 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 deutzia is practically not affected by garden pests.

Deutzia graceful "Chardonnay Pearls"

Cotoneaster horizontal (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is a slow-growing shrub, which, however, is more than compensated for by its decorative effect. By autumn, green shiny leaves give way to purple-orange, which in turn give way to coral-colored berries that can delight for a long time, even under the snow.

Cotoneaster horizontal

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

Cinquefoil shrub

Snowberry ( Symphoricarpos) - a distinctive feature of this deciduous shrub are the spectacular fruits of white or soft pink color, which persist throughout the winter. A fairly unpretentious plant that prefers limestone soils and tolerates pruning well. The snowberry Cheneau is especially interesting for carpet plantings ( Symphoricarpos x chenaultii), obtained as a result of hybridization with. round, but it requires shelter for the winter.

Snowberry Shenot

Norway spruce (Picea abies) – contrary to popular belief, it can also be short and not exceed 30 – 50 cm in height. It is these low-growing varieties that include "Little Gem", having a hemispherical dense crown, with dark green needles and "Echiniformis", which with its outlines can sometimes create quite bizarre images. Both varieties are frost-resistant and unpretentious to grow.

Norway spruce "Little Gem"

The next two species are herbaceous perennials, although they are sometimes called subshrubs.

Pachysandra apex (Pachysandra terminalis) is an evergreen low-growing shrub that grows quickly and is ideal for shady places in the garden. It can be used to landscape 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 apex

St. John's wort(Hypericum ascyron) is a plant that does not make any special demands on the place in which it grows, so it can be placed in any part of the garden. Its bright yellow flowers, decorative in 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 open 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 advisable to walk on them, as they do not tolerate it.

Cut blackberry (Rubus laciniatus) - can spread up to 4 m in diameter, while its height does not exceed 80 cm. The cut, dark green leaves turn bright purple in the fall, and the shoots produce edible fruits.

Cut blackberry

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

Buckthorn willow

Cross-paired microbiota (Microbiota decussata) is an evergreen plant that prefers shade and when exposed to direct sunlight, its needles turn yellow and fall off. It tolerates harsh winters well, but does not tolerate waterlogging at all. It grows slowly.

Cross microbiota

Juniper recumbent (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 is unpretentious in care.

Juniper recumbent ""Nana

Stephanandra incisifolia (Stephanandra incisa) - grows quite quickly and is capable of creating green surfaces of almost any area. It is unpretentious in care, tolerates winters well, and even if it freezes slightly, it recovers very quickly.

Stefanandra resolifolia "Crispa"

In addition to the above shrubs, one can also note other types of junipers (M. Cossack, M. horizontal, M. medium), many varieties of mountain pine (however, it still needs formative pruning), low-growing varieties of Weymouth pine (say, ""Radiata"), dwarf cedar ( Pinus pumila). This is about coniferous species. Among the deciduous ones, 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""), shoot derain (" Kelseyi"") and D.Canadian, in the southern regions - boxwood and shiny honeysuckle.

When choosing ornamental low-growing and creeping shrubs for your garden, you need to take into account not only climate conditions, soil and access to moisture, but also the characteristics of the species. After all, it’s not without reason that all ornamental shrubs are also divided into spring, summer, winter and year-round, by choosing the right ones you can really make your dream of a beautiful garden come true.

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It is difficult to imagine a garden or cottage without shrubs. There are a lot of varieties of these representatives of the flora - flowering, evergreen, decorative deciduous, fruit, coniferous. Each subspecies will take its rightful place in the design of different corners of your favorite dacha. This article will discuss flowering shrubs, perennials, photos with names, use, and agricultural technology.

Ornamental shrubs are designed to decorate garden and park areas and recreation areas. They organically combine with each other, with trees, annual and perennial flowers. These plants are divided into groups depending on growth, habit, flowering time, bud color, and winter hardiness. These parameters will definitely be discussed in the article when describing each type.

When creating any composition, it is necessary to take into account the individual needs of the plant - lighting, groundwater level, strength and speed of growth, moisture requirements.

Remember! The structure of the neighbor's root system is of great importance; the tree and bush should not compete for food and moisture.

Select varieties with different flowering periods, then the dacha will be decorated throughout the season. Experts will help you harmoniously fit the selected specimen into the landscape design, but you can do it yourself using special computer programs. From a practical point of view, shrubby perennials will help solve the following problems:

• in the form of a hedge they will protect the area from dust;
• will help to zone the territory;
• will cope with camouflaging unsightly corners of the garden, dilapidated fences and buildings;
• decorate any corner of the dacha - flower bed, lawn, alpine hill;
• curb along the path;
• an empty piece of land near an artificial pond.

The correct choice of planting location will eliminate many problems and provide the bush with optimal conditions for development and unlocking the potential inherent in nature itself. We will definitely note some subtleties of growing certain species in the description of plants.

Spring flowering shrubs with photos

Early flowering shrubby perennials are the first to open the season. They give gardeners their delicate bouquets, as if congratulating us on the arrival of spring. By attracting pollinators, they will greatly benefit other garden inhabitants. The most popular representatives of this group are recognized:

• spirea;
• action;
• weigela.

Spirea

Different types of spirea bloom in spring or summer. This shrub forms a beautiful growth of flexible shoots. During flowering, the branches droop under the weight of paniculate inflorescences, the bush becomes like a fountain. The height of the plant is up to two meters, the inflorescences are 3-7 cm in diameter. The color of the corollas of spring spirea is snow-white, while that of summer spirea is pink. Spring varieties bloom by the end of May, the decorative period is 2-3 weeks. Summer subspecies bloom longer, which, with proper arrangement, allows for continuous budding.

Note! By autumn, spirea dresses up in yellow and orange tones, giving bright colors to the garden decoration.

Spiraea grows well in sunny areas, is hardy, frost-resistant, and is easily propagated by seed and vegetative methods. Every spring, the bush is subjected to sanitizing pruning and fertilizers are applied. Spring-flowering varieties are pruned after flowering, summer varieties - with the arrival of spring.

Deytsia

Deutzia is in many ways similar to spirea, it forms shoots 0.5-3 m high. The crown can be spreading or erect. Flowering begins early, the bush is densely covered with bunches of bell-shaped flowers. The corollas are painted pink or snow-white, and there is no smell at all. Deutzia is excellent as a soloist, complementing tree and shrub groups.

The shoots freeze out almost to the ground every year, so the crop requires reliable air-dry shelter. Frozen branches are cut to a healthy area, and the crown is periodically thinned. In general, deutia is very unpretentious, loves sunlight, grows on any soil, and is drought-resistant.

Know! Deytsia quickly restores frozen shoots, and a new one will appear in place of the cut branch, which may bloom this season.

Weigela

Weigela is a guest from Asia who has a heat-loving character and a sophisticated appearance. The shoots reach a height of 1.5-2.0 m, the crown span is up to 3.5 m. The culture is characterized by remontancy - the first flowering is observed in mid-May, and again by the end of summer. The decorative period lasts 30 days. Weigela flowers are highly decorative, have bell-shaped corollas of white, cream, red or pink. The autumn attire of the crop is also beautiful; different varieties change the color of the foliage to scarlet and yellow. Variegated weigela hybrids have been developed.

In the middle zone, weigela will need reliable shelter. It grows well in sunny places, protected from gusts of wind. The culture prefers nutritious soil that is not prone to waterlogging. The shoots need to be trimmed after flowering; trimming is carried out every 2-3 years.

Long-flowering varieties

Among gardeners, shrubby perennials with a long decorative period are especially valued. They are often planted as soloists or the center of a group composition. Low-growing, long-flowering bushes are appropriate on alpine hills, along fences and borders

To ensure that your favorite corner of the garden delights you with beautiful flowers against a background of greenery for a long time, give preference to the following perennials:

• buddleia;
• kalmia;
• bladder

Buddleya

This beautiful perennial is often compared to lilac, although the buds appear towards the end of summer. The bush reaches a height of 2-3 m and grows very quickly. The habit is spreading with branches drooping from the weight of the flower caps. Purple flowers are collected in spike-shaped racemes up to 40 cm long, with a thick honey aroma. The decorative period lasts 30-40 days. Buddleia attracts a lot of pollinators to the garden, but butterflies like it most of all. Propagates well by cuttings and seeds. It looks harmonious next to St. John's wort, mock orange, and snow grass.

Advice! The lush vegetation of buddleia will perfectly disguise the unsightly corners of the dacha; the plants look organic in a group of 3-4 individuals.

Buddleia is light-loving and demanding of the nutritional content of the substrate. The culture loves abundant watering and mineral fertilizing. At the end of the season, a radical pruning is carried out, removing the above-ground part to a level of 5 cm. The root collar is covered with dry peat.

Kalmia angustifolia

Kalmia is a stunning evergreen shrub, reaching a height of 1-1.5 m. The leaves are elongated-lanceolate, 5-6 cm long. The shape of the corolla is cup-shaped, funnel-shaped, diameter 10 mm. They are painted in shades of pink, white petals are less common. Flowers are collected in umbrellas. Kalmiya is decorative for a month, from mid-June.

For growing Kalmia, a lightly shaded area is preferable; in winter, direct sunlight is dangerous for evergreen foliage. With the arrival of cold weather, the root collar is mulched with peat. The crop is demanding on soil moisture; drainage is provided during planting. In summer, watering 2 times a month, fertilizing is applied three times a season. Kalmias will delight gardeners with strong immunity.

Bubble

The name of this shrub comes from the shape of the fruit, which resembles the swim bladder of a fish. A large representative of the flora, up to 4 m tall, has pubescent shoots. The foliage is imparipinnate up to 15 cm long. The flowers are moth-shaped (like peas), up to 2 cm long, yellow, orange or reddish in color. The decorative period is from the beginning of summer until the end of the season. In autumn, the foliage turns yellow and crimson. The bean fruits look very original; the bladderwort is magnificent in combination with white acacias.

Note! Bubblewort is suitable for forming a beautiful hedge.

The bladderwort has a rapid growth rate; after pruning and freezing, it rapidly grows new shoots. Winter hardiness is not high enough; it requires covering the horse's neck with spruce branches. Cultivation in regions with a mild climate is preferable. The culture is photophilous and grows well even on poor soil.

Autumn flowering varieties

Bright leaves of decorative deciduous species mark the imminent end of the season. In autumn, we often contemplate the withering of nature, but there are plants that can breathe life into the autumn landscape and delight with flowering at the end of the season:

• heather;
• cletra;
• Ceanothus.

Heather

Decorative varieties of heather form low perennial bushes up to 70 cm in height. The dense crown consists of small scaly foliage. The leaves are triangular, sessile, dark green in color. Heather is an evergreen species and forms one-sided tassels of a pink or lilac hue. The length of the brush is up to 20 cm, a valuable honey plant. Decorative from mid-summer to 60 days. The growth rate is low and is durable.

When planting, drainage is required; heathers love an acidic peat substrate. It requires irrigation on hot days; evening spraying is recommended. The planting site is chosen with openwork partial shade. In the central zone, the root collar will need to be covered with peat for the winter, and the shoots will be covered with spruce branches.

Advice! Buy heather seedlings only in containers; this shrub lives due to symbiosis with a fungus.

Cletra alnifolia

Cletra is a relative of heather, but forms tall growth of two meters in height. The moisture-loving culture is ideal for planting in lowlands and near artificial ponds. Decorative from mid-summer to late September. Small white or pink flowers are collected in lush fragrant clusters, similar to bird cherry inflorescences. A bright yellow autumn dress pleases the eye until the first frost.

Cletra is demanding on soil acidity; it needs acidic soil with a pH of 4.0-5.5. Pruning is carried out in spring or autumn. Young animals require mandatory shelter for the winter.

Ceanothus (redroot)

The name of the genus comes from the Latin word for “blue”; the plant is named redroot for the natural scarlet dye it contains in its roots. The bush reaches a height of 3 m, the crown is dense. The flowers are large, collected in umbrellas or panicles. The inflorescences are colored blue, white or pink. Most species are heat-loving, so the crop is grown in Ukraine, the Black Earth Region, and Belarus. The decorative period is long - from July to the end of September.

Ceanothus are planted in the warmest and sunniest corner of the garden. It is demanding on the nutritional content of the substrate and needs good drainage. It blooms on the shoots of the current year; severe frost does not prevent the ceanothus from blooming luxuriantly.

Important! Cover the root collar well before the onset of cold weather.

The best flowering species of shrubs for the southern regions of Russia with names and photos

The predominant climate type in Russia is moderate continental, but in the south of the country it becomes milder. Most heat-loving plants winter quietly here without shelter, although some sissies still freeze slightly. In the south of Russia the following species feel great:

• calicanth;
• wisteria;
• hibiscus.

Calicant

Calicanthus is a large bush up to 3 meters high. It blooms at the end of May with large buds up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The color of the corolla is red-brown; in the middle of the flower there are up to 30 stamens. The fruit of Calicantha looks like rose hips. The plant has fragrant flowers and leaves. Sometimes secondary flowering is observed in mid-September. Based on the original species, many garden forms with variegated foliage have been developed. Calicanthus is shade-tolerant, but its frost resistance is very low.

Wisteria

Wisteria (pictured) is a deciduous vine native to East Asia. This plant can be grown as a tree, bush, or standard form. Widely distributed in the Crimea and the Caucasus, it will winter in Kyiv only with reliable shelter. The liana can reach a length of 15-20 m, the leaves are large, imparipinnate. Small light lilac or white flowers are collected in long loose clusters. Wisteria blooms in the spring, but individual tassels remain throughout the summer.

Wisterias are characterized by a rapid growth rate; the vine can entangle any support. The decorative quality of the crop directly depends on the climate; lack of heat will affect the intensity of flowering. Wisteria requires a sunny area, protected from cold winds. In order for it to form powerful growth, it will require a nutrient substrate with an acidic or neutral environment. To extend the decorative period, abundant watering is required. Cultivation in pots is allowed, which is achieved through formative pruning. In March, the vine is pruned, leaving 2-3 buds on young shoots.

Hibiscus

The Syrian variety of hibiscus (ketmia) is used for landscaping in the Crimea, Moldova, the Caucasus, and Kuban. Hibiscus reaches a height of 5-6 m and sheds its leaves in the winter. The leaf blades are ovoid, up to 10 cm long. Single flowers can be funnel-shaped or resemble a double rose. The color of the petals is varied; hibiscus can bloom in waves throughout the season.

By pruning, hibiscus can be given the shape of a standard tree or bush. The culture blooms from the end of July until the first frost. Hibiscus is light-loving and needs a lot of heat and moisture.

Important! When fertilizing is applied, more buds are formed.

Winter-hardy perennial shrubs for the Urals - names and photos

In the Ural climate there is no place for sissies, and I really want the yard to be decorated with flowering bushes. Nature itself took care of some representatives of the flora, endowing them with endurance and frost resistance. Such plants, even in harsh climates, do not require shelter for the winter. Ural summer residents grow the following shrubby perennials:

• park rose and wild rose;
• steppe almonds;

Park rose (shrub) and rosehip

Park roses are highly decorative and frost-resistant, which they inherited from their wild relatives - rose hips. The height of the shoots is up to 2.5 m, the shoots are covered with thorns. Rose hips bloom in early summer, and park roses will delight you with bright inflorescences throughout the summer. Most rose hips have simple flowers of 5 petals, colored pink.

Scrubs have a wide palette of petal colors. The inflorescences differ in size and degree of terry. The crop has a powerful root system; when planting, the hole is equipped with drainage. Plants are photophilous and tolerate light shading. They do not require special care. Formative pruning is carried out every 2 years; in hot weather, the bushes are watered 3-4 times per season.

Remember! To maintain high decorativeness, it is recommended to apply organic fertilizer three times.

Steppe almond (legume)

This compact deciduous shrub forms a spherical crown 1.5 m high. The shoots are erect, red-brown with numerous branches. The foliage is dense, elongated-lanceolate, 4-6 cm long. The flowers are located in the axils of the leaves and consist of five bright pink petals. Almonds bloom at the end of spring, the flowers densely cover the branches. Decorative for 7-10 days.

Almonds do not tolerate even light shading, are winter-hardy, and unpretentious. It has many advantages - drought resistance, easy propagation, winter hardiness, ease of formation. Organic fertilizing is applied in the spring and superphosphate in early autumn. It looks very impressive in a group of 3-5 specimens and harmonizes perfectly with coniferous trees.

Rhododendron Daurian

An evergreen plant 2-4 meters tall. The shoots are erect with light gray bark and slight pubescence. The leaves are small, oval in shape. The length of the plate is 2-3 cm, the surface is leathery. With the arrival of autumn, the dark green color changes to brown-red. The leaves partially overwinter. Large funnel-shaped flowers reach a diameter of 4 cm, abundantly strewing the shoots before the young leaves bloom. The color of the petals is pink-violet, the decorative effect lasts up to 3 weeks. Repeated budding is often observed in the fall.

Advice! Daurian rhododendron prefers slight shading from coniferous trees. In winter, it needs protection from the sun, prefers acidic substrates, and is responsive to fertilizing.

Unpretentious shrubs for the Moscow region

The sharply continental climate of Central Russia negatively affects the health of heat-loving species, so summer residents meticulously prepare them for winter. Some of the species listed above winter well in this climatic zone; the following bushes also deserve attention:

• mock orange;
• barberry;
• Bladderwort viburnum.

Chubushnik

The shoots reach a height of two meters, the crown is dense. Leaves are up to 10 cm long, oval in shape. Flower brushes contain 5-9 cream-colored buds. The shape of the corolla is glass-shaped, the aroma is rich jasmine. It blooms in mid-summer, budding lasts 2-3 weeks. Variegated hybrids have been developed, a very popular perennial.

Weak shoots are subject to severe shortening. Mock orange loves sunny areas and nutritious soil with deep groundwater. Organic and mineral fertilizers are applied twice a season.

Barberry

The variegated forms of barberry are an excellent decoration for a dacha, but this shrub also blooms very beautifully. The bush develops shoots with a diameter and height of up to 3.5 m. The leaves are small and round. Flowering from the end of May, duration 2-3 weeks. The buds are yellow, very fragrant, collected in long clusters. The autumn color of the foliage depends on the variety; bright scarlet inedible fruits add decorative value to barberries.

Know! Barberry is unpretentious; care consists of spring pruning, fertilizing every 3-4 years, and irrigation if necessary.

Bladderwort viburnum

A lush bush 1.5-2.5 m high, the crown is dense, the foliage is 3-4 cm long. The blade consists of 3-5 oval lobes with a jagged edge. In autumn the leaves turn golden and there are many variegated hybrids. The flowers are collected in lush inflorescences, the color of the petals is pink or white, decorative for 2-3 weeks in July. Does not tolerate waterlogging, does not require special care, and tolerates gas pollution and smoke. Propagated by cuttings and dividing the queen cell.

Tall flowering shrubs

When planning a garden composition, some are faced with a small selection of tall shrubby perennials. They are usually planted along fences and buildings to protect the garden from dust and prying eyes. You can plant tall varieties in the background of a massive group composition. The following will help you in implementing your landscape project:

• lilac;
• viburnum boule de neige;
• honeysuckle.

Lilac

A large shrubby perennial with thick trunks and a lush crown. Height is from 2 to 8 m, the leaves are ovate with a pointed tip, dark green, up to 10 cm long. The color of the leaf blades remains until leaf fall; in warm regions the foliage overwinters. Small fragrant buds are collected in lush pyramidal inflorescences of paniculate type. Lilac blooms at the end of spring, after 3 weeks the flowers fall off. The color of the petals is violet or lilac, less often white.

Lilac grows well in sunny areas. It is sensitive to waterlogging, so the planting hole is equipped with drainage. Irrigation is carried out as needed, fertilizing is applied annually. Easily amenable to formative pruning.

Remember! It is unacceptable to plant lilacs in lowlands.

Viburnum Boule de neige

The decorative variety of viburnum “Snow Globe” is highly decorative. It has beautiful leaves that will turn purple in the fall. Lush spherical inflorescences consist of sterile buds. Blooms towards the end of spring, decorative for 2-3 weeks. Magnificent as a standard tree.

The culture is distinguished by its unpretentiousness, endurance and frost resistance. Needs preventative treatment against insects. Prefers a sunny place, acidic and moist soil. Looks great near an artificial pond, requires frequent watering and fertilization. It reproduces only vegetatively and requires rejuvenation every 5-6 years (pruning to the stump).

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is famous among gardeners for its useful berries and high decorative qualities. The spherical bush reaches a height and diameter of 2-4 m, the shoots are reddish, the leaves are elongated-lanceolate. It blooms in early spring and is a valuable honey plant. Small yellowish flowers look like paired bells. Corolla length 10-12 mm. Flowering lasts 10-12 days, by the end of June the blue berries ripen.

Note! Honeysuckle is a completely winter-hardy shrub. It is unpretentious, needs frequent watering, and is shade-tolerant.

Blooming yellow bushes

Bushes with yellow flowers attract attention, lift your spirits, and inspire joy. They will become a bright spot among the usual white and pink flowers and will fit harmoniously next to decorative foliage crops.

To create a bright composition you can use:

1. Forsythia ovata (ovate)- an early flowering shrub perennial 1.5-2 m tall. Bright yellow bell-shaped corollas with a diameter of 15-20 mm open before the foliage appears, immediately after the snow melts. Flowering ends after 3 weeks, after which a third of each shoot is removed. The care is standard, only the Forsythia ovata species is winter-hardy.
2. Cinquefoil. Kuril tea easily adapts to any growing conditions. Low bushes (up to 80 cm) with erect or creeping shoots, small plates, consisting of 3-5 pairs of ovoid leaves. The flowers are simple, there are five petals, the corolla color is usually yellow, in varietal varieties it is pink or red. Winter hardiness is high, decorative all season. Formation once every 3 years, the soil must be mulched. Needs shading and good drainage.
3. Yellow acacia. The height of the bush is 2-3 m, the foliage is openwork, 5-7 cm long. The corolla is moth-shaped, the buds are yellow and large. Fragrant axillary inflorescences contain 2-3 flowers. Decorative from the beginning of June for 2-3 weeks. Acacia is an absolutely unpretentious and completely winter-hardy perennial.

Conclusion

Flowering shrubs are an excellent tool in garden design. By arranging the types of perennials, you can create a magnificent ensemble, and photos with names and brief descriptions will definitely help with this.

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

Decorative garden shrubs: choosing the right one

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

• decorative deciduous;
• blooming;
• conifers and evergreens;
• fruit.

Ornamental shrubs are indispensable in the design of any garden.

Video: review of ornamental shrubs for the garden

Decorative deciduous shrubs

Among the plants with leaves of original shape or unusual color, we can distinguish:

• Doren. 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; in the fall, whitish-bluish berries are formed in their place.

  The dogwood has very beautiful variegated foliage

• . A plant of the Euonymus family with a thick and dense crown, but at the same time lacy and densely branched. The small leaves are usually green or variegated, turning all shades of red in the fall. The flowers are inconspicuous, light in color, but they are replaced by multi-colored original earrings hanging on long petioles.

  Euonymus not only has beautiful bright leaves, but also interesting original fruits

• Red Japanese maple. Tall, slow-growing shrub (3–5 m), belonging to the Maple family. The voluminous crown of bright green, strongly cut, dissected fan leaves in the fall gradually changes color to orange-reddish, deep red or carmine, almost black. Red or yellow-green flowers open before the foliage blooms and produce winged 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 thick green crown in the summer, and in the fall delights with the fantastic view of foliage in all shades of red. Fortune's euonymus has very decorative dark green foliage with a white or yellow border. White deren is found in garden and summer cottages. Deren most often does not lose its decorative even in winter, thanks to branches with bright red bark Purple willow Nana is an ornamental tree with a small size and a spherical crown. Royal Red Norway maple is distinguished by the presence of a leading slender trunk, uneven crown density and large leaves when blooming bright red, then - dark red color Bubble carp Darts Gold - a spectacular shrub with decorative leaves of bright yellow color, delicate flowers and fruits decorates the site throughout the season Bubble carp - an ornamental deciduous shrub that has relatively recently appeared in gardening, and is rapidly gaining popularity Rowan-leaved fieldfare quickly grows, forming lush thickets of white dogwood Sibirika Variegata has variegated bordered foliage, which changes color in the fall (the leaves can sparkle in yellow, purple or violet)

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Flowering shrubs

The following flowering garden shrub crops can be distinguished:

• Weigel. A spectacular, beautifully flowering plant belonging to the Honeysuckle family, from 0.6–0.7 m to 3 m in height 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.

  Weigela flowers resemble a bell

• . A shrub from 1 to 3 m tall from the Hydrangeaceae family with large (10–12 cm) pointed oval leaves. It 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.

  Hydrangea has very large spherical inflorescences

• Jasmine. A garden shrub, popularly called mock orange, belongs to the Hydrangeaceae 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 fragrant

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful flowers

Budleya, due to some external similarity, is sometimes called autumn lilac. The type of blooming weigela pleases the eye with pink bell-shaped flowers that bloom in waves throughout the season. Weigela flowers can be of a variety of shades. Hydrangea blooms throughout the summer. Deutzia blooms with densely growing white-pink or snow-white (in depending on the variety) with racemose inflorescences Viburnum blooms beautifully with large white spherical inflorescences, the foliage in autumn changes from rich green to golden and red
Cinquefoil shrub is widely used in decorative floriculture.
Broom, depending on the variety, blooms with “moth” flowers of different shades. Small, very fragrant, four-petaled lilac flowers are arranged in a lush pyramidal brush-panicle of white, lilac, purple or violet. Spiraea blooms profusely and luxuriantly, bending its branches literally covered with white flowers to the very ground Forsythia blooms in early spring with bright yellow bells, and foliage on the bush 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 value throughout the year, the most popular are:

• Juniper. Coniferous shrub from 1 to 3 m high from the Cypress family. The leaves are hard, needle-shaped, short and prickly, of a grayish-green hue. The plant is dioecious; fruits (cones and berries) of a bluish-bluish hue with a diameter of up to 7–9 mm ripen in the second or third year.

  Juniper is 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 triangular petioleless leaves of various colors (green, bluish-white, orange-golden, etc.). Small white or pink flowers are collected in a one-sided inflorescence.

  The 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 silver-gray.

Most evergreen coniferous crops grow extremely slowly.

Video: coniferous plants for the garden

Fruit bushes

The following berry bushes are most often used in gardens:

• Snowberry. A low shrub (no more than 1.5 m) with thin yellowish-gray branches, it belongs to the Honeysuckle family. The bluish-green oval leaves reach 5–6 cm in length. The flowers are regular in shape, pale green, pinkish, less often red, collected in brushes of 6–10 pieces. The white or pinkish fruits do not ripen simultaneously and remain on bare branches until spring.

  White berries hang on the branches of the snowberry 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, and the oblong berries that ripen in their place have a red or purple tint.

  Barberry can also be classified as an ornamental deciduous shrub, because its leaves can have a variety of shades

• Rose hip. The smooth long stems of this plant from the Rosaceae family, reaching a height of 2–2.5 m, are covered with hard thorns and green oblong-elliptical long-petioled leaves. Five-petalled flowers of various colors (white, yellow, crimson, pink, etc.) and degree of terry. Fleshy orange-red berries with a diameter of 10–15 mm ripen in August.

  The rose hip, a close relative of the garden rose, is not only a beautiful bush covered with fragrant flowers, but also a source of medicinal fruits

Beautiful bright fruits are not always edible; very often they are poisonous.

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

Yellow rose hips look especially impressive

Video: the most beautiful shrubs for the garden

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