Was handsome all year round, plants are selected that are different in height, timing of flowering or fruiting, and resistance to climatic conditions. In this article we will talk about the most popular of them.
The best blooming ones (with photos)
A tall shrub, grows up to three meters, with a spreading crown. About one hundred varieties and forms of the plant are known. Flowering time, depending on the species, is from mid-summer to frost.
Paniculate inflorescences are more like clusters, reach 45 cm in length, there are different shades: white, pink, orange, purple, colors. The flowers are small with tubular petals, similar to or, with four lobes.
When grown, it prefers places that are closed from drafts, but open to the sun, and is unpretentious. Care consists of fertilizer.
Propagated by seeds, which are formed in the capsule after flowering, and by cuttings: green and woody.
Care consists of regular watering, weeding, etc. Even in winter, if there is no snow, it is better to cover the crop. Cassiopeia propagates by cuttings.
Frost-resistant species
A product of selection by Canadian scientists, grown for northern latitudes. These flowers can withstand 45-degree frosts.
If their foliage freezes due to sudden temperature changes, it quickly recovers without damage to the plant. Roses bloom profusely with bright colors of various shades and are not afraid of shadows.
The shrub has curly, juicy green foliage and strong, thin shoots. Roses are easy to care for.
Frequent visitor to gardens and parks. Branched, lush bush Arnica grows quickly and is easy to trim. 
Thanks to the dense, oval foliage, the shrub makes an almost continuous hedge. Common lilac tolerates shade well; in too bright sun its delicate inflorescences can get burned and turn brown.
It blooms early in April - May with beautiful bright clusters of white, cream, pink and lilac inflorescences. Lilac feels great on any type of soil, but prefers loose soils.
Decorative fruit bushes for the garden
A bush about a meter high, with thin shoots arched. The foliage is green, glossy, some species have thorns.
Lush flowering begins in May, the flowers are simple and double. Most often there are varieties with orange inflorescences, but there are also pink and white ones.
The plant bears yellowish fruit, similar to. Quince is drought-resistant and grows in almost any soil.
Important! Transplantation is carried out extremely carefully due to the long tap root, which is easily damaged.
- not only decorative, but also. It grows up to five meters high, has thorns on red-brown glossy stems.
The foliage is up to 6 cm long, oval in shape with pile on both sides of the leaf. Small shield-shaped inflorescences bloom in May, and red fruits appear in late summer.
Hawthorn grows equally well in dry and marshy areas, in the shade and in the sun, and easily adapts to weather conditions.
Another medicinal and, of course, beautiful plant- viburnum. ordinary- a tall lush bush, with brown bark, dense green foliage, which turns red in the fall.
In May it blooms with white spherical inflorescences, begins to bear fruit in the third year of life, the fruits are bright red. Does not require special care, tolerates shade, is frost-resistant and moisture-loving. Loves well-drained soils.
Thyme or thyme? Or maybe thyme or Bogorodskaya grass? Which is correct? And it is correct in any way, because under these names the same plant “passes”, more precisely, one genus of plants from the Lamiaceae family. There are many other popular names associated with the amazing property of this subshrub to highlight large number aromatic substances. This article will discuss growing thyme and its use in garden design and cooking.
Favorite Saintpaulias have not only a special appearance, but also a very specific character. Growing this plant bears little resemblance to classical care for indoor crops. And even the relatives of Uzambara violets from among the Gesnerievs require a slightly different approach. Watering is often called the most “strange” point in caring for violets, which prefer non-standard watering to the classical method. But the approach will also have to be changed when it comes to fertilizing.
Useful, hardy, unpretentious and easy to grow, marigolds are irreplaceable. These summer gardens have long since moved from city flower beds and classic flower beds to original compositions, decorating beds and potted gardens. Marigolds, with their easily recognizable yellow-orange-brown colors and even more inimitable aromas, today can pleasantly surprise with their diversity. Firstly, among marigolds there are both tall and miniature plants.
The system of protection of fruit and berry plantings is based mainly on the use of pesticides. However, if in the protection of seed orchards pesticides can be used during almost the entire growing season, taking into account the waiting period for each preparation, then in the protection of berry crops they can be used only before the beginning of flowering and after harvesting. In this regard, the question arises of what drugs should be used during this period to suppress pests and pathogens.
Our grandmothers, growing garden strawberries, or strawberries, as we used to call them, did not particularly worry about mulching. But today this agricultural technique has become fundamental in achieving high quality berries and reducing crop losses. Some might say it's a hassle. But practice shows that labor costs in this case pay off handsomely. In this article we invite you to get acquainted with the nine the best materials for mulching garden strawberries.
Succulents are very diverse. Despite the fact that “little ones” have always been considered more fashionable, the range of succulents with which you can decorate modern interior, it’s worth taking a closer look. After all, colors, sizes, patterns, degree of prickliness, impact on the interior are just a few of the parameters by which you can choose them. In this article we will tell you about the five most fashionable succulents that amazingly transform modern interiors.
Sponge cake with chocolate cream- light, fluffy and airy, with delicate fudge cream based on milk powder, cocoa and cream. It takes very little time to prepare this dessert, and the ingredients are simple, inexpensive and accessible. Homemade cakes for evening tea are pleasant and cozy moments in life that any housewife can organize for her family or friends. You can replace the coconut flakes in this recipe with toasted walnuts.
It often happens that chemical insecticides, especially those that have been on the market for a long time, cease to act on pests due to the development of resistance (resistance) to active substance, and then biological drugs can come to the rescue, which, by the way, have a number of advantages. In this article you will learn how Lepidocid will protect vegetable, berry, ornamental and fruit crops from leaf-eating pests.
The Egyptians used mint as early as 1.5 thousand years BC. It has a strong aroma due to the high content of various essential oils with high volatility. Today, mint is used in medicine, perfumery, cosmetology, winemaking, cooking, ornamental gardening, and the confectionery industry. In this article we will look at the most interesting varieties of mint, and also talk about the features of growing this plant in open ground.
People began growing crocuses 500 years before our era. Although the presence of these flowers in the garden is fleeting, we always look forward to the return of the harbingers of spring next year. Crocuses are one of the earliest primroses, whose flowering begins as soon as the snow melts. However, flowering times may vary depending on the species and varieties. This article is dedicated to the earliest varieties of crocuses, which bloom in late March and early April.
Cabbage soup made from early young cabbage in beef broth is hearty, aromatic and easy to prepare. In this recipe you will learn how to cook delicious beef broth and cook light cabbage soup in this broth. Early cabbage It cooks quickly, so it is placed in the pan at the same time as other vegetables, unlike autumn cabbage, which takes a little longer to cook. Ready cabbage soup can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. Real cabbage soup turns out tastier than freshly prepared cabbage soup.
Blueberries are a rare and promising berry crop in gardens. Blueberries are a source of biologically active substances and vitamins and have antiscorbutic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and tonic properties. The berries contain vitamins C, E, A, flavonoids, anthocyanins, microelements - zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, as well as plant hormones - phytoestrogens. Blueberries taste like a mixture of grapes and blueberries.
Looking at the variety of tomato varieties, it is difficult not to get confused - the choice is very wide today. Even experienced gardeners are sometimes confused by it! However, understanding the basics of selecting varieties “for yourself” is not so difficult. The main thing is to delve into the peculiarities of the culture and start experimenting. One of the easiest groups of tomatoes to grow are varieties and hybrids with limited growth. They have always been valued by those gardeners who do not have much energy and time to care for their beds.
Once very popular under the name of indoor nettle, and then forgotten by everyone, coleus today is one of the brightest garden and indoor plants. It is not for nothing that they are considered stars of the first magnitude for those who are primarily looking for non-standard colors. Easy to grow, but not so undemanding as to suit everyone, coleus require constant supervision. But if you take care of them, bushes made of velvety unique leaves will easily outshine any competitor.
Salmon backbone baked in Provençal herbs is a “supplier” of delicious pieces of fish pulp for light salad with fresh wild garlic leaves. The champignons are lightly fried in olive oil and then water it apple cider vinegar. These mushrooms are tastier than regular pickled ones, and they are better suited for baked fish. Wild garlic and fresh dill get along well in one salad, highlighting each other’s aroma. The garlicky pungency of wild garlic will permeate both the salmon flesh and mushroom pieces.
On suburban area can't do without big ones perennial plants. Beautiful gardens create a unique atmosphere day after day, help divide the space into zones, and determine the character of the site. Shrubs have a place in hedges and when arranging borders. Plants different sizes and forms - this is an excellent background for perennial flowers and annuals, as well as bright decorations for the entire garden.
What types of shrubs are there? Today, land owners are offered a variety of:
- decorative deciduous crops;
- plants, in different periods decorating the garden with their blooms;
- tall breeds;
- ground cover or low garden shrubs.
There are a lot of plants that bloom luxuriantly or have striking variegated colors, but when choosing ornamental crops for the garden, attention is paid not only to their beauty, but also to the difficulty of care. The less labor required to grow, the longer the shrub retains its bright appearance, the more valuable it is for the summer resident.
There are many such unpretentious and at the same time incredibly spectacular plants. Among them are those that can be found in every garden, and undeservedly forgotten shrubs. Descriptions and photos with the names of ornamental bushes for the garden will be a good help in choosing the most worthy plants.
Beautiful shrubs for the garden: photos with names
An indelible impression is left by bushes covered with caps of flowers in spring or summer. If you create a catalog of photos of the most unpretentious shrubs for the garden, on the first pages you will find varieties of garden lilac, mock orange, which, due to the similarity of aromas, is often called jasmine.
Lilac
In May, gardens and summer cottages throughout Russia are covered with lilac, pink, violet and white clouds.
This is a blooming lilac, a spectacular shrub:
- up to three meters high;
- with pointed heart-shaped or broadly lanceolate foliage;
- with shoots covered with grayish-brown bark;
- with racemose inflorescences of simple or double fragrant flowers of various colors.
There are several dozen species of lilac in nature. There are many times more cultivated varieties and hybrids. All plants winter well in middle lane. The tall, beautiful garden bushes shown in the photo prefer sunny places and easily grow on any soil.
To maintain decorativeness, faded brushes are removed in a timely manner, root shoots are cut out, and adult lilac bushes are gradually rejuvenated.
Chubushnik
Garden or, more correctly, blooms a little later than lilac. Throughout the garden and dacha, a beautiful ornamental shrub spreads an exquisite aroma; the white, single or semi-double flowers located at the ends of numerous shoots attract glances and hundreds of pollinating insects.
Existing varieties mock orange species differ from each other in terms of flowering, shape and size of corollas. Even variegated shrubs of this species have been bred. Moreover, all plants are very frost-resistant, are not susceptible to attacks by pests and are rarely affected by diseases.
Like lilac, mock orange requires pruning after flowering; for rejuvenation, shoots that have reached 5 years of age are also cut out. Removal will help maintain shape basal shoots and thinning of the bush.
Spirea
Photos of these most unpretentious shrubs for the garden invariably evoke a wave of admiration. Very different in appearance, covered with white or pink flowers, affect decorative foliage and are divided into two large groups. Plants that bloom in spring are covered en masse with caps of flowers, which quickly fall off. In summer, other varieties begin to bloom, transforming the garden for a long time.
Thanks to the presence of both compact and large forms, they help in creating hedges; they are indispensable in group plantings, but even alone they will not get lost on the site, becoming its bright decoration.
With traditional care decorative bushes at the dacha they feel great in the sun and partial shade, and take root in areas with any light, loose soil.
Fieldfare
The closest relative of spirea will also not leave indifferent a summer resident who is passionate about flowering shrub crops. Depending on the variety, the height of the shrub with carved leaves resembling mountain ash varies from a meter to two. Flowering begins in the first half of summer and lasts up to 3 weeks. At this time, the fluffy crown of the bush is covered with white tassels of inflorescences. In autumn, the appearance of the shrub changes along with the color of the foliage, which turns from light green to bright golden.
In the middle zone, decorative shrubs for dachas, photos and names of which are given in the material, winter well without shelter and do not become capricious even with minimal care. Fieldfare is no exception. However, than better for the plant on the site, the greater the risk of its growth.
To limit the formation of root shoots, slate, plastic border or dense geotextiles are dug in during planting.
Bladderwort
It has many advantages. The most unpretentious shrub for a dacha shown in the photo will decorate it from spring until late autumn thanks to:
- dense decorative foliage of green, golden or purple color;
- spectacular flowering in the first half of summer;
- reddish-purple fruits appearing in place of white corollas.
The bladderwort, related to spirea, fieldfare, and other ornamental shrubs, is absolutely unpretentious, characterized by rapid growth and simple care. The plant of the most spectacular forms protects its beauty in the sun and in the shade, but bushes with purple foliage are best planted in open areas.
Japonica
Flowering begins in May. The fruits of this plant resemble real quince, but are much smaller and harder. They are edible. However, the bush, height different types which ranges from 0.5 to 2 meters, is valued not as a fruit crop, but as an ornamental crop.
Beautiful for the cottage and garden, it has a wide spreading crown covered with tough, elongated foliage of a dark green color. The peak of decorativeness occurs with the appearance of many yellow, orange or, depending on the variety, large red flowers.
Japanese quince is frost-resistant, light-loving, not afraid of drought and pruning, and tolerates planting in any soil, even acidic soil. Some plants bloom again in the second half of summer.
Honeysuckle
Blueberry with edible early fruits is a popular garden plant. However, when designing a site, people often forget about other varieties of shrubs, many of which are extremely decorative and unpretentious.
In Russian conditions, shrubs of real honeysuckle, Tatar honeysuckle, honeysuckle and other species feel great. Plants from one and a half to three meters high are densely leafy. Young greenery and shoots have a bluish tint. In June the bushes are covered with tubular white, yellowish, pink and orange flowers, publishing delicate aroma. After they wither, red, orange or dark fruits appear.
At the dacha, the decorative shrub takes root both in the sun and in the shade. Feels good on any soil, giving an increase of up to 50 cm per year.
Triloba almond (Louisiana)
Bright decoration the plot will become a three-lobed almond plant. An ornamental shrub or small tree up to 3 meters high blooms before foliage appears and is covered with a bright cloud of simple or semi-double flowers. The corollas can be painted in pink, crimson, and coral tones. The numerous flowers that open in May sit tightly on the shoots, so the crown appears completely pink.
In the middle zone, plants can freeze, so young almonds are covered for the winter, and areas protected from the wind are chosen for planting.
Hydrangea
If there is a lot of shade on the site, many ornamental shrubs in the dacha feel depressed and grow and bloom poorly. The shade-loving plant will be a salvation for the summer resident. She is equally good in a solo setting or in a group. Thanks to the efforts of breeders, spherical or spreading hydrangea bushes delight summer residents with white, pink, blue and greenish inflorescences, which can be admired in the garden, as a cut flower and as a dried flower.
The culture stands out for its long flowering, versatility of use and adaptability to shade. Hydrangeas prefer acidic soil and abundant watering.
Unpretentious shrubs for the garden: photos and names of beautiful plants
Lush flowering of shrubs in a dacha always attracts attention and makes the area “special”. But the petals inevitably fade, and the greenery merges with the general background and is no longer so attractive.
In order for those used in the design to be interesting in summer and autumn, in addition to flowering plants, decorative deciduous and original fruit crops should be planted. If you look around, it turns out that there are a lot of names of beautiful shrubs for the garden, as in the photo.
Euonymus
In the forests of central Russia you can find an amazing shrub with ribbed shoots, bright fruits, decorated with unusual orange-pink pericarp and foliage, which by autumn turns into bright pink and violet-purple tones. This European plant is an undemanding plant that can decorate a hill or become a highlight in a group of other shrubs.
Today, creeping varieties of euonymus with green or variegated foliage are very popular. The height of Fortune's euonymus, for example, does not exceed 20 cm. This crop will be equally useful under the canopy garden trees, under high beautiful bushes in the country or, as in the photo, among stones and perennial grasses.
Snowberry
When talking about the best shrubs for decorating a summer cottage, we cannot ignore the snowberry. This deciduous plant, up to a meter tall, does not impress with bright flowers or variegated foliage. The highlight of the snowberry is very long flowering and decorative white or pink fruits that persist on bare branches even in winter. In summer, the shoots are densely strewn with pinkish small flowers and ovaries of varying degrees of ripeness.
In the middle zone, the unpretentious garden shrub shown in the photo, according to its name, is not afraid of either freezing or death from drought.
The best place for planting is sunny areas or transparent shade next to others decorative perennials or as part of a living border.
Golden currant
For many summer residents, currants are a favorite and valuable fruit crop. But not everyone knows that, in addition to white, cranberry and black currants, there are other interesting varieties.
A striking example is, which without difficulty will not only give the owner of the site bountiful harvest delicious berries, but will also decorate the garden. In spring, a large shrub with a spreading crown up to 2.5 meters high is first covered with smooth three- or five-fingered foliage, and then the branches are strewn with numerous yellowish-orange tubular flowers collected in brushes. Excellent honey plant, golden currant attracts a lot of insects to the site, and its flowering lasts up to 3 weeks.
In July, bright brown-golden or almost black sweet fruits bloom, which are liked by both children and adults. Closer to autumn, the foliage on the shrub first acquires orange or pink-red, and then crimson, carmine and purple colors, which persist until the snow.
Kalina
Viburnum cannot be called a truly unpretentious shrub, but its beauty and the benefits of its berries are worth the effort required to care for the plant. In Russian gardens you can see decorative types viburnum, and ordinary, equally wonderful specimens. In spring and the first days of summer, viburnum bushes are literally strewn with graceful white wreaths and lush caps of inflorescences. Flowering lasts up to two weeks.
Bright red fruits appear closer to autumn, at which time the color of the foliage begins to change, which turns from green to purple.
The advantages of the culture include frost resistance, stable flowering, adaptability to sun and shade, as well as decorativeness throughout the growing season.
However, despite its general unpretentiousness, viburnum requires attention due to the need for constant watering and protection from pests. This beautiful ornamental shrub for the cottage and garden is very much loved by aphids, which from the viburnum easily spread to other closely related plants.
Rose hip
Numerous photos of unpretentious shrubs for summer cottages with this name show plants that are very different in appearance. This is explained by the fact that “rosehip” is a collective name that unites dozens of species of cultivated and wild roses.
All of them, unlike garden varietal and hybrid beauties, are unpretentious and generously share their beauty and useful fruits with the summer resident. On the site, there is definitely a place for a wrinkled rose with simple or double flowers with a diameter of up to 8 cm, a sweetish-spicy aroma and color in all shades from white to deep pink. This shrub has wrinkled, large leaves that give the shrub its name, and flattened fruits with juicy orange pulp and a mass of pubescent seeds inside.
Garden shrub related to park roses, has a universal purpose, blooms from May until the end of summer. Thanks to this and the foliage turning yellow in autumn, the bush is decorative from early spring until late autumn. It grows well in all types of soil, does not freeze in winter and is easily kept within the specified boundaries with regular pruning.
No less decorative is the gray rose, with purple-silver leaves, pink flowers and edible bright red fruits. The shrub, up to 2 meters high, blooms in mid-summer, survives harsh winters without loss and is not afraid of drought.
The light-loving plant is not demanding on soil fertility, but is afraid of stagnant water and reacts poorly to increased acidity soil.
Irga
Irga is well known to summer residents of the Urals and Siberia, but it will be no less interesting to those who are not indifferent to the beauty of the site in other regions of the country. The plant, with a height of 2 to 5 meters, not only stands out for its winter hardiness. Blooming luxuriantly in spring, this is an excellent honey plant.
White or milky flowers collected in clusters cover the entire bush, and by the second half of summer they turn into scatterings of round, gradually ripening fruits. At this time, the bush is painted in all shades of pink, purple and violet.
The simple, oval or almost rounded leaves of serviceberry in spring and summer have a dark green color with a purple tint, which in the fall gives way to festive carmine, orange, scarlet and purple colors.
The fruits of the serviceberry are tasty and healthy, so the drought-resistant shrub, which is not afraid of frost, is often grown as fruit crop. But its rich blooms and vibrant fall foliage make it a valuable ornamental plant.
Hawthorn
Another shrub crop with useful fruits, hawthorn has long been valued as a plant valuable for landscape design. In addition to varieties with ordinary, white flowers, specimens with pink, simple and double corollas are popular today.
It transforms the garden throughout June, and closer to autumn the bushes are covered with reddish-purple fruits. High beautiful bush for a dacha, as in the photo, good both in single planting and in a group, next to other bushes and herbaceous plants smaller sizes.
To plant hawthorn, choose well-lit areas with loose soil. Without labor-intensive care, the plant will delight you for many years and be excellent. appearance, and a generous harvest.
List of noteworthy ones ornamental plants does not end with the above names and photos of beautiful shrubs for the garden. Many more crops can decorate a site without requiring daily protection or labor-intensive care from the summer resident. An excellent example is the one that migrated from the forest. The veins of the flower beds will be illuminated by bright forsythia. A spectacular action makes an unforgettable impression on the viewer,
In the hands of caring gardeners, berry bushes can become a real decoration of the site. Fruits grown with love will delight you with a delicious harvest throughout the season.
Arranging a garden plot is not complete without fruit and berry bushes and trees. In a garden with a beautiful landscape design there should be a place for a berry bush: raspberries, gooseberries, currants, sea buckthorn, honeysuckle, blackberries, blueberries, serviceberry. We offer you an overview of the most popular shrubs.
Raspberry
Surely you have heard about wonderful ones. It is difficult to imagine that raspberry bushes used to grow exclusively in forests. And only several centuries later they began to breed it for garden plots. Raspberries have many advantages; they are simply necessary in the garden. Shrubs, depending on the variety, have red berries; yellow and purple-black ones are less common.
Varieties of raspberries
- Traditional varieties of early, middle and late maturing. Adapt to any conditions. Disadvantage: low yield.
- Large-fruited ones are considered high-yielding. Allows you to grow berries weighing up to 12 grams each.
- The most popular are remontant ones. They begin to bear fruit in the first year.
Features of care
Berry bushes require regular watering, loosening, etc. Planting is done in spring or autumn. For the winter, the soil around the bush is insulated. In the spring it is necessary to prune and tie up. All of the above measures will be useless if you do not protect the bush from diseases.
Wear gloves when harvesting, as many varieties of bushes have thorns on their branches.
Gooseberry
Gooseberries are often called northern grapes or Russian cherry plums. An unpretentious crop produces good yields. The bushes feel great in illuminated areas. They are afraid of shade and waterlogging. You can find gooseberries in almost all regions. The bushes begin to bear fruit from the third year. The berries can be green, yellow or red-brown. There are at least 1500 varieties
Unlike currants, gooseberries are not afraid of drought.
Varieties of gooseberries
- European varieties are praised for their high taste. Disadvantage: instability to disease and frost.
- American - they are not afraid of drought, they give good harvest. The size of the berries is inferior to European varieties.
- Hybrid - combines all the best. They are considered the most common in garden plots.
Features of care
Gooseberries do not tolerate acidic soils; it is recommended to add garden compost and lime to the planting trench. Bushes are planted in September. At spring planting the plant may die. Old and dry branches need to be pruned. Collect gooseberries as they ripen. Because of the thorns on the branches, it is better to do this with gloves.
Blackberry
Blackberries have been grown in the garden relatively recently; previously they could only be found in wildlife.
In terms of taste, it surpassed raspberries. The shrub with a perennial rhizome was not in demand due to its sharp thorns. However, thanks to breeders, they appeared. It has an external resemblance to black raspberries. It tastes sour.
Varieties of blackberries
- Straight-growing blackberry- considered the most common. Bushes give a good harvest and save space on the site.
- Semi-creeping varieties are extremely rare. Experienced gardeners recommend planting this particular variety.
- Remontant blackberry - allows you to harvest 2 harvests per season: June, August.
Features of care
It produces a rich harvest on well-fed soil. In straight-growing varieties, it is necessary to tie up young stems. Blackberries are planted in a trench strictly along the line, otherwise maintenance difficulties may arise. During the fruiting period, the bushes need to be watered abundantly.
Honeysuckle
Edible varieties of honeysuckle are popularly called “rejuvenating berries.” The name did not appear by chance, since the berries contain the element of youth - selenium. The bushes bloom beautifully, so they are often used for decorative purposes. However, to a greater extent, the berry is valued as a useful storehouse of vitamins.
Ripens in mid-May. The berry has a slightly bitter specific taste.
Varieties of honeysuckle
- Long-fruited honeysuckle - medium-sized bushes are distinguished by the cylindrical shape of the berries.
- Hybrid varieties - bred by breeders by crossing varieties of berries.
- Mid-late varieties allow you to harvest honeysuckle until late autumn.
Features of care
The bushes do not tolerate shade well. When choosing a place for planting, it is better to give preference to sunny places. Suitable for planting in both autumn and spring. In the spring, this must be done before the growing season begins. Honeysuckle grows slowly, so that the bush takes root and bears fruit well, it is fed.
Bushes 6-8 years old require sanitary pruning. Dried branches must be removed. Young shoots do not need to be pruned.
Currant
Perennial currant bushes can be found in garden plots and forest plantations. The berries are famous taste qualities And beneficial properties. Unpretentious bushes allow you to reap rich harvests. It is almost impossible to choose one single variety for a site. The best option will be the cultivation of several species at once. The seedlings adequately overcome the harsh disasters of nature in cold winter conditions.
Varieties of currants
- Black currants of early, medium and late ripening. Large-fruited varieties are considered the most popular.
- Red currants are distinguished by heavier clusters. Bushes can grow without replanting for up to 20 years.
- White currant is a variety that is not inferior to red currant in taste and benefits.
- Hybrid varieties - bred by selecting varieties of gooseberries and currants.
Features of care
Gives a good harvest in well-drained soil. Do not plant in an acidic environment. During the growing season, soil loosening is required. Do not allow the soil to dry out; in dry weather it is necessary to provide watering.
In the fall, you need to rejuvenate the bushes by pruning outdated branches.
Blueberry
In many regions it is considered a rare berry. More often it can be found in the wild. There is a growing interest among gardeners in growing on their plots promising varieties. Thanks to proper care you can have a good harvest of healthy berries.
Blueberries resemble blueberries in appearance.
Blueberry varieties
- Tall varieties do well as a hedge. Their bushes are branched, the berries have an intense blue or dark blue color.
- Low-growing blueberries bloom luxuriantly in spring, delighting with excellent yields and neat bushes.
- Southern varieties - were bred through hybridization for cultivation in arid climates.
Features of care
At home, it is better to grow not wild, but more adapted cultivated varieties. The bushes take root well regardless of the method of planting by seeds or dividing the bush. Pruning is carried out on adult bushes, starting from 5-6 years of plant life.
Blueberries are very picky about the soil; they need to create fertile conditions.
Sea buckthorn
Sea buckthorn bushes can be found near bodies of water, which is why they are often called “sea thorn.” For experienced gardeners I manage to successfully grow it in my own plots. The use of berries is very wide; they are mainly used in medicinal purposes. Sea buckthorn oil is considered especially valuable.
Varieties of sea buckthorn
- Early, mid and late ripening - garden varieties sea buckthorn.
- Botanical variety - has virtually no thorns.
- Large-fruited varieties have a sweeter taste and do not have thorns.
Features of care
The bush will bear fruit if a male and female specimen of sea buckthorn is planted nearby.. For the winter it requires covering the soil and does not tolerate severe frosts very well. Pruning is carried out in the spring. A bush 8-12 years old requires rejuvenation under the stump. It is not necessary to water the plant, except during a drought.
Irga
This beautiful plant is often used as an ornamental shrub. And only a few know how useful the berries that grow on it are. Having once tasted serviceberry berries, a gardener will definitely want to plant a bush on his property. The plant is not only useful, but also winter-hardy and can withstand harsh weather conditions.
The taste of serviceberry berries is somewhat reminiscent of cherries.
Varieties of serviceberry
- Alder serviceberry is a bush that blooms profusely in spring. In autumn the leaves turn bright colors. You can get up to 10 kg of berries from a plant.
- Canadian serviceberry is a tall tree-like shrub. The berries are fleshy and pleasant to the taste.
- Irga blood-red is a slender, medium-sized shrub. The berries are very juicy, with thin, delicate skin.
Features of care
It is considered an unpretentious plant and requires virtually no care. Shrubs love abundant watering, especially during the growing season.
The first 2-3 years it is necessary to form a bush by pruning. At a later age, the plant is rejuvenated.
The berries attract birds, and the crop must be harvested promptly as they ripen.
By planting several varieties of shrubs, you can diversify your assortment. fruit seedlings in the garden. Regarding the choice of plants, it is so wide that it is impossible to advise anything with certainty. Types and varieties must be selected taking into account the individual characteristics of the plants.
To create comfort on personal plot a private home requires not only creating beautiful flower beds, but also plant ornamental shrubs. With their help, many problems are solved. From dividing the garden space into zones and filling the area flowering plants before fencing it with a green living fence.
Blooming beautiful bushes
Using flowering shrubs is more interesting. Some of them have an amazing aroma and literally transform the garden. They can be used in mixed plantings, mixborders, along fences to create compositions blooming all summer long from different plants that succeed each other in terms of flowering periods.
This list of flowering shrubs can include the following plants:
Budleya. It resembles a lilac and can grow up to three meters. Shades of flowers: pink and lavender, purple and white, and white. These beautiful shrubs will decorate the garden all summer because they bloom until frost.
Bloodroot.An inconspicuous plant, it blooms with numerous but small flowers, the foliage is not particularly beautiful. Nevertheless, not a single shrub border or mixed border can do without cinquefoil: while other shrubs fade one by one, it creates a bright spot in the garden. They have established themselves as shrubs that bloom all summer and are winter-hardy, as they are not afraid of frost. Flowering begins in May and stops with the first frost. It is unpretentious to the soil, blooms well as on sunny place, and in light partial shade, care comes down to annual pruning. There are varieties of this continuously flowering shrub of different colors.
Potentilla fruticosa Red Ace Calicantwill decorate the garden with original water lilies. This is a beautiful, hardy, but rare shrub from North America. The flowers are large with numerous petals. All parts garden plant fragrant. Blooms in June - July. Requires pruning in spring.
Shrub rose.Varies greatly in bush size and flower shape. They bloom all summer or are characterized by repeat blooming.
Karyopteriswill add blue shades to the garden, since his brushes have exactly that color. This is a flowering shrub with a rounded crown for the foreground of the border. They are planted in groups. Undemanding to soil. Sufficiently winter-hardy. Flowering time is September - October. Shrubs need pruning in March.
Cistusresembles in shape the flowers of poppies or non-double roses, sometimes with spots at the base of the petals. Flowers with paper-thin petals are short-lived. Each flower only lives for one day, but since new buds are constantly appearing, the bush blooms all summer. The plant is warm and light-loving, forms a low, rounded bush. Can't stand it clay soil. Flowering time June - August. Pruning in spring.
Cletra alnifoliaprefers moist soil. It gets along well along the edges of ravines and near ponds. This shrub requires virtually no maintenance. It quickly spreads throughout the territory provided to it. Its peculiarity is that flowers appear only on young shoots. Therefore, it is recommended to cut it every year. It blooms in summer (July - August) with small fragrant flowers, collected at the ends of the shoots in long spike-shaped inflorescences. In autumn, the foliage of the shrub is brightly colored.
Evergreen shrubs
With regular and correct pruning evergreen shrubs easily turn into a hedge or an unusual living sculpture that will become the center of a recreation area. To do this, it is enough to trim them skillfully. A list of which evergreen ornamental shrubs can be planted in the garden:
- Holly. Not afraid of frost. Grows over a meter. The oblong leaves are strewn with spines. Therefore, it is unpleasant to come close to him.
- Yew. A slow-growing coniferous plant, in areas with mild climates it is planted in hedges. The usual foliage color is dark green, there are varieties with golden foliage, as well as various shapes growth - about ground cover to tall columnar trees. Tolerates better than many other conifers unfavorable conditions growth, but does not tolerate stagnation of water at the roots during the cold season. The plant is dioecious; female plants produce seeds with a fleshy red roof up to 1 cm in diameter. The leaves and seeds are poisonous.
- Boxwood a popular shrub for hedges, including low ones framing flower beds. It withstands frequent pruning and partial shade, is not afraid of wind, and is undemanding to the soil. Keep in mind that boxwood is very easy to care for. It does not require annual pruning. Only dry and thickening branches are cut out, and elongated shoots are also shortened.
- Kalmiya This is a beautifully flowering shrub that pleases with its flowering in May - June. In a non-flowering state, Kalmia is similar to rhododendron; the plants are easily distinguished by their flowers. Kalmia's buds look like Chinese lanterns, the edges of the petals are corrugated. Loves moist, acidic soil and light partial shade.
Shade-loving shrubs for the garden
They are often used to create a smooth transition from the grass to the crowns of garden trees. Shade-loving shrubs are also needed to create beautiful design fences and shady sides of a private house. The most common shade-tolerant shrubs are listed below.
Cotoneaster. One of the most important ornamental beautiful fruiting shrubs in the garden. The genus includes plants of different shapes and sizes, most of them are evergreen or semi-evergreen. The leaves are oval, with a solid edge, pink buds open into white flowers in May or June. In autumn, beautiful fruits ripen, which are practically not pecked by birds. Some cotoneasters have beautiful fall foliage. Heavily overgrown bushes are pruned in the spring. Valued for the unusual dark green color of its glossy leaves. They tend to change color to red as autumn approaches.
Rhododendrons- magnificently flowering beautiful shrubs that also prefer to be sheltered from the midday sun. Traditionally, representatives of the genus are divided into rhododendrons and azaleas. Rhododendrons growing in the shade reach an average height of 1.5 meters and bloom in May, but there are plants both 30 cm and 6 m that bloom as early spring, and in the fall, in August. The color of the flowers is varied, with the exception of blue, the leaves are oval or oblong, wintering. All rhododendrons are characterized by shallow roots, so the soil under the plants is mulched and watered abundantly in dry weather.
Rhododendrons
Garden jasmine It grows well in the sun and in the shade, but in the second case its flowering will not be as intense. There are two groups of jasmines: bush-like ones with weak stems, grown in wall plantings, and jasmines - vines that are able to climb a wall or support on their own. Flowering time depends on the species. Grow in moderation fertile soil in partial shade.
Garden jasmine (shrub)
Privet It tolerates polluted air well, so it is most often grown in the hedges of private houses that overlook city streets. Eat variegated varieties. Characterized by the fact that it cannot tolerate strong winter frosts, therefore requires shelter. grows in any moderately fertile soil, sunny or shady place. propagated by woody cuttings in open ground in late autumn. Maintenance requires trimming - hedges are trimmed in May and August.
Ligustrum ovalifolium Aureum Privet oval-leaved Aureum
Barberry Thunberg- these are those ornamental flowering shrubs that are beautiful, low and frost-resistant. They are widely used in garden decoration, as they are represented by a large range of varieties. Very common and popular various types barberry. Thunberg's barberry grows up to 1.5 meters. The leaves of the bush turn red in autumn, the berries ripen red. This beautiful shrub blooms in April - May.
Barberry Thunberg
Fast growing shrubs
Gardeners choose them in situations where hedge needs to be grown in short terms. Often such plantings are made using a combination of different types of shrubs. In this case, you should carefully consider the question of the future size of the adult plant and its relationship to pruning.
The most popular fast-growing shrubs are:
- dogwood and barberry;
- vesicular carp- unpretentious shrub with a rounded crown;
- turn there is no need for careful pruning; it is done only when denser vegetation is needed;
- honeysuckle sanitary pruning is required in the first seven years, and then all that remains is to form a hedge of the desired shape;
- climbing rose, it is recommended to begin forming it in the second year of growth in a permanent place.
Bladderwort
Climbing rose
Honeysuckle
Low-growing and frost-resistant shrubs for the garden
The first are characterized by the fact that they do not grow above one meter. They are usually planted on borders. They decorate flower beds. List of low-growing ornamental shrubs for the garden:
- Japanese quince (low) the entire warm season decorates the dacha with orange or golden color, first with flowers then with fruits;
- already mentioned above cinquefoil A;
- common heather besides this is evergreen shrub, which blooms most of the summer;
- graceful action, its flowering bushes are the center of attraction, but it is whimsical to excess moisture, severe frosts and cold winds.
Japonica
If you still haven’t decided which shrubs to plant in your dacha, you can familiarize yourself with the list of frost-resistant ones:
- blood red hawthorn- grown as a bush, a low tree or in a hedge, it can grow in almost any conditions, both on dry and marshy soil, in the sun and in the shade;
- silver goof- grown not for the fragrant but inconspicuous flowers, but for the beautiful foliage;
- red elderberry With beautiful foliage, on which red fruits are formed after the flowers.
Silver goof
Hawthorn
Mixborder of conifers and shrubs schemes
The word "mix" brings us to mixing. The second part of the word - border - sends to the borders. It turns out that there are no boundaries in such a planting. But this is not true. It only seems so. In fact, everything here must be carefully thought out and planned.
Plants in a mixborder should be arranged in dense groups that smoothly flow into one another. Moreover, it must contain elements that will remain visible during the cold season. They are shrubs and conifers. They are also called the skeleton of the composition.
Any mixborder must be divided into three parts. They will not be the same in size and shape. In the background they find themselves marooned tall plants with interesting leaves. The second row is filled with flowers, which are characterized by straight and tall stems. They are covered with medium height with a small number of leaves. And short and tall people come to the fore ground cover plants. Plantings of annual flowers are usually placed in front of them.
Here is one example of a mixborder of perennials located along a wall or fence. Its background is decorated with plants: Lafanthus, purple coneflower, chama and clematis. Middle filled shrubby cinquefoil, yarrow, fennel polygonum, bonar verbena, boxwood, decorative wormwood and onions. Planted in the first rows are: shrubby cinquefoil, geranium, soft mantle, and coreopsis.
1. Geranium Endressa. 2. The cuff is soft. 3. Majestic geranium. 4. Coreopsis whorled. 5. Cinquefoil shrub. 6. Yarrow ptarmika. 7. Decorative bow. 8. Fennel grass. 9. Verbena bonarensis. 10. Boxwood. 11. Decorative wormwood. 12. Lofant. 13. Echinacea purpurea. 14. Hatma. 15. Clematis