Ornamental shrubs are an adornment of any modern garden. They create hedges, group plantings. A garden in which ornamental shrubs bloom is always amazingly beautiful.

Experienced gardeners prefer to grow on their site at the same time several different types of ornamental shrubs that bloom in different time to create a garden of continuous flowering.

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

One of the first, immediately after the snow melts, blooms forsythia or forsythia (Forsythia Vahl). It blooms profusely with beautiful bright yellow flowers in the form of bells. The forsythia bush is completely covered with flowers.

Plant height 1-3 meters, width up to 2 meters.
Forsythia is frost-resistant, undemanding to soils, 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 cut off, otherwise it grows very quickly.

Forsythia was named after the Scottish horticulturist William Forsythe. William Forsyth) (1737-1804), who brought this plant from China to Europe. William Forsyth was Chief Gardener of Kensington Palace and one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society ( Royal Horticultural Society).

blooms in spring beaver or laburnum (Laburnum Fabr.). This plant is popularly called Golden Rain.

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

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

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

Photo: Anneli Salo, Pöllö, Jeffdelonge.

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

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

Shrub 80-120 cm high, often used to create hedges. Has spikes.

The flowers are large, 3-5 cm in diameter, usually bright red, rarely pink or white.
In order for chaenomeles to bloom better, it must be cut off periodically.

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

Chaenomeles prefers rich, well-drained soils. The best time to plant 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 flowers in the form of bells. Differs in plentiful and very beautiful flowering. During flowering, the weigela bush looks like a pink cloud.

Weigela shade-tolerant, used for single or group plantings in the garden, rock gardens, as well as 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 flowering or weigela floribunda (Weigela floribunda(Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch)
Japan, Saitama Prefecture, Musashi Kyuryou National Government Park.

Blooms from late spring to early summer action (Deutzia Thunb.). This is a low shrub with a height of 50 cm to 1.5 meters. Differs in plentiful and long blossoming. Action flowers are white, pink, purple, purple, often collected in inflorescences. There are varieties of action with double flowers. Unfortunately, deutsia flowers have little or no fragrance.

Deytion shade-tolerant, grows well in the city. It is used for decoration of borders, in group and single plantings.

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

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

Blooms in late spring kerria japanese (Kerria japonica DC.). Flowering time 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. Kerria flowers reach 5-6 cm in diameter.
For the beauty of the flowers, kerria is sometimes called the "Easter Rose".

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

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

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

Photos: Reggaeman, Jeffdelonge, Ignis and others.

Blooms in July - August hydrangea (Hydrangea L.), with ornamental horticulture the 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.

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

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

Hydrangea is propagated by cuttings. The best time for planting is the beginning of April.

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

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

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

The Kuril hour is a popular ornamental shrub, used for decorating rock gardens, borders, and groups. More than 130 varieties of Kuril tea are known in horticulture. Most cultivars have yellow flowers, as does the wild species. In addition, there are varieties of Potentilla with white, pink, orange and red flowers.

The cinquefoil shrub is unpretentious, frost-resistant, undemanding to soils. You can trim it 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 species, 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 a great decorative effect.

The snowberry blooms profusely and for a long time. The flowers are small, in the form of bells, 5 mm in diameter, collected in dense racemose inflorescences. Snowberry is a unique shrub, you can see both flowers and fruits on it at the same time.

Shrub height 1-2 meters. It is used to create hedges and in group plantings. Handles haircut well. Unpretentious, winter-hardy, not picky about soils.

The snowberry is poisonous, 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; they are not demanding on soils.
The only care is that they need to be trimmed periodically to give them a beautiful, regular shape.

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

without good the backyard looks boring. Shrubs will help to bring new notes to an already existing picture. They can be flowering, green, high and low. This is the beauty of the fact that they are different. What ornamental shrubs to plant in the country? Everyone decides for himself. Choose plants that will not be a burden to you to care for, and the shrubs themselves will fit into your landscape design idea.

One of the best options for plants are flowering shrubs. With their help, you can visually increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe site, hide minor flaws. Flowering shrubs give a sense of celebration and will delight the eye until autumn.

You can plant bushes on lawns, along walking paths, near the terrace. If you have a specific landscape design idea, choosing the location of the bushes will be easy. When choosing plants for the garden, it is worth considering their characteristics. How much the shrub will grow in height, and how wide. In general, these factors can be managed with clippers.

Ornamental shrubs for summer cottages are chosen taking into account the size of the garden and the design of the site. For example, for fit low shrubs. Give preference to those species that bloom at different times. Thus, your site will be buried in flowers until the fall.

What plants are suitable if the garden is small?

The landscape design of a small garden should be arranged in such a way that it visually appears larger. In addition, you need to use every centimeter of space usefully.

Forsythia

This low shrub blooms with small yellow flowers. It blooms as soon as the snow disappears from the ground. Interestingly, Forsythia produces flowers much earlier than the leaves themselves. When it blooms on your site, it seems that the sun itself has settled on your territory.

Magnolia "Star"

It can be of two types: shrub or small tree. With good care, it grows up to 3 meters in height. The plant is very interesting, bare brown branches smoothly pass into the crown, which looks like a ball or dome.

Magnolia blooms densely and a lot, flowers appear every year. In rare cases, the size of the flowers reaches up to 10 cm in diameter. It's nice that the flowers of the plant appear faster than the leaves.

The plant loves well-fertilized soil, preferably black earth. It tolerates frost well, but it is better to plant a shrub in a place protected from the wind. If you are afraid to leave Magnolia to winter on the site, you can transplant it into a tub and hide it indoors.

The shrub is perfect for creating flower arrangements and decorating alleys.

Hibiscus "Syrian"

This shrub can grow up to 6 meters in height. There is , which look like a bush, there are those that resemble a tree. Hibiscus "Syrian" loves light and warmth. Pleases with big and bright colors whose palette is amazing. Hibiscus has interesting feature: each flower lives no more than a day.

Due to the fact that a bush can produce hundreds and thousands of inflorescences, the daily life of a flower does not really matter. Hibiscus will delight you with flowers until the fall, provided that you properly care for it.

Chinese lilac

A shrub that will delight you with flowers throughout the spring. Compared to ordinary lilac, its Chinese counterpart has a smaller height and large inflorescences of a bright shade. There are varieties of lilacs with terry flowers to the touch.

Russia has a harsh winter, but despite this, the Chinese lilac is going through this period very well. It is worth planting a lilac where spring floods and heavy rainfall throughout the year do not heat the soil. Chinese lilac does not tolerate stagnant water. Even if the water stands for a week, the roots of the plant will die. At the same time, the earth should be moist, it should have enough nutrients.

The plant propagates by seeds, if we are talking about wild varieties. If the lilac is selective, it is propagated by cuttings or by grafting branches to another tree. The grafting method allows you to create incredible compositions on suburban area. One shrub, combining several types of lilacs, will bloom profusely and different colors. The spectacle is truly impressive. Chinese lilac can be planted near gazebos or in a garden seating area.

Colquisition

A low growing shrub covered with flowers. It looks very beautiful, the bush is not particularly whimsical in care. Some types of shrubs can reach a height of up to 2.5 meters. During the flowering period, the branches bend under the weight of flowers and fall to the ground. Kolkvitsia blooms with white, beige and yellowish flowers of small size.

You can plant a plant in any soil. It perfectly tolerates even the presence of alkali in the soil. In winter, it does not freeze even at a temperature of -30 degrees. This is convenient because it is almost impossible to predict the weather in winter.

Kolkvitsia tolerates drought well, does not die with rare watering. The plant can be propagated by seeds. After sowing, you will see the first flowers in the third year of the shrub's life. The maximum growth phase of the bush occurs 7 years after sowing.

Shrub care consists in regular watering and pruning of branches (diseased and old shoots are removed). It is necessary to periodically loosen the soil under the bush and remove the weeds. You can plant a shrub, as part of a flower arrangement, and as an independent plant. Sometimes, Kolkvitsia is used to create borders and mixed-type flower beds.

How to arrange a large garden in the country?

When decorating a large summer cottage, fruit and ornamental plants are used. Here you can plant any shrubs, the main thing is that they fit into the general idea of ​​landscape design and do not interfere with your life.

Daphne

Shrub up to 1.5 meters high. In total there are about 50 species of this plant. Flowers abundantly cover the shoots, there are many of them. The flowering period lasts several weeks. If it is a cool summer outside, the shrub can bloom for a whole month.

The scent of Wolfberry is divine and strong. Interestingly, it can be heard at a very long distance. Each type of plant has its own smell. It is worth noting that this shrub can become life-threatening. Its leaves, shoots and berries contain toxic substances.

If they get on the skin, they can cause irritation, itching, and in rare cases burns. The berries of the shrub are red, black or yellow. Lethal dose for a person about 15 berries. The fruits of the shrub have a nasty taste, so they rarely poison anyone.

But, if you have children to whom you cannot explain the origin of the berries, it is better to cut them off with gloves and still green. The plant can be planted in almost any soil. Wolfberry perfectly tolerates a frosty winter. They can decorate the site if you rarely come to the country, but want the site to be beautiful.

Familiar notes of childhood: elderberry, mountain ash, viburnum

With the help of these shrubs, you can beautifully decorate the site. They bloom beautifully in summer, and in winter they attract birds with the help of beautiful and tasty fruits. Shrubs can be planted at the well, under the window or in the recreation area. The fruits of viburnum are good for health, they make fragrant tea.

Kalina with sugar can be eaten during ARVI and its analogues, berries perfectly raise immunity. Rowan fruits help to normalize blood pressure, taste good. Even children will like elderberry jam.

Find a place on the site for these shrubs, and you will always have a green pharmacy at hand.

Flowering shrubs in the area

Various shrubs will help create bright flower arrangements in summer. There are dozens of types of plants that can decorate your site. You select the most interesting options for you.

Chubushnik

This shrub is also called "fake jasmine". It blooms in early summer, and will delight you with white, numerous flowers. Mock orange is not whimsical in care, it can grow on any soil. It can be planted once and enjoy flowers for decades.

Shrub blooms profusely, even if located in the shade. The aroma of flowers resembles jasmine, only with sweet notes. You can plant a shrub where it will not be heated by melt water. Mock orange does not like stagnant moisture and may die. For that, in winter, the bush calmly endures any frost.

In order for the shrub to bloom profusely and for a long time, it can be fed with a solution of mullein and flavored with ash. Despite the fact that the plant tolerates shade well, it will bloom better in open areas.

The flowering period of the shrub is usually 14 days. But, it is possible to choose a variety with a different flowering period. If you plant several varieties on the site, but beautiful white flowers will decorate your site almost until autumn.

Weigela

This shrub was brought from the Far East. It blooms with small, light pink flowers that change color as they wilt. You can choose varieties with different flowering periods, shade of flowers, height of shoots.

They say that - it whimsical plant. And in vain. It can grow well in today's climate. When the shrub is just blooming, its flowers seem pale, towards the end of the flowering period, they seem to burn with fire. Shrub grows up to 1.5 meters in height. Choose frost-resistant plants for your garden. Summer Weigela may die in winter.

In order for your shrub to survive the winter normally, it needs to be covered on especially cold days. But, if the frost has damaged the bush, it can still recover, it will only bloom much later than usual.

The shrub loves fertile soil and sunny areas, where it will delight you with its bright and numerous flowers. Weigela is well suited for both single planting and creating whole flower arrangements.

Skumpia

This shrub is popularly called "wig tree", "smoking bush". The plant got its name due to its flowers, which look like cobwebs or puffs of smoke. Planting Skumpia in the country is convenient. She will live up to 100 years, even your great-grandchildren will admire the beauty of your garden.

In its natural environment, the shrub grows up to 12 meters. It is quite large, so plan to plant it in places where it will not obscure other shrubs and flowers. Skumpia blooms with small flowers, which are collected in huge inflorescences. The shrub blazes with color until autumn and its flowers, closer to the cold, become a bright saturated shade. If you take the inflorescences in your hand and rub them, they will smell like carrots.

The root system of Skumpia deepens into the ground up to 1.5 meters. This allows the shrub to be used to reinforce ravines or create natural garden borders. Skumpia grows on almost any soil, it is not whimsical in care.

The plant is not afraid of frost, loves the sun and light. The bark and roots are not subject to decay, and fungal diseases. Skumpia shoots are used to produce some medicines that help reduce fever.

There are several types of this shrub. Suitable for domestic climate winter-hardy varieties that can easily survive the winter. Such a shrub grows up to 3 meters and lives for more than 25 years. The plant can be propagated by seeds or cuttings. In any case, you will get a wonderful bush.

Hydrangea

One of the popular shrubs that can be grown in the garden. The homeland of the plant is the subtropics. There the shrub can grow up to 4 meters in height. In the conditions of the domestic climate, its height was reduced to a maximum of 2 meters.

blooms small flowers, which are collected in large inflorescences. In appearance, the inflorescences resemble balls. The shade of flowers depends on the variety. But, it is always bright and rich colors. There may be flowers of blue, pink, white, red. The diameter of the inflorescence can be up to 15 centimeters. Such a shrub at their summer cottage looks spectacular, and caring for it is quite simple.

If the plant is properly cared for, it will bloom from mid-summer to late autumn. In the warm period of time, the leaves have a juicy dark green hue. With the onset of cold weather, they darken and become almost bronze. In winter, Hydrangea must be protected from the cold. Otherwise, the bush will not be able to survive the winter safely.

Hydrangea - loves the light and at the same time does not tolerate direct sunlight. If you plant a bush in an open area, during the sun the plant can get burned. In the shade, the bush will begin to bloom late and its inflorescences will not be so lush.

Most best option for shrubs - a place in partial shade. It is not recommended to plant shrubs near trees. They actively draw water from the ground and there will be nothing left for the bush. If we talk about the soil, then Hydrangea is a rather picky bush.

He prefers soil with a high content of humus and a low content of acids. It is impossible to plant a plant in soil with high alkalinity. This will cause the leaves of the plant to turn yellow. Under normal conditions, Hydrangea develops quickly.

The shrub does not tolerate lime. If there is a possibility of this substance entering the soil, plant a bush away from this sector. For the winter, the bush is either covered or dug up. He will not tolerate temperatures lower than 18 degrees Celsius. When planting, you can use different additives: good compost, red peat, leafy soil, coarse sand. It is better to loosen the soil near the bush.

Hydrangea loves water, it needs to be watered abundantly (2 buckets of water per bush should go a week). It is not recommended to use hard water for this. The bush is watered either with rainwater or lemon juice and vinegar are added to ordinary water.

Reproduction of the plant occurs either by dividing the bush or by cuttings. There should be a distance of about 1 meter between each shrub. Most often, planting is carried out in the middle of spring, when it is already clear that there will be no frost. The soil must be well warmed.

In general, caring for a plant does not bring much trouble, it is interesting to grow a shrub. You can use Hydrangea to create vibrant flower arrangements.

action

Shrub that grows up to 2 meters in height. It blooms in early summer and almost until August. There are many flowers, they are small (1.5 cm in diameter). Inside the flower is white, outside - a pale pink hue. You need to plant a shrub in a place protected from wind and sun.

Deytion loves fertile soil, it can and should be fed. Plant care is simple: watering, cutting off old shoots, loosening the soil. You can use Deytion to create flower arrangements or plant alone.

The shrub is protected from frost, it does not tolerate cold. For protection, they spud it, bury it in leaves. When the snow falls, you need to cover the shrub with snow with a slide. Without these manipulations, the bush can freeze to the very roots.

In general, the plant is perfect for a summer cottage. Will delight you beautiful flowers and don't waste time.

Rhododendron

Another interesting shrub that will look great in a summer cottage. In total, there are about 25,000 species of this plant. You will have the opportunity to choose for yourself the type of plant that is right for you.

The shrub is actively used to create lawns, flower arrangements, it is planted along the paths. Looks great in compositions with small coniferous trees. - the plant is short. But, it is worth considering that it can grow in width.

Choosing a place to plant a plant should be based on its variety. Some species get along well under trees, some need open areas. In general, Rhododendron does not require much attention and looks great in the garden.

heather

The shrub is suitable for the autumn garden and looks beautiful on the site. It can grow up to 1 meter in height. Heather shoots grow quite strongly. The flowers are small and collected in large oblong inflorescences. At proper care The plant blooms from mid-summer to mid-autumn.

Heather is an evergreen plant. This suggests that even with the onset of autumn, it will decorate your site. The plant loves sandy or sandy soil, grows well in swampy areas.

At the cottage for a long time can do without watering. Twisted leaves help keep the shrub moist. Due to this arrangement of leaves, water from the root system is practically not consumed.

You can plant this shrub as an addition to a flower arrangement, or leave it to grow alone.

General rules for the selection and care of shrubs

Shrubs should be selected based on the requirements for care and aesthetic component. Caring for plants should not take much time, the bushes should perfectly tolerate the climate that is relevant for your region.

When choosing seedlings, consider the life of plants. Choose those that will last for 2 seasons, at least. If plants are sold in containers, this is the most the best way shrubs. They take root quickly, because they get into the soil with the soil familiar to the roots. In addition, you can plant such plants at any time.

Before you buy plants, create a plan of your site. You need to know where and how the bushes will be placed. This method is necessary so that light-loving plants do not end up in the shade. If they are planted in dark places, then you will not see beautiful and abundant flowering.

In the shade, it is best to plant shrubs that can easily tolerate shade. After choosing the right place, think about the landing itself. In most cases, the rules for planting shrubs are the same for all species.

First, you remove the top layer of earth onto a separate cloth or film. Then dig holes for planting. Top dressing (humus, peat, fertilizers) is placed at the bottom of each hole, its choice depends on the plant variety. If the soil on your site belongs to "heavy" land, add mineral fertilizers and a solid percentage of sand.

It is worth remembering that the holes are dug wider and deeper than the size of the root system. This is necessary so that the roots feel free and grow normally. Enough water is poured into each hole to soak the fertilizer and soil.

Place a seedling in each hole and see how the site will look. When everything fits, you can dig holes. A small roller is created under each plant. Such a system is needed in order to avoid the spread of water during watering plants.

Another stage of plant care is mulching. This procedure helps to keep the soil moist and at the same time, protects it from the active growth of weeds. Each type of plant has its own characteristics of care. You can learn about them in garden stores or read on the Internet.

If you have chosen the right shrubs and regularly looked after them, the plants will delight you with their beauty for a long time.

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

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

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

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

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

Autumn gardens look unusually colorful and elegant, thanks to some deciduous types of shrubs. When nothing is blooming anymore, barberry, euonymus, chokeberry, spirea, wild rose, skumpia and hybrid azaleas add bright colors to most different shades autumn. Most shrubs have fruits that are also very decorative.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

shadow lovers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

coniferous shrubs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For low borders, you can use a low and dense variety. boxwood(Buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa) is a slow growing evergreen shrub with very beautiful glossy dark green leaves.

Boxwood is perfect not only for decorating an oriental-style balcony, but also for front trimmed borders. Several varieties of boxwood have been bred, which differ not only in the shape of the leaf, but also in the variegated color of the leaves.

Boxwood is shade-tolerant and drought-resistant, prefers fertile loose soils without stagnant water. For the winter, it is advisable to cover boxwood with agrospan to protect the leaves from winter and early spring sunburn.

For border plantings, it is quite possible to use some varieties. Fortune's euonymus(Euonymus fortunei) - slow-growing, very low, creeping shrub up to half a meter high with long shoots up to 3 meters, easily rooted in the internodes. These shoots are quite capable of clinging to a support, if any. Fortune's euonymus has green small leathery leaves 2-5 centimeters long.

This species, as well as its hybrid forms, such as Fortune's variegated euonymus (Euonymus fortunei Variegatus) with white-green leaves and pink veins, which can also be used as a ground cover. And ripening fruits will not only add decorativeness to the bushes, but also serve as food for birds.

Fortune's euonymus prefers a half-body, is quite drought-resistant, tolerates pruning well.

Karagan(Caragana) has long been used as ornamental plant. Perhaps most of us know it as an acacia growing in forest belts and parks, but in fact it is a caragana. For example, types such as prickly caragana(Caragana pygmaea) and caragana orange(Caragana aurantiaca) are able to create even impenetrable thickets if they are not cut.

Orange Karagana is a loose shrub up to 1 meter tall with numerous protruding shoots.

It grows well in urban conditions, tolerates drought well, and is completely undemanding to soil fertility. It needs to be trimmed constantly to get a solid green border. Karagana prickly differs from orange only yellow flowers.

Very beautiful in a hedge snowberry(Symphoricarpos). Snowberry is a deciduous shrub up to 1-1.5 meters tall, especially beautiful in autumn, during long-term fruiting, when the branches bend under the weight of numerous white berries, indeed resembling small snowdrifts. And, perhaps, it is called so because the berries on the bush hold for a long time, right up to the snow.

The snowberry grows very quickly, is completely unpretentious in care, prefers open sunny places, calcareous soils. It grows well in urban conditions with insufficient watering. It tolerates shearing and bush formation. Sometimes in severe snowless winters it can freeze slightly, but it recovers very quickly.

For a low hedge, you can use semi-evergreen honeysuckle glossy, or brilliant(Lonicera nitida) with many lodging shoots, abundantly dotted with shiny green oblong leaves.

Brilliant honeysuckle grows well on both sandy and clay soils, if measures are taken to improve fertility, make the earth water and breathable. It grows well in open, sunny places, and in partial shade. The brilliant honeysuckle is thermophilic, therefore in our climate it loses leaves for the winter and can freeze slightly, therefore it requires shelter for the winter.

and honeysuckle(Lonicera pileata), which differs from the first in fragrant pale yellow flowers. It bears fruit, the fruits are medium-sized, with a cherry, purple. Honeysuckle cap-shaped can grow both in the sun and in partial shade; besides, it is more hardy than glossy honeysuckle, but in cold winters it still loses leaves.

Almond low, or steppe almond(Amygdalis nana = Amygdalis tenella = Prunus tenella) - low, up to 1-1.5 meters tall, branched deciduous shrub, especially beautiful in early spring when it blooms with very bright, eye-catching pink flowers that open with the leaves. Almond is unpretentious, so it can be successfully used to create permanent garden compositions, flower beds.

Almond low prefers sunny places, tolerates drought, can grow on poor sandy soils. On clay soils, almonds will have to be drained, as they do not tolerate stagnant water in the soil at all.

Suitable for low curbs Cotoneaster Dummer(Cotoneaster dammeri), cotoneaster pressed(Cotoneaster adpressus), cotoneaster horizontal(Cotoneaster horizontalis). Dummer's cotoneaster is a ground cover evergreen shrub with long, easily rooted shoots and small, only up to 4 centimeters, oval leaves. In autumn, ripening red fruits add decorativeness to the cotoneaster.

Cotoneaster appressed refers to deciduous ground cover plants. It has small, up to 1.5 centimeters, rounded leaves. Red fruits also ripen in September.

Cotoneasters are undemanding to soil fertility, can grow in the open sunny place, and in partial shade, do not tolerate strong waterlogging, but are very responsive to watering in dry times. For the winter, these types of cotoneaster need to be covered, as they freeze slightly.

Very decorative cinquefoil. Good for low hedges Potentilla Dahurian(Potentella davutica) and cinquefoil shrub(Potentella fruticosa).

Potentilla Dahurian is a low deciduous shrub up to 1 meter tall, blooms all summer with white flowers. Potentilla shrub - neat shrubs of a rounded shape, but slightly higher than the Daurian Potentilla, blooms with yellow flowers, there are varietal forms with white, pink and red flowers. Potentillas are unpretentious in care, they grow well in an open sunny area with minimal watering and top dressing. They tolerate a haircut well, do not require shelter for the winter.

For dry areas with depleted soil for hedges, you can use this steppe plant, how gorse dyeing(Genista tinctoria) - a dense shrub up to 1 meter tall with thin shoots directed upwards. The shoots are covered with narrow pale green leaves. Blooms with bright yellow flowers. The shrub is very unpretentious, although it can freeze slightly in snowless winters, but it quickly recovers.

the Rose(Rose) - in no way inferior in beauty to rhododendon, rather, equal among equals, - a worthy representative of decorative garden shrubs. For low borders, it is quite possible to use ground cover, miniature, patio, polyanthus and even some undersized varieties of floribunda roses. Neatly trimmed, or growing freely - roses never leave indifferent.

However, in order for roses to always be in excellent condition, you need to work hard: roses are quite whimsical. The soil they need is nutritious, moderately moist. Roses need both thinning and sanitary pruning. For the winter, all roses need to be covered.

For some reason to currant(ribes) and gooseberries(Grossularia) we used to treat only as fruit bushes. However, it is worth looking at them from the other side. Any currant is decorative during the growing season: both in spring, during flowering, and in summer, during fruiting, and even without fruits.

All currants and gooseberries are very similar, but it is quite suitable for a short hedge. alpine currant(Ribes alpinum) - a compact and rather dense deciduous shrub up to 1.5 meters tall, a dioecious plant, female specimens are suitable for fruiting. True, the berries of the alpine currant are tasteless. Alpine currant is quite unpretentious, grows well in sunny areas, undemanding to soils, but when fertilizing, the shrub is much thicker, tolerates pruning well, does not need shelter.

Japanese chaenomeles hedge is very decorative. Chaenomeles japanese(Chaenomeles japonica), or japonica- dense deciduous shrub up to 1 meter tall. Chaenomeles is very beautiful during flowering, when it is covered with marvelous red flowers. When tied, small rounded fruits with a pleasant lemon taste and smell are formed, from which jams and jams are cooked.

However, the Japanese genomeles needs protection from the northern winds. It is photophilous, grows better on fertile, well-drained soils. In winter, shoots can freeze slightly, but in spring they quickly recover. With strong thickening, thinning is required.

From this list, it is quite possible to choose plants that are ideal for your site, according to the requirements for maintenance conditions, fertility, acidity and soil moisture.

It is absolutely not necessary to go against nature and plant mahonia or rhododendron on poor dry soils, or on wet wetlands - almonds, gorse or boxwood. Only plants that are ideally suited to your conditions will grow quickly, become a real highlight of the garden, and most importantly, they will not require much care.

References: Konovalova T.Yu., Shevyreva N.A. Ornamental shrubs, 2004
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Barberry Thunberg "Crimson Pygmy"

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

Low growing ornamental shrubs for the garden

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

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

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

Japanese quince "Rubra"

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

Heather ordinary "Annemarie

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

Daphne (wolf, wolfberry) hybrid "Lawrence Crocker"

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

Deutsia graceful "Chardonnay Pearls"

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

Cotoneaster horizontal

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

Potentilla shrub

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

Snowberry Chenot

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

Norway spruce "Little Gem

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

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

Pachysandra apical

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

St. John's wort

Creeping forms of ornamental shrubs

Creeping shrubs include those species whose crowns develop and grow in a horizontal plane. Many of them have a rather openwork crown, which must be taken into account when mulching. Also, although they give the impression of green carpets, especially when planted large groups, walking on them is not desirable, because they do not tolerate it.

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

Blackberry cut

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

buckthorn willow

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

Microbiota cross

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

Juniper lying "" Nana

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

Stephanandra cut-leaved "Crispa

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

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

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