To choose the right ornamental shrub for the garden, it is necessary to take into account the plant’s requirements for growth conditions, the soil characteristics of the site, its illumination, and the region of the country. Among the beautiful flowering plants suitable for growing in the garden there are different varieties, which differ in the size of the plants, the shade of the flowers, the peculiarities of their care and growing conditions. However, many Beautiful flowering shrubs do not require particularly careful care, and some of them are able to grow on their own without daily watering or other types of treatment.
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Frost-resistant shrubs
The list of shrubs for different regions of Russia includes the names of more than one and a half thousand plants. All types differ from each other in the characteristics of watering, planting, and processing, depending on the region of growth.
Frost-resistant shrubs for the garden, the flowering of which continues all summer, are very popular. They can easily tolerate the cold; there is no need to insulate them for the winter. Such frost-resistant plants are suitable for the northwest and for growing in Siberia.
Buddleya
Buddleya is suitable for the Middle Zone and Moscow region. This is a heat-loving plant that successfully withstands winter, but on the condition that the buddleia is first hilled up and covered with spruce branches. From July to October the plant is covered with large lilac clusters.
The advantage of this shrub is that it can be given beautiful and unusual shapes. After flowering, all reddened shoots and branches must be promptly removed. In conditions of free growth, buddleia can reach a height of more than 3 meters.
Hydrangea
It is a tree-like plant whose flowers are white, pink or red. Hydrangea can withstand even the harshest winter without any consequences.
Twice a year, shoots and branches should be pruned. The first should be carried out in the fall, after all shoots that have not yet acquired a woody form have been removed. The second time pruning is done in the spring. In this case, the tops of the branches are cut off, up to the topmost unbloomed bud. The plant must be fed regularly. The fertilizer should contain a lot of iron and magnesium.
Canadian roses
The shrub was bred by breeders in Canada. Plants are suitable for growing in northern latitudes. Canadian roses can withstand temperatures down to -45 degrees. Even if the leaves are slightly frozen, they quickly restore their shape.
There are a large number of varieties of Canadian rose. The shape of the flower can be either semi-double (5-6 petals) or densely double (from 30 petals). Canadian rose inflorescences come in different colors. The plant is not afraid of shade and disease.
Shade-loving plants
Shade-loving shrubs are very popular among summer residents, as these plants often help cover up unpresentable appearance outbuildings. They can land along country house, creating special comfort, beauty and shade in hot weather.
A characteristic feature of shade-loving plants is that they can grow in those areas of the garden where the sun's rays practically do not reach. The leaves of most of them have a rich green color.
Wisteria
Also called wisteria. The plant can reach about 18 meters in height. Wisteria flowers are small with a pronounced scent. The flowering period lasts from May to September.
There are nine species of plants, but only two are grown in landscape design - Chinese wisteria and Japanese wisteria (profusely flowering). This plant is mainly used to decorate arches or buildings.
Weigela
In most cases, the height of the bush is 80 cm. Weigela flowers are pink or purple. The shrub begins to bloom in April. If the plant is properly cared for, it will continue to bloom until late autumn.
Ideal conditions for normal growth of weigela are shaded areas and warm weather. With the arrival of the first night frosts, the bush will drop all its flowers.
Deytsia
This is a small shrub that begins to bloom at the end of May. The small flowers are pink or white.
Plants for hedges
To improve the outermost area of your site, you can use plants to form a hedge. They protect the area from wind, dust, and give it a beautiful appearance.
Considering climatic conditions Russia should choose unpretentious and cold-resistant species. The most popular are the flowering subspecies of shrubs.
Mock orange crown
This plant has another more famous name - jasmine. This is one of the most popular flowering shrubs. Mock orange has many different varieties, which may differ in height, size and color of flowers, and shade of foliage.
One of the most common is the Pearl variety. The height of the bush is no more than 1.5 m. It has large double flowers. Another popular subspecies is the Blizzard. The bush can grow up to 2 m in height. The flowers of the plant are smaller, but their number is much greater. The bush blooms for up to 20 days, in June-July, which depends on the variety. To ensure care, it is necessary to regularly remove shoots older than 2 years. You also need to get rid of damaged shoots. Every month the plant must be fertilized using humus or mineral fertilizer.
Spirea
This is another ornamental shrub. Due to the heaviness of the inflorescences, the plant takes on a cascading shape. Spiraea has many subspecies. Blooms in spring or summer. In species that bloom in spring, the flowers have white color, in summer-flowering species they are colored pink.
If you plant two bushes with different flowering periods next to each other, they will bloom from May to October. Spiraea can reach 2.5 m in height. To prevent this, it is necessary to prune the shoots immediately after flowering. Among the most beautiful, it is customary to highlight such Japanese varieties as Golden Princess and Shirobana. These varieties are quite miniature compared to others. Their height is only 70 cm.
Lilac
Lilac is a famous flowering shrub that grows up to 3 meters in height, sometimes resembling garden trees. In most cases, such a plant height is not needed: being too tall, it will contribute to shading of the crop in the beds. Therefore, lilac bushes must be pruned regularly.
If there are doubts that the lilac will be able to withstand severe frosts, in the fall you can cover the bushes for the winter. It is also recommended to choose subspecies of lilac that are specially bred for growing in harsh climates: Alice Harding and Paul Tyrion.
Fruit bushes
Today, fruit bushes are most often planted in summer cottages. The most popular ones include currants, raspberries, plums, and cherries. These plants will not only bear sweet fruits, but will also bloom beautifully in the spring.
Growing fruit bushes does not require special skills; many of them withstand winter. It is important to choose the right place for planting: lighted places or small slopes with moderately moist, fertile soil are suitable for fruit bushes.
Evergreens for the garden
Evergreens bushes are used for zoning the territory summer cottage, decorative framing, creating borders, sculptures. They “revive” the garden especially in winter, since even during this period they remain in bloom.
Shrubs should be planted in spring or autumn. It depends on the characteristics of the variety. Therefore, before purchasing a plant, you should study the conditions for its planting.
Rhododendron
There are about 3,000 species and varieties of garden rhododendron. It is represented by shrubs with leaves of various shapes and sizes. The plant can retain leaves for up to 7 years. Flowers collected in racemes or corymbs can be pink, white, red, purple.
The bushes grow low, do not need abundant watering, and tolerate shade well. There is no need to cover them for the winter.
Magnolia
Magnolia is an evergreen shrub with large elliptical leaves. The height of the bush is no more than 1 meter. Leaves on branches can persist for up to several years. In summer they are a rich green color, and in winter they take on a copper tint.
This is a moisture-loving plant that is important to protect from strong winds. Sometimes the tops of its shoots freeze slightly. In this case, they need to be pruned, and the affected branches can recover on their own.
Kalmiya
The height of the bush is 1.5 m. The green leaves have an oblong shape. The underside of the leaf has a bluish tint. The flowering period of the bush lasts from May to June. The shape of the flowers resembles chinese lanterns with petals corrugated at the tips. Inflorescences are white, pink or red.
Kalmiya does not require special care. Can grow in shaded areas and on acidic soil.
Perennial shrubs
Mixed flower beds, based on unpretentious perennials that do not require special care, have become very popular among gardeners. Most of them have bright colors and can easily tolerate low temperatures.
Perennial bushes are able to reproduce quickly, take cuttings well, and do not require annual planting.
Some plants bloom all summer and retain decorative foliage throughout the season. When choosing a perennial shrub for the garden, you should pay attention to the conditions necessary for its normal growth, shape, size, and ability to tolerate pruning.
Japanese quince
The plant is common in China and Japan. There are two popular species in Russia – high and low Japanese quince. In spring, the shrub bears bright red or deep pink flowers. Japanese quince considered the most vibrantly flowering bush.
Quince does not require special care, as it can tolerate both drought and frosty weather. If the frosts in winter were very severe, it may freeze to the level of snow cover. However, after this it is easily restored. The older the shrub, the higher its frost resistance.
Hibiscus
Garden hibiscus is a perennial shrub that can grow and bloom in the conditions of the Middle Zone. It can easily withstand twenty-degree frosts. This plant has a beautiful shape, so hibiscus is often planted at the entrance to a plot or terrace. The shrub is suitable for creating a hedge, which in August will turn into a continuous vertical carpet.
The peculiarity of the plant is that each flower lives only one day. During the entire flowering period, about a thousand flowers can open on a shrub. Rain has a detrimental effect on the condition of the buds, as they are easily damaged.
tree peony
The height of the plant is about 1.5-2 m. The thick stems are light brown in color. Their peculiarity is that they do not die off, like the stems of the herbaceous peony, but, on the contrary, grow more and more every year. The size of the flowers ranges from 12 to 20 cm. They are located at the ends of the shoots.
The color of the flowers can be different - yellow, white, pink, purple, crimson or two-color. They have a pronounced pleasant aroma. The flowering period lasts 2-3 weeks. The plant can withstand severe frosts.
Low growing bushes
Most of the low-growing bushes were artificially bred by breeders. They grow successfully in those parts of the site where it is necessary sufficient quantity sunlight. These plants can be used as hedges, to form borders, and decorate flower beds.
A characteristic feature of this subspecies of shrubs is that they are resistant to various diseases and pests. They like to grow under straight lines sun rays, do not require frequent watering. To form a strong crown, light spring pruning is recommended.
Bloodroot
Cinquefoil is the most unpretentious low-growing shrub that can withstand cold and requires virtually no care.
Cinquefoil is a herbaceous plant that grows greatly over time. This fact must be taken into account when planting. It blooms in corymbose, umbellate or paniculate inflorescences with yellow, pink and cream flowers. The shrub is suitable for forming borders. Needs frequent pruning.
Karyopteris
Karyopteris is a fairly compact shrub that grows in the form of a hemisphere. The height of the plant sometimes reaches 1 m. The shoots of the bush are straight, even, with lanceolate leaves. Begins to bloom at the end of August. The inflorescences have blue tones. Well accepted on any soil, tolerates temperature changes and drought.
In the spring it is necessary to prune the bush and cover it in the winter. trunk circle mulch. Used as a border.
Cistus
Cistus is a compact, rounded plant. Has the following features:
- The flowering period lasts all summer.
- Each bud blooms for only one day, but the bush always remains vibrant.
- The flowers are white, pink or bright orange.
- The leaves are narrow, bright green.
To plant a bush, you need to choose a well-lit place, sheltered from the wind. The plant should not be planted on heavy, clayey soil. In spring, sanitary and formative pruning should be carried out.
Cletra alnifolia
The shrub does not require special care. The plant grows quickly. The flowering period begins in July and ends at the end of August.
The bush must be pruned every year, since flowers appear only on young shoots. The inflorescences are spike-shaped. Flowers of white or pink tones have a pronounced pleasant aroma.
Cassiopeia
The plant has thin stems that are covered with swamp-green foliage. In July, single white bells appear.
It is better to plant the plant on loose, acidic, well-drained soil. It requires regular watering, weeding and fertilizing. If the winter has little snow, it is better to cover the bush. Cuttings are used to propagate Cassiopeia.
Heather
Heather is a low (up to 0.5 m) creeping bush that blooms in late August or early September. It must be borne in mind that heather is a forest plant, so the key to successful cultivation is properly selected soil. It can be peat, sand, pine needles, sawdust. Heather flowering time is from July to October.
The plant must be watered with oxidized water once a week. In the spring it is necessary to feed using dry mineral fertilizers, and regularly weed from weeds. In early spring, it is recommended to prune the bush to give it the required shape. For the winter, the plant should be covered with spruce paws.
Shrubs blooming in autumn
A special place among the shrubs used by gardeners is occupied by plants that bloom in autumn. Starting from the end of August, they bloom for quite a long time, creating a special cozy atmosphere in the cold autumn season.
A distinctive feature of autumn-blooming shrubs is that they are almost always used in continuous flowering beds. There is a place for these plants on alpine roller coaster. Blooming autumn plants look beautiful against a background of a mixture of cereals different types.
Name Bush height Flowering period Appearance of flowers Features of cultivation Anisodontea capensis Up to 1 m From mid-summer to late autumn Large, pink color, odorless Suitable for group plantings. The landing site should be well lit. Light partial shade is allowed Euonymus (Euonymus) From 2 m Starts in August and continues throughout the fall Medium, pink or white, odorless Grows well in open areas with sufficient lighting. The plant is poisonous Cantabrian Dabecia (Daboecia cantabrica) 
Up to 50 cm Small, pink or white, odorless Suitable for group plantings. Loves open, sunny areas Gerard's indigofera (Indigofera gerardiana) 
1.5–2 m From August to November Medium, pink, odorless Suitable for hedges and group plantings Koelreuteria 
From 2 m From August to October Small yellow flowers Prefers to grow in sunny areas Redroot or Ceanothus 
Up to 1 m From late August to November Small, lilac, with a pleasant aroma Suitable for hedges. Used for group plantings. A prerequisite for plant growth is good lighting. Indian Lagerstroemia indica 
From 2 m From late summer and throughout autumn Medium, red, pink, lilac, white, with a pleasant smell Suitable for group plantings. The optimal condition for normal growth is the presence of lighting Bladderwort (Colutea) 
From 2 m From mid-summer to November Medium, yellow, no aroma Suitable for group plantings as a hedge. The plant needs a sufficiently lit place 
Up to 0.5 m From mid-summer to late autumn Medium size, different colors, no pronounced odor Prefers to grow in illuminated areas Ceratostigma 
Up to 0.5 m From August to November Large, bright blue, no aroma The plant is unpretentious to lighting
Shrub up to 1.5 m high. The crown is dense, spherical or ovoid. The shoots are erect, reddish-gray. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate, up to 8 cm long, dark green, light green below. Bright pink flowers, sitting on the shoots, appear simultaneously with the blossoming of the leaves in May. Abundant flowering...
Honeysuckle seaside Serotina
Liana up to 4 m high. Grows quickly. The leaves are ovate, up to 7 cm long, dense, leathery, dark green above, bluish below. The flowers are very showy, tubular, dark red on the outside, creamy white on the inside, collected in capitate inflorescences, very fragrant. It blooms in June - July, sometimes again in August...
Maple Ginnala (riverine)
A small tree or shrub up to 6 m high, with a spreading crown and thin shoots. The leaves are graceful, three-lobed, with an elongated middle lobe, 3-6 cm long, dark green, shiny, carmine-red in autumn, very elegant. The flowers are small, inconspicuous, creamy-white, fragrant, collected in panicles. Blooms...
Viburnum common Buldenezh
A large shrub up to 4 m high. Leaves are 3-5-lobed, up to 10 cm long, green, turning red in autumn. The flowers are flat, sterile, initially greenish, then snow-white, collected in large spherical inflorescences, up to 20 cm in diameter. It blooms very profusely in May - June for about 20 days. Fruit...
Purple willow Nana
A small shrub up to 1.5 m high and up to 2 m in diameter. The crown is wide-rounded, dense, with numerous thin brown-red shoots. The leaves are graceful, narrow, up to 3 cm long, bluish-green above, bluish below. The flowers are undecorative.
White dogwood Sibirika Variegata
A shrub up to 1.8 m high with a spreading crown up to 2 m wide. The shoots are thin, bright red, making the plants decorative throughout the season. The leaves are also very decorative, they are quite large, up to 12 cm long, ovate, dark green with a wide creamy-white border and with the same spots...
European euonymus
Shrub, in Middle lane Russia reaches a height of up to 3 m and a width of up to 2 m. The crown is of medium density. The shoots are erect, green, with corky growths. The oblong-elliptic leaves are quite large, up to 12 cm long, dark green, and in the fall they acquire various shades from yellow to purple. ...
Willow wholeleaf Hakuro-Nishiki
It is a form of the original species with an unusual variegated leaf color. It grows in the form of a spreading bush of a hemispherical shape with flexible, elegantly thin shoots of olive or purple color. The young leaves of this plant have numerous small white and pink spots. Old leaves...
Common privet
Shrub up to 2.5 m high (in central Russia). The crown is dense and branched. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, leathery, dark green. The flowers are small, fragrant, creamy-white, collected in dense inflorescences and panicles up to 15 cm long. It blooms in mid-June for 20-25 days. The fruits are berry-shaped, spherical,...
Amur grapes
A powerful liana up to 30 m high. The leaves are large, up to 25 cm in diameter, heart-shaped, whole or 3-5 lobed, dark green, bloom quite late (in the second half of May), in the fall they turn carmine-red and purple tones. The flowers are small, yellowish, inconspicuous, with a pleasant aroma, collected...
Diabolo
Shrub up to 2.5 m high and wide. The crown is spreading, dense, hemispherical with upright and drooping branches. The leaves are diamond-shaped, 3-5-lobed, up to 10 cm long, violet-red, retain color throughout the summer. The flowers are small, pale pink, look impressive against the background of dark foliage, ...
Japonica
Low spreading thorny shrub up to 1 m tall. It is distinguished by its rather early flowering, sometimes even before the leaves bloom on the plant; the shoots are literally strewn with large red-brown flowers. The leaves are emerald green. Fragrant fruits appear already in the third year of life and fully ripen in the middle...
Euonymus Fortune (varieties)
Fortune's euonymus is a creeping shrub with long shoots, one of the few evergreen deciduous plants. Its dark green leathery shiny elliptical leaves are only 2-4 cm long, their edges are uneven, slightly curved. Fortune's euonymus has many decorative...
Blood red hawthorn (Siberian)
The Moscow region nursery of ornamental plants is pleased to offer to interested gardeners and landscape designers seedlings of Siberian hawthorn, which you can buy at a reasonable price and with delivery directly to the site. Hawthorn is an amazing shrub that reaches a height...
Hawthorn unicornus
A shrub or tree 3-6 meters high, with a rounded-shaped or broad-amidal, rather symmetrical crown. The shoots are bare, the old branches are brownish-gray. Spines are few in number, up to 1 cm long. The leaves are ovate or rhombic, inflorescences of 10-18 flowers. The fruits are spherical-ellipsoidal...
Budleya Davida (cultivar)
The Budleya plant was first introduced by natural spruce and part-time botanist Adam Budley. In the garden it can grow as you like, in the form of a shrub, a climbing vine, a bush, or a tall tree. David's buddle grows quickly: over the summer it grows up to 2-2.5 m, very abundantly...
In the spring, as soon as the snow melts, the days become longer and the sun becomes brighter, we begin to think about “How good it is to be in nature!” But only those who have their own dacha can arrange this corner of nature to their liking, and even to their own color. The choice is wide: you can plant lawn flowers and enjoy those blooming in spring fruit trees, and of course, flowering shrubs for the dacha greatly enliven the atmosphere - and here it is, your place where you can escape from the bustle of the city and enjoy the silence and smells of wild nature.
Ornamental shrubs can be coniferous, evergreen, for example, thuja or juniper. These can be fruit plants, such as raspberries and currants. And there are those who delight and decorate life with bright colors and delicate scents.
It is incredibly difficult to choose from the endless variety of luxurious flowering wonders of nature, so we present to your attention the 10 most beautiful and popular flowering shrubs for central Russia. Almost all are winter-hardy and beautiful in their own way. Surely you can choose one to suit your taste!
1. Lilac (lat. Syrínga)
There is probably not a single city, village, town or garden where this lilac splendor does not smell in May! Well, who among us did not look for five petals in childhood? Well, who among us in our youth did not return home with armfuls of fragrant branches? Probably, for all of us, lilac is the most important symbol of spring and May flowering. Although in some countries, for example, in England, rich in its traditions landscape design, lilac is unpopular. In this country, bad omens are associated with this flower.
Features of lilac:
2. Rosehip (lat. Rōsa)
There are a lot of varieties from the common rose hip to numerous types of garden roses of extraordinary beauty. Starting from medicine right down to the branches climbing along the supports, capable of creating arches and galleries. It is not only a flowering, but also a fruit-bearing shrub, the fruits of which are used as a folk remedy.
Features of rosehip:
3. Hydrangea (lat. Hydrángea)
One of the most beautiful perennial garden shrubs. These ornamental flowering shrubs delight the eye with the unusually late flowering of lush, bright inflorescences.
Features of hydrangea:
4. Viburnum (lat. Viburnum)
Viburnum is a native Russian plant, closely connected with folk traditions. Since ancient times, these flowering frost-resistant shrubs have been considered a symbol of girlish innocence and beauty. Viburnum is valuable not so much for its lush white blossoms, but for its red, tasty and healthy berries.
Features of viburnum:
5. Mock orange (lat. Philadelphus)
Mock orange, which is also called garden jasmine for its external resemblance and strong characteristic smell. However, this is a different plant. The name comes from the word “chubuk”; in the old days, chibouks for smoking pipes were made from bush wood.
Features of mock orange:
6. Spiraea (lat. Spiraea)
There are spring-flowering and summer-flowering varieties of spirea. With skillful care, the shrubs bloom all summer.
Features of spirea:
7. Rhododendron (lat. Rhododendron)
A close relative of the indoor azalea. The leaves of some varieties can remain green all winter. “Stranger” in central Russia, therefore it requires special care.
Features of rhododendron:
- flowers: white, red, orange, yellow, purple, pink, lilac. Large;
- Flowering time: May-June, but some varieties bloom again in the fall;
- can be either dwarf varieties or in the form of trees several meters high;
- not frost-resistant;
- prefers shade and humidity.
Rhododendron. Flowers close up. 8. Forsythia (lat. Forsythia)
She is also Forsythia. Very unusual and beautiful bush. A symbol of early spring in many European cities, because when none of the trees are yet in bloom, bright sunny flowers appear. And the leaves appear only when the bush fades. And in the fall, when the leaves turn purple, the bush again pleases the eye.
Forsythia Features:
9. Honeysuckle (lat. Lonicera)
Another perennial shrub, both ornamental and fruit-bearing. The blue berries are a little bitter, but appear relatively early. True, there are some types of honeysuckle that are grown only to decorate the garden; their fruits are inedible.
Features of honeysuckle:
10. Heather (lat. Calluna vulgáris)
Another perennial shrub with which many legends and stories are associated. A special place in the culture of the British people. Allegedly, heather was the only one who agreed to grow on infertile rocky hillsides, for which he was rewarded by the gods with beautiful flowers and the qualities of a honey plant. Heather honey can be brewed in the fall, flowering occurs in late summer and early autumn. In many Slavic languages, the name of the month of September is preserved - Veresen. This low-growing shrub creeping along the ground pleases the eye with flowering until late autumn. And even dried heather flowers are beautiful.
Features of heather:
- flowers: white, pink in various shades to dark purple;
- flowering time: August-September;
- low bush, spreading along the ground;
- grows well on rocky soil;
- unpretentious to lighting, but in shady places heather flowers become pale.
Heather. Flowers close up. Plant flowering shrubs in your dacha to decorate your yard and fill it with a pleasant aroma! Some of these shrubs can also be used as hedges (fences).
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 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 both in sunny places and in light partial shade, care comes down to annual pruning. There are varieties of this continuously flowering shrub of different colors.
- Calicant will decorate the garden with original water lilies. This is a beautiful, hardy, but rare shrub native to 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.
- Karyopteris will 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.
- Cistus resembles 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. Does not tolerate clay soil. Flowering time June - August. Pruning in spring.
- Cletra alnifolia prefers 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 - from ground cover to tall columnar trees. Better than many others coniferous plants transfers 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.
- - magnificently flowering beautiful shrubs, which 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 colors of the flowers are 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.
- 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 moderately fertile soil in partial shade.
- Privet It tolerates polluted air well, so it is most often grown in the hedges of private houses that overlook city streets. There are variegated varieties. It is characterized by the fact that it does not tolerate severe winter frosts, and therefore requires shelter. Grows in any moderately fertile soil, in sunny or shady place. propagated by lignified cuttings in open ground late autumn. Maintenance requires trimming - hedges are trimmed in May and August.
- - these are those ornamental flowering perennial 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.
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.
