Ornamental shrubs for the middle lane. Low-growing ornamental shrubs for the garden. How to arrange a large garden in the country

On a suburban area you can not do without large perennials. Beautiful ornamental shrubs for summer cottages and gardens create a unique atmosphere day after day, help to divide space into zones, and determine the nature of the site. Shrubs have a place in hedges and when arranging borders. Plants of different sizes and shapes are an excellent backdrop for perennial flowers and annuals, as well as bright decorations for the entire garden.

There are a lot of lushly flowering or strikingly colorful plants, but when choosing ornamental crops for summer cottages, attention is paid not only to their beauty, but also to the complexity of care. How less labor required for cultivation, the longer the shrub retains its bright appearance, the more valuable it is for the summer resident.

Beautiful shrubs for giving: photo with names

1. Lilac

In May, gardens and summer cottages all over Russia are covered with lilac, pink, purple and white clouds.

This blooms lilac, a spectacular shrub:

• up to three meters high;
• with pointed heart-shaped or broadly lanceolate foliage;
• with shoots covered with grayish-brown bark;
• with racemose inflorescences of simple or double fragrant flowers of various colors.

In nature, there are several dozen species of lilacs. cultivars and there are many more hybrids. All plants winter well in the middle lane. The tall beautiful bushes shown in the photo for summer cottages prefer sunny places and grow easily on any soil.

2. Chubushnik

Garden jasmine or, more correctly, mock orange blooms a little later than lilac. In the garden and in the country house, a beautiful ornamental shrub spreads an exquisite aroma; white, simple or semi-double flowers located at the ends of numerous shoots attract the eyes of hundreds of pollinating insects.

Existing varieties of mock orange differ from each other in terms of flowering, shape and size of corollas. Even variegated shrubs of this species have been bred. At the same time, all plants are very frost-resistant, not subject to pest attacks and are rarely affected by diseases.

3.Japanese quince

In May, Japanese quince begins to bloom. The fruits of this plant resemble real quince, but are much smaller and harder. They are edible. However bush, height different types which ranges from 0.5 to 2 meters, is valued not as a fruit, but as an ornamental crop.

Beautiful fruit bush for summer cottages and gardens, it has a wide, spreading crown covered with hard, elongated dark green foliage. The peak of decorativeness falls on the appearance of many yellow, orange or, depending on the variety, large red flowers.

4. Honeysuckle

Blue honeysuckle with edible early fruits - popular garden plant. However, when decorating a site, other varieties of shrubs are often forgotten, many of which are extremely decorative and unpretentious.

AT Russian conditions shrubs of real honeysuckle, Tatar honeysuckle, honeysuckle and other species feel great. Plants from one and a half to three meters high are densely leafy. Young greens and shoots have a bluish tint. In June, the bushes are covered with tubular white, yellowish, pink and orange flowers that emit a delicate aroma. After they wither, red, orange or dark fruits appear.

5. Three-lobed almond (Louisania)

A bright decoration of the site will be a three-lobed almond plant. An ornamental shrub or small tree up to 3 meters high blooms before foliage appears, covered with a bright cloud of simple or semi-double flowers. Corollas can be painted in pink, crimson, coral tones. Numerous flowers that open in May sit tightly on the shoots, so the crown seems completely pink.

In the middle lane, plants can freeze slightly, so young almonds are covered for the winter, and areas protected from the wind are chosen for planting.

6. Hydrangea

If there is a lot of shade on the site, many ornamental shrubs in the country feel oppressed, grow and bloom poorly. Salvation for the summer resident will be a shade-loving hydrangea. She is equally good in a single landing and in a group. Spherical or sprawling hydrangea bushes, thanks to the efforts of breeders, delight summer residents with white, pink, blue and greenish inflorescences that can be admired in the garden, cut and as a dried flower.

The culture is distinguished by long flowering, versatility of use and adaptability to the shade. Hydrangeas prefer acidic soil and abundant watering.

7. Rosehip

Numerous photos of unpretentious shrubs for giving with this name show plants that are very different in appearance. This is explained by the fact that "wild rose" is a collective name that unites dozens of species of cultivated and wild roses.

All of them, unlike garden varietal and hybrid beauties, are unpretentious and generously share their beauty and beneficial fruits with a gardener. On the obligatory site there is a place for a wrinkled rose with simple or double flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, a sweetish-spicy aroma and color in all shades from white to deep pink. This shrub has wrinkled, which gave the name to the shrub, large leaves and flattened fruits with juicy orange flesh and a mass of pubescent seeds inside.

Garden shrub, belonging to park roses, has a universal purpose, blooms from May until the end of summer. Thanks to this and coloring by autumn in yellow tones The foliage of the bush is decorative from early spring to late autumn. Rose wrinkled grows well on all types of soil, does not freeze in winter and, with regular pruning, is easily kept within the specified boundaries.

A light-loving plant is not demanding on soil fertility, but is afraid of stagnant water and reacts poorly to increased soil acidity.

8. Spirea

Photos of these most unpretentious shrubs for summer cottages invariably cause a wave of admiration. Very different in appearance, spireas are covered with white or pink flowers, amaze with decorative foliage and are divided into two large groups. Plants that bloom in spring are massively covered with caps of flowers, which crumble rather quickly. In summer, flowering of other varieties begins, transforming the garden for a long time.

Due to the presence of both compact forms and large varieties of spirea, they help in creating hedges, they are indispensable in group plantings, but they will not get lost on the site alone, becoming its bright decoration.

With traditional care, decorative bushes in the country feel great in the sun and in partial shade, take root in areas with any light, loose soil.

9.Forsythia

An amazing plant: the early spring branches of forsythia are completely strewn with sunny yellow flowers, and only then - when they fall - young foliage appears. This shrub is remarkable, first of all, precisely because of its flowering.

The only thing that must be taken into account when buying a seedling: forsythia is thermophilic, and not all of its species are suitable for planting in cold regions - some, even when sheltered, freeze in harsh winters, and it will not be possible to see them in color.

10. Kalina

Kalina is not a truly unpretentious shrub, but its beauty and the benefits of berries pay off the effort required to care for the plant. In Russian gardens, you can see decorative types of viburnum, and ordinary, equally wonderful specimens. In spring and in the first days of summer, viburnum bushes are literally strewn with elegant white wreaths and lush caps of inflorescences. Flowering lasts up to two weeks.

The bright red fruits of viburnum vulgaris appear closer to autumn, at the same time the color of the foliage begins to change, which turns from green to crimson.

However, with general unpretentiousness, viburnum requires attention due to the need for constant watering and protection from pests. This beautiful ornamental shrub for summer cottages and gardens is very much “liked” by aphids, which from viburnum easily spread over other closely related plants.

Did you know that in garden plots you can not plant flowers at all, but only plant ornamental shrubs. If you choose them correctly for growth and flowering time, then you will have constantly blooming and original garden. What will you end up with? Minimum hassle and maximum relaxation. Of course, I have never seen such a garden, because it is impossible to refuse annual and perennial flowers.

However, shrubs occupy a separate niche in gardening. Let's figure it out together which ornamental shrubs for summer cottages are the most popular and how to grow them.

Beauty under the windows. I immediately wanted to go...

Classification of ornamental shrubs

I can’t give an unequivocal answer whether it’s easy or difficult to care for shrubs. It all depends on the particular species. I personally I prefer exclusively unpretentious: planted, watered, trimmed and admired. The lack of free time will not give me the opportunity to cover pampered shrubs before winter or constantly water and fertilize them.

I tried to divide all the plants into groups. I consider only deciduous, without affecting conifers, (- they also apply to shrubs).

• By decorative - deciduous and flowering. The decorativeness of the leaves, for example, can be noted in deren, euonymus, spirea and silver sucker. Among the blooming ones, one of the most beautiful is jasmine (mock orange, lilac, forsythia). Flowering shrubs focus on themselves and contribute to the spatial perception of the garden as a single composition.
• Short and tall. Miniature - as a rule, they are planted in small gardens, on our 6 acres. They fit perfectly into small landscape compositions (spirea, cinquefoil,). How else to use them? As a border or together with large plants. At the same time, they should be planted at the foot of large trees and bushes to smooth out sharp transitions.
• With creeping roots- for example, goof silver and fieldfare. You must also be prepared for such a turn, otherwise these “creeps” will flood the garden worse than weeds.
• Fruiting. This is a special type of shrubs that not only decorate the garden, but also bear fruit ( chokeberry, honeysuckle, shadberry, barberry, sea buckthorn, etc.).

Blooming chokeberry.

• frost-resistant(hawthorn, viburnum, barberry) and thermophilic(forsythia).

Heat-loving forsythia.

• shade-tolerant(hydrangea) and light-loving(, fieldfare).
• Spring, summer and autumn flowering shrubs. Proper selection of the timing of flowering will provide decorativeness to your garden throughout the season. Let's start with the May Forsythia, which has festive bright yellow flowers strewn on twigs. Unfortunately, all my efforts to grow her were unsuccessful: she froze. Painfully she is thermophilic. By the end of May, the lilac will show in all its glory. In June, you can enjoy the flowers of spirea, viburnum, jasmine, barberry, Japanese quince, and from July, hydrangea will enter its blooming season, which will continue to bloom until autumn.

crown formation

When forming the landscape design of a garden plot with the help of decorative shrub plants it is worth paying special attention to their height and width. Plants have the ability to grow under favorable conditions. But this does not matter - the parameters of the shrubs are easy to adjust with the help of garden cutters, secateurs and scissors.

I try to be careful!

This is a very exciting activity. I always try to beautifully form the crown, including shrubs. I cut the turf, fieldfare and hydrangea with a ball.

How can you use ornamental shrubs in the country

Depending on the role that you define for an ornamental shrub, they need plant in different ways:

• single landing;
• hedge;
• background for garden compositions;
• group landings.

Solitary planting will require you to choose a location for optimal view of the bush. For this, areas near the house, at the gate, opposite the window are suitable. A hedge, such as a spirea, can be used instead of a fence. Shrubs with decorative leaves can become either a background for flower arrangements, or themselves become an integral part of the flower garden. Group plantings of shrubs will serve perfectly for fencing off some functional areas on the garden plot, which will create a special comfort.

Young shrubs along the new fence: jasmine, elderberry, dogwood, fieldfare and hydrangea.

The most unpretentious shrubs - my choice

Hydrangea

My favorite bush, I would say favorite jewel of the garden. What are its advantages over other ornamental shrubs? I chose it for long flowering, durability, unpretentiousness, frost resistance, resistance to diseases and pests and minimal care. By the way, it can grow on acidic soils, which is completely uncharacteristic for many plants. I have it growing like solitary plant, but it looks great as a hedge.

The hydrangea bush near the gate deserves special attention.

There are many for sale the most beautiful views. I note, however, not every one of them is adapted to central Russia. Through mistakes in choosing a variety (many of those that I bought did not winter well) I settled on hydrangea broad-leaved and paniculate.

Broad-leaved hydrangea can be called the most common among summer residents.

The inflorescence of the broad-leaved hydrangea is flawless.

It grows very quickly and reaches 1-2 meters. It's hard to believe, but in the subtropics it is 4 m high. Its spherical inflorescences delight me with their beautiful shape and large sizes - 20 cm. It blooms in July for about a month.

Hydrangea paniculata is very frost-resistant and becomes more magnificent and beautiful every year.

And so paniculate hydrangea blooms.

It blooms for a very long time - in August and September. Perhaps I will not name a single shrub that would bloom in the second half of summer.

Hydrangeas very easy to propagate. I do this by diverting the bottom branch. I dig a small trench, bend down a branch, fix it with a wire and sprinkle it with soil. I water periodically. Roots form very quickly. Then it will be enough to cut the branch and plant the young plant in a permanent place.

Goof silver

In my opinion, a very attractive shrub with silvery leaves. Looks great in the background. The small yellow flowers are quite unattractive. However, they exude a very pleasant smell. As my mother used to say: "Smells like French perfume." There are no problems with its cultivation - it grows well in well-lit areas and.

Loch silver.
Handsome.

I would note 2 of its shortcomings, which are easy to get rid of. First - fast crown growth which ugly sticks out in different directions. I form it by cutting. Second - creeping roots. Lol periodically pops up in my different parts garden. I either prune it or dig up the rooted offshoot and distribute it to everyone who wants it.

Who is so distinguished by his silver?
It is he!

Jasmine, or mock orange

Needs no advice: flowering is plentiful, the aroma of flowers is wonderful, frost-resistant, does not get sick with anything. I would note only one feature of caring for it: every 4-5 years it is necessary to cut out old branches, and at the end of each summer to discharge it a little from thickened branches.

Not everyone has heard about mock orange, but everyone has heard the smell of jasmine for sure.

Spirea

There is a short one and a tall one. My undersized Japanese spirea has very beautiful yellowish leaves with lilac flowers, and the tall one has snow-white inflorescences. I form a low one with a ball, I also don’t let a large one grow too much. Spirea excellent honey plants, attracting bees.

Spirea - a piece of Japan at their summer cottage.

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

Fieldfare

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

Fieldfare - beauty in panicles.

Its significant drawback is the root growth, which constantly crawls to its neighbors. She has to fight with a pruner. And the rest - absolutely unpretentious. True, it does not tolerate transplantation quite well.

Barberry

His can only be characterized by positive epithets- sprawling, beautiful, with leaves that change color during the season, unpretentious and undemanding to soils.

Barberry watercolors.

Its miniature forms can brighten flowerbeds, and taller plants look great both as tapeworms and in group plantings, hedges. The barberry has a slight drawback when planting - it is prickly.

I advise you to buy ornamental shrubs in garden centers. If I take seedlings from friends, then I know exactly how it looks like in adulthood and how it was grown. So, all my hydrangeas, fieldfare and silver sucker are gifts from friends grown from cuttings. The rest of the shrubs I bought in nurseries.

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

I love all my plants very much: both with decorative leaves, and especially flowering ones. I think they are not only decorate my favorite garden, but also create a sense of celebration in it, make the yard very attractive.

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

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

When creating any composition, it is necessary to take into account the individual needs of the plant - lighting, level of occurrence ground water, strength and growth rate, the need for moisture.

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

Choose varieties with different flowering periods, then the cottage will be decorated throughout the season. Harmoniously fit the selected instance into landscape design experts will help you, but you can do it yourself using special computer programs. From a practical point of view, shrub perennials will help solve the following problems:

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

The right choice of seat will save you from many problems, provide the bush optimal conditions for the development and disclosure of the potential inherent in nature itself. We will definitely note some subtleties of growing certain species in the description of plants.

Spring flowering shrubs with photo

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

• spirea;
• action;
• weigela.

Spirea

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

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

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

Action

Action is in many ways similar to spirea, forms a shoot 0.5-3 m high. The crown can be sprawling or upright. Flowering begins early, the bush is densely covered with bunches of bell-shaped flowers. Corollas are painted in pink or snow-white shade, the smell is completely absent. Deitia is excellent as a soloist, complementing woody and bushy bands.

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

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

Weigela

Weigela is a guest from Asia, who has a thermophilic character and a sophisticated look. The growth reaches a height of 1.5-2.0 m, the crown span is up to 3.5 m. The culture is characterized by remontance - the first flowering is observed in mid-May, repeated by the end of summer. The decorative period lasts 30 days. Weigela flowers are highly decorative, have bell-shaped corollas of white, cream, red or pink. Beautiful and autumn attire of culture, different varieties change the color of the foliage to scarlet, yellow. Weigela variegated hybrids have been bred.

In the Middle Lane, weigel will need a reliable shelter. It grows well in sunny places, protected from gusts of wind. The culture prefers nutritious soil that is not prone to waterlogging. You need to trim the shoots after flowering, a haircut is carried out every 2-3 years.

Long flowering varieties

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

So that your favorite corner of the garden pleases for a long time beautiful flowers against the backdrop of greenery, give preference to the following perennials:

• buddleya;
• calcium;
• bladder.

Buddley

This beautiful perennial is often compared to lilac, although buds appear towards the end of summer. The bush reaches a height of 2-3 m, grows very quickly. Spreading habit with branches drooping from the weight of flower caps. Lilac flowers are collected in spike-shaped brushes up to 40 cm long, the aroma is thick honey. The decorative period lasts 30-40 days. Buddleya attracts a lot of pollinators to the garden, but butterflies liked it the most. Well propagated by cuttings, seeds. Looks harmoniously in the neighborhood with St. John's wort, mock orange, blizzard.

Advice! The lush vegetation of the buddley will perfectly disguise the unsightly corners of the cottage, the plants look organic in a group of 3-4 individuals.

Buddleya is photophilous, demanding on the nutritional value of the substrate. Culture loves abundant watering and mineral supplements. At the end of the season, a cardinal haircut is carried out, removing the aerial part to a level of 5 cm. The root neck is covered with dry peat.

Calmia angustifolia

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

A site with light shading is preferable for growing Calmia; in winter, direct sunlight is dangerous for evergreen foliage. With the advent of cold weather, the root neck is mulched with peat. The culture is demanding on soil moisture; drainage is laid during planting. In summer, watering 2 times a month, top dressing is applied three times per season. Calmia will delight gardeners with strong immunity.

Bubble

The name of this shrub comes from the shape of the fruit, resembling the swim bladder of a fish. A large representative of the flora up to 4 m tall has pubescent shoots. The foliage is pinnate, up to 15 cm long. Moth flowers (like peas) up to 2 cm long, yellow, orange or reddish. The decorative period is from the beginning of summer to the end of the season. In autumn, the foliage turns yellow and purple. The fruits of the beans look very original, the bladder is great in combination with white acacias.

On a note! The bubble is suitable for the formation of a beautiful hedge.

The bubble is characterized by a rapid growth rate, after pruning and frosting, it rapidly builds up new shoots. Winter hardiness is not high enough, it requires shelter of the horse's neck with spruce branches. Preferred cultivation in regions with a mild climate. The culture is photophilous, grows well even on poor soil.

Autumn flowering varieties

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

• heather;
• cletra;
• ceanotus.

Heather

Decorative varieties of heather form low perennial bushes up to 70 cm tall. The dense crown consists of small scaly foliage. The leaves are triangular, sessile, dark green. Heather belongs to evergreen species, forms one-sided brushes of a pink or lilac shade. Brush length up to 20 cm, valuable honey plant. Decorative from mid-summer to 60 days. The growth rate is low, it is durable.

When planting, drainage is required, heathers love sour peat substrate. Demanding for irrigation on hot days, evening spraying is recommended. The site for landing is chosen with an openwork penumbra. In the Middle lane for the winter, cover the root neck with peat, the shoots are covered with spruce branches.

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

Cletra alderleaf

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

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

Ceanothus (red root)

The name of the genus comes from the Latin word for "blue", the plant is named red root for the content of natural scarlet dye in the roots. The bush reaches a height of 3 m, the crown is dense. The flowers are large, collected in umbrellas or panicles. Inflorescences are painted in blue, white or pink shades. Most species are thermophilic, so the culture is grown in Ukraine, the Black Earth region, and Belarus. The decorative period is long - from July to the end of September.

Ceanothus are planted in the warmest and sunniest corner of the garden. Demanding on the nutritional value of the substrate, needs good drainage. It blooms on the shoots of the current year, strong freezing does not prevent the ceanothus from blooming magnificently.

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

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

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

• calicant;
• wisteria;
• hibiscus.

Calicant

Calicant is a large shrub up to 3 meters high. It blooms in late May with large buds up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The color of the corolla is red-brown, in the middle of the flower there are up to 30 stamens. The fruit of Calicanth looks like a wild rose berry. The plant has fragrant flowers and leaves. Sometimes there is a secondary flowering in mid-September. Based on the original view, many garden forms with variegated foliage. Calicant is shade-tolerant, but its frost resistance is very low.

Wisteria

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

Wisterias are characterized by a fast growth rate, the vine can entangle any support. The decorativeness of the culture directly depends on the climate, the lack of heat will affect the intensity of flowering. Wisteria requires a sunny site, protected from cold wind blowing. In order for it to form a powerful shoot, a nutrient substrate with an acidic or neutral environment is required. To prolong the decorative period, abundant watering is required. Growing in a pot culture is allowed, which is achieved by formative pruning. In March, the liana is cut, leaving 2-3 buds on young shoots.

Hibiscus

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

By pruning, hibiscus can be shaped like a stem tree or bush. The culture blooms from late July until the first frost. Hibiscus is photophilous, needs a lot of heat and moisture.

Important! When fertilizing, the formation of more buds is noted.

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

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

• park rose and wild rose;
• steppe almonds;

Park rose (scrub) and wild rose

Park roses have a high decorative effect and frost resistance, which they inherited from their wild relatives - wild roses. The height of the shoots is up to 2.5 m, the shoots are covered with thorns. The wild rose blooms at the beginning of summer, and the park rose will delight bright inflorescences throughout the summer. Most rose hips have simple flowers of 5 petals, painted in pink tones.

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

Remember! To maintain a high decorative effect, it is recommended to apply organic top dressing three times.

Steppe almond (bean)

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

Almonds do not tolerate even light shading, winter-hardy, unpretentious. It has many advantages - drought resistance, easy reproduction, winter hardiness, ease of formation. In the spring, organic top dressing is introduced, in early autumn, superphosphate. It looks very impressive in a group of 3-5 copies, it is in perfect harmony with coniferous trees.

Dahurian rhododendron

Evergreen plant 2-4 meters tall. Shoots erect with light gray bark and slight pubescence. The leaves are small, oval in shape. The length of the plate is 2-3 cm, the surface is leathery. Dark green color with the advent of autumn changes to brown-red. Leaves partially overwinter. large flowers funnel-shaped, reach a diameter of 4 cm, abundantly strew shoots before blooming young leaves. The color of the petals is pink-purple, the decorative effect lasts up to 3 weeks. Re-budding is often observed in autumn.

Advice! The Daurian rhododendron prefers some shade from coniferous trees. In winter, it needs protection from the sun, prefers acidic substrates, is responsive to top dressing.

Unpretentious shrubs for the Moscow region

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

• mock orange;
• barberry;
• vesicle Kalinolistny.

Chubushnik

The growth reaches two meters in height, the crown is dense. Leaves up to 10 cm long, oval shape. Floral brushes contain 5-9 cream-colored buds. The shape of the corolla is goblet, the aroma is rich jasmine. It blooms in mid-summer, the duration of budding is 2-3 weeks. Variegated hybrids have been bred, a very popular perennial.

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

Barberry

Variegated forms of barberry - great decoration cottages, but this shrub also blooms very beautifully. The bush develops shoots with a diameter and height of up to 3.5 m. The leaves are small, rounded. Flowering from the end of May, duration 2-3 weeks. The buds are yellow, very fragrant, collected in long brushes. The autumn color of the foliage depends on the variety; bright scarlet inedible fruits add decorativeness to the barberry.

Know! Barberry is unpretentious, care consists in spring pruning, top dressing every 3-4 years, irrigation if necessary.

Vesicle viburnum

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

tall flowering shrubs

When planning a garden composition, some are faced with a small selection of tall shrub perennials. Usually they are planted along fences and buildings to protect the garden from dust and prying eyes. You can plant tall varieties in the background of a massive group composition. In the implementation of the landscape project you will be helped by:

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

Lilac

Large shrub perennial with thick trunks and a lush crown. Growth from 2 to 8 m, ovate leaves with a pointed tip, dark green, up to 10 cm long. leaf blades persists until leaf fall, in warm regions the foliage hibernates. Small fragrant buds are collected in lush pyramidal paniculate inflorescences. Lilacs bloom in late spring, after 3 weeks the flowers fall off. The color of the petals is purple or lilac, less often white.

Lilac grows well in sunny areas. It is sensitive to waterlogging, so the planting pit is equipped with drainage. Irrigation is carried out as needed, top dressing is applied annually. Easy to shape pruning.

Remember! Planting lilacs in the lowland is unacceptable.

Kalina boule de tender

Decorative variety of viburnum " Snowball» has a high decorative effect. It has beautiful leaves that will put on a crimson outfit in the fall. Lush spherical inflorescences consist of sterile buds. Blooms by the end of spring, decorative for 2-3 weeks. Gorgeous in the form of a standard tree.

The culture is characterized by unpretentiousness, endurance and frost resistance. Needs to preventive treatments from insects. Prefers sunny place, acidic and moist soil. Looks great near an artificial pond, requires frequent watering, fertilizing. Reproduces only vegetatively, requires rejuvenation every 5-6 years (pruning to the stump).

Honeysuckle

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

On a note! Honeysuckle is a completely winter-hardy shrub. She is unpretentious, needs frequent watering, shade-tolerant.

Flowering yellow shrubs

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

To create a bright composition, you can use:

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

Conclusion

Flowering shrubs are an excellent tool in the design of a personal plot. Combining types of perennials, you can create a great ensemble, and photos with names and brief description will definitely help with that.

Ornamental shrubs occupy an important place in decorating garden and personal plots. They can be used to organize hedges and borders, single landings and flower beds, decoration of gazebos and recreation areas, as well as as part of large landscape compositions.

Ornamental garden shrubs: choose the right one

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

• decorative leafy;
• blooming;
• coniferous and evergreen;
• fruit.

Ornamental shrubs are indispensable in the design of any garden.

Video: an overview of ornamental shrubs for the garden

Deciduous shrubs

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

• Dören. A plant from the dogwood family up to 3 m high with shiny flexible red branches. The color of the leaves can be different: green with white spots, greenish-reddish with pink edging, yellow, pinkish-brown, etc. The inflorescences are white, whitish-bluish berries form in their place in autumn.

  Derain has very beautiful variegated foliage

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

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

• Red Japanese Maple. Tall, slow growing shrub (3–5 m), belonging to the Maple family. A voluminous crown of bright green strongly cut dissected fan leaves in autumn gradually changes color to orange-reddish, rich red or carmine, almost black. Red or yellow-green flowers open before the leaves open, forming lionfish seeds.

  foliage Japanese maple gradually changes color from yellow to dark red

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful leaves

Euonymus winged is a picturesque shrub that delights with a dense green crown in summer, and in autumn it delights with a fantastic view of foliage in all shades of red. Fortune's spindle has very decorative dark green foliage with white or yellow border Derain white is found in garden and summer cottages, most often Deren does not lose its decorative effect even in winter, thanks to branches with bright red bark. Purple willow Nana is an ornamental tree that has small size and a crown of spherical shape Holly maple Royal Red is distinguished by the presence of a leading slender trunk, uneven crown density and large leaves when blooming bright red, then dark red Bubble Darts Gold is a spectacular shrub with ornamental leaves of bright yellow color, delicate flowers and fruits adorns the site throughout the season Bubble - an ornamental deciduous shrub that has relatively recently appeared in horticulture, and is rapidly gaining popularity Fieldfare grows rapidly, forming lush thickets White Deren Siberian Variegata has variegated bordered foliage, which changes color in autumn (leaves may play yellow, magenta or purple)

Video: what happens deren

flowering shrubs

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

• Weigela. A spectacular flowering plant belonging to the Honeysuckle family, from 0.6–0.7 m to 3 m high with smooth bluish or green, sometimes red-brown leaves. The flowers are large (up to 5 cm), tubular-bell-shaped, reddish-pinkish, brick and creamy yellow shades.

  Weigela flowers resemble a bell

• . Shrub from 1 to 3 m tall from the Hortensia family with large (10–12 cm) pointed oval leaves. Blooms luxuriously and profusely from mid-summer until autumn with spherical inflorescences up to 30 cm in diameter, painted in all shades of blue, deep purple, red, lilac, pink and white.

  Hydrangeas have very large spherical inflorescences.

• Jasmine. Garden shrub, commonly called mock orange, belongs to the Hortensia family, reaches a height of 2–2.5 m. The leaves are light green, simple, wide ovate or lanceolate, 2–7 cm long. Flowers with white or creamy petals are collected in loose inflorescences, have a delicate delicate aroma.

  The flowers of jasmine (mock orange) are not very large, but scented

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful flowers

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

Video: beautiful shrubs that bloom all summer

Coniferous and evergreen shrubs

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

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

  Juniper - a shrub whose berries are often used as a spice and used to treat diseases

• Boxwood. Very slowly (no more than 5 cm per year) growing evergreen shrub of the Boxwood family with small leathery bright green leaves. The flowers are small and inconspicuous, the fruits are in the form of a box.

  Boxwood is an ornamental shrub that is used by landscape designers when designing hedges.

• Heather. An evergreen, low, densely branched bush (30–80 cm) of the Heather family with small trihedral petioled leaves of various colors (green, bluish-white, orange-golden, etc.). Small white or pink flowers are collected in a one-sided inflorescence.

  The heather bush is densely covered with small triangular leaves with different shades green, but some varieties of heather have leaves that are reddish, coppery, yellow, and silvery gray

Most evergreen conifers grow extremely slowly.

Video: coniferous plants for the garden

fruit shrubs

Most often in gardens such berry bushes are used:

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

  White berries hang on snowberry branches all winter

• Barberry. A thorny plant 2–2.5 m high from the Barberry family. The leaves are green, bright red, orange and yellow, in autumn the color intensity becomes stronger. The flowers are small, yellowish, oblong berries ripening in their place have a red or purple hue.

  Barberry can also be attributed to decorative deciduous shrubs, because its leaves can have a variety of shades.

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

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

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

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

The yellow rosehip looks especially impressive.

Video: the most beautiful garden shrubs

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