Decorative shrub for the garden. Frost-resistant ornamental shrubs for giving photos and names. Features of perennial ornamental flowering shrubs and their use in landscape design

Lush blooming garden- a joy for the soul, every gardener tries to decorate his plot, create harmony and beauty in it. This goal can be achieved using flowering shrubs perennials photos with names you can select and find out the catalog below. This way you can highlight the beauty of your garden and create coziness. Important: all shrubs described in this article are frost-resistant.

	Shrub rose– looks impressive and smells very nice. Despite the fact that the plant looks very delicate, it is not at all whimsical and is resistant to diseases and low temperatures. It's better to sit her on sunny area. The bush rose can reach up to two meters in height; the graceful branches of the bush often need support. This plant blooms at the end of June; the colors of the shrubs are varied. Basic plant care includes removing weak or blind shoots, strong branches that grow in the center, as well as wilted flowers.
	Chubushnikor "Jasmine"- one of the most famous and winter-hardy flowering perennial shrubs. Jasmine delights with its beauty and aroma. This fragrant bush blooms in June and July, the flowers are white or cream in color, the plant reaches one and a half to two meters in height. Another advantage of the bush is that it is not capricious. It is best planted in early spring or autumn in a sunny location. Don’t forget to trim old shoots, water, fertilize, feed with humus and remove weeds, so it will delight you with lush flowering.
	Lilac- very common, abundant flowering plant with a pronounced, pleasant aroma. To plant this perennial shrub, choose a more sunny part of the garden. Well suited moderately damp, sandy soil. Lilacs need to be fertilized, loosened, flowered flowers and root shoots must be cut off, so you will help the plant develop properly and maintain its aesthetic appearance.
	Forsythia – symbol of the arrival of spring. The branches of the perennial shrub are densely covered with bright yellow flowers. Forsythia grows well in a spacious, well-lit place. You should not get carried away with watering so that the roots do not begin to rot. The soil around the bush needs to be loosened and weeds removed. This plant should be fertilized with rotted manure. To keep the shrub looking neat, it is important to cut off not only dried or broken shoots, but also to shorten old shoots so that new side shoots can develop and the bush becomes more luxuriant.
	Vegeila – deciduous perennial shrub. Interestingly, during flowering, the flowers change color from a pale shade to a rich pink color. Another pleasant moment is that the shrub pleases with its flowering 2 times a year. Vegeila - heat-loving, light-loving plant which needs to be protected from strong winds. If the plant has frozen over the winter, abundant watering will help bring the bush back to life. IN hot weather, it is also necessary to moisturize the bush well.
	The photo is beautiful, the name of the flowering perennial shrub is garden hydrangea, medium size, blooms with lush inflorescences, period from mid-June to October.
	Jasmine is a flowering perennial shrub, the name is wonderful, but the plant itself is very trivial in appearance.
	Brugmansia is a medium-sized flowering shrub that is easily grown by our compatriots. Latin name Brugmansia.
	Perennial the flowering shrub on the left is broom, it is small and unpretentious to the climate.
	Perennial shrub euonymus- medium size, usual color - red.
	Deutia bush, similar to jasmine, but the inflorescences are longer and narrower.
	Barberry Thunberg - flowering perennial shrub photo.
	Skumpia- a medium-sized flowering shrub that grows separately.
	The shrub blooming on the left is a familiar one perennial lilac, can be planted in a row or as a separate plant.
	Flowering perennial shrub with photo on the left and names with the name Mahonia - a medium-sized plant. Blooms in dense large inflorescences.

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

Decorative garden shrubs: choosing the right one

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

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

Ornamental shrubs are indispensable in the design of any garden.

Video: review of ornamental shrubs for the garden

Decorative deciduous shrubs

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

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

  The dogwood has very beautiful variegated foliage

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

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

• Red Japanese maple. Tall, slow-growing shrub (3–5 m), belonging to the Maple family. The voluminous crown of bright green, strongly cut, dissected fan leaves in the fall gradually changes color to orange-reddish, deep red or carmine, almost black. Red or yellow-green flowers open before the foliage blooms and produce winged seeds.

  Foliage Japanese maple gradually changes color from yellow to dark red

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful leaves

Winged euonymus is a picturesque shrub that delights with its thick green crown in summer and delights in autumn fantastic view foliage of all shades of red Euonymus Fortune has very decorative dark green foliage with a white or yellow border. White dogwood is found in gardens and summer cottages most often. Dogwood does not lose its decorative effect even in winter, thanks to branches with bright red bark. Purple willow Nana is an ornamental tree , having small size and a spherical crown. Norway 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. Darts Gold Bubblecarp is a spectacular shrub with decorative leaves bright yellow color, delicate flowers and fruits adorn the site throughout the season. Bubble-leaf shrub is an ornamental deciduous shrub that has appeared relatively recently in gardening and is rapidly gaining popularity. Rowan-leaved fieldfare grows rapidly, forming lush thickets. White dogwood of Sibirika Variegata has variegated bordered foliage, which in the fall changes color (leaves may turn yellow, purple or violet)

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Flowering shrubs

The following flowering garden shrub crops can be distinguished:

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

  Weigela flowers resemble a bell

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

  Hydrangea has very large spherical inflorescences

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

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

Photo gallery: shrubs with beautiful flowers

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

Video: beautiful shrubs that bloom all summer

Coniferous and evergreen shrubs

Among the evergreen and coniferous garden crops that do not lose their decorative value throughout the year, the most popular are:

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

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

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

  Boxwood is an ornamental shrub that is used landscape designers when designing a hedge

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

  The heather bush is densely covered with small triangular leaves with different shades of green, but some varieties of heather have leaves of reddish, copper, yellow and silver-gray.

Most evergreen coniferous crops grow extremely slowly.

Video: coniferous plants for the garden

Fruit bushes

The following berry bushes are most often used in gardens:

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

  White berries hang on the branches of the snowberry all winter

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yellow rose hips look especially impressive

Video: the most beautiful shrubs for the garden

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

In gardening practice it is known as jasmine, as it has a similar aroma of flowers. Real jasmine subtropical evergreen, suitable for cultivation only in room conditions. Mock orange grows in the European part of Russia and the Far East - it is a low, deciduous shrub that can be easily distinguished from others by its barely protruding buds, hidden under the pubescence on slightly swollen leaf cushions. The leaves are located opposite.

The flowers are white, up to 2-5 cm in diameter, collected in terminal racemes. They have a pleasant aroma. Flowering begins at the end of June, immediately after lilac, and most late varieties- late July, early August. Can be used as cutting material.

Mock orange (jasmine) flowering

All mock oranges bloom well in open sunny places, although they tolerate shading. The soil for mock orange must be well fertilized and deeply cultivated. Soils with close occurrence are not suitable for them. groundwater. The plants tolerate replanting well, without losing the ability to flower in the same year, but this work must be done carefully, since when digging, breaks very often occur in the area of ​​the root collar.

Due to abundant shoot formation, old bushes need to remove old branches. The most frost-resistant in our conditions were mock oranges: thin-leaved, Shrenka, crown. When covered with insulating material, garden varieties also overwinter successfully. They propagate by dividing the bush, layering, green cuttings and sowing seeds.

Meadowsweet (spirea)

Not a single park or cottage can do without these small, unpretentious, graceful plants, the height of the bushes does not exceed 2 m. The leaves are of the most varied shapes, from which their specific names often come - rowan-leaved, willow-leaved, birch-leaved, etc. Meadowsweet is valued for its abundant flowering and beautiful shape of bushes and leaves. They grow well in open sunny places with fertile, sufficiently moist soil.

There are three groups of meadowsweet: early, mid and late flowering. Plants of the first two groups bloom very amicably, but not for long. In plants of the third group, flowering is extended to late autumn. The flowers of most meadowsweet are fragrant and honey-bearing, and are readily visited by bees.

Spirea

Based on the nature of the anlage and the arrangement of the flowers, meadowsweet flowers are divided into two groups. Some flowers are usually white, located on last year's growths, collected in corymbs. Others have panicles, spike-shaped inflorescences and corymbs on the tops of the current year's shoots. In this regard, pruning of plants of the first group is carried out after flowering so that they can lay new flower buds. It is better to cut plants of the second group early in the spring, but since in our conditions they are usually not winter-hardy, spring cutting of frozen shoots replaces cutting them.

Barberry

Shrub up to 2.5 m in height. The leaves are ovate with short petioles and alternately arranged on the shoots. The flowers are yellow with a strong aroma and collected in a raceme. The fruits are berry-shaped, bright red, persist on the branches for a long time, and contain ascorbic, malic, citric and other acids. In their unripe form, they are used as a seasoning for food - they can replace capers, and from ripe ones they are used to prepare pickles, marinades, spicy seasonings for meat dishes, as well as preserves, fillings for sweets, marshmallows, and drinks.

Barberry berries

Young leaves are also edible; they are used for preparing salads and first courses, as a substitute for sorrel. The leaves contain cahetins, and all organs, except the fruits, contain alkaloids, the main of which are berberine and berbamine.

IN folk medicine The fruits, bark and roots of barberry are used as a hemostatic, antipyretic and choleretic agent, as well as an appetite stimulant.

Barberry is a good honey plant. The honey collected from its flowers is golden yellow in color and has high quality. For the most part, barberry is used as an ornamental shrub to create borders and hedges. All species are frost-resistant, drought-resistant, responsive to fertilizers, and bloom well in sunny and slightly shaded places.

Kuril tea (cinquefoil, dasiphora)

A low shrub rarely exceeding 80 cm. The leaves are pinnate, yellowish-green in color, usually five-, less often three-, seven-lobed, covered with hairs on both sides. The branches have grey-brown peeling bark. The crown of the bush is spherical and easy to shape. The flowering of Kuril tea begins in the second ten days of June and continues until snow falls. The flowers are yellow and white up to 3 cm in diameter.

Kuril tea bush

Thanks to its strong root system, the shrub tolerates replanting well at any time of the year. Kuril tea prefers well-moistened fertile soil and open sunny places. Used for single plantings on lawns, among low flower beds, and it can also be used for edging more tall bushes. Kuril tea is indispensable for alpine slides.

The most valuable of all types is Kuril bush tea, the golden-yellow lights of its flowers can decorate any garden plot until late autumn. Kuril tea is winter-hardy.

Almonds low

It is the first shrub to open the flowering season. Plant height is 1.5 m. The crown is dense, spherical. The branches are erect with numerous shortened shoots densely covered with narrow lanceolate leaves up to 6 cm long. It blooms simultaneously with the leaves blooming at the end of May and there is hardly a person who can calmly pass by this pink miracle.

Low almonds in the garden

Almonds are light-loving, love light, fertile soils, and suffer from overheating, so it is better to grow them in elevated areas well protected from the wind. The fruits are drupes, round-ovoid in shape, covered with felt-shaggy pubescence, yellow-sandy in color with gray barrels.

In autumn, when the leaves fly off the bushes, these fluffy balls remain hanging on thin branches, decorating the bushes. Branches with fruits are also good for winter bouquets. To do this, they are cut in mid-August before the seeds ripen. Almonds do not tolerate transplantation well and therefore need to be propagated better by sowing seeds

Mahonia

Mahonia holly is one of the few evergreen shrubs of the barberry family. His homeland is North America. The height of the bush reaches 0.8-1 m. It has a spherical crown. The leaves are alternate, odd-pinnate up to 20 cm long, consist of five to nine leathery leaflets with spiny teeth along the edge, dark green, shiny in summer, brownish-purple or red in winter. In early June, the bushes are covered with panicles of bright yellow fragrant flowers, abundantly visited by bees. The fruits are bluish-black with a bluish bloom and ripen in August.

Mahonia holly in a city park

Mahonia grows well on wet soils fertilized with manure or humus. Prefers some shade as it suffers from sunburn in summer and especially in early spring. In this regard, in the spring it is desirable to shade the bushes with coniferous branches or straw.

The mahonia holly shrub has high decorative qualities and decorates the site throughout the year. Its branches, harvested in the fall, stored on glaciers, in basements, are used in winter for decoration. room interiors. For the winter, the bushes are bent to the ground and covered with insulating material. In areas with early snowfall, you can limit yourself to only bending the bushes. The shrub is frost-resistant. Propagated by seeds, root suckers, green cuttings and dividing the bush.

Euonymus Maak

Far Eastern shrub up to 2.5 m in height, openwork crown, dark green leaves arranged oppositely. Young shoots have a beautiful crimson color. Blooms in the first half of June. The flowers are small, dirty dark green in color and do not attract attention. The decorative advantages of the euonymus are fully manifested in the fall, when the leaves and seed pods become light carmine, and the bush itself seems airy.

Maak euonymus branch

After the leaves fall, the bush is given a decorative appearance by seed pods, from which bright orange seeds hang on orange thread-like seed stalks. Euonymus in standard form looks very effective.

Photophilous. Prefers light, well-fertilized soil. It loves moisture, but does not tolerate stagnant moisture. Responsive to liming. The plant is quite winter-hardy, but in some years it may become overheated, but the bushes sprout and quickly recover. Propagated by seeds during autumn sowing and shoots.

Willow

Decorative shrub up to 5 m tall. A multi-stemmed bush with a mass of arched, hanging (weeping) flexible shoots, forming a light openwork crown. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate with a blue coating on both sides. The shoots are light and also with a bloom. Blooms in the second decade of May. The catkins are hardly noticeable among the mass of leaves, but they emit a strong, pleasant aroma, which attracts bees.

Willow in some park

Willow is a frost-resistant shrub; only on young plants the ends of the shoots may freeze, which does not reduce the merits of the plant.

Young shoots look especially elegant. They have a pronounced bluish color and a matte coating on the shoots. By 12-15 years, the growth of shoots weakens and rejuvenating pruning is necessary to maintain decorativeness. The decorative effect of willow appears in full glory on fairly fertile, moderately moist soils and worse in wetlands.

When specially grown, the shoots of this willow reach up to two meters or more. They are elastic, smooth, the buds are narrow, pressed, the bark is not cracking, has a beautiful bluish-matte coating - this is an excellent material for making baskets, country furniture, vases, boxes and other products. Propagated by woody and green cuttings.

Juniper

Creeping, evergreen, coniferous shrub, forming a cushion, often with a bizarre shape, due to its branches spread on the ground or slightly rising. The needles of adult plants are scale-like, dark green, small, pressed to the stems. In the summer, during the growth of young shoots, they dress in bright velvet greenery. Winter-hardy, drought-resistant, undemanding to soil. Very light-loving, does not tolerate even slight shading.

Juniper in landscape design

Juniper is an indispensable shrub when constructing alpine slides. Very good for low borders, and also looks beautiful as individual bushes or groups on a mowed lawn.

Green twigs contain essential oil - sabinol, have medicinal value. But the bush is poisonous and is excluded from the list of medicinal plants.

Plants should be planted in the spring and regular, abundant watering and protection from direct sunlight are required. It develops very slowly, and does not reach flowering age for twenty years. Propagated by seeds (sown in autumn in the year of collection) and green cuttings.

Tamarix

Shrub up to 1.5 m in height. The shoots are densely covered with miniature bluish leaves. It blooms in June at the same time as the leaves bloom. The flowers are small, pink in color, collected in large complex clusters. Before the flowers open, the bush is covered with pink balls, giving the impression that beads have been poured onto the bush.

Tamarix at someone's dacha

And it is no coincidence that people called him “the bead worker.” In the conditions of Siberia and the Far East, the ends of annual shoots freeze, and in severe winters they freeze to the level of snow or soil, but the bushes quickly recover and graceful shoots with original foliage can decorate any area, so Tamarix is ​​relatively winter-hardy.

Tamarix goes well with dark greenery of coniferous and deciduous trees. Grows better in sunny places, is resistant to drought, but does not tolerate acidic soils. Propagates well from woody and green cuttings.

Snowberry (snowberry)

The shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, was imported from North America and is distinguished by long, thin shoots with oppositely located small leaves, light green in color with a bluish bloom and oval in shape. The flowers are small, white and pink, collected in short, unattractive racemes. In the second half of August, clusters of snow-white berries appear, which look beautiful on long thin shoots and last almost the entire winter.

Snowberry bush

Snowberry can tolerate partial shade, is not demanding of moisture, and grows on dry rocky and calcareous soils. In general, it is an excellent frost-resistant ornamental shrub, but in some regions it freezes to the level of snow, but it recovers well and bears fruit. Propagated by seeds, suckers and green cuttings.

Ornamental shrubs are one of the main elements of decorating the design of modern gardens and summer cottages. This article will discuss different varieties shrubs, the flowering period of which continues throughout most of the summer, as well as their more detailed classification.

Top 10 Flowering Shrubs

Below are the top flowering shrubs, which, according to many experienced gardeners, are the most preferable:

1. Budleya- has an external resemblance to lilac; it is a very spreading shrub that can grow up to 3 meters in height. The flowering period lasts all summer, the color can be from lavender and pink to white. The inflorescences begin to disappear only with the arrival of the first severe frosts, indicating the approach of winter.
2. - is an inconspicuous plant with unattractive leaves, but it is virtually impossible to do without it when decorating borders. This is due to the fact that in other plants and shrubs the flowering period begins one by one, after which it stops, but cinquefoil continues to delight with its small but numerous inflorescences throughout the summer. Its popularity can also be explained by the following positive qualities, as an increased level of frost resistance, unpretentiousness to the soil and undemanding amount of sunny color.
3. English rose is a shrub that not only blooms throughout summer period, but also endures even the harshest winters without much difficulty. This variety is recommended for beginners, since given their unpretentiousness, they can be grown without any problems, gradually learning the skills of caring for representatives of the rose family. Depending on the chosen type, the height will be 1-2.5 m.
4. climbing rose- is a variety that requires more complex care; it is very often used for decorative design gazebo arches. In other cases, before planting, installation of additional supporting structures which she will wrap around. IN autumn period climbing rose pruning and the organization of an insulated shelter for the winter are required.
5. Rose hip stands out not only for its beauty, but also for its practicality. It can be grown for ornamental purposes, to create a living fence, or to produce vitamin-rich fruits.
6. Calicant- is a shrub brought from North America; it is a rather rare, unusual and beautiful plant. It is especially noteworthy for its inflorescences, which have an interesting bright aroma and the shape of water lilies that persist throughout the summer. In the northern regions, late flowering may occur, which begins no earlier than July, but in middle lane and southern regions, the first inflorescences on calicant appear at the very beginning of June.
7. Karyopteris– has cluster-shaped inflorescences, blooms throughout the summer months and adds interesting lilac-bluish shades to the garden. Thanks to rounded shape crowns are ideal for decorative decoration at the front of borders. Among its other advantages are unpretentiousness to the quality and degree of soil fertility, as well as high frost resistance.
8. Cistus- has inflorescences that are similar to poppy flowers or some varieties of roses, but they are very different high speed withering. It begins to bloom in early June and continues until the very end of summer; new buds are formed almost every day. When growing cistus, you will need to provide it with a sufficient amount sunlight and heat, and also choose a planting site with a non-clayey soil structure.
9. Cletra alder is a shrub that is recommended to be grown only if there is suitable places with sufficiently moist soil. However further care does not cause any difficulties, since it consists in the implementation of a single procedure: the cletra must be cut off annually. This requirement is due to the fact that new buds are formed only on young branches.
10. Rhododendrons- These are popular garden shrubs, but they are very demanding to care for. It will be necessary to protect them from prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and overheating, but with the onset of frost, their love for warmth manifests itself and at this stage it is necessary to provide additional insulation. The flowering period usually begins in May, the color may vary depending on the selected variety.

Evergreen flowering shrubs

Evergreen varieties are usually used to create hedges or form garden sculptures, this will require a fairly complex technique for pruning them.

Among the most common types are:

1. Holly- is frost-resistant shrub, the height is usually about a meter or a little more. The only drawback is the abundance of sharp thorns, which turn seasonal pruning into an incredibly difficult procedure.
2. Yew- is another evergreen shrub with dark needles, characterized by very slow growth. Very often, yew is used to create hedges; it is unpretentious to environmental conditions, but care must be taken to ensure that excess water does not accumulate near it, especially in winter.
3. Boxwood– used mainly to form low hedges that are part of large flower beds. It does not require annual pruning and can grow even in shady places, so caring for it does not cause problems even for novice gardeners.
4. Kalmiya- has an external resemblance to rhododendron, but in late spring or early June it begins to bloom, and the main differences become noticeable. The buds of this shrub resemble Chinese lanterns and have a corrugated structure at the edges, which adds to their attractiveness.

Shade-loving flowering shrubs for the garden

It is not always possible to find places in the garden that are supplied big amount sunlight, which many plants need to develop and grow naturally.

1. cotoneaster- is not only a flowering, but also a fruiting variety, which has an extensive classification and unites various varieties. The buds, thanks to their delicate pink hue, themselves have a very attractive appearance, and in late spring or early summer they open into flowers white. The fruits ripen in the fall, and they actually never arouse interest among birds, so you don’t have to be afraid of attracting uninvited guests to your plot.
2. Jasmine– has a complex classification; for growing in the shade it is recommended to choose a garden variety. The specific timing of flowering depends on the chosen period, but it must be borne in mind that when planting in a heavily shaded place, it may not be so abundant.
3. Privet- is one of the most unpretentious varieties of garden shrubs. It will need soil with a moderate degree of fertility and a shady place; the plant will grow successfully even in very poor environmental conditions. For this reason, privet is often grown along fences and barriers that are located near highways. The only drawback is its low frost resistance; the bush annually requires mandatory installation of a warm shelter for the entire winter period.

Fast growing shrubs

Fast-growing varieties are also very often used to create hedges, especially in situations where they need to be obtained in a short time. Among the shrubs of this type are:

1. Honeysuckle Not only does it grow very quickly and bloom all summer, but it also bears fruit. It is not particularly popular among gardeners, although caring for it is quite simple: the first 5-7 years require annual pruning for sanitary purposes, and then only the formation of a crown of the required size and shape.
2. Turn also belongs to the fruit-bearing variety, while its berries are very often used in folk medicine. The only drawback is the increased degree of pricklyness; care consists only of pruning, which is carried out only if such a need arises.
3. Bladderwort viburnum It has a very impressive appearance, which made it popular. It is mainly grown for its extensive crown, which has a round shape, which makes this shrub worthy decoration any garden. It is unpretentious to growing conditions and does not require special care.

Low growing shrubs

Varieties whose maximum height does not exceed a meter are usually considered low-growing. They are usually used for decorative borders or small flower beds.

The most popular types are listed below:

1. Barberry Thunberg is one of the most attractive shrubs of small height. Flowering begins late spring, and in the fall the fruits ripen and the foliage turns red seasonally, so this type barberry delights gardeners with its appearance throughout most of the season. Has its own classification and includes different varieties with some differences.
2. Heather ordinary is both a low-growing and evergreen variety, the flowering period of which lasts throughout the entire summer period.
3. Quince, when choosing which you need to pay special attention, since only Japanese has insignificant height low grade. It blooms throughout the summer, often in late spring or early autumn. The inflorescences are usually yellow or orange in color, the fruits have the same color and can also perform decorative functions.

Frost-resistant shrubs

In some regions and areas of the country, which are characterized by long and at the same time very harsh winters, it can be difficult to choose plants or bushes for decorating the garden, since not all species can withstand a significant drop in temperature.

Below are some options that have increased level frost resistance:

1. Barberry Thunberg, which has already been discussed in more detail above.
2. Silver goof, despite the long flowering period, is grown only for its foliage, which many gardeners find quite interesting and attractive. The inflorescences have a very strong and pleasant aroma, but are unattractive in appearance.
3. Red elderberry has no drawbacks in appearance: its foliage itself is a worthy decoration of any garden from spring to autumn; by summer, pretty inflorescences bloom, and then they are replaced by no less attractive fruits.
4. Hawthorn blood red is a multifunctional seedling because it can be grown as a separate shrub, small tree, flowerbed element or to create a hedge. It is one of the most unpretentious varieties, since it is not afraid of harsh winters, prolonged exposure to sunlight, swampy places, low level soil fertility or lack of lighting.

1. Initially, it is necessary to clarify how suitable a particular variety is for growing in climatic conditions specific region. Some species are distinguished by such increased thermophilicity that even the organization of warm shelters cannot save them from freezing and death in winter.
2. Peculiarities appearance in winter. There are deciduous or evergreen varieties, and also capable of maintaining their decorative effect throughout the year, if this is relevant.
3. Height is important criterion, by which it is necessary to evaluate the selected variety, because different types this figure can vary from 50 cm to 3 m.
4. The crown can be spherical or column-shaped, wide or narrow, horizontal or vertical. All this must be taken into account in advance so that the selected shrub fits well into the overall design of the garden.