What shrub is blooming? Evergreen ornamental shrubs for the garden

Today, many gardeners grow not only vegetables and fruits on their plots, but also plants that can decorate the area. These, without a doubt, include ornamental shrubs, and the abundance of their types and forms will satisfy any requirements. In this article you will find information about the most popular types of such plants, which will help you make a choice and choose the most suitable decoration for your site.

The purpose of ornamental shrubs in the country

You can use bush ornamental plants for your garden in different ways. For example, low-growing ones are considered a universal decoration, since they can be arranged in a separate composition, grown as a hedge, a border around a flower bed or along paths. In addition, they are often used for discounts. Larger shrubs divide the area into zones. A hedge of such plants will protect from the sun's rays. Tall decorative bushes are good for decorating unsightly walls and shading desired areas of the garden. They are also suitable for single plantings.

Fruit and flowering mini-trees will become a bright accent and decoration. In the spring they will delight you with a pleasant aroma, and in the fall - with the beautiful color of the leaves. In addition, the fruits themselves are a worthy reward for the summer resident for all his work. Some plants make the garden design complete, but conifers, as well as evergreen shrubs, will become the highlight of any site. They are planted in the center of the compositions and planted as a fence on large areas. They look unusual in combination with floral plants, such as roses. But it is also worth considering the fact that such neighbors are not suitable for every rose.

Did you know? There is such a variety of ornamental plants as “aquarium plants”.

Types of ornamental shrubs

Several types of ornamental shrubs can be distinguished based on different characteristics.

So, taking into account frost resistance, they distinguish very frost-resistant(Siberian hawthorn, Siberian dogwood, dwarf cedar, mountain pine), frost-resistant(Tatarian honeysuckle, common hawthorn, common viburnum, western thuja, etc.) and moderately frost-resistant(rose hips, mock orange, Japanese quince, common privet, etc.).

Based on the lighting requirements of plants, varieties of ornamental shrubs are divided into light-loving(lilac, mountain ash, wild roses, etc.), semi-shade-tolerant (spiraea viburnum, mock orange, red elderberry, yellow acacia), shade-tolerant(hazel, red dogwood, warty euonymus, common privet, etc.). Also distinguished beautifully flowering, decorative deciduous, fruit plants.

It is possible to classify types of ornamental shrubs based on plant growth(short, medium height, tall) or the period of their greatest decorativeness. For example, magnolia is most decorative in spring, rose in summer, rowan in autumn, yew in winter.

List of ornamental shrubs for the garden with descriptions and photos

Ornamental fruit bushes for the garden

Such plants not only serve as decoration for the garden, but also provide benefits, but often require more care.

This shrub has gained popularity among gardeners for its unpretentious nature, consistently good yield and fairly compact size. During the flowering period, pale pink flowers. The leaves and shoots are covered with a light felt-like fluff (this is how the plant got its name). It is preferable to plant such ornamental shrubs in an open, well-lit area of ​​the garden, in soil rich in organic matter.

A very popular plant in our gardens. It is considered a strong amulet. It blooms in May-June with white flowers with a honey aroma. In autumn the fruits turn red and decorate the bush all winter. Viburnum is not capricious; it grows and bears fruit in almost any part of the garden.

Refers to such ornamental shrubs, whose names are associated with medicinal plants, since everyone has heard about the benefits of its fruits, rich in vitamin C. There are species characterized by beautiful double flowers, which are not inferior in beauty to roses, although there are also those that make a dense and thorny hedge. This is exceptional unpretentious plant, easily tolerates transplanting and pruning. It grows quickly. Tolerates partial shade, but grows best in sunny places.

Retains the ability to bear fruit for about 25 years. But, if you are deciding which shrubs to plant in front of the house in conditions of very high humidity and severe frosts, then this shrub will not suit you, since it does not tolerate such climatic conditions well. In temperate zones, infrequent watering in summer and cover in winter will suffice. Gooseberries are often grown along the fence and over time they get a continuous green wall. The fruits are very healthy, as they contain a lot of vitamin C, phosphorus and microelements.

Frost-resistant shrubs

Summer residents often choose ornamental shrubs for their plots that are not only pleasing to the eye in the summer, but are also able to withstand cold and windy winters. Let's talk about some of them.

(also called " Kuril tea" ) is an extremely frost-resistant plant that can grow even in permafrost conditions. Grows up to 1.5 m in height. Blooms from July until the end of summer. Its fruits, which ripen in early autumn, can be used to make tea.

Frost-resistant weigels - very beautiful, picturesque ornamental bushes. They are unpretentious, and any soil is suitable for growing them. They can grow quietly in partial shade, but a well-lit area will be much preferable. They do not require abundant and frequent watering. They quickly grow up to 2 m, and bloom in the second year. Flowering occurs from May to June and is characterized by bright pink inflorescences on the bushes, after which they delight with bright, green foliage.

Such a bush as snowberry also tolerates winter frosts well. The flowering period occurs at the beginning of summer and lasts until September. The white flowers are similar to lilies of the valley, and the whitish fruits visible on the branches all winter are inedible. It grows to a maximum height of 2 m. The shrub is light-loving and has no special requirements for other conditions.

Did you know? In total, about 50 species are known frost-resistant shrubs used for decorative purposes in middle lane countries.

Coniferous ornamental shrubs

Coniferous ornamental shrubs are considered a mandatory item in almost any decision landscape design. The most popular among them are the following.

There are tall, narrow and low-growing, spreading varieties. Several of these plants, planted in a group, combine beautifully with large stones. Plants tolerate shade and frost. Can withstand even freezing rain.

This is a dwarf compact coniferous shrub that is widely used in gardening. It has dark green needles, 3-5 cm long. Grows up to 1.5 m in height and 3 m in diameter. It grows better in sunny places, tolerates slight shade, but will wither in the shade. Prefers fairly fertile soils, but will grow in any other soil. Frost- and drought-resistant plant.

Important! Does not tolerate soil compaction and stagnant waterlogging.

Cypress shrubs are both heat-loving and frost-resistant, but they feel better in shaded places. They do not require additional care, have dark green needles and a spectacular appearance.

It is best to grow this plant in sunny place. There are dwarf and tall varieties that attract attention in different ways. For example, the Japanese cryptomeria is interesting because it turns reddish-brown in winter.

refers to slow growing coniferous shrubs. There are species that are often used for hedges (for example, yew berry), there are dwarf ones (60 cm in height), there are those that form rounded bushes (medium yew). Grows in both sun and partial shade.

Evergreen ornamental shrubs

To the evergreens deciduous shrubs let's take evergreen magnolia. It is popular as a hedge. Capable of independent growth by root shoots. It blooms from late May to mid-June with yellow inflorescences. The rest of the time it pleases the eye with bright foliage and clusters of dark berries. Any lighting will suit it, but stagnation of water will lead to rotting of the roots.

Refers not only to plants with a long flowering period (second half of summer), but also to shrubs with decorative foliage, which does not lose its beauty even in winter. Its height is only 60 cm, that is, it is a low-growing shrub. It is not picky about the composition of the soil, but needs plenty of sunlight.

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

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

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

Some varieties can be used for border plantings Euonymus Fortune(Euonymus fortunei) is a slow-growing, very low, creeping shrub up to half a meter high with long, up to 3 meters, shoots that easily take root in the internodes. These shoots are quite capable of clinging to support, if there is one. Fortune's euonymus has green, small, leathery leaves 2-5 centimeters in length.

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

Fortune's euonymus prefers hemifields, is quite drought-resistant, and tolerates pruning well.

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

Orange caragana is a loose bush up to 1 meter high with numerous protruding shoots.

It grows well in urban conditions, tolerates drought well, and is not at all demanding on soil fertility. It needs to be trimmed constantly to get a solid green border. The prickly caragana differs from the orange caragana only in its yellow flowers.

Very beautiful in a hedge snowberry(Symphoricarpos). Snowberry is a deciduous shrub up to 1-1.5 meters tall, especially beautiful in the fall, during long fruiting, when the branches bend under the weight of numerous white berries, truly reminiscent of small snowdrifts. Or maybe it’s called that because the berries on the bush last a long time, right up to the snow.

Snowberry grows very quickly, is completely unpretentious in care, prefers open sunny places, calcareous soils. Grows well in urban conditions with insufficient watering. It tolerates pruning and bush shaping well. Sometimes in harsh snowless winters it can freeze, but it recovers very quickly.

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

Lustrous honeysuckle grows well on both sandy and clay soils, if measures are taken to increase fertility and the soil is made water- and breathable. It grows well in open, sunny places and in partial shade. Lustrous honeysuckle is heat-loving, so in our climate it loses its leaves in the winter and can freeze, so it requires shelter for the winter.

And honeysuckle(Lonicera pileata), distinguished from the first by its fragrant pale yellow flowers. It bears fruit, the fruits are medium-sized, about the size of a cherry, purple. Honeysuckle can grow in both sun and partial shade; In addition, it is more hardy than glossy honeysuckle, but in cold winters it still loses its leaves.

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

Low almond prefers sunny places, tolerates drought easily, and can grow on poor sandy soils. On clay soils, almonds will have to be drained, since they absolutely cannot tolerate stagnation of water in the soil.

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

Cotoneaster is a deciduous ground cover plant. It has small, up to 1.5 centimeters, rounded leaves. Red fruits also ripen in September.

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

Very decorative cinquefoil. Suitable for low hedges Dahurian cinquefoil(Potentella davutica) and shrubby cinquefoil(Potentella fruticosa).

Cinquefoil Dahuriana is a low deciduous shrub up to 1 meter high, blooming all summer with white flowers. Cinquefoil shrub - neat shrubs with a rounded shape, but slightly taller than the cinquefoil Daurian, blooms with yellow flowers, there are varietal forms with white, pink and red flowers. Potentillas are unpretentious in care and grow well in an open sunny area with minimal watering and fertilizing. They tolerate haircuts well and do not require shelter for the winter.

For dry areas with depleted soil, a steppe plant such as gorse(Genista tinctoria) - a dense bush up to 1 meter high with thin shoots directed upward. The shoots are covered with narrow pale green leaves. Blooms with bright yellow flowers. The shrub is very unpretentious, although in snowless winters it can freeze, but quickly recovers.

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

However, to ensure that roses are always in excellent condition, you need to work hard: roses are quite whimsical. They need nutritious soil, moderately moist. Roses need both thinning and sanitary pruning. All roses need to be covered for the winter.

For some reason currants(Ribes) and gooseberries(Grossularia) we are used to being treated only as fruit bushes. However, it is worth looking at them from a different perspective. Any currant is decorative during the growing season: in spring, during flowering, and in summer, during fruiting, and even without fruit.

All currants and gooseberries are very similar, but for a low-growing hedge they are quite suitable alpine currant(Ribes alpinum) is a compact and fairly dense deciduous shrub up to 1.5 meters high, a dioecious plant, female specimens are suitable for fruiting. True, the berries of alpine currants are tasteless. Alpine currant is quite unpretentious, grows well on sunny areas, is undemanding to soil, but when fertilized the shrub is much denser, tolerates pruning well, and does not need shelter.

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

However, Chaenomeles japonica requires protection from northern winds. It is light-loving and grows best in fertile, well-drained soils. In winter, the shoots may freeze slightly, but in the spring they quickly recover. In case of strong thickening, thinning is required.

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

There is absolutely no need to go against nature and plant mahonia or rhododendron on poor dry soils, or almonds, gorse or boxwood in wet wetlands. Only plants that are ideally suited to your conditions will grow quickly, become a real highlight of the garden, and most importantly, will not require much care.

Used literature: Konovalova T.Yu., Shevyreva N.A. Ornamental shrubs, 2004
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Planting ornamental shrubs - great way make your site unique. They will fit perfectly into any landscape style. The widest range of both ornamental and decorative deciduous crops will allow you to make necessary choice and create an original composition.

The options for using ornamental shrubs in summer cottages are varied.

The entire diverse community of ornamental shrubs for the garden can be divided into three large groups:

• beautifully flowering;
• decorative deciduous;
• conifers.

Within each group there is a division that takes into account the size of the plants, the ability to retain or lose leaves on the eve of winter, the duration of flowering, frost resistance, and attitude to growing conditions.

Features of growing ornamental shrubs in the garden

Ornamental shrubs are the best option for those who want to improve their country cottage area.

This category of plants is so diverse that it is impossible to give uniform recommendations for all species at once. We can take into account only a few trends and note that when planting different types of ornamental shrubs, they need to be grouped according to the same requirements for soil, lighting, and watering regime. When solitary planting, create suitable conditions much easier for the plant. If a composition is created from several types, they should be arranged so that each can show maximum decorativeness.

Flowering shrubs for the garden: list

This is the largest group of ornamental plants. There are many species that can successfully grow and bloom in the middle zone, thanks to their good frost resistance. In the southern regions, where this problem is not acute, the choice of flowering shrubs is even greater. Let's talk more specifically about each type.

Mock orange (jasmine)

This deciduous shrub can often be found in gardens. Its height ranges from 1 to 3 meters. Bell-shaped white flowers with elegant yellow stamens are collected in clusters of 5 to 9 pieces each. The size of the flowers depends on the variety. In some, their diameter does not exceed 2 cm. And in the Akademik Komarov variety they are simply huge - up to 10 cm in diameter.

Jasmine flowering lasts about 3 weeks and begins in early June, but there are also record holders. The Shrenka mock orange blooms the longest, and the Snow Avalanche variety, selected by Vekhova, blooms most profusely.

This is a decoration for any garden.

Terry varieties of jasmine also bloom very beautifully:

• Ballet of the Moths;
• Virgin;
• Ermine Mantle - This variety can bloom for up to 49 days;
• Moonlight;
• Blizzard.

Some of them re-bloom in late summer - early autumn.

The aroma of mock orange is familiar to everyone - it is very bright and rich. But there are varieties whose flowers smell like strawberries or pineapple or have no aroma at all.

Weigela

This is an erect deciduous shrub characterized by beautiful flowering. The color of tubular-bell-shaped flowers is varied: white, yellowish, pink, purple or dark red.

A very popular plant among gardeners due to the decorative nature of the crown.

The three most frost-resistant species:

• Early weigela blooms when lilacs bloom.
• Weigela Middendorf blooms from mid-May, the flowers do not fall for a month, and may delight you with repeated flowering in September;
• Flowering weigela blooms at the end of May, flowering lasts 20 days.

Only their young bushes need thorough shelter. In adults, during frosty winters the tips of unripe shoots freeze. Hybrid varieties of Dutch and Polish origin, of which there are many on sale now, are not highly frost-resistant, so they may not wake up after winter.

Japanese quince

Many people know Japanese quince under the name Chaenomeles. This is a deciduous shrub that blooms in late May early June. Flowering lasts up to 3 weeks. All this time, the spreading bushes with arched branches are decorated with bright flowers up to 5 cm in diameter. In autumn, hard fruits ripen, looking like small green apples. The main color of the flowers is red-orange, but varieties and hybrids have been created with pink, red, white, and sometimes double flowers. Outside of flowering, the bush is also very beautiful thanks to its glossy green leaves. The height of the plant in the middle zone does not exceed one and a half meters. Japanese quince is very easy to trim, making it an excellent material for low hedges.

An exotic plant that captivates with its beauty and aroma.

Only young plants are suitable for planting. The long tap root is an obstacle to transplanting adult specimens. This shrub is unpretentious and drought-resistant, but good care flowering is more abundant.

Spirea

This is a deciduous shrub, represented by many species and varieties. Its height depends on the type and variety and ranges from 60 cm to 2 m.

Enough beautiful bush, capable of beautifully decorating any garden.

According to the time of flowering, spirea are divided into two groups:

• early flowering (May - June) - Vangutta, Nipponian, oak-leaved, they bloom on last year's shoots, so they do not need radical pruning;
• late blooming (July - August) - birch leaf, Billarda, Japanese, Boumalda, Douglas, willow, they bloom on the shoots of the current year and need spring pruning.

Spira flowers are small, collected in corymbose or paniculate inflorescences. Most varieties and species bloom abundantly and for a long time. Many species have white flowers, but there are also varieties with pink and purple flowers.

Spiraea are unpretentious shrubs, but they grow best in lighted areas with loose, fertile and humus-rich soil.

Hydrangea

Hydrangea is often called the Queen of the garden. And there is a reason for it. In terms of the size of the inflorescences, only Viburnum Buldenezh can compete with it. Most hydrangeas bloom in the second half of summer.

Hydrangea is a popular crop for landscaping parks, gardens and personal plots.

The most common types of shrubs.

• In large-leaved hydrangea, the flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences, which have a diameter of up to 20 cm. The height of this species ranges from 60 cm to 2 m. The color of the flowers is varied: white, pink, blue. The vast majority of varieties bloom on last year's shoots. Large-leaved hydrangea is not frost-hardy. To wait for flowering next year, it needs to be covered very carefully.
• Hydrangea paniculata. This is a completely frost-resistant shrub; it can reach a height of up to 5 meters. The inflorescence is most often pyramidal, up to 30 cm long, the color is white, which in some varieties becomes pink over time.
• There is a liana-like species - petiolate hydrangea. If there is support, it can climb to a height of up to 25 m. If there is no support, it turns into a ground cover plant. Petiolate hydrangea flowers are white and do not last long.
• Tree hydrangea is slightly less resistant to winter cold, grows up to 3 meters, and has fluffy spherical inflorescences, usually white. It blooms on the current year's shoots and requires thorough spring pruning.

All hydrangeas are acidophiles. They love acidic soil and watering with acidified water.

Caucasian pear

The plant is widespread in the Caucasus.

In its homeland - in the Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, this is a majestic tree up to 26 m tall. In the middle zone, the crown does not rise higher than four and a half meters. This is an unpretentious plant that can easily do without watering. At home, it is very decorative, especially during the flowering period of colored flowers. White color flowers of 5 petals. They are collected in corymbose inflorescences. The Caucasian pear is also good at the time of fruiting, covered in abundance with small round, heavily rusted fruits. But all this beauty can only be seen in warm regions. In the middle zone, the tree does not bloom or bear fruit, and in severe winters it can freeze.

Honeysuckle

We are more accustomed to seeing fruit honeysuckle. You can enjoy its berries at the beginning of summer. But in the honeysuckle family there are literally only a few varieties with edible berries. All the rest are ornamental shrubs or vines.

Shrub species are winter-hardy. They can grow up to 4 meters and are decorative both during flowering and during the ripening of berries. Shrubs such as Tatarian honeysuckle, Maaka, Maksimovich are quite suitable for hedges. They can also grow as a small tree.

An unpretentious, frost-resistant crop.

Liana-like forms will perfectly weave around a gazebo or pergola. The peculiarity of honeysuckles is the unusual shape of the flowers. Their colors are varied, sometimes combined. They often have a pleasant aroma. Among the vines, the most famous are honeysuckle, honeysuckle, brown and hekrota. There are creeping and dwarf forms honeysuckle Their use is rockeries, alpine coaster, mixborders.

Most honeysuckles like it moist fertile soil. Different species have an ambiguous attitude towards lighting. Many tolerate partial shade, and some are even shade-tolerant.

Triloba almond (Louisiana)

It's an amazing sight when Louiseania is in full bloom. Delicate pink double flowers completely cover the small tree and look like a pink cloud exuding a wonderful aroma.

Almonds are an ornamental shrub that can be easily grown by a beginning gardener.

If the plant is grafted, it will grow as a tree; in ordinary culture, it will grow as a shrub. Its height is small - up to 3 meters. The most remarkable thing is the flowering. The flowers are double, their diameter is up to 3.5 cm. The main color is pink. It's just a pity that it doesn't last long. Immediately after it, young leaves begin to bloom. It is at this time that Louiseania can be pruned to ensure abundant flowering next year.

Louiseania can easily endure frosts down to -30 degrees, but suffers greatly from winter thaws. In this plant, the genetic period of deep dormancy lasts only a month. Therefore, a thaw, which can be long, will cause the flower buds to swell, and if frost follows, it will destroy them.

Rhododendron

This is one of the most beautiful and early flowering ornamental shrubs. He comes from the east. The genus of rhododendrons includes almost 600 species, including deciduous, evergreen and intermediate species. Rhododendron is difficult to cultivate. It grows best where the summers are cool and humid and the winters are not too cold. In a continental climate, the plant feels uncomfortable. The florist will have to work hard to tame this capricious little sissy. Most rhododendrons are not frost-resistant; they can survive harsh winters only under thorough shelter. Although there are varieties, for example, Helsinki University or Elite, which can do without it, they are not afraid of frosts down to -35 degrees. Deciduous species are more persistent.

Received special love and distribution for large flowers different colors.

The corolla of rhododendron flowers is slightly irregular in shape; in most species it is collected in a corymbose inflorescence, but there are species with single or paired flowers. Color palette- almost all colors and shades. In some species, the flowers have a scent.

The height of the bush in different varieties can vary from 40 cm to 2 m. Moreover, their width can be twice as high.

Flowering occurs at the end of May and beginning of June. Some varieties delight with repeated autumn flowering. Most of them bloom late - in the fifth or even seventh year of life. Plants grow very slowly. Rhododendrons are acidophiles and develop well only on acidic soils and when watering with acidified water.

tree peony

These imperial flowers, as they are called in their homeland in China, can become a decoration for any garden. Openwork feathery leaves are decorative throughout the season. Huge flowers, reaching a diameter of 20 cm, are simply mesmerizing. Even if they are not terry, the bush looks very beautiful. And if there are a lot of petals, and besides, they are two-colored, you just can’t take your eyes off it.

Tree peony is popular among many flower connoisseurs.

The height of the plant varies from 1 to 2 meters and depends on the variety. And tree peonies have a huge number of them - the flower has been in cultivation for more than 2000 years. Not all varieties of tree peonies are frost-resistant; they will have to be covered for the winter.

Tree peonies bloom from May to early July. Flowering of each variety lasts up to 3 weeks. This culture is more capricious than herbaceous peonies, but the result is worth any effort.

Rose hips

Decorative rose hips are the closest relatives of the inimitable roses, but they differ favorably from them in their unpretentiousness and frost resistance. Decorative rose hips have arched hanging branches that are covered with strong and very sharp thorns. The height of the bushes is different, ranging from 1 to 3 m. Flowers can be simple and have 5 petals. There are also those that can have up to 180 of them. Terry species are distinguished by larger flowers. Decorative rose hips reproduce well and have a rich color scheme– white, all shades of pink and crimson. The only drawback for many species is the short flowering period. For most of them it lasts from May to July.

Rose hips have a huge number of medicinal properties and great decorative value.

The wrinkled rosehip is decorated with flowers from June until the very end of autumn. From mid-summer, orange or red fruits are a great addition. The color of the flowers is white, pink, lilac-violet. By crossing wrinkled rosehip with polyanthus rose, large-flowered forms with good frost resistance were obtained.

Like any other plant, ornamental rose hips need watering and fertilizing, and the formation of a bush.

Felt cherry

Felt cherry successfully combines decorativeness and practical use. This distant relative of the common cherry has fruits that are sour and not as tasty, but the harvest is pleasing. In bloom, felt cherry is amazingly beautiful. All shoots are literally covered with small white and pink flowers. True, flowering, starting at the very beginning of May, and sometimes in April, does not last long, and if another variety is not planted nearby, there will be no berries at all - this plant is, for the most part, cross-pollinated.

It will decorate the garden with its amazing flowers and pleasant aroma, and in the summer it will pamper you with delicious berries.

This unusual name was given to the short tree for the pubescence that covers the leaves, shoots and fruits. The height of the felt cherry does not exceed 3 m, so the berries are very convenient to pick. They do not crumble and add decorativeness to the tree. Felt cherry is short-lived; even with good pruning, it does not live more than 20 years. To preserve the plants, it is necessary to carry out treatments against monilial burn, which severely affects them.

Altai wolfweed

The branches sprinkled with flowers look quite interesting.

This relict plant is found in the wild in Altai and the Belgorod region. The height of the deciduous shrub is from one to one and a half meters. In May it blooms with white nail-shaped flowers. Black poisonous berries ripen in July. In nature, it is an endangered species and is listed in the Red Book. The plant has been in cultivation for more than 200 years. The shrub grows well, is unpretentious and frost-resistant.

Grape

Cultivated grapes are difficult to classify as ornamental shrubs, except during the ripening of the berries. In many countries, the garden area is decorated with virgin or wild grapes. It also has another name - virgin ivy: small blue berries can form without pollination. But they are not the decoration of the plant. The most important thing in maiden grapes is decorative foliage. In summer, the beautiful palmate leaves are green. With the onset of frost, they turn purple and glow right up until the leaves fall, bringing color to the dull autumn landscape. bright colors.

An effective and unpretentious garden decoration.

With the help of maiden grapes you can decorate any unsightly structure or fence. You just have to give him support, and he will very quickly fill the space allotted to him. A dense carpet of leaves has bactericidal properties and inhibits the growth of some pathogens. There are 12 species in the wild grape family. They differ in the shape of the leaves and their size, autumn color, but they are all very decorative. The height that grapes can reach reaches 15-20 m. The plant is unpretentious and frost-resistant, does not need to be removed from its support for the winter.

Ornamental deciduous shrubs for the garden: list

With these ornamental shrubs for the garden, flowering is not the main thing. Their main beauty is in their leaves. They can be unusually colored or have a beautiful original shape

Bladderwort

This plant belongs to the rose family. The height of the deciduous shrub varies from 1.5 to 3 m. The plants are well leafy and look voluminous. The bushes are decorative throughout the season. They are very decorated with white or delicate flowers. Pink colour, collected in a corymbose inflorescence. They appear in June and last for 3 weeks. At the beginning of autumn, the fruits ripen, which look like small red bubbles, which is what gave the plant its name.

Bladderwort is an ornamental shrub with a dense crown.

The leaves of the bladderwort are large, corrugated, the edges end in teeth. In green-leaved forms they turn yellow in the fall. Red-leaved forms have brighter pink flowers and red leaves in various shades. In the shadow bright color leaves are not so pronounced.

The bladderwort is unpretentious, easily tolerates air pollution, and makes an excellent hedge. It tolerates poor soil, but will be more lush when planted in fertile soil.

Red Japanese maple

They are all very decorative. The flowers of maples are yellow-green and red and give birth to winged seeds, which the trees use to reproduce. The crown of Japanese maples is branched, the leaves are graceful, the branches are twisting. In autumn they turn bright burgundy, cherry, orange or yellow.

Japanese red maple is a very beautiful, decorative, showy tree.

Japanese maples are represented by three types:

• palm-shaped; it has an original, strongly cut shape of leaves that retain a crimson color throughout the growing season; the palm-shaped Japanese maple grows slowly;
• fan; it has strongly dissected leaves resembling fans, the tree is small in height;
• Japanese.

Based on these basic varieties, hybrid forms have been created that are highly decorative.

Japanese maple loves moist, humus-rich soil that is slightly acidic. Stagnant moisture is detrimental to it. The tree feels best when it receives sunlight in the morning and evening. At midday it should be in the shade.

Japanese maples are not frost-resistant and suffer from both spring frosts and winter frosts. For the winter, the tree needs shelter.

Fieldfare

The ease of planting and care has earned the plant the love of gardeners and landscape designers.

This plant is doubly decorative:

• strongly dissected, corrugated, similar to rowan leaves, but with a sharp tip, the leaves are beautiful at any time of the year; in spring they are pinkish-orange, in summer they are light green, and in autumn they are yellowish-red;
• from June to August, the plant bears large cone-shaped panicles of yellowish fragrant flowers with long stamens.

The height of the bush is up to 3 meters. It grows very well, can withstand pruning and makes an excellent hedge. Plants can grow in both sun and partial shade. Fieldfare is not picky about soil, but does not tolerate drought well. In central Russia the plant is quite frost-resistant.

Barberry

This plant is common in nature, but mainly in places with warm climates. Based on wild species, many highly decorative varieties and hybrids have been created. The peculiarity of the plant is the presence of hard spines. The leaves can have a variety of colors, sometimes consisting of several colors. There are species with yellow, purple or red leaves.

Barberry bushes with multi-colored foliage look great on garden plot.

The shrub is at its most elegant during flowering, when it is covered with clusters of yellow flowers; in some varieties they have red veins. Barberry berries are also beautiful, but in decorative varieties they are usually unsuitable for food.

Derain

Almost all of the 50 species of dereg grow in the Northern Hemisphere. Usually these are shrubs, and only sometimes trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen.

Derain is preferable to other types of ornamental shrubs.

Derain is decorative at any time of the year:

• in spring and summer - unusually colored foliage and rather large white flowers;
• in autumn the color of the leaves becomes pink or burgundy, and white or blue fruits appear in place of the flowers;
• In winter, brightly colored branches contrast with the snow.

Most often in cultivation you can find white derain. This shrub grows up to 3 meters, has brightly colored branches and green leaves with white spots. Small white flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences. Blooms luxuriantly in the first summer months and repeats flowering in the fall. At this time, you can see both flowers and white fruits with a bluish tint on the bushes.

Derain is unpretentious, able to grow even in the shade, and has excellent resistance to heat and frost.

Euonymus

The most interesting thing about this plant is the original multi-colored fruits hanging on long stalks. Depending on the species, it is a tree or shrub that reaches a height of 2 to 10 m. An interesting form is the dwarf euonymus, which has practically no trunk. Creeping plants consist of arched branches with evergreen long leaves. Fortune's euonymus, as it is called, has green leaves with yellow or white spots.

Euonymus is widely used by gardeners to create a variety of flower arrangements.

Euonymus blooms inconspicuously. Its highly decorative leaves are dark green in summer; in autumn they are painted in all shades of red, orange, purple and yellow. It is not uncommon to have a multi-colored leaf.

Euonymus is poisonous, so all work with it should be carried out only with gloves.

Heart hornbeam

Distinctive feature- light, translucent leaves, shaped like a heart.

This deciduous tree grows up to 15 m in height. It has beautiful foliage and unusual fruits, nuts. The silvery bark is deeply cracked. Hornbeam has a very dense spreading crown. Male flowers are long earrings, and female flowers are similar to hop cones; they reach a length of up to 25 cm. Natural habitat is Southeast Asia. In the middle zone it often freezes slightly, after which it grows as a bush. The tree is unpretentious, tolerates shading well, and reproduces easily.

Leafy elm

How do they name this popular type of elm in landscape design?

It also has other names - elm, birch bark. This tree can reach a height of 30 m and a diameter of 1.5 m. Its leaves are dense and petiolate. Flowering occurs before the leaves bloom. The flowers are collected in bunches and have a rusty-red perianth. The fruit is a lionfish. At a young age it grows quickly. Can live up to 300 years. In nature it grows in places with a temperate climate. Tolerates drought well and loves sun. It may freeze slightly in the middle zone.

Decorative forms of fruit trees

In spring it will delight you with flowers, and in autumn with fruits.

At the time of flowering everything fruit trees decorative. But there are also specially bred varieties intended not for fruiting, but for decorating garden plots.

• The most decorative of the apple trees is considered to be the Niedzwiecki apple tree. This low tree can make an excellent tapeworm. During flowering, it is strewn with red-purple flowers; after the leaves fall, small bright red apples are clearly visible. The apple tree is unpretentious and can be trimmed well. There are other varieties of ornamental apple trees with unusually colored foliage.
• Among pears, the willow pear stands out as particularly decorative. The leaves have a long and narrow shape and are completely uncharacteristic of this type of tree. Small flowers exude an amazing aroma. There is also a weeping form of the tree.
• The felt cherry is considered the most attractive and decorative cherry.
• There are also decorative plums, for example, the Nigra variety, which has black and red leaves. Its dark red fruits are edible. Nessie is also very good, its foliage has a bronze-violet color with a pink border. The Chinese plum is also beautiful, having double rose flowers.

Care decorative trees does not differ from that of ordinary fruit crops. They are beautiful on their own and can be a great backdrop for others. flowering plants.

Frost-resistant ornamental shrubs for the garden

Among the plants presented in the list, you can find many ornamental flowering frost-resistant shrubs that successfully withstand harsh winters.

Tolerates severe frosts perfectly!

You can add to them:

• Cinquefoil bush, it is sometimes called Kuril tea. Bushes with small foliage from 1 to 1.5 m in height. Flowering is very long, almost throughout the summer. The most common cinquefoil has yellow flowers, but there are varieties with red, pink or white flowers. Cinquefoils are frost-hardy, drought-resistant, and love rich soil and a sunny location.
• Snowberry. The most beautiful thing about this plant is the fruits that decorate it throughout the winter. These are small balls of white or pink color. The first form best withstands frost. The plants are undemanding to soil, love to grow in the sun, and practically do not get sick.

Coniferous and evergreen ornamental shrubs

Among evergreens, there are not many that can withstand harsh winters.

You can choose any plant of your choice!

The most persistent of them:

• Fortune's euonymus;
• boxwood;
• some types of rhododendron;
• holly;
• cotoneaster horizontal;
• shiny honeysuckle;
• Holly mahonia.

The range of conifers is much wider.

• Various types of junipers.
• Cypress trees.
• Fir.
• Yew berry.
• Eastern biota.

Almost all conifers are lovers of acidic soils. Among their wide variety, you can choose those that love the sun, and those that do well in the shade. Most conifers grow slowly and do not tolerate drought and stagnant water. Some people can burn badly in the bright spring sun and need protection from it.

A hedge of ornamental shrubs

A hedge is a great way to protect your area from prying eyes, noise and dust. It is durable and, unlike a fence, does not require repairs. It is enough to simply care for the plants and trim them in time to give them the desired shape.

A hedge is an excellent alternative to a conventional fence.

Unpretentious shrubs and trees that grow quickly, reproduce easily, withstand frequent pruning, and branch well are suitable for hedges.

The fence may be high. It requires tall bushes: bladderwrack, hawthorn, white derain, tall spirea, lilac, serviceberry, chokeberry, common barberry. It is from the latter that you can create an absolutely impenetrable green hedge. It will be the same if you plant rosehip bushes in a row.

A low hedge, the so-called border, can be created from cinquefoil, decorative barberries, Japanese quince, brilliant cotoneaster, holly mahonia, boxwood.

Great combination of plants!

A very high hedge will be obtained by dense planting of trees: hornbeam, thuja, yew, linden, larch, spruce.

A hedge can also be mixed; plants with the same growth vigor and similar growth requirements are selected for it.

Choosing perennial shrubs for your garden, you need to take into account their future dimensions, color, character and growth rate, texture and flowering time. Exactly flowering perennials give the garden a special decorative effect. And even after flowering, voluminous bushes create a backdrop for annual flowers or simply serve as a hedge.

Let's talk about the most popular flowering perennial shrubs, which, together with trees, will shape the image of your garden for many years.

In this article we reviewed the most interesting perennials from the point of view of landscape design. They can be planted alone or in groups. With their help you can decorate a house, fence or gazebo. Landscape designers often use them to create interesting compositions. So…

Blooming perennials

Perhaps the top three most popular plants in our gardens are lilac, jasmine and viburnum. These are large, colorful and luxurious perennial shrubs. They fill the garden with a wonderful aroma and create a saving shade.

Kalina

Kalina- perennial unpretentious shrub. It is almost a symbol of the vast Russian expanses. Viburnum is mentioned in songs, poems, and films. Gardeners value it both for its decorative value and for its benefits. This perennial decorates the garden almost all season. In spring, viburnum blooms with large white caps, and in autumn it decorates the garden with bright red fruits. The benefits of all parts of this plant have been scientifically proven. They also love viburnum for its unpretentiousness. It easily tolerates shade and frost. Grows well in temperate climates of Europe and Asia. It is not surprising that this perennial shrub is so loved by many gardeners. They love it for its lush flowering, bright autumn foliage, and abundance of healthy berries.

Lilac

Lilac is popular in almost every corner of the world. They love it for its unpretentiousness, aroma and lush beautiful flowering. A wide variety of species and varieties allow you to choose the lilac of the desired shade and flower shape for your garden.

However, not everyone knows about beneficial properties this perennial shrub. The buds, flowers, bark and leaves of the plant have medicinal properties. Infusions, decoctions, teas, compresses and ointments are made from lilac. The rejuvenating properties of a mask made from lilac flowers are known. Infusions help with colds, rheumatism and neuralgia.

In terms of use in landscape design, lilacs will be at home in any garden. Mature lilac bushes look equally good in both solitary and group plantings. Also, lilac goes well with many other flowering shrubs, for example, mock orange (jasmine).

Jasmine

Syringa, which is so often found in our gardens, is not actually a true jasmine. His correct name mock orange This perennial shrub, which we associate with jasmine, is rightfully considered a royal perennial. It is valued for the beauty of its flowering, aroma and unpretentiousness. Jasmine (mock orange) is considered one of the most beautifully flowering perennial shrubs. Indeed, a garden with blooming jasmine is an incredible sight. The height of these shrubs, depending on the region of our country, can reach from 1 to 4 meters. Several types of jasmine with different shades of flowers and different terms flowering.

For lovers of the unusual, you can take a closer look at the variety mexican jasmine, whose flowers smell like orange.

Hydrangea

Hydrangea– magnificent blooming perennial shrub. Beloved by everyone, never going out of fashion for many years, luxurious - hydrangea really deserves all these epithets. During flowering it produces a truly spectacular sight. Gardeners value hydrangea for its variety of forms and wide palette of colors. Most types of hydrangea grow from 1 to 3 meters. Like many other perennials, hydrangea is good both in single planting and in a row. It is also valued for the fact that it blooms from spring to autumn. The amazingly beautiful inflorescences are also used in dry bouquets. This is a plant loved by florists. Despite its aristocratic appearance, hydrangea is not considered too capricious. This perennial shrub is quite easy to grow and care for and tolerates partial shade. You can read about growing methods.

Elder

Elder- a perennial shrub grown not only for decorative, but also for medicinal purposes. However, we must admit that elderberry is not as popular in our gardens as we would like. A possible reason is that she is too tall. In the south it grows from 3 to 10 m. This deficiency can be controlled by proper pruning. As for decorativeness, elderberry has something to boast about. She has a lush, thick and curly crown. Elderberry blossoms are very spectacular. Blooms in May-June. Only black elderberry has edible fruits.

This perennial shrub is also famous for its aroma. The berries and inflorescences make excellent and healthy wines and jams. And black elderberry juice has tonic, antiviral, antipyretic, expectorant and antifungal properties.

There are, however, also unpleasant-smelling types of elderberry. They are used to repel pests, bedbugs and rodents.

Elderberry can be in the form of a bush or a tree. Tolerates shade well and is unpretentious. It is valued in landscape design as a fast-growing perennial with lacy foliage and expressive foliage.

Euonymus

Euonymus is very popular in ornamental gardening. This perennial shrub is equally good in both single and group plantings. It is valued for its attractive crown. The foliage is picturesque in both spring and autumn. There are varieties with spotted and edged leaves. The variety of ornaments makes the euonymus unsurpassed in decorating a site. It is widely used to decorate fences or outbuildings. And in autumn the garden literally glows with colors. Euonymus looks especially impressive against the backdrop of a green lawn at a time when other plants are dying off. For the same reason, landscape designers love to decorate alpine slides with them.

Today, many types of euonymus are known, among which there are tall and dwarf varieties. Creeping forms are interesting.

Euonymus comes in both shrub and tree form. This perennial is considered unpretentious. It tolerates pruning well and is resistant to adverse external conditions.

Budleya

Budleya- a spectacular perennial shrub, reaching a height of 1.5-3 m. In landscape design, it is valued for its color palette, spreading shape and luxurious clusters of flowers. The color palette is very diverse, including rich orange and raspberry colors. Buddleia inflorescences, depending on the species, are in the form of a panicle or spherical. Because of its resemblance to lilac, buddleia is sometimes called autumn lilac. This perennial has earned another nickname - a magnet for butterflies, as beautiful large butterflies literally flock to the fragrant honey-bearing flowers. Among the variety of species for your garden, you can choose enough winter-hardy varieties budleys.

Budleya is widely used in landscape design. It blooms almost from spring to autumn, which undoubtedly expands the possibilities of garden decoration. Buddleia looks especially beautiful as a solo plant or against the background of green conifers.

This perennial also has one interesting feature - on the bush you can simultaneously see buds, open flowers, and fruits.

Spirea

Spirea- an elegant perennial shrub with arching branches. Rarely exceeds 2 m in height. There are weeping, pyramidal, creeping, cascading and erect forms. Spiraea also differ in the shape and color of the leaves. There are many varieties that are valued for their original decorative foliage.

Spireas are divided into 2 types - spring-flowering and summer-flowering. Thanks to this diversity, these perennials widely used in landscape design. Experts advise using different types of spirea in creating compositions - with different colors and different flowering periods.

Weeping and creeping forms of spirea look good in single plantings. Low-growing species perfectly decorate alpine slides and borders.

Even in winter, spirea look beautiful against the background of snow. For winter garden Spireas with decorative foliage are good.

Wisteria

Wisteria, or wisteria, is a charming tree-like vine native to East Asia. Unfortunately, it is not widespread throughout our country due to cold intolerance. However, we have already learned how to grow it in the south or in a greenhouse. It's luxurious perennial with cascades of hanging inflorescences has captivated many gardeners. In Japan, a walk through a garden with fragrant blooming wisteria is called heaven.

In landscape design, wisteria is used to decorate gazebos, terraces, trellises and other household buildings. Even the most inconspicuous old barn, entwined with beautiful wisteria, turns into a luxurious landscape object. This perennial vine is deservedly called the queen among all garden vines. Abundant and long flowering, sweet aroma and clouds of delicate colors leave no one indifferent.

In its homeland, wisteria can reach 20 m. Therefore, reliable shelter for the winter in our latitudes is the most difficult task for gardeners. Also, wisteria (wisteria) is successfully grown in tubs and as a standard tree. But still, in vertical gardening, this perennial plant has no equal.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron- a magnificent perennial flowering shrub, including about 800 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. Translated from Greek, rhododendron means “rose tree.” In free plantings it is found mainly in south-east Asia, on mountain slopes and sea coasts.

The variety of species allows you to choose specimens with very small flowers and large ones up to 20 cm in diameter. There are creeping shrubs. Rhododendron is popular not only because of its amazingly beautiful flowers. It has beautiful colorful decorative foliage that changes shades in the autumn.

Rhododendron is also an excellent honey plant, although beekeepers have a special opinion on this matter. It is believed that the nectar collected from rhododendrons is “drunk”. The bees literally get drunk when collecting such honey. Therefore, many beekeepers do not like to locate their apiaries in the area where these plants grow. the most beautiful perennials. Although many argue that it all depends on the variety of rhododendron.

This flowering shrub has earned its fame as a royal flower over the centuries. Many experts compare its beauty with the queen of flowers herself - !

This is a true aristocrat among flowering perennials. And like all beauties, rhododendron has a rather capricious disposition. Growing it is quite troublesome. He has special preferences for soil composition, air humidity, planting location and amount of light.

However, more and more people want to plant rhododendron in their garden every year. In the end, he rewards the most persistent ones with lush and amazingly beautiful blooms, pleasing almost all summer.

Rhododendrons are good in both group and solitary plantings. Look great when creating hedges and on the lawn. Low growing varieties Landscape designers recommend planting this perennial on rocky hills and as a border plant.

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle represents perennial shrub, both upright and climbing. This is a very beautiful plant, widely used in landscape gardening and decorating alleys and gazebos. Climbing honeysuckle creates charming hedges and is perfect for terrace landscaping. The most common types of honeysuckle in our country bloom from late May to mid-June.

The variety of varieties of decorative honeysuckle allows you to choose a variety for your garden in the form of shrubs, trees and vines. Gardeners value this plant for the delicacy of its flowers and rich colors. It is believed that once you try to grow honeysuckle, you will never give it up.

IN last years Growing edible honeysuckle became popular. It is a shrub up to 2 m high. The berries are healthy and tasty, with a slight sourness. Some sources say that honeysuckle is even superior to blueberries and blackberries in terms of the content of useful substances.

Clematis

Clematis (clematis) – very popular flowering perennial. This is a fast-growing wintering and greenhouse plant. It can be in the form of vines or shrubs. In Russia, clematis appeared in the 19th century, and were first grown as greenhouse plants.

Over almost 2 centuries, breeders have created many varieties and species that differ in many respects. In some clematis, the flowers are collected in a semi-umbrella, in others in a panicle or shield. There are small-flowered clematis with a flower diameter of up to 5 cm. There are large-flowered ones with a diameter from 6 to 25 cm. The color of the flower is very diverse - pink, white, crimson, lilac, purple and even almost black.

Semi-shrub clematis have a lignified lower part that successfully winters and an upper part that dies off annually. This perennial has the ability to cling to the branches of bushes, trees and various supports, securely entwining them with its cuttings.

Clematis is rightfully considered one of the favorites in landscape design. These charming vines quickly and beautifully decorate walls, balconies, gazebos, arches, fences and roofs. They are loved for the unusual and bright colors, for their wonderful aroma and unpretentiousness. This perennial allows you to create complex garden compositions together with other plants, enriching the garden pattern.

The ideal combination is clematis with roses. If you want to truly enjoy the blooms of these magnificent flowers, choose varieties of roses and clematis that bloom at the same time. Other classic combinations include clematis with hydrangea, budlea, hops and barberry.

Rose

Shrub rose – perennial worthy of writing entire treatises. Within the framework of this article, we can only talk about it in passing. This is the favorite plant of all gardeners. There is probably no garden in which a rose would not grow.

The Queen of the Garden, beautiful and diverse, has captivated kings and ordinary gardeners all over the world since ancient times. Its fame as the most luxurious plant in the world has firmly established itself.

All types of roses are widely used in landscape design - climbing, standard, bush, hybrid tea, ground cover, polyanthus and miniature. All of them perfectly decorate small gardens, grandiose parks, small romantic corners and large garden compositions.

In terms of beauty and aroma, this perennial is one of the most perfect among ornamental flowering plants. Such a variety of bright and delicate shades of color and scent belongs only to roses.

It is not surprising that this royal plant adorns gardens in many countries around the world. Roses are good both on the edge of the lawn and in the center of the lawn, against the background of coniferous plants and in combination with other shrubs, such as clematis. They look good against the background of stone, forged metal or wood.

Pyramids of roses, arches and even whole pink walls- all this great options using roses in garden design. And some experienced gardeners create entire streams of ground cover roses in their gardens!

Rose hip

Rose hip- probably the most common perennial shrub in our gardens. It is also grown as a source healthy berries, and as a hedge. The rose hip is a close relative of the rose and is a wild shrub. Forming extensive thorny thickets, it reliably protects the fence from uninvited guests. In spring, this perennial blooms with simple but very pretty flowers.

In autumn it gives its owners healthy red berries, which are valued for their medicinal properties. The fruits left on the rose hips serve as excellent food in winter and enliven the winter garden.

Hawthorn

Thorny hawthorn bushes allow you to create a real impenetrable fence. A mature bush sometimes reaches 5-6 m. Hawthorn bushes can become a real obstacle not only for uninvited guests, but also for neighboring pets. Hawthorn needs regular pruning. If not trimmed, it can turn into impassable thickets.

Hawthorn is also planted in the garden for its healthy berries. They have long been credited with both medicinal and magical properties. They healed heart diseases and drove away evil spirits. Due to its rich unique composition, hawthorn fruits are also used in official medicine.

Mahonia holly

Mahonia holly– evergreen perennial shrub. Thanks to its greenery, mahonia decorates the garden all year round. The leaves are naturally spiny and glossy. Their rich color goes well with the yellow flowers that appear in the south of our country in late autumn. In colder latitudes, flowering begins in the spring. This is an incredibly decorative shrub that decorates the garden both in winter and summer. Mahonia berries and flowers look especially impressive against the backdrop of a blazing autumn garden. As green berries ripen, they acquire a dark purple color with a bluish tinge. Clusters of berries are similar to clusters of grapes and ripen towards the end of summer.

Mahonia holly is often used in landscape design. Thanks to his unusual looking, she alternately pleases her viewers with foliage, clusters of blue berries, and bright yellow inflorescences. This perennial looks great as a single plant, as a lawn plant, as an addition to a stone composition, or as a hedge.

Besides, Mahonia– very useful plant. The berries contain a lot of vitamin C, the roots have antibacterial properties, which is why they are widely used in folk medicine.

Weigela

Weigela– an ornamental perennial shrub from the honeysuckle family. This beautiful flowering plant It was very popular with both gardeners and landscape designers. Weigel is valued for its high decorative properties. The ability of weigela to bloom twice per season allows you to create diverse compositions. The first abundant flowering occurs in May-June, captivating all spectators with its grandeur. Flowering is long lasting, lasting almost a month. Second time this perennial blooms in early autumn, revitalizing an already tired garden. Some varieties of weigela have a wonderful smell. The specificity of this plant is large, tubular, drooping flowers with an unusual color. So one flower can have several shades of color at once.

This perennial is unusually good in both single and group plantings. It is often grown as a hedge. Due to the spreading crown with beautiful leaves weigela looks decorative even after flowering.

Weigela- perennial with different dimensions. Depending on the variety, it can reach a height of 30 cm to 3 m, and a diameter of up to 4 m. Therefore, these features should be taken into account when creating landscape compositions. By combining different varieties, you can create a real garden of continuous flowering.

Usually weigela blooms immediately after lilac. Surrounded by noble conifers, weigela looks even more beautiful. Low-growing varieties perfectly revitalize rocky areas. If you have weigela growing in groups, then experts recommend filling the space between the bushes with herbaceous perennials: astilbe, hosta, ferns.

Deytsia

Snow-white beauty - this is how this place is often called perennial shrub with white or pink flowers. It belongs to the genus Hydrangeaceae and contains about 50 species. Deutzia is a deciduous perennial with a spreading or erect form. Some deutias are used as border plants, others for small group plantings. But there are varieties that are perfect for a solo role.

In landscape gardening, deutsias have deservedly acquired their loyal fans. Gardeners value them for their extraordinary decorativeness, abundant and very spectacular flowering. It is not without reason that many outstanding florists compare the beauty of deutsia with roses and hydrangea.

This perennial is native to East Asia. And this, of course, leaves some imprint in terms of care. Deytsia are demanding of the place where they grow and the soil; they do not like frequent watering. And yet, difficulties do not stop fans of this beautifully flowering perennial. Deytsia looks picturesque in different compositions. It is good next to, with weigela, with forsythia, and also against the background brick wall. If you want to give your garden some exoticism and mystery, pay attention to the eastern snow-white beauty Deutzia.

Evergreen shrubs for hedges

Gardeners valued green fences centuries ago and now. We all remember from films walking through palace parks, divided into sections by such hedges. This is truly a magnificent, luxurious spectacle where greenery in all its shades plays the main role.

In our climatic zones, to achieve year-round admiration of the garden, evergreen perennial shrubs are planted. If you plant deciduous plants as a green fence, you need to understand that in winter you will have to see bare trunks. The choice, as always, is yours.

When choosing evergreen shrubs, you need to take into account the fact that they all have their own maximum height level. There are low and medium borders, and there are really high green walls. Conifers grow very slowly. Therefore, here you need to either be patient or plant expensive mature plants.

Deciduous perennials also have their advantages. They grow faster, and some even bloom. Everyone tolerates a haircut just fine. As for the “winter” appearance, the winter color of the bark also has its own zest and looks interesting against the background of snow.

Thuja, juniper, dogwood, boxwood, cherry laurel, Japanese holly, holly and broadleaf kalmia are excellent choices for creating an evergreen wall. They all have their own characteristics of cultivation and formation.

But with the main goal of protecting the garden from dust, wind and prying eyes, as well as being an ideal backdrop for other plants, the hedge does an excellent job.

Photos of perennial shrubs

Do you know that in garden plots you can avoid planting flowers at all, but get by with planting only ornamental shrubs. If you select them correctly according to growth and flowering time, then you will have a constantly blooming and original garden. What will you get in the end? Minimum hassle and maximum relaxation. Of course, I have never seen anyone have such a garden, because it is impossible to refuse annual and perennial flowers.

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

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

Classification of ornamental shrubs

I cannot give a definite answer as to whether it is easy or difficult to care for shrubs. It all depends on the specific species. I personally I give preference exclusively to unpretentious ones: I planted, watered, trimmed and admired it. 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 ones, without touching on coniferous ones (they also belong to shrubs).

• In terms of decorativeness - deciduous and flowering. The decorative properties of leaves, for example, can be noted in dogwood, euonymus, spirea and silver oleagin. Among those blooming, some of the most beautiful are jasmine (mock orange, lilac, forsythia). Flowering shrubs focus the eye on themselves and contribute to the spatial perception of the garden as a single composition.
• Short and tall. Miniature ones - as a rule, are planted in small gardens, on our 6 acres. They fit perfectly in 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, silver sucker and fieldfare. You must also be prepared for such a turn, otherwise these “creepers” will fill the garden worse than weeds.
• Fruit bearing. This special kind shrubs that not only decorate the garden, but also bear fruit (chokeberry, honeysuckle, serviceberry, 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. Correct selection according to the timing of flowering, it will provide decorativeness to your garden throughout the season. Let's start with May forsythia, which has festive bright yellow flowers strewn across its branches. Unfortunately, all my efforts to raise her were unsuccessful: she froze to death. She's too 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, the flowering of which will continue until autumn.

Crown formation

When forming the landscape design of a garden plot using decorative shrub plants It is worth paying special attention to their height and width. Plants have the ability to grow greatly at favorable conditions. But this is not a problem - the parameters of the bushes can be easily adjusted using garden hedge trimmers, secateurs and scissors.

I try to do everything carefully!

This is a very exciting activity. I always try to form a beautiful crown, including that of shrubs. I use a ball to trim dogwood, fieldfare and hydrangea.

How to use ornamental shrubs in your dacha

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

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

Single planting will require you to choose a location for optimal viewing of the shrub. Areas near the house, near the gate, opposite the window are suitable for this. A hedge, such as spirea, can be used instead of a fence. Shrubs with decorative leaves can either become a background for flower arrangements, or themselves become an integral part of the flower garden. Group plantings of shrubs are excellent for fencing off some functional zones in the garden plot, which will create special comfort.

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

The most unpretentious shrubs - my choice

Hydrangea

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

The hydrangea bush right next to the gate deserves special attention.

There are a large number of beautiful species on sale. I note, however, that not every one of them is adapted to central Russia. Through mistakes in choosing a variety (many of those I bought did not winter well) I settled on broadleaf and paniculata hydrangea.

Broadleaf hydrangea can be called the most common among summer residents.

The broadleaf hydrangea inflorescence is impeccable.

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 in size - 20 cm. It blooms in July for about a month.

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

And this is how paniculata hydrangea blooms.

It blooms for a very long time - in August and September. I probably can’t name a single shrub that would bloom in the second half of summer.

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

Silver goof

In my opinion, a very attractive shrub with silvery leaves. Looks great against the background. Its small yellow flowers are completely unattractive. However, they emit a very pleasant smell. As my mother said: “Smells like French perfume.” There are no problems with its cultivation - it grows well in well-lit areas and.

Silver goof.
Handsome.

I would note 2 of its shortcomings, which are easy to get rid of. First - rapid growth of the crown, which sticks out ugly in different sides. I shape it by cutting. Second - creeping roots. The sucker periodically pops up in different parts of my garden. I either cut it off or dig up the rooted shoot and distribute it to anyone who wants it.

Who is it that stands out so much with its silver?
It is he!

Jasmine, or mock orange

No recommendations needed: The flowers bloom abundantly, the aroma of the flowers is wonderful, frost-resistant, and does not cause any illness. 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, slightly clear it of thickened branches.

Not everyone may have heard about mock orange, but everyone has probably heard the smell of jasmine.

Spirea

There are short and tall ones. My low-growing Japanese spirea has very beautiful yellowish leaves with lilac flowers, and my tall one has snow-white inflorescences. I form the low one into a ball, and I also don’t let the big one grow too much. Spiraea excellent honey plants, attracting bees.

Spirea - a piece of Japan on a summer cottage.

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

Fieldfare

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

Fieldfare - beauty in panicles.

Its significant drawback is root growth, which constantly crawls to its neighbors. You have to fight it with pruning shears. As for the rest, it is absolutely unpretentious. True, it does not tolerate transplantation quite well.

Barberry

His can only be described with positive epithets- spreading, beautiful, with leaves that change color throughout the season, unpretentious and undemanding to soil.

Watercolor paints of barberry.

Its miniature forms can decorate flower beds, and taller plants look great both as tapeworms and in group plantings and hedges. Barberry has a slight drawback when planting - it is prickly.

I recommend buying ornamental shrubs at garden centers. If I take seedlings from friends, I know exactly what it looks like as an adult and how it was grown. So, all my hydrangeas, fieldfare and silver eagles are gifts from friends, grown from cuttings. I bought the rest of the shrubs from nurseries.

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

I love all my plants very much: both with decorative leaves and especially flowering ones. It seems to me that they are not only decorate my favorite garden, but also create a feeling of celebration in it, make the dacha plot very attractive.