Ornamental shrubs are winter-hardy. Undersized shrubs

Greetings to you friends on the site gardeners advice. Shrubs, flowering all summer - this is exactly what makes your garden bright and unique for several months.

If the neighbors have flowerbeds only a short time can please the eye, then you, skillfully picking up varieties of flowers, can surprise everyone with your “forever” blooming garden. We will consider several varieties of flowers that are quite suitable for this role.

Lilac: unpretentious plant

This plant is very popular among gardeners. In many gardens you can see a tree rather than a bush. This happens if the lilac is incorrectly cut or did not do it at all.

If the shrub is trimmed on time and correctly, then it will delight with lush vegetation and long flowering. It is best to cut in March with budding. Leave the buds to create the shape, and cut the rest.

Almost all winter-hardy flowering shrubs all summer require the same care: pruning, fertilizing, treatment with pest control agents. Lilac  not an exception.

After pruning, the plant must be fed three times with a break of 3 weeks. Perfect bird droppings. As for the varieties, the lilacs have a large number, of different heights and with different color variations.

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• Condors.
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Spirea-various varieties

This ornamental shrub  very picky, and therefore love gardeners. there is spireawhich blooms in summer, and there is a species blooming in spring. Combining these two species, you can enjoy the look and aroma of flowers spirea for six months.

Spring varieties include such varieties as:

• Thunberg.
• Argut
• Vangut.

They bloom with white flowers, and after a period of flowering need proper pruning.

Summer varieties include:

• Gold princess
• Shiroban.
• Bilard

Summer options mostly bloom pink flowers. Of the three varieties listed, Bilarda blooms the longest - all summer and almost all autumn. The height of the plants can vary from half a meter to two and a half meters, depending on the species.

Jasmine-beautiful ornamental shrubs

Another popular shrub is jasmine, which experts call chubushnik. Jasmine also has a huge number of species and they are all beautiful flowering shrubs.

But it is recommended when choosing a plant variety to give preference to those that were bred in your climatic zone. Then the plant will better adapt to your climate, will tolerate weather conditions and will grow for many years without problems.

The most common varieties of jasmine are:

1. Pearls.
2. Snow storm

The first grade is distinguished by large flowers with a terry coating, the height reaches 1.5 meters. The second variety has smaller flowers, but there are more of them; the height can reach two meters.

Japanese quince: beautiful flowering shrubs

With this plant you need to be more closely, as a very strong frost can destroy the flower. Therefore, the shrub requires careful harboring for the winter period. The branches left over the snow will freeze and die. And when the time comes for flowering, the shrub will not be so flowering.

To externally look bush beautifully in the garden, you need to properly trim it. This process is quite simple, since quince  very well pruned. It is impossible to let the shrub climb along the ground, it is necessary to follow this.

Holding the shape of the cap, you need to remove all unnecessary branches. Quince blooms for almost two months: May and June; the height of the shrub can reach a meter.

Rose - dog rose

Analyzing perennial shrubs, it is impossible not to say about the wrinkled rose, which everyone calls the wild rose. the Rose  can grow on any soil, but as for the place, it is better to plant it where there is more sun.

The bush has many different species and they are all beautiful. The color scheme is so diverse that if you have all these types, your garden will look fabulous.

Among the most popular varieties found:

• White grotendorst (white flowers).
• Suprim grotendorst (raspberry and maroon flowers).
• Agnes (yellow flowers).
• Hansa (purple flowers).
• Abelzids (pink flowers).

The bush also needs pruning, it blooms in summer and reaches a height of two meters.

Buddleya

This shrub with an intricate name can please you with beautiful flowers during the summer and autumn. But you must take care that the plant does not die in the winter, as it is quite thermophilic.

If you carefully cover buddley for the winter, the plant will blossom without problems next season. The height of the bush can reach three meters. The most common type of plant is Empire Blue.

Many gardeners prefer to plant ornamental shrubs blooming in summer for the simple reason that it is these flowers that delight your eyes on quiet summer evenings when you relax in your garden. One of these shrubs is hydrangea.

The most popular form of her Anabel blooms from mid-summer to the beginning of autumn. Height hydrangeas  can reach up to two meters.

The plant is very well cut and easy to keep in shape. The main thing is to do timely pruning of old and unnecessary branches after the flowering period.

Kuril tea

Little known is the name of the ornamental shrub as bloodroot, although many willingly plant this plant in their garden. The first reason for such popularity is the absolute unpretentiousness of the plant. The second reason is excellent frost resistance. And what else does our gardener need?

A variety of cakes too happy:

• Dakota, Goldfinger, Goldstar, Katherine: have yellow flowers with an orange tint;
• Bany, Abotswood: bloom with white flowers;
• Pink beauty has beautiful pink flowers.

The height of the shrub can reach one and a half meters and, with good soil drainage, it can bloom for many years to the envy of others.

In order for this plant to feel comfortable in your garden, care must be taken to take care of it.

In nature, there are 3 types:

• Evergreen;
• Wintering;
• Falling.

Given the different types of plants, different and care for him. It is best to choose a landing site that will be sheltered from a strong wind, and in summer, when it is very hot, will be in the shade.

Shrubs bloom in summer and can grow up to three meters in height. When choosing a plant variety for yourself, consider the peculiarities of the climate. So, for example, the Lemon Light variety perfectly tolerates winter, as well as Mandarin Light.

But Mikea, although he proved to be quite hardy compared to other evergreen varieties, but still not as resistant to frost than the two species. Feeding the flower with fertilizer will be very useful, but make sure that the fertilizer does not contain calcium.

Last but not least in terms of beauty and beauty, I want to mention heather. The bush blossoms, beginning from the end of summer and finishing in September, prefers forest soil with peat, needles, sand.

In order for the plant to show itself in all its glory, you need to make sure that the soil is familiar to it, because heather is considered a forest shrub. Best of all is the land in the garden where it is planned to plant heather just to replace the more suitable one.

After the earth has been replaced, it is necessary to sprinkle it with an acidic solution (apple vinegar with water in the ratio of 100 grams per ten liters).

The most common varieties are:

1. Allegro.
2. Mulion.
3. Albaplena.

If you carefully care for the plant, cut and keep the shape, the heather will become a real decoration of your ornamental garden.

I want to farmland  was cozy, beautiful and unusual. Decorative shrubs will help to give the garden a personality, concentrate attention on interesting corners or cover up unsightly areas. Thanks to their decorativeness, the variety of shapes and colors of foliage, many landscape tasks can be solved. In the article we will help you navigate and choose ornamental shrubs to your taste.

Undersized shrubs

As a rule, a low ornamental shrub is used to design borders, frontal part of a flower bed or for. Beautifully look such small bushes at the foot of tall trees or architectural ensembles. To undersized shrubs include:

Submarine mahonia

  - also an evergreen low shrub with dense glossy foliage. Her yellow flowers  look decorative during flowering. Not less decorative look tassels blue berries. Magonia sububolic easily served haircut, it is often used for hedges. It has powerful roots, it is absolutely not demanding on the composition of the soil.

Apical pachisander

Apical pachisander - evergreen low shrub for shady places. Loves the shadow, grows fast. Blossoms charming spikelets with white flowers. Ideal for decorating shady areas under dense crowns of trees.

Mottled Shrub

  - an ideal plant for creating hedges or decorative borders. Bright yellow flowers adorn this short shrub for more than 3 months. Unpretentious and undemanding to care.

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Selection beautiful plants  for the design of the site - this is one of the main and most interesting stages of creating a beautiful garden area. It is possible to give brightness to the dacha and make it presentable for many years, especially for a warm period, not only with flowers, but also at the expense of volumetric ornamental shrubs.

In this article you will be able to see photos and find out the names of the most popular shrubs related to perennials: planting such vegetation will fill the garden area with a colorful range for the whole summer, and a year later you will again be able to admire this beauty.

Evergreen vegetation

The best background for flowers in the garden is evergreen vegetation, due to which many gardeners and specialists in landscape design  create hedges and even original decorative sculptures. To ensure the neat appearance of such bushes will help timely cutting: this way the vegetation is given the desired shape.

On your site you can plant the following types of perennial shrub plants:

Which bushes to plant in the shade

A number of bushes blooming throughout the summer season can be placed in poorly lit areas. In this way, you will be able to smoothly transition from herbs to fruit treesin the shade and decorate those areas of the garden where there is a lack of sunlight.

The most popular variant of a perennial shrub plant capable of flowering during the whole warm season - cotoneaster. This plant has oval leaves, in late spring - early summer pink flowers appear on it, and closer to autumn there are bright red berries. With the end of summer, the cotoneaster changes its leaf color.

Shaded areas like plants and called " rhododendron", Reaching a height of 1.5 meters. Their flowering begins in the spring, in one of the summer months and even in the autumn - the period of the appearance of flowers depends on the variety.

Rhododendron flowers are distinguished by a variety of palettes. With the help of rhododendrons, it is easy to fill the garden with purple, bright red, yellow and pale pink colors. In dry periods, the land under these plants is advised to mulch and irrigate well. For winter, rhododendrons are best covered so that they do not freeze.

In the photo below, the bush of Rodendron is beautifully flowering at the height of summer:

Both in solar and shady areas it can grow chubushnik. This garden jasmine variety is popular with many owners of country plots. Bushy varieties are able to reach two meters in height, and vines beautifully braided walls. For good growth, garden jasmine needs fertile soil.

In early or mid-summer the shrub is covered with snow-white flowers.

One more popular variety ornamental bushesblooming throughout the summer season - privet. Species with bright foliage look especially impressive, during flowering they complement the site with noble white colors. This plant does not tolerate low temperatures, it must be covered for the winter. For good growth, it requires fertile (to a moderate degree) soil.

At the end of spring and summer the privet needs to be cut to adjust the shape.

Low bushes that can bloom all summer and autumn will help to decorate the garden area, for example, Barberry Thunberg. The height of this plant does not exceed 1.5 meters. This perennial frost is different, has several types. In the fall, the leaves of the barberry become reddish, berries appear.

Fast growing shrubs

The unpretentious and frost-resistant bushes blooming all summertime can have various intensity of growth. When creating a decor you will need to wait until all the planted vegetation acquires the required parameters.

In order to solve this problem in a short time, give preference to those types of winter-hardy shrubs that do not need much time for growth - and combine them with each other.

There are many types of perennial shrubs that grow quite intensively.

Here are some of the most popular options that can be used to decorate a garden area:

Bright flowering plants

Many frost-resistant shrubs belonging to the category perennial plants  and blooming throughout the warm season, have bright flowers that completely transform even the most modest gardens.

We bring to your attention examples of the most popular types of shrub plants, pleasing the eyes with colored paints.

Leading position in the list of the most favorite gardeners perennial shrubs, driving out bright inflorescences, takes sun lilac. White, lilac and purple lilac can be seen in almost every area.

Council  So that the shrub does not reach the size of the tree and pleased lush bloomIt should be cut regularly.

With the arrival of heat during the formation of buds, inspect the shrub and give the selected branches the desired configuration, remove the excess. A number of external shoots should be cut to the line of the main branches.

Most of the varieties of lilac tolerates cold, flowering begins in early summer. Pink, purple and white lilac is not only beautiful, but also has a delicious aroma.

Low-growing bushes are also suitable for garden decoration. Japanese Quince. This shrub can withstand frosts, but if the winter is very cold, it is better to warm it, otherwise the shoots that form above the snow cover will die and the bush will not be able to grow next year.

Japanese Quince presentable looks both due to flowering, and because of compliance to pruning: the shrub is easy to give the desired configuration.

Important! It is necessary to form the crown of the Japanese Quince from the age of five, and preventive pruning should be done every spring in order to remove dried twigs.

When the bush reaches the age of ten, it is rejuvenated by thinning to reduce the number of branches, leaving a dozen of the thickest. Flowering Japanese Quince begins with the end of spring - the beginning of June. The height of this bush is about one meter.

Another ornamental perennial shrub that gardeners and landscape designers love is called buddleya. This plant blooms throughout the summer, in some species, flowering ends in mid-autumn. For a good growth buddley requires warmth, for the winter it needs to be warmed, so that next season she will be pleased with beautiful flowering. The height of Buddley can reach three meters.

For decorating garden areas is ideal and heather. The flowering of this shrub lasts all summer, until October. Heather belongs to the group of creeping vegetation, its height is small.

Important!  Heather belongs to forest species, therefore for good growth it needs suitable land. Mix the sand with pine needles, peat, add sawdust, and the soil for heather will be ready.

After replacing the ground for heather, the prepared soil should be moistened with an aqueous vinegar solution (apple vinegar should be used). 100 gr. vinegar is diluted in ten liters of water.

Every seven days, heather should be irrigated with acidified water. For faster growth, the shrub can be fertilized with fertilizers. With the arrival of spring, crown adjustments should be made to trim the plant into the desired shape. It is recommended to close the heather with fir branches for winter.

Delicate colors in the garden

Kinds, blooming in spring, possess white inflorescences and under the weight of flowers acquire a cascade configuration. In height, these plants can reach 2.5 meters. Spirea does not need fertilizing with fertilizers, it is only necessary to trim the bushes.

Another example of a perennial shrub that blooms the whole summer is bloodroot. The second name of this plant is “Kuril tea”. All available varieties of Potentilla can withstand cold - this is an unpretentious plant.

Inflorescence cinquefoil expels at the end of spring, flowering continues until autumn. Flowers differ in a variety of palettes: yellow, snow-white and pink paints will change your garden to unrecognizability. The maximum height of the shrub is 1.5 meters.

Now you know what shrubs delight flowering throughout the summer. To create a harmonious design of the garden area, you only need to successfully select the varieties of flowering vegetation. First of all, it is necessary to find out whether plants that are continuously blooming are suitable for the existing climatic conditions.

It is also important that shrubs planted in the same area have identical care requirements. Given these moments, it will be easier for you to pick up the soil and organize irrigation.

Tip:  Prefer presentable perennial shrub vegetation that retains its aesthetic appearance for several seasons. Optimally, the plants adorn the area year-round.

The beauty of the garden area must be maintained as with the help of a motley flowering shrubs, and due to lush plants with beautiful leaves that have a neat compact shape.

Use to decorate the suburban area and fruit-bearing vegetation that can diversify the appearance of the green territory. A number of varieties of shrubs retain their attractiveness even after the foliage has fallen.

Such plants perform not only a decorative function: they can also be used for practical purposes, for example, to create a presentable hedge, to zoning a territory, or to focus attention on certain elements of landscape design.

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Using such plants, it is possible to transform the appearance of the buildings on the site. But to obtain the most successful result, you need to understand well the types of shrub vegetation suitable for the garden and blooming during the whole warm period. Learn the rules of planting and care provided for such shrubs.

You can also use ready-made schemes of combining flowering shrub plants, explore new landscape decoration ideas to create a spectacular and stylish garden design.

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Watch a video review in which the expert talks about the most presentable perennial shrubs, pleasing flowering throughout the summer season and even in the fall: