Ornamental shrubs for the garden and for the cottage

Ornamental shrubs are perennial plants with high ornamental value. They are often used on plots as well as in home gardening conditions. May have interesting foliage, attractive flowers or shoots. Some are used to create hedges that surround the property and protect it from the outdoors. Garden patterns like these, when chosen correctly, can create a composition that makes a garden a unique place. Depending on your patience and time, you can create a beautiful and cozy corner in your garden space. However, for this you should get acquainted with the popular and less popular garden plants from the ornamental series. The article presents what are the shrubs used to decorate the garden.

Ornamental shrubs for the garden

Ornamental deciduous species are often chosen for the beauty of the leaves or fruit. Fruit tree varieties are very popular in our country. Many varieties are easy to grow in the garden. As for flowering plants, these are more demanding plants, they need significant care. In the conditions of the Moscow region, they grow quite well.

Important! Ornamental shrubs with colorful leaves deserve attention, which, when properly integrated, will give the garden an extraordinary look. The same applies to evergreens.

Ornamental shrubs are very common in gardens.

Shrub species

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When choosing trees, flowers, perennials or conifers, it is worth considering the conditions for their cultivation. Each plant requires special care, sun intensity and soil specificity. The choice among different types is great.

Sun-loving shrubs for the garden

The most popular among the sun-loving ornamental shrubs for the garden is the barberry. It is a very common species up to 3 m high with angular branches and triple thorns. Leaves slightly prickly toothed, obovate to oblong-elliptical, 3 to 6 cm long, standing in bunches on short shoots.

Flowers: fragrant, with three crown petals in the form of scales. Collected in hanging clusters up to 5 cm long. It blooms in May and June. At the same time it is pollinated by insects. The seeds ripen in September and October and are distributed by animals.

Some ornamental shrubs love the sun

Shrub with white and green leaves

These types of decorative options for the garden include euonymus. Euonymus includes from 170 to 200 different species. Most of them are native to China. The shrub reaches a height of 5-7 m. Leaves can be both green and brightly colored. The flowers are very beautiful. A characteristic feature is frost resistance and unpretentiousness (for the Urals). Used to create a hedge.

Important! Euonymus fruits are poisonous, especially for children of any age.

Shrub with white leaves around the edges

Weigelu is one example. She belongs to the class of Honeysuckle.The height is reached up to 1.5 m. For the winter, the bush requires shelter. Flowering is usually not abundant. Variegated leaves give decorative properties. Very picky about light and heat.

Spherical

Very nice design options. In most cases, they are produced artificially by correct pruning. Among the deciduous varieties are popular: maple, hawthorn, chestnut, willow. They are picky about temperature and require care.

Spherical shapes look very original

Unpretentious shrubs

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These are ornamental shrubs, the names of which are: lilac and fieldfare.

Lilac

Features of the variety:

high winter hardiness;
unpretentious care;
drought resistance;
low potential for vegetation;
the crown is capable of absorbing exhaust gases.

The main disadvantage is poor rooting.

Ryabinnik

Features of the variety:

refers to deciduous;
height up to 3 m;
forms beautiful dense thickets;

Fieldfare is usually used to create group and single plantings, for hedges, and decorate ponds.

Low-growing ornamental shrubs

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Among the low species, the most attractive are the spirea and the snowberry.

Spirea Japanese

Refers to dwarf species up to 30 cm high. Features:

growing slowly;
leaves are small green, orange in autumn;
blooms profusely with flat inflorescences in June-July;
prefers moist, loose soil;
frost-resistant;
minimal care;

This plant is usually used for landscaping urban and suburban areas.

Snowberry

Another name is wolfberry. Belongs to the Honeysuckle family.

Features of the variety:

very high winter hardiness (for Siberia);
bright and beautiful fruits;
the longest retention period of the fruit gives beauty for a long time;
height up to 1 5, m;

It is mainly used for landscaping parks and squares.

Tall shrubs

You can decorate the garden not only with low, but also tall shrubs. Among them: tall lilac, mock orange.

Lilac

This species is a tall tree that blooms in late spring and early summer. Forming lush inflorescences. Standard color of flowers: lilac.

Specific traits:

high winter hardiness;
grown in various soils;
life expectancy is about 100 years;

The shrub is popular not only for its beautiful appearance, but also because of its undemanding care.

Chubushnik

Another name is Garden jasmine. Specific traits:

snow-white crown;
pleasant scent of flowers;
terry buds;
height up to 3m;
prefers a temperate climate.

Annual shrubs

There are no annual options. All shrubs are perennial varieties.

Beautiful flowering garden shrubs for summer cottages

Such decorative flowering shrubs delight the eye not only with their shape and greenery, but also with bright beautiful flowers.

Shrubs with red flowers

Among the beautiful shrubs, a list can be distinguished:

broom: unpretentious, used to strengthen slopes;
seaside honeysuckle: frost-resistant;
Japanese quince: shrub with red flowers, unpretentious, grows on poor soils;
weigela: blooms twice a year;
rhododendron: striking flower size and shape;
climbing rose: a favorite among flowers.

Red flowers look very bright on shrubs

Shrubs with pink flowers

Among the beautiful types are the following:

magnolia: tree up to 30 m high, in color on the coast during the sea season;
rose hips: common in parks and forests;
colquity adorable: not widespread, height from 15 to 3 m;
camellia: an evergreen of the vat family, a very beautiful shade-tolerant plant;
azalea: belongs to the thermophilic species, has very beautiful flowers, similar to roses.

Ornamental shrubs with white flowers

Among the flowering garden shrubs are:

action: the flowers have a pyramidal shape of inflorescences - panicles and look very impressive;
hydrangea: called the queen of the garden. May change color during summer;
viburnum: grows throughout Russia, in color in May-July.

Purple shrub - name

Among the options with purple leaves are:

bladder: unpretentious winter-hardy plant with beautiful leaves;
black elderberry: winter-hardy and unpretentious with dense inflorescences;
scumpia: unpretentious in cultivation, suitable for alpine slides;
Hazel: Delicious fruits and bright leaves.

Shrub with flowers bells

This weigela. It has very lush bushes, up to 1-1.5 m high. Feature: double flowering. The first time: at the beginning of summer, the second time in September. It has large red bell-shaped flowers. It attracts with its decorativeness.

Shrub blooms with white panicles

Astilba is a very popular decorative option, suitable for growing in the shade. The plant is indispensable for darkened places, which it decorates with its bright flowers in the idea of huge panicles.

Ornamental shrubs with blue flowers

Among these are the blue hydrangea. It is a garden look dotted with chic, vibrant blue flowers. The plant looks very impressive. It is used to decorate alleys and city parks, create hedges, decorations around houses.

Blue hydrangea - the queen of the garden

Frost-resistant shrubs

These are perennial options that are very popular due to their unpretentious care and cultivation. They are stable even in harsh climatic conditions.

Barberry Thunberg

A very popular option for garden decoration. Its features:

dwarf plant;
growing slowly;
barbed;
spherical crown;
golden foliage all season;
profusely blooming in May, flowers are small.

Hawthorn

It is a garden shrub with a uniquely dense crown. Used for hedges. It is characterized by endurance and unpretentious care.

Japanese quince

She is also called the Asian beauty. During flowering, it turns the garden into the land of the rising sun. It is characterized by delicate red-orange flowers and a rich, sweet aroma.

Heather

Refers to herbaceous evergreens. A characteristic feature is a strong branching, a height of 30-70 cm. Flowering begins in the second half of summer and continues until the first frost.

Bloodroot

It stands out against the background of other plants with its luxurious buds, abundantly covering the bush. Usually it has bright yellow flowers of a double nature.

In order for the dacha and the house to look beautiful and well-groomed, you should select various options for ornamental shrubs. However, in order to select and plant a shrub, one should take into account the peculiarities of growth and the possibility of combining with neighboring species.