Flowering shrubs for the garden, perennial and unpretentious
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Summer cottages and gardens are decorated with ornamental shrubs. Each plant is unique and requires a special approach. Many plantings bloom all summer and even autumn. In order for a new purchase to please for a long time, you should pay attention to it, fertilize it and cut it in time.
Shrubs blooming all summer for the garden
Plants become the main decoration of the garden, if you choose the right varieties and care for them. The most popular are perennial shrubs for the garden, blooming all summer with white and pink inflorescences.
Shrubs with pink flowers
Among pink flowering crops, the following species are most popular.
Henomeles, or Japanese quince
The bush is native to Japan, depending on the variety, it can be either short or tall. Quince is unpretentious and does not require special care. The plant is frost-resistant.
Chaenomeles has a sleek and classic style. The rich green leaves accentuate the beauty of the vibrant flowers.
Magnolia
The plant is characterized by a strong odor, small lancet pink or white inflorescences. Before winter, the leaves turn crimson. Prolonged flowering is noted, but the full summer season will delight the eye with banana and starry magnolia. The bush should only be planted in warm climates.
Rhododendron
Large bright flowers resembling peonies. The plant does not like direct sunlight, so partial shade will be the best planting area.
Azalea rhododendrons are of the same species. Their height can reach 1.5 m, but there are also known cases of growing flowers both 30 cm and 6 m in height.
The optimal flowering time is May, but this depends on the variety and external factors. Inflorescences are of different colors, except for blue.
Rosehip may
The plant is characterized by reddish-brown shoots with numerous thorns and is often referred to as cinnamon. Designers love May rosehip because of its unusual color and limited shape. Garden varieties grow up to 2 m in height, on which terry inflorescences are located.
Lovely colquition
These flowering shrubs are often referred to as the pink bride. The plant reaches a height of 3 m, is distinguished by straight shoots. In the middle of spring, numerous small flowers with a slight aroma appear on the bush.
Camellia
The plant is a large to medium sized shrub with large flowers. They can decorate a garden, a plot near the house.
The only drawback of camellia is its intolerance to low temperatures, so it freezes even with slight cold.
Many single buds are formed on it, the leaves are pointed and elliptical.
Shrubs blooming with white flowers
Shrubs that bloom white buds are no less popular.
Spirea
During flowering, it takes on a cascading shape due to the severity of the pink and white flowers. Depending on the variety, it can bloom in summer or spring. In order for beautiful bushes to please the eye all the time, it is recommended to plant spirea with different flowering times from early spring to mid-autumn.
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The plant is native to East Asia, therefore it grows only in warm climates. The height of the shrub reaches 1.5-2 m. Deytsia blooms from late spring to mid-summer, depending on the variety. Large inflorescences are collected in graceful and delicate umbrellas.
White lilac
The plant is often used for landscaping due to its fragrant and lush inflorescences. With growth, the lilac turns into a spreading and large bush, so regular pruning of stems and young shoots is necessary. It is frost-hardy, but in extreme cold, it is worth paying attention to special varieties designed for harsh winters in Siberia or in the Urals in Russia.
Chubushnik
In the street you can often find a plant that is unpretentious, numerous double white flowers and an incredible smell. Another name is garden jasmine. The bush is round and wide. Arcuate stems are completely covered with flowers in early summer. Chubushnik is light-loving, frost-resistant, but capable of growing in partial shade.
Winter-hardy shrubs for summer cottages
Gardeners prefer to decorate the dacha with different trees and plants. They should be beautiful, frost-resistant and unpretentious to care for. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to shrub cinquefoil, weigela, treelike hydrangea, white turf, bush snowberry and viburnum bladder.
Weigela
The height of the shrub is from 70 to 80 cm. In April, flowers of purple and pink flowers appear. With proper care, flowering can be extended until the end of the fall season. The best conditions for planting weigela are warm weather and partial shade. With a cold snap and the first frost, the bush discards all bright inflorescences.
Derain white
The plant is popular for its red bark, frost resistance, unpretentiousness and white-bordered leaves. The bush grows up to 1.5-2 m. Flowering begins in early summer. It perfectly tolerates both low and high temperatures. Derain white is used to decorate fences, plots or create hedges.
Deciduous barberries
The plant is unpretentious, frost-resistant. The leaves can be red, purple, green, or yellow, depending on the variety. Shrubs grow in partial shade and in open areas. Height can vary from 60 cm to 2 m. It perfectly tolerates winter even at the lowest temperature. Looks beautiful in the garden, serves as both a background and part of the composition.
Hydrangea
The tree-like bush has very large inflorescences and is able to withstand even the most severe frosts. The hydrangea has white flowers that turn red by autumn. The plant can reach a height of up to 2 m. When planting, it is recommended to add peat and acidify the soil with iron sulfate. The plant is moisture-loving and perfectly tolerates planting in partial shade.
Shrub cinquefoil
The plant is distinguished by small but numerous flowers and inconspicuous leaves. In design, they often resort to the design of borders because of the bright inflorescences. Shrub cinquefoil is winter-hardy. Flowering begins in late spring, lasts the entire summer season and until the first frost.
Bubble-leaf Vine-leaved
The popularity of the plant ensures its spectacular appearance. The bush is used to decorate the garden because of its beautiful, round and large shape. Does not require special care, is unpretentious.
Snowberry
Plants are pink and white, but it is the latter that are characterized by winter hardiness. White large fruits appear on the bush in autumn. Over time, the tree is able to grow both in the shade and in open areas. It lends itself well to haircuts, which are carried out in the summer after thinning in the spring. The height of the shrub reaches 1.5 m, and the width is 2.5 m.
Shade-loving shrubs
Not all crops can be planted in the scorching sun. What plants can be planted in the shade in the country? These are viburnum, magonia, euonymus, snowberry, barberry, elderberry, derain and gault.
Euonymus
The TOP of shade-loving perennial and unpretentious shrubs for a garden with an openwork crown is headed by a spindle tree. Not all varieties can withstand direct UV rays. Among the shade-loving, dwarf, winged and warty species are distinguished. Euonymus is used to create landscape thickets in gardens, on lawns and under large trees.
Derain
Varietal turf grows better in the sun, but ordinary turf prefers shade and partial shade. The bush is unpretentious, thanks to the foliage it is considered decorative. Able to reach up to 3.5 m in height with free growth.
Barberry
Many ornamental flowering shrubs are perennials. Barberry is distinguished by frost resistance, beautiful flowers and low height. A large selection of varieties allows you to use it for garden decoration. It blooms from early spring to summer, has red berries and leaves. The most popular type of melliferous plant is Thunberg, which grows up to 1.5 m.
Viburnum
The plant is characterized by red, sour and healthy berries. An ornamental shrub for the Moscow region with inedible berries, grayish-brown bark and expressive foliage is also suitable for decorating a summer cottage. The height of the viburnum sometimes reaches 4 m. The flowering period falls at the end of spring, after which black or red berries are tied.
Snowberry
Great for creating a low hedge in partial shade. The bush rises up to 1 m above the ground. Not white, but pink fruits are formed on the snowberry. The bush can be left to grow freely or trimmed, but regularity is required. There will be more berries on the stems if you refuse to trim.
Magonia
An evergreen from North America is shade-loving. This is a flowering perennial winter-hardy shrub. It can be planted under large trees. Grows well both in shade and partial shade. The height of the bushes is 50-150 cm.
Shade-tolerant shrubs include creeping, which loves to cling to vertical surfaces, and padulist magonia.
The jagged leaves turn red with a bronze tint in autumn, and dark green in spring.
Elder
The shrub bears less fruit in the shade, but the leaves become more decorative. In the sun, the plant can grow up to 10 m, and in poor lighting - no more than 3 m. Large and light leaves, which are up to 30 cm in length, give the elderberry massiveness. Inflorescences in umbrellas of yellowish-white color allow you to place the bush in the garden as a decoration. The cluster of flowers forms a cap that reaches 20 cm in diameter.
Haulteria
The bush adapts perfectly to different conditions. In winter, it requires special care, but it is one of the most spectacular evergreens. In the fall, inedible fruits take on a beautiful appearance, which is why the shrub is often called the berry queen.Shrubs are suitable for shady and semi-shady places. A shelter from the sun is made for the haulteria. It is used to decorate curbs, alpine slides, dark places in the garden and as a separate ground cover bush.
White, pink, red, blue and other perennial shrubs will perfectly complement the garden, cottage, yard near the house. However, when choosing the type and variety of a plant, it is required to build on the climatic conditions, the presence of gusts of wind, lighting and the need for frequent watering. Considering all these criteria, the planted culture will show itself in all its glory.