In the garden, flowering shrubs help to solve many problems: they allow you to create a cozy atmosphere in the recreation area, fill in the empty space on the site, divide the site into several different zones. Some species prove to be excellent as honey plants. Therefore, no matter what goals the summer resident pursues, planting such plantings on the site, they will not only ennoble, but also attract pollinating insects.
Flowering shrubs all summer for the garden
So that the site is buried in flowers for a long time, it is worth considering shrubs for the garden, blooming all summer. Such plants are usually unpretentious. Even sheltering them for the winter is not required, as many summer residents do to protect fruit seedlings from frost and wind.
Ornamental shrubs for the garden
Shrubs for the garden, perennial, blooming all summer, make the landscape beautiful and unique. But before you decorate the garden and the territory adjacent to the house with decorative bushes, you should learn about those types of perennials that most gardeners choose.
Shrubs with pink flowers
Shrubs with pink flowers can transform any area beyond recognition, especially if the crops form group plantings with other ornamental plants. There are a lot of shrubs that can fill the summer garden with the abundant flowering of pink buds. Here are some popular types of decorative crops.
Henomeles, or Japanese quince
The culture belongs to the Rosaceae family. The shrub pleases the eye with very beautiful flowers of bright pink color. Use it not only as a beautiful flowering decorative culture, but also to produce tasty and healthy fruits. But for the genomeles to begin to bear fruit, it is necessary that 2-3 bushes of the same plant grow on the site. Shrub is great for creating low hedges, borders. It looks very nice in composition with other flowering shrubs. Japanese quince will be indispensable even if you need to strengthen the slope.
Quince Japanese Pink Lady
For your information! Many people mistakenly believe that ordinary quince and genomeles are one and the same culture. Although the fruits of these two cultures are very similar, they should not be confused with each other. Japanese quince is a bush plant, and ordinary quince grows up to 30 m and is a tree.
Magnolia
It is considered a shrub, although a tree in the wild can reach a height of 30 m. A culture grows mainly in the southern regions. But such decorative shrubs as Cobus, selected for the Moscow Region, showed themselves not bad. In St. Petersburg, Magnolia Siebold feels great in the open ground, and in the Far East sulange and Kobum cultivars are planted.
The culture belongs to the Magnolia family. More than 120 species are known, 25 of which are frost-resistant. There are deciduous trees and shrubs, as well as evergreens. Magnolia flowers are very fragrant, may vary depending on the type of plant.
Rhododendron
Beautiful flowering shrub of the heather family. In the Russian climate, up to 18 species of this plant can grow. Culture can be either deciduous or evergreen. There are also semi-deciduous varieties.
It is impossible not to love such a magnificent flowering perennial. It immediately attracts with its abundant flowering and very pleasant aroma. Plants bloom, usually 1.5 months. Thinning promotes abundant flowering. Some species bloom so that even branches and foliage are not visible. Summer residents who planted this culture on their site can be sure that such a honey plant will constantly attract insects to the garden.
Rosehip May
It is a representative of the Pink family. Fruits, flowers, roots, leaves and branches are used in folk medicine. It is known that the plant helps to strengthen the immune system, protects against various infections. But at the same time, frost-resistant shrubs are used as ornamental plants.
Rosehip May Flower
A perennial plant reaches a height of 2 m. Its branch-like branches are covered with thorns. On flower stems spikes are usually absent. The bush begins to bloom in May and ends in July. May hips are fragrant and large. Fruits are either spherical or elongated, which ripen in August. It grows in the European part of Russia and in the Middle lane (in particular, in the Leningrad region), in the Urals, in Eastern and Western Siberia.
Adorable Kolquitia
Belongs to the family Honeysuckle. The shrub can reach 3 m in height. Flowering occurs in the second year of planting. White-pink flowers with a pearly sheen. In Russia, few people will meet this lovely decorative bush. But those gardeners and summer residents who saw it blooming, are happy to plant kolkvitsiya on their site.
Camellia
The plant belongs to those shrubs that are suitable for shady places. Externally, the flowers look like a rose or peonies. There is no aroma in peduncles. It is considered quite moody. Requires careful treatment and special care. If you provide all the conditions for the plant, the camellia will thank lush flowering.
Shrubs blooming in white flowers
The garden, which is surrounded by white flowers, looks very gentle and airy. Sitting in the gazebo, around which bushes are planted, blooming with snow-white inflorescences is a real bliss. Below are the cultures that many summer residents choose for their site.
Spirea
The plant belongs to the family Pink. Very unpretentious decorative culture. There are approximately 100 species of this plant. Another name for shrubs is meadowsweet.
Depending on the species, the spirea can grow with bushes 15-20 cm in height, and with a bush up to 2.5 m. The inflorescences of the plant can be:
- corymbose;
- spike-like;
- pyramidal;
- panicled.
Note! The culture is used to create hedges or planted in group plantings, but it also looks good as a single meadowsweet plant.
Action
Cultivate in the middle latitudes it began not so long ago. Depending on the species, each variety differs in size, shape, color of leaves and flowers. The bush can be spreading or erect. Some species grow up to 4 m in length. A bush that has not yet bloomed is very similar in appearance to honeysuckle. Flowers do not have any aroma.
White blooming action
White lilac
There are up to 30 types of lilacs. They can vary in height and shape of inflorescences. Common varieties of common lilac, blooming white flowers are:
- Flora-53 - the culture that is considered the most decorative;
- The memory of Kolesnikov. Lilacs fell in love because of the large, double terry inflorescences;
- Miss Ellen Wiltmott. The bush is low with white terry flowers.
In Central Russia you can find Amur lilac, which is a sprawling bush with a rather dense crown, blooming with snow-white flowers.
Mocker
Often confused with jasmine. But in fact, they have nothing in common. In addition, many varieties of jasmine curl, and mockwort grows only by bush.
For your information! It got its name due to the fact that hollow shoots in the old days were used as chubuk and mouthpieces.
Culture refers to deciduous plants. The bushes are not very dense, but elegant and attractive. They reach a height of up to 2.5 m, in regions of harsh winters it can also reach up to 4 m. The mock dead blossoms with white, fragrant inflorescences, but it is found among shrubs of a variety whose flowers are completely odorless.
Flowering winter-hardy shrubs perennials for gardening
Breeders are constantly working to ensure that many shrubs, distributed mostly in the southern regions, take root in those regions where winters are long and frosty. The following list of ornamental shrubs will be interesting to those who want to plant unpretentious, winter-hardy shrubs on their site:
- weigela. Such a flowering shrub can not leave anyone indifferent. Its inflorescences resemble bells, but much larger in size;
- derain white. Attracts with its very bright red bark. Moreover, so that it is constantly, shrubs annually prune and leave small stumps;
- deciduous barberry. Shrub native to the Far East. Ornamental shrubs are found everywhere. The leaves of the plant are lobed or rounded, depending on the variety, can be painted in red, yellow, green shades;
- hydrangea. The bush grows to 3 m. The leaves are elliptical or ovoid. Inflorescences initially have a green tint, and when opened, they turn pink. Flowering occurs in July and lasts until October;
Winter-hardy shrubs
- shrubby cinquefoil. It is famous for its long flowering. If the weather is favorable and the care of the shrub was correct, it will delight you with an abundance of flowers from June until the frosts;
- Kalinolistny. A deciduous shrub grows up to 3 m. The culture blooms in June. The leaves are green on one side and lighter on the other. In the fall they turn yellow. A very beautiful shrub in which not only flowers are attractive, but also the fruits, and the crown of the plant itself;
- snowberry. Other names for the shrub are wolf berry or snow berry. The main decoration is considered berries, which can have a different shade depending on the variety. You can see pink, white or purple-red color. The snow-white berry boasts special winter hardiness, which does not differ in the beauty of flowers, but its snow-white fruits look very attractive.
These crops are usually unpretentious to care for. Having planted once, you can not worry about the fact that the plant does not take root or that constant care is needed for it.
Note! Such cultures are suitable for those summer residents who need beauty on the site with minimal investment and labor.
What plants can be planted in the shade at the cottage
Often places remain empty on the site, where a shadow or partial shade is created throughout the day. And many beginner gardeners are puzzled by what kind of plants can be planted in the shade at the cottage. But there is an answer to this question. Below are shade-loving shrubs for the garden, which are also perennial, unpretentious:
- euonymus. It looks especially beautiful in the fall. It is impossible to pass by such a bush as if blazing with fire;
- derain. This shrub is also suitable for shady places. It can be planted along the fences, from which the site will look even better;
- barberry. His description says that undersized varieties can be planted under trees, and those that grow high enough will look good at home;
Shade-tolerant shrubs for the garden
- viburnum. Shade-tolerant shrubs are also unpretentious in care. It looks very attractive in the autumn;
- snowberry. As you know, in the period when its berries begin to ripen, the bush looks simply amazing. Everything else, it can be planted in the shade or partial shade;
- mahonia. An evergreen plant is not only shade tolerant, but also winter hardy. In addition to this, the bush is experiencing excellent drought;
- elder. Unpretentious perennial shrubs can grow in sunny areas, and in a shaded place;
- gaulteria. Slow-growing shrub, but blooms beautifully. Will grow over 50 years.
Gaulteria
Shade-loving shrubs are an excellent solution for those who wish to ennoble their site, which is partially or completely shaded. These plants not only allow you to decorate the site in spring, summer, but also in autumn.
The garden looks very beautiful, in which various types of bush plants are planted. From the onset of flowering to frost, the plot will be buried in flowers. One shrub will blossom, the turn comes to delight with the splendor of flowers of another decorative plant. The main thing is to choose the right types and varieties and provide decent care.
