An important role in shaping the landscape personal plot plays smart combination plants: annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees with varied foliage and beautiful inflorescences. A properly selected assortment of plants will please the eye with early spring until late autumn.
The topic of today's conversation will be beautiful flowering shrubs, with the help of which you can not only diversify the landscape, divide the territory into zones, but also bring joy and celebration to it.
When planning to plant shrubs on a site, you should take into account the height and width of an adult plant, so that it does not happen that low-growing specimens end up in the “shadow” of taller ones, and their beauty will be almost unnoticeable. Although, of course, you can shape the crown of plants using garden shears.
Flowering shrubs for the garden - spring
As soon as the snow melts and the first rays of spring begin to warm the earth, it’s time to bloom forsythia (forsythia) , which, like a flame, spreads its yellow flowers even before leaves appear on its branches. Forsythia was named after the Scottish botanist William Forsyth. Plant height is from 1 m to 3 m.
Forsythia belongs to the olive family. As soon as flowering reaches its final stage, foliage and young shoots appear. The plant is very popular in Europe; some types of forsythia are frost-resistant and therefore suitable for growing in middle lane Russia.
Forsythia will take the baton of flowering magnolia star - a low deciduous shrub, native to Japan, reaching a height of 2.5 m, with white flowers emitting a pleasant delicate aroma, which appear in the same way as forsythia before foliage. The shrub feels great in the European part of Russia.
More frost resistant Magnolia Siebold and Kobus – blooms in early June.
IN southern regions With warmer climates and mild winters, there is a greater variety of magnolias found as ornamental shrubs or trees, with flowers ranging from white to rich pink shades. Most popular in gardening construction magnolia lilyflower – extraordinary beautiful tree during the flowering period.
Mid-May – flowering time spirea Grefshein — a small shrub up to 1.5 m high, with snow-white flowers collected in numerous inflorescences located along the entire stem. With hanging stems, the crown looks very openwork. The shrub is light-loving, drought-resistant, and not picky about soil.
Chaenomeles "Japanese quince" - very beautiful, unpretentious shrub family Rosaceae, eye-catching. Flowering period - late April, early May. Color range – white, pink, orange, red.
You can plant a low-growing specimen in an open space, or in a rock garden among stones. In the third year the bush begins to bear fruit, the fruits are yellow, similar to small apples, edible and very useful. Branches not covered with snow sometimes freeze and need to be pruned.
Shrubs that bloom all summer
Chubushnik - better known as "jasmine" , belongs to the hydrangea family, winter-hardy shrub, common in central Russia. Common mock orange with white-cream fragrant flowers reaches 3 m in height. Tolerates frosts down to -25 °C. Flowering period: beginning, mid-June. The shrub is used for group and single plantings, as well as as a hedge.
An extremely common plant in Russia - lilac , with beautiful inflorescences and a delicate aroma, flowering time is June, belongs to the olive family. For abundant annual flowering, the bush must be formed; this requires regular pruning. Color palette Lilac flowers are very diverse (white, pink, bluish, pale purple, deep purple). A luxurious, hardy shrub that thrives equally well in both southern and northern regions.
Shrub roses or rose hips of the Rosaceae family will certainly become a decoration of the garden, especially species that do not require shelter for the winter and tolerate frost well. A shrub 1-2 meters high blooms in June-July, although not for very long, but their red or orange fruits, ripening in August-September, look spectacular against the backdrop of green foliage and will delight the eye until late autumn.
Park roses require more careful care, love sunlight. A bush planted in the shade of trees will not give abundant flowering. Many varieties are quite winter-hardy, some require shelter for winter period. They bloom in the first half of June and bloom for a long period - a month or more.
Extraordinarily beautiful bushes hydrangeas . Tree and paniculate hydrangeas are considered the most unpretentious and winter-hardy species - shrubs with a height of 1 to 3 m. Large lush inflorescences, abundantly located throughout the bush, look very elegant. No wonder it is most loved by gardeners. It blooms for quite a long time - from June to September, loves moisture, acidic soil and partial shade.
Beautiful shrubs in the autumn garden
Cinquefoil shrub will make you happy long flowering– from June to October. A low bush 1.5-2 m tall is medicinal plant, it is widely used in folk medicine. Most species bloom yellow flowers, however, there are also varieties with white or pink flowers. The shrub looks great in rock gardens or group plantings, is undemanding to soil, and winter-hardy.
Snowberry Blooms all summer through September with white, pink or red flowers. But its decorativeness is not limited to this. In autumn, abundant white fruits appear in the form of berries, which decorate the bush throughout the fall and winter. The uniqueness of this bush is that in the fall you can contemplate flowers on it at the same time as berries. The height of the plant is 1-2 m, it can be used in row plantings when creating a hedge or in group plantings.
Mackerel leather - a shrub that is unusually beautiful not only in summer, during flowering, but also in autumn, thanks to its foliage. In summer, the bush is covered with small flowers, collected in fluffy panicles, looking like smoke from a distance. In autumn, the foliage turns purple, first the edges and veins of the leaves turn red, and then the entire foliage, bluish and purple shades. Mackerel is very impressive in the fall, good in single and group plantings, but not winter-hardy enough, so it is suitable for gardens in the more southern regions of the country.
Common barberry no less spectacular bush for autumn garden. Blooms in June with yellow flowers collected in clusters. The height of the plant is 1.5-3 m. In autumn, in September-October, oblong red fruits with a sour taste appear on the bush. Almost all elements are used in medicinal purposes: fruits, leaves, and even roots and bark.
Extraordinarily beautiful common heather — evergreen shrub with small triangular leaves and pink-purple flowers collected in brushes that end each branch. The height of the bush is from 25 cm to 1 m, very hardy plant, growing both in the European part of Russia and in Western and Eastern Siberia.
It blooms in July-August, but after flowering stops, the flowers dry out, remaining on the branches of the plant. It seems that the bush blooms until late autumn. Loves acidic soil, moisture with good soil permeability. It does not require fertilizing, since in nature it grows on poor, rocky soils. Looks great in the garden surrounded by stones, in a rock garden in combination with other plants.
The list of beautiful flowering shrubs can be continued endlessly. But you need to select plants taking into account their adaptation in your region, and then your garden will always be filled with a variety of colors and shades, creating a festive atmosphere, delighting you and your guests.
In spring, our gardens are filled with flowers and scents. This is the most best time, bloom fruit trees- apple trees, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, rowan. But the garden is also decorated with ornamental shrubs, many of which also bloom in spring. What ornamental shrubs to choose for garden plot? They differ in height, flower shape, flowering time, and the presence or absence of aromas.
The earliest flowering shrubs
Forsythia blooms first - a powerful tall shrub, completely covered with small yellow flowers; leaves appear on it much later. There are various varieties forsythia, but most often they have a height of 1.5-2.5 m and bloom at the end of April - the first ten days of May. This shrub is usually used in a single planting on the lawn.
Chaenomelis japonica or Japanese quince pleases with its early spring flowering; it blooms in early May and blooms until the leaves appear with large, often bright red flowers, similar to the flowers of an apple tree, but now varieties have appeared with burgundy, pink and white and even double flowers. This thorny bush usually in the middle zone it does not exceed 1 m, that is, it can freeze above the snow line. Most often it is used for large terraces of rock gardens, single plantings or creating a low hedge inside the garden.
The steppe blooms very early - a shrub 1.5-1.8 m high with small pink flowers that completely hide the thin branches. It is also suitable for rocky gardens, but steppe almond is also planted in large flower beds in the background, as a single plant at the entrance or in groups of trees and shrubs.
May is the time of flowering of the most luxurious shrubs
From mid-May, many ornamental shrubs bloom in our gardens. The most common type is various spring-flowering spirea. These are plants from 0.6 to 2 m in height, usually with white small flowers, collected in dense flat or conical brushes. They have no smell, but the flowering is so abundant that it seems like there is snow on the branches. Spiraea Van Gutta, p. birch leaf, s. oakleaf, s. Thunberg and some others. Spiraea are planted singly on a site, they are made into hedges of varying heights, and they are also good in group plantings with other shrubs.
Garden weigela is very beautiful during flowering - large shrub with pink and purple bell-like flowers. This shrub has many varieties with green, white-edged and purple leaves. it is often planted on the lawn, in the front area of the garden, in the recreation area, usually in a single planting. Not all varieties are frost-resistant; light plant cover is desirable for the winter. Weigela blooms starting in mid-May.
Lilac can rightfully be called the queen of flowering ornamental shrubs; it is planted in almost every garden and has a beautiful rich aroma. Small flowers are collected in a lush brush. This is a tall shrub, reaching 2.5-3 meters, the flowering of lilac can last from three weeks to a month, and the flowering time is the second half of May - early June. It depends on the air temperature. There are many varieties of lilac with simple and double flowers, and there are a great variety of flower colors: pale lilac, lilac, pink, bluish, purple, deep purple, white, yellow. There are varieties with small and very large flowers. Typically, lilacs are planted singly, in a small group, and form high hedges in parks and gardens.
The aristocrats of the garden are called rhododendrons, perhaps the most showy shrubs, second only to roses. They are divided into deciduous and evergreen. They bloom with bell-shaped flowers collected in spherical racemes. The flowering times of rhododendrons are different, there are early flowering species - p. Canadian and r. Daurian, blooming in early May. But most often rhododendrons bloom from mid-May to the end of the first ten days of June. Deciduous best views- r. Japanese, b. pink, r. yellow (has pleasant aroma), the most frost-resistant of the evergreens. Katevbinsky. The colors of rhododendron flowers are very diverse - white, pink, yellow, orange, scarlet, purple, red. These plants are quite demanding in terms of agricultural cultivation technology; they need a peat cushion 50-70 cm thick. Rhododendrons are planted in rocky gardens, in compositions with conifers, in a group. Deciduous flowers bloom well and develop in the sun. Evergreen species require light shade.
Mahonia holly is a low-growing (up to 70 cm in height) evergreen shrub that is already decorative early spring with its reddening, shiny leaves, and in May it blooms with sunny yellow small flowers collected in racemes. It is advisable to slightly shade this shrub in the spring from the bright sun. Mahonia is planted singly in rock gardens, in the form of a low hedge or border on the lawn. The dark blue berries of Mahonia are quite edible.
Barberry also blooms in spring - a shrub with curved shoots; its flowering is not as spectacular as others - these are usually small yellow flowers collected in small tassels, but there are a lot of them, so the shrub seems elegant during flowering. The most commonly planted plant is the common barberry with green or purple leaves; it reaches a height of 2 m or more. But another species - Thunberg barberry has many varieties from 0.3 m to 1 m in height with different leaf colors.
Forsythia is the first to bloom in the flower garden in the spring.
Its branches are completely covered with yellow flowers.
This yellow-flowered shrub is the first to bloom in spring.
Forsythia (Forsythia) belongs to the olive family (Oleaceae) and is deciduous. ornamental shrub. Most often in central Russia we grow intermediate forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia). The height of the bush can reach almost three meters, its branches are erect or slightly deviated.
The shrub blooms profusely and very early in spring, even before the leaves appear.
The flowers are bright yellow, medium in size, covering the bush in April - May.
Flowering lasts two to three weeks.
Immediately after the lilac fades, a representative of the Honeysuckle family, weigela, blooms.
How beautiful she is at this time!
Low bushes are completely strewn with fairly large funnel-shaped or
bell-tubular flowers: red, pink, white, cream.
And you don't have to wait for many years to see this beauty,
flowering often begins already at next year after planting the seedling and lasts from 2 weeks to 1 month
(happens often re-blooming at the end of summer - beginning of autumn) depending on the variety.
And there are a lot of them - about 15, but for a beginning gardener (if his garden is in the middle zone)
it makes sense to plant only those that come from 4 species wild bushes,
growing on Far East: Weigela pleasant, early, blooming and Middendorf.
But even in this case for successful cultivation it will take some effort.
Weigela can't stand it strong winds, so they put her in prison south side buildings in the sun.
Weigela is a flowering deciduous shrub from the honeysuckle family.
Weigela needs loose soil:
- 2 parts humus
- 1 - sand and 1 - peat.
Every year the bush is treated against aphids, otherwise the pest eats the delicate bell-shaped inflorescences.
Weigela is most often propagated by green cuttings.
SELECTING A PLACE FOR PLANTING WEIGELA AND PREPARE A PLANTING PIT
The place for the bush should be sunny, but protected from cold winds.
You can plant young plants along the southern wall of the house, the fence, in front of the trees.
The crop grows well on the southern and western slopes, in sunny meadows next to low bushes.
The more snow that stays in this place in winter, the better.
By the way, Middendorf weigela is able to grow normally even with slight shading.
The shrub prefers fertile soil and does not grow well in wetlands, but drying out is unacceptable.
If the acidity level is high, lime must be added.
IN landing pit lay out drainage: expanded clay, shards, broken brick.
Rotted organic matter is added to the soil set aside from the top layer,
phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, on heavy clay soils, add sand and mix everything.
PLANTING AND CARE OF SHRUBS
Plant as usual: place a seedling on a small mound in the center of the hole, straighten the roots,
cover with prepared soil without deepening the root collar and water.
Caring for planted plants is not difficult: infrequent watering and loosening.
In the first few years after planting, only weak and diseased branches are pruned.
REPRODUCTION
If desired, weigela can be propagated by seeds or by green cuttings.
Cuttings (about 20 centimeters long) are cut in summer (June - July), all leaves are removed except the top two.
Treated with root formation stimulants according to the instructions, planted for rooting, avoiding direct sunlight.
In order for rooting to occur faster, regular watering and fertile soil are required.
Next year, weigela seedlings can be transplanted to a permanent location.
Shrub with yellow flowers blooms in spring -
Evergreen Mahonia overwinters under the snow without shedding its leaves.
In the fall, mahonia cuttings are rooted, and in the spring, inflorescences appear on them.
Shrub, grown mainly in decorative purposes, but it also produces edible dark blue berries.
They taste sweet and sour and have healing properties- lower blood pressure.
It looks especially beautiful if you plant flowering bushes nearby. different flowers- lilac, white and pink.
After each flowering, faded brushes must be removed from the lilac and pruned.
The shrub is planted no later than the beginning of September, so that it has time to take root before the cold weather, or in the spring before the buds swell.
Steppe (bean) almond is a beautiful but poisonous plant.
A bush blooming with pink flowers resembles a light cloud.
Almonds are propagated using root shoots or sloe and plum graftings.
Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) is a deciduous flowering shrub reaching a height of up to 3 m.
From May to mid-summer, mock orange blooms, spreading a pleasant aroma throughout the garden.
Every year the bush is thinned out, removing old branches and adjusting its shape.
It grows quickly and requires annual rejuvenating pruning of spirea.
Shrub pruning is carried out in the spring, since flowers bloom only on last year's shoots.
The bush is not afraid of diseases and pests and does not need to be treated against them.
To get another plant, a spirea branch is bent and dug in.
The next year a viable seedling grows.
Viburnum is planted in partial shade, and since it is not afraid of moisture, it is often planted on the shore garden ponds.
The inflorescences of Viburnum buldenezh look like snow globes. 
The formation of the crown of the bush begins in June.
Cut branches are often used as cuttings for rooting.
In this article we will look at universal plants, which are an integral part of any garden -.
- this belongs to the Olive family, has approximately 30 species. In the wild, it is found throughout almost all of Europe, and some species also grow in Asia.
The plant is highly valued for its decorative qualities (beautiful flowers and a pleasant aroma), as well as for easy care. In addition, lilac is quite resistant to frost. The lilac bush blooms in the spring mainly in May, but some varieties begin to bloom in the summer in June. The duration of the growing season depends on the variety.
Did you know? AsLilac, an ornamental plant, has been grown for about 500 years.
Lilacs should be planted from late August to September. The place for the shrub should be well lit and protected from heavy winds; it can grow in a shaded place, but in this case there will be very few flowers. Almost all types are suitable for the plant, in which moisture does not stagnate, but the best option there will be neutral soil with a low acidity level.
For good flowering next year, it is necessary to cut off more than 50% of the shoots that bloomed this year.
Important!Lilacs are absolutely not suitable for areas that are flooded in spring or autumn.
- a genus of deciduous shrubs, blooming twice a year, belongs to the Honeysuckle family. The shrub blooms in pink, white, yellow and red. Weigela is planted in March or April; the place should be well lit and protected from the wind. The soil should be loose, with fertile soil(with an admixture of sand) and have, since the plant does not tolerate excess moisture.
Important!Plants that are more than three years old can be planted in early autumn.
This plant for the winter it is necessary to wrap it in protective material, and the trunk at the base must be sprinkled with leaves. If the plant is still frozen during wintering, it will need to be applied generously (about 10 liters); this procedure must also be performed during the summer heat.
- belonging to the Barberry family. This shrub has a very deep root system, which allows it to obtain the necessary moisture.
The soil for planting mahonia should be fertile with a low acid level and good drainage. The place can be either sunny or shaded. It reproduces by layering.
drought tolerant, A abundant watering, leading to stagnation of water can have a detrimental effect on it. Transplant better in spring or autumn. Young plants need to be covered for the winter.
Did you know?Mahonia berries have the property of lowering blood pressure.
This is a perennial shrub or tree, belongs to the Plum family, is of Asian origin and has about 40 varieties. Valued for its beautiful flowers, pleasant aroma during flowering and for the usefulness of the fruit. Blooms pink in March or April.
Did you know?IN favorable conditions almonds live up to 80 years or longer.
The place for almonds should be sunny, as this heat-loving plant. The soil for planting can be almost any, but the most suitable is fertile, low-acid, well-drained.
And less suitable are clay soil with high acidity, as well as areas with high level groundwater. Almonds are planted in the fall, since the plant takes root less well in the spring. Diseased and dry branches are carried out annually, after the leaves fall and throughout the winter.
Important!Almonds are not tolerated well severe frosts, when the temperature drops below -20°C the buds on the plant begin to die.
Also known as forsythia, it is a small tree or shrub that belongs to the Olive family.
There are 7 species of this plant. This yellow, sometimes white shrub blooms in spring from April to May.
Forsythia is not very picky about care. The area for its cultivation must be very well lit by the sun, and the soil can be of any kind. This plant tolerates drought easily, so you should always make sure that the soil is not over-moistened. For the best appearance and flowering, forsythia must be pruned after flowering.
is a shrub belonging to the Rosaceae family. The plant has about 100 species that bloom from early spring to late summer. This plant is frost-resistant and does not require special care, can grow in any soil, but you still need to follow some rules.
Spiraea has shallow roots and during drought the plant needs moderate watering, which should be done every 2 weeks. Most are not dangerous for spirea.
Most often, the plant is attacked by and. Pruning is carried out in early spring, before the leaves bloom. Every 6-12 years, all old shoots must be removed from the bush.
(translated from French as “snow globe”) is one that has large white inflorescences reminiscent of a snowball. Blooms for no more than 3 weeks. Buldenezh prefers soil with high humidity, but can also be grown in dry soil, provided there is good watering.
Lighting for viburnum should be moderate; shaded areas are suitable. On open area the leaves of the plant receive burns, which lead to the death of the bush itself. Every year in the fall, dry and diseased branches are pruned, and for decorative purposes, young shoots are also pruned, leaving only one.
Fothergill
Fothergilla is a shrub that belongs to the Witch Hazel family. It reaches a height of 1 to 2 meters, blooms in May for 14 days, has white inflorescences up to 10 cm in size.
The most suitable location for this shrub is a sunny location protected from the wind. The soil should be fertile, non-acidic and drained. Plant pruning is carried out as necessary once every few years, all because The bush grows quite slowly. Fothergilla is very resistant to frost, but young bushes should still be covered in winter.