What types of shrubs are there: varieties and description. Catalog of deciduous shrubs for the garden

Planting ornamental shrubs - great way make your site unique. They will fit perfectly into any landscape style. The widest range of both decorative and decorative deciduous crops will allow you to make the necessary choice and create an original composition.

The entire diverse community of ornamental shrubs for the garden can be divided into three large groups:

beautifully flowering;
decorative deciduous;
conifers.

Within each group there is a division that takes into account the size of the plants, the ability to retain or lose leaves on the eve of winter, the duration of flowering, frost resistance, and attitude to growing conditions.

Features of growing ornamental shrubs in the garden

This category of plants is so diverse that it is impossible to give uniform recommendations for all species at once. We can take into account only a few trends and note that when planting different types ornamental shrubs need to be grouped according to the same requirements for soil, lighting, and watering regime. When planting with tapeworms, creating suitable conditions for the plant is much easier. If a composition is created from several types, they should be arranged so that each can show maximum decorativeness.

Flowering shrubs for the garden: list

This is the largest group of ornamental plants. There are many species that can successfully grow and bloom in the middle zone, thanks to their good frost resistance. In the southern regions, where this problem is not acute, the choice of flowering shrubs is even greater. Let's talk more specifically about each type.

Mock orange (jasmine)

This deciduous shrub can often be found in gardens. Its height ranges from 1 to 3 meters. Bell-shaped white flowers with elegant yellow stamens are collected in clusters of 5 to 9 pieces each. The size of the flowers depends on the variety. In some, their diameter does not exceed 2 cm. And in the Akademik Komarov variety they are simply huge - up to 10 cm in diameter.

Jasmine flowering lasts about 3 weeks and begins in early June, but there are also record holders. The Shrenka mock orange blooms the longest, and the Snow Avalanche variety, selected by Vekhova, blooms most profusely.

Terry varieties of jasmine also bloom very beautifully:

Ballet of the Moths;
Virgin;
Ermine Mantle - This variety can bloom for up to 49 days;
Moonlight;
Blizzard.

Some of them re-bloom in late summer - early autumn.

The aroma of mock orange is familiar to everyone - it is very bright and rich. But there are varieties whose flowers smell like strawberries or pineapple or have no aroma at all.

Weigela

This is an erect deciduous shrub characterized by beautiful flowering. The color of tubular-bell-shaped flowers is varied: white, yellowish, pink, purple or dark red.

The three most frost-resistant species:

Early weigela blooms when lilacs bloom.
Weigela Middendorf blooms from mid-May, the flowers do not fall for a month, and may delight you with repeated flowering in September;
Flowering weigela blooms at the end of May, flowering lasts 20 days.

Only their young bushes need thorough shelter. In adults, during frosty winters the tips of unripe shoots freeze. Hybrid varieties of Dutch and Polish origin, of which there are many on sale now, are not highly frost-resistant, so they may not wake up after winter.

Japanese quince

Many people know Japanese quince under the name Chaenomeles. This is a deciduous shrub that blooms in late May early June. Flowering lasts up to 3 weeks. All this time, the spreading bushes with arched branches are decorated with bright flowers up to 5 cm in diameter. In autumn, hard fruits ripen, looking like small green apples. The main color of the flowers is red-orange, but varieties and hybrids have been created with pink, red, white, and sometimes double flowers. Outside of flowering, the bush is also very beautiful thanks to its glossy green leaves. The height of the plant in the middle zone does not exceed one and a half meters. Japanese quince is very easy to trim, making it an excellent material for low hedges.

Only young plants are suitable for planting. The long tap root is an obstacle to transplanting adult specimens. This shrub is unpretentious and drought-resistant, but with good care, flowering is more abundant.

Spirea

This is a deciduous shrub, represented by many species and varieties. Its height depends on the type and variety and ranges from 60 cm to 2 m.

According to the time of flowering, spirea are divided into two groups:

early flowering (May - June) - Vangutta, Nipponian, oak-leaved, they bloom on last year's shoots, so they do not need radical pruning;
late blooming (July - August) - birch leaf, Billarda, Japanese, Bumald, Douglas, willow, they bloom on the shoots current year and need spring pruning.

Spira flowers are small, collected in corymbose or paniculate inflorescences. Most varieties and species bloom abundantly and for a long time. Many species have white flowers, but there are also varieties with pink and purple flowers.

Spiraea are unpretentious shrubs, but they grow best in lighted areas with loose, fertile and humus-rich soil.

Hydrangea

Hydrangea is often called the Queen of the garden. And there is a reason for it. In terms of the size of the inflorescences, only Viburnum Buldenezh can compete with it. Most hydrangeas bloom in the second half of summer.

The most common types of shrubs.

In large-leaved hydrangea, the flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences, which have a diameter of up to 20 cm. The height of this species ranges from 60 cm to 2 m. The color of the flowers is varied: white, pink, blue. The vast majority of varieties bloom on last year's shoots. Large-leaved hydrangea is not frost-hardy. To wait for flowering next year, it needs to be covered very carefully.
Hydrangea paniculata. This is quite frost-resistant shrub, it can reach a height of up to 5 meters. The inflorescence is most often pyramidal, up to 30 cm long, the color is white, which in some varieties becomes pink over time.
There is a liana-like species - petiolate hydrangea. If there is support, it can climb to a height of up to 25 m. If there is no support, it turns into a ground cover plant. Petiolate hydrangea flowers are white and do not last long.
Tree hydrangea is slightly less resistant to winter cold, grows up to 3 meters, and has fluffy spherical inflorescences, usually white. It blooms on the current year's shoots and requires thorough spring pruning.

All hydrangeas are acidophiles. They love acidic soil and watering with acidified water.

Caucasian pear

In its homeland - in the Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, this is a majestic tree up to 26 m tall. In the middle zone, the crown does not rise higher than four and a half meters. This - unpretentious plant, can easily do without watering. In its homeland it is very decorative, especially during the flowering season of white-painted flowers with 5 petals. They are collected in corymbose inflorescences. The Caucasian pear is also good at the time of fruiting, covered in abundance with small round, heavily rusted fruits. But all this beauty can only be seen in warm regions. In the middle zone, the tree does not bloom or bear fruit, and in severe winters it can freeze.

Honeysuckle

We are more accustomed to seeing fruit honeysuckle. You can enjoy its berries at the beginning of summer. But in the honeysuckle family there are literally only a few varieties with edible berries. All the rest are ornamental shrubs or vines.

Shrub species are winter-hardy. They can grow up to 4 meters and are decorative both during flowering and during the ripening of berries. Shrubs such as Tatarian honeysuckle, Maaka, Maksimovich are quite suitable for hedges. They can also grow as a small tree.

Liana-like forms will perfectly weave around a gazebo or pergola. The peculiarity of honeysuckles is the unusual shape of the flowers. Their colors are varied, sometimes combined. They often have a pleasant aroma. Among the vines, the most famous are honeysuckle, honeysuckle, brown and hekrota. There are creeping and dwarf forms of honeysuckle. Their use is rockeries, alpine coaster, mixborders.

Most honeysuckles like it moist fertile soil. Different species have an ambiguous attitude towards lighting. Many tolerate partial shade, and some are even shade-tolerant.

Triloba almond (Louisiana)

It's an amazing sight when Louiseania is in full bloom. Delicate pink double flowers completely cover the small tree and look like a pink cloud exuding a wonderful aroma.

If the plant is grafted, it will grow as a tree; in ordinary culture, it will grow as a shrub. Its height is small - up to 3 meters. The most remarkable thing is the flowering. The flowers are double, their diameter is up to 3.5 cm. The main color is pink. It's just a pity that it doesn't last long. Immediately after it, young leaves begin to bloom. It is at this time that Louiseania can be pruned to ensure abundant flowering next year.

Louiseania can easily endure frosts down to -30 degrees, but suffers greatly from winter thaws. In this plant, the genetic period of deep dormancy lasts only a month. Therefore, a thaw, which can be long, will cause the flower buds to swell, and if frost follows, it will destroy them.

Rhododendron

This is one of the most beautiful and early flowering ornamental shrubs. He comes from the east. The genus of rhododendrons includes almost 600 species, including deciduous, evergreen and intermediate species. Rhododendron is difficult to cultivate. It grows best where the summers are cool and humid and the winters are not too cold. In a continental climate, the plant feels uncomfortable. The florist will have to work hard to tame this capricious little sissy. Most rhododendrons are not frost-resistant; they can survive harsh winters only under thorough shelter. Although there are varieties, for example, Helsinki University or Elite, which can do without it, they are not afraid of frosts down to -35 degrees. Deciduous species are more persistent.

The corolla of rhododendron flowers is slightly irregular shape, in most species it is collected in a corymbose inflorescence, but there are species with single or paired flowers. Color palette - almost all colors and shades. In some species, the flowers have a scent.

The height of the bush in different varieties can vary from 40 cm to 2 m. Moreover, their width can be twice as high.

Flowering occurs at the end of May and beginning of June. Some varieties are pleasing to repeat autumn bloom. Most of them bloom late - in the fifth or even seventh year of life. Plants grow very slowly. Rhododendrons are acidophiles and grow well only in acidic soils and when watered with acidified water.

tree peony

These imperial flowers, as they are called in their homeland in China, can become a decoration for any garden. Openwork feathery leaves are decorative throughout the season. Huge flowers, reaching a diameter of 20 cm, are simply mesmerizing. Even if they are not terry, the bush looks very beautiful. And if there are a lot of petals, and besides, they are two-colored, you just can’t take your eyes off it.

The height of the plant varies from 1 to 2 meters and depends on the variety. And tree peonies have a huge number of them - the flower has been in cultivation for more than 2000 years. Not all varieties of tree peonies are frost-resistant; they will have to be covered for the winter.

Tree peonies bloom from May to early July. Flowering of each variety lasts up to 3 weeks. This culture is more capricious than herbaceous peonies, but the result is worth any effort.

Rose hips

Decorative rose hips are the closest relatives of the inimitable roses, but they differ favorably from them in their unpretentiousness and frost resistance. Decorative rose hips have arched hanging branches that are covered with strong and very sharp thorns. The height of the bushes is different, ranging from 1 to 3 m. Flowers can be simple and have 5 petals. There are also those that can have up to 180 of them. Terry species are distinguished by larger flowers. Decorative rose hips reproduce well and have a rich range of colors - white, all shades of pink and crimson. The only drawback for many species is the short flowering period. For most of them it lasts from May to July.

The wrinkled rosehip is decorated with flowers from June until the very end of autumn. From mid-summer, orange or red fruits are a great addition. The color of the flowers is white, pink, lilac-violet. By crossing wrinkled rosehip with polyanthus rose, large-flowered forms with good frost resistance were obtained.

Like any other plant, ornamental rose hips need watering and fertilizing, and the formation of a bush.

Felt cherry

Felt cherry successfully combines decorativeness and practical use. This distant relative of the common cherry has fruits that are sour and not as tasty, but the harvest is pleasing. In bloom, felt cherry is amazingly beautiful. All shoots are literally covered with small white and pink flowers. True, flowering, starting at the very beginning of May, and sometimes in April, does not last long, and if another variety is not planted nearby, there will be no berries at all - this plant is, for the most part, cross-pollinated.

This unusual name given to a short tree for the pubescence that covers its leaves, shoots and fruits. The height of the felt cherry does not exceed 3 m, so the berries are very convenient to pick. They do not crumble and add decorativeness to the tree. Felt cherry it is short-lived, even with good pruning it does not live more than 20 years. To preserve the plants, it is necessary to carry out treatments against monilial burn, which severely affects them.

Altai wolfweed

This relict plant is found in the wild in Altai and the Belgorod region. The height of the deciduous shrub is from one to one and a half meters. In May it blooms with white nail-shaped flowers. Black poisonous berries ripen in July. In nature, it is an endangered species and is listed in the Red Book. The plant has been in cultivation for more than 200 years. The shrub grows well, is unpretentious and frost-resistant.

Grape

Cultivated grapes are difficult to classify as ornamental shrubs, except during the ripening of the berries. In many countries, the garden area is decorated with virgin or wild grapes. It also has another name - virgin ivy: small blue berries can form without pollination. But they are not the decoration of the plant. The most important thing in maiden grapes is decorative foliage. In summer the beautiful palmate leaves are colored green color. With the onset of frost, they turn purple and glow until the leaves fall, bringing bright colors to the dull autumn landscape.

With the help of maiden grapes you can decorate any unsightly structure or fence. You just have to give him support, and he will very quickly fill the space allotted to him. A dense carpet of leaves has bactericidal properties and inhibits the growth of some pathogens. There are 12 species in the wild grape family. They differ in the shape of the leaves and their size, autumn color, but they are all very decorative. The height that grapes can reach reaches 15-20 m. The plant is unpretentious and frost-resistant, does not need to be removed from its support for the winter.

Ornamental deciduous shrubs for the garden: list

With these ornamental shrubs for the garden, flowering is not the main thing. Their main beauty is in their leaves. They can be unusually colored or have a beautiful original shape

Bladderwort

This plant belongs to the rose family. The height of the deciduous shrub varies from 1.5 to 3 m. The plants are well leafy and look voluminous. The bushes are decorative throughout the season. They are very decorated with white or pale pink flowers, collected in a corymbose inflorescence. They appear in June and last for 3 weeks. At the beginning of autumn, the fruits ripen, which look like small red bubbles, which is what gave the plant its name.

The leaves of the bladderwort are large, corrugated, the edges end in teeth. In green-leaved forms they turn yellow in the fall. Red-leaved forms have brighter pink flowers and red leaves in various shades. In the shadow bright color leaves are not so pronounced.

The bladderwort is unpretentious, easily tolerates air pollution, and makes an excellent hedge. It tolerates poor soil, but will be more lush when planted in fertile soil.

Red Japanese maple

They are all very decorative. The flowers of maples are yellow-green and red and give birth to winged seeds, which the trees use to reproduce. The crown of Japanese maples is branched, the leaves are graceful, the branches are twisting. In autumn they turn bright burgundy, cherry, orange or yellow.

Japanese maples are represented by three types:

palm-shaped; it has an original, strongly cut shape of leaves that retain a crimson color throughout the growing season; the palm-shaped Japanese maple grows slowly;
fan; it has strongly dissected leaves resembling fans, the tree is small in height;
Japanese.

Based on these basic varieties, hybrid forms have been created that are highly decorative.

Japanese maple loves moist, humus-rich soil that is slightly acidic. Stagnant moisture is detrimental to it. The tree feels best when it receives Sun rays in the morning and in the evening. At midday it should be in the shade.

Japanese maples are not frost-resistant and suffer from both spring frosts and winter frosts. For the winter, the tree needs shelter.

Fieldfare

This plant is doubly decorative:

strongly dissected, corrugated, similar to rowan leaves, but with a sharp tip, the leaves are beautiful at any time of the year; in spring they are pinkish-orange, in summer they are light green, and in autumn they are yellowish-red;
from June to August, the plant bears large cone-shaped panicles of yellowish fragrant flowers with long stamens.

The height of the bush is up to 3 meters. It grows very well, can withstand pruning and makes an excellent hedge. Plants can grow in both sun and partial shade. Fieldfare is not picky about soil, but does not tolerate drought well. In central Russia the plant is quite frost-resistant.

Barberry

This plant is common in nature, but mainly in places with warm climates. Based on wild species, many highly decorative varieties and hybrids have been created. The peculiarity of the plant is the presence of hard spines. The leaves can have a variety of colors, sometimes consisting of several colors. There are species with yellow, purple or red leaves.

The shrub is at its most elegant during flowering, when it is covered with clusters of yellow flowers; in some varieties they have red veins. Barberry berries are also beautiful, but in decorative varieties they are usually unsuitable for food.

Derain

Almost all of the 50 species of dereg grow in the Northern Hemisphere. Usually these are shrubs, and only sometimes trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen.

Derain is decorative at any time of the year:

in spring and summer - unusually colored foliage and rather large white flowers;
in autumn the color of the leaves becomes pink or burgundy, and white or blue fruits appear in place of the flowers;
In winter, brightly colored branches contrast with the snow.

Most often in cultivation you can find white derain. This shrub grows up to 3 meters, has brightly colored branches and green leaves with white spots. Small white flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences. Blooms luxuriantly in the first summer months and repeats flowering in the fall. At this time, you can see both flowers and white fruits with a bluish tint on the bushes.

Derain is unpretentious, able to grow even in the shade, and has excellent resistance to heat and frost.

Euonymus

The most interesting thing about this plant is the original multi-colored fruits hanging on long stalks. Depending on the species, it is a tree or shrub that reaches a height of 2 to 10 m. An interesting form is the dwarf euonymus, which has practically no trunk. Creeping plants consist of arched branches with evergreen long leaves. Fortune's euonymus, as it is called, has green leaves with yellow or white spots.

Euonymus blooms inconspicuously. Its highly decorative leaves are dark green in summer; in autumn they are painted in all shades of red, orange, purple and yellow. It is not uncommon to have a multi-colored leaf.

Euonymus is poisonous, so all work with it should be carried out only with gloves.

Heart hornbeam

This deciduous tree grows up to 15 m high. beautiful foliage and unusual fruits, nuts. The silvery bark is deeply cracked. Hornbeam has a very dense spreading crown. Male flowers are long earrings, and female flowers are similar to hop cones; they reach a length of up to 25 cm. Natural habitat is Southeast Asia. In the middle zone it often freezes slightly, after which it grows as a bush. The tree is unpretentious, tolerates shading well, and reproduces easily.

Leafy elm

It also has other names - elm, birch bark. This tree can reach a height of 30 m and a diameter of 1.5 m. Its leaves are dense and petiolate. Flowering occurs before the leaves bloom. The flowers are collected in bunches and have a rusty-red perianth. The fruit is a lionfish. IN at a young age growing quickly. Can live up to 300 years. In nature it grows in places with a temperate climate. Tolerates drought well and loves sun. It may freeze slightly in the middle zone.

Decorative forms of fruit trees

During flowering, all fruit trees are decorative. But there are also specially bred varieties intended not for fruiting, but for decoration. garden plots.

The most decorative of the apple trees is considered to be the Niedzwiecki apple tree. This low tree can make an excellent tapeworm. During flowering, it is strewn with red-purple flowers; after the leaves fall, small bright red apples are clearly visible. The apple tree is unpretentious and can be trimmed well. There are other varieties of ornamental apple trees with unusually colored foliage.
Among pears, the willow pear stands out as particularly decorative. The leaves have a long and narrow shape and are completely uncharacteristic of this type of tree. Small flowers exude an amazing aroma. There is also a weeping form of the tree.
The felt cherry is considered the most attractive and decorative cherry.
There are also decorative plums, for example, the Nigra variety, which has black and red leaves. Its dark red fruits are edible. Nessie is also very good, its foliage has a bronze-violet color with a pink border. The Chinese plum is also beautiful, having double rose flowers.

Caring for ornamental trees is no different from caring for ordinary fruit crops. They are beautiful on their own and can be an excellent backdrop for other flowering plants.

Frost-resistant ornamental shrubs for the garden

Among the plants presented in the list, you can find many ornamental flowering frost-resistant shrubs that successfully withstand harsh winters.

You can add to them:

Cinquefoil shrub, it is sometimes called Kuril tea. Bushes with small foliage from 1 to 1.5 m in height. Flowering is very long, almost throughout the summer. The most common cinquefoil has yellow flowers, but there are varieties with red, pink or white flowers. Cinquefoils are frost-resistant, drought-resistant, love rich soil and sunny place position.
Snowberry. The most beautiful thing about this plant is the fruits that decorate it throughout the winter. These are small balls of white or pink color. The first form best withstands frost. The plants are undemanding to soil, love to grow in the sun, and practically do not get sick.

Coniferous and evergreen ornamental shrubs

Among evergreens, there are not many that can withstand harsh winters.

The most persistent of them:

Fortune's euonymus;
boxwood;
some types of rhododendron;
holly;
cotoneaster horizontal;
shiny honeysuckle;
Holly mahonia.

The range of conifers is much wider.

Various types of junipers.
Cypress trees.
Fir.
Yew berry.
Eastern biota.

Almost all conifers are lovers of acidic soils. Among their wide variety, you can choose those that love the sun, and those that do well in the shade. Most conifers grow slowly and do not tolerate drought and stagnant water. Some people can burn badly in the bright spring sun and need protection from it.

A hedge of ornamental shrubs

A hedge is a great way to protect your area from prying eyes, noise and dust. It is durable and, unlike a fence, does not require repairs. It is enough to simply care for the plants and trim them in time to give the desired shape.

Unpretentious shrubs and trees that grow quickly, reproduce easily, withstand frequent pruning, and branch well are suitable for hedges.

The fence may be high. It requires tall bushes: bladderwrack, hawthorn, white derain, tall spirea, lilac, serviceberry, chokeberry, common barberry. It is from the latter that you can create an absolutely impenetrable green hedge. It will be the same if you plant rosehip bushes in a row.

A low hedge, the so-called border, can be created from cinquefoil, ornamental barberries, Japanese quince, brilliant cotoneaster, holly mahonia, and boxwood.

A very high hedge will be obtained by dense planting of trees: hornbeam, thuja, yew, linden, larch, spruce.

A hedge can also be mixed; plants with the same growth vigor and similar growth requirements are selected for it.

Decorative beautiful plants in the countryside lift the mood and decorate the area. When planting flowers, you need to take time to care for them. When choosing wild evergreen shrubs, the situation is much simpler: you just need to select options that can withstand the climate in which they will grow, and then nature will do everything itself.

What types of shrubs are there?

Any plant can have several varieties, based on information from which gardeners can understand how to care for them. There are several criteria that determine the types of wild shrubs:

Height. These can be low-growing (even dwarf) or tall wild shrubs, similar to trees.
Leaves. Found as deciduous shrubs with traditional look leaves, and coniferous ones - with modified ones.
Bloom. Individual groups can produce fragrant flowers, berries, or even bear fruit.
Flowering time. Among the wild shrubs you can find those that grow only in summer, while others delight the eye all year round. Some bloom in one season, while others can be called long-flowering.

Deciduous

In cities and beyond, it is more common to see plants with leaves. They can come in different shapes or sizes depending on the type of particular representative. Wild deciduous shrubs are amazing in their diversity: there are both flowering and fruit-bearing ones. Some of them are known to every person, while the names of others mean nothing. Among the deciduous ones we can distinguish:

Barberry. The shrub has leaves with a pointed tip, small yellow flowers, and oblong berries.
Kalina. The leaves look like maple.
Cotoneaster. It resembles a small tree with oval glossy leaves.
Lilac. Beautifully flowering, belongs to the evergreen shrubs.
Magnolia. It is a large shrub. There are white, pink or even orange fragrant flowers.
Daphne. Beautiful, but poisonous plant.
Euonymus. It consists of rounded leaves, but the flowers do not attract attention.
Honeysuckle. The elliptical leaves are complemented by small fruits, which are edible in some varieties.
Raspberries. A shrub with tasty berries has odd-pinnate leaves.
Rose hip. Fragrant flowers in combination with berries and small leaves present a very beautiful shrub to the eye.

Conifers

If the plant does not have leaves, then most likely they are covered with needles. In fact, this is what modified leaves are called, but shrubs of this type are grouped under the class of conifers. Most of these representatives of the flora prefer to grow in the sun, but there are some that will like partial shade. Coniferous plants: shrubs and trees are unpretentious, therefore they are often used when decorating garden plots. Juniper, yew, and cryptomeria are more common among gardeners.

Shrubs for the garden

Landscaping your own personal plots has become fashionable a long time ago. The greenery in front of the house pleases the eye and adds color. Wild shrubs in the garden are an opportunity to decorate the area without much time investment. further care after them. You need to know their features, so when viewing photos on the pages of gardening catalogs, pay attention to the description. Beautiful shrubs for the garden can be, for example, flowering or fruiting, and some require special conditions.

Blooming

Most gardeners prefer that the greenery on their site be diluted with other shades, so they choose options that will bloom. Before growing wild flowering shrubs, provide them with suitable conditions, or you can choose species that are unpretentious to weather changes. The list of shrubs that can bloom is wide: honeysuckle, lilac, and rose hips stand out.

Evergreens

Late autumn is a period of gradual fading of nature. For some people, a decrease in sunlight combined with a decrease in the number of shades outdoors causes depression. If you live in a private house or occasionally come to your dacha in winter, then evergreen shrubs will become in a good way decorate the area and admire the plants all year round. You can plant them anywhere on the site or even make a hedge. Raspberries, barberries, euonymus, cotoneaster, wolfberry, and magnolia can be included in this category.

Fruit

Fruit trees are often planted on summer cottage not so much for beauty, but for the opportunity to collect your own harvest. Wild fruit bushes cope with both functions. Most of them, in addition to fruits or berries, have beautiful flowers. However, not every beautifully flowering fruit bush can produce an edible harvest. For example, it is better to simply admire the wolfberry, since all its parts are poisonous, but the berries of rosehip and barberry are not only possible, but must be eaten.

Shrubs of Russia - photos and names

Each plant is adapted to certain living conditions. On the territory of such a large country as Russia, there are many climatic zones. This explains the diversity of flora in a given region. Conditions are completely different in Crimea, Kuban, Altai Territory, Volgograd Region, so it is not advisable to transport plants for planting in a garden plot. Some shrubs are unpretentious: with slight fluctuations in temperature and humidity they grow as well as in their native climate, while others do not tolerate even the slightest fluctuations in weather.

Krasnodar region

If we characterize the climate of southern Russia, then in general it can be described as moderate. The humidity here is sufficient and there is plenty of sun, which determines the predisposition of wild shrubs to sunny weather. For the most part, there are deciduous plants - both flowering and non-flowering. Wild shrubs of the Krasnodar Territory do not require specific care, which does not prevent them from being planted in a summer cottage.

It has large leaves and round red berries. Tolerates drought and cloudy weather.
You can find bush hawthorn along the edges of forest belts.
Hawthorn berries and flowers are used in the manufacture of medicines to treat heart diseases.

Brittle buckthorn:

The leaves of the bush are long and elliptical in shape. The greenish-white flowers are often lost among the leaves. Buckthorn berries are poisonous.
Shrubs grow along the edges of forests or on river banks.
Buckthorn bark is useful. It helps to get rid of such a delicate ailment as constipation.

Rostov region

Climate has an undeniable influence on flora. IN Rostov region it is temperate continental. It is hot here in the summer months, but winter is easy to endure as the temperatures are not too low. Shrub plants This region is adapted to droughts, which often occur in summer. Representatives of the flora of the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region often coincide.

Steppe almond:

A shrub with linear-lanceolate leaves and crimson flowers. There are fruits.
Grows on sunny areas.
Almond oil is used in cosmetics for skin and hair regeneration.

Caragana shrubby:

The shrub can look very lush due to the tufted growth of leaves and flowers. Frost-resistant, not sensitive to drought.
Grows mainly in forests.
Parts of caragana are often used in alternative medicine to treat various ailments.

Central Russia

The Central European part of Russia is characterized by not dry, but warm summers and frosty winters. There are predominantly broad-leaved and mixed forest zones here. Shrubs in the middle zone are usually resistant to low temperatures and easy to carry winter time of the year. You can often find not only deciduous, but also coniferous plants.

Euonymus:

Is evergreen with rounded leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
Found near deciduous or mixed forests.
Often used to build hedges.

Common honeysuckle:

Characterized by large beautiful flowers, round red berries, arranged in pairs.
Grows in forests, ravines, near rivers.
Looks beautiful on the garden plot. Gives pollen and nectar to bees.

Astrakhan region

Climate different regions Russia can vary greatly: for example, in Astrakhan region it is continental dry. In winter there is not much snow falling here; thaws often occur at this time of year. April to July sees the heaviest amount of precipitation, consisting of heavy rain and occasional hail. Interesting shrubs of the Astrakhan region grow in the delta and floodplain of the Volga.

Shrub amorpha:

It can reach a height of 6 m, has odd-pinnate elliptical leaves and small but very beautiful flowers.
Forest edges - favorite place habitats of amorpha.
Useful for autonomic disorders and neuroses.

It has thin branches, narrow pointed leaves, earrings, and fruits in the form of small boxes.
Grows in the floodplains of rivers.
A decoction is made from the bark of the shrub to dye fabrics.

Moscow

It's hard to imagine green spaces doing well in a large, densely populated city. However, the shrubs of the Moscow region and Moscow feel great in such conditions. The climate is similar to the middle zone, so the representatives of the flora are repeated. Often, gardeners near Moscow plant beautiful wild shrubs in their dachas, where they delight the eye for many years.

You can recognize rose hips by beautiful flowers with a stunning aroma of roses. Sweet fruits ripen after the bush reaches three years of age.
It can grow everywhere depending on the species.
Parts of rose hips are used for medicinal purposes. The fruits contain a large number of vitamins

An evergreen shrub with serrated leaves and umbellate inflorescences.
It is unpretentious to the lack of light, but is located where there is more moisture.
Viburnum berries and bark are used in folk medicine.

Perennial shrubs for Siberia

A huge region located in the northeast of the country is commonly called Siberia. If you dig deeper, the geography and climatic characteristics of these areas differ from each other. Wild Siberian shrubs and other flora may be adapted to slightly different conditions depending on the specific location.

Barberry:

Frost-resistant plants with oval leaves united in bunches. It has oblong red berries.
Grows with sufficient light penetration and low humidity.
The berries are used to make delicious jam, confitures, marshmallows and other sweets.

Holly crenate:

Shiny dark green leaves are complemented by white flowers and drupe fruits.
Grows best in acidic soil.
The leaves are used to make diuretics.

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It is impossible to imagine a beautiful garden without shrubs and trees that should decorate it. Any garden will look boring if the landscape design is not thought out. Living vegetation performs several functions; it ennobles the area and gives it a complete look.

Now many gardeners are purchasing ornamental shrubs for their garden plots. They have become very popular because they give us their bright colors almost all year round. Properly selected shrubs create an excellent backdrop for flowers and are often used as hedges. Types of plants and their planting are the main stages in landscaping a site. What kind of shrubs are these, what are their names, we will talk about this in our article.

Cultivated and wild shrubs

In such a large country as Russia grows a lot various types shrubs and trees, flowers and herbs. All these types can be divided into two groups:

cultural;
wild.

The first group of wild ones includes those species that people plant themselves and then take care of the bush or tree. Wild vegetation grows on its own; there is no care for them. They can only grow in an area where they can develop well, with favorable natural conditions.

Cultivated plants require constant care. A person grows them to get a harvest from a bush or tree, so takes care of them. Nowadays, decorative shrubs have become relevant for most gardeners. Without them, the garden will look dull and boring.

Shrubs for the garden

Many country property owners think about what type of shrub to choose for their plot. There are species that are very demanding to care for and they need certain climatic conditions. Most types of shrubs and trees are unpretentious; they can grow well in Russia in any weather conditions.

From an aesthetic point of view, the chosen type should have a beautiful and attractive appearance throughout the season or all year round. The bush must have beautiful and lush crown which will attract attention.

According to experts, it is necessary to choose seedlings taking into account what they will be like in 3-4 years. They should have enough free space for normal development to decorate the garden. It is recommended to buy shrubs in containers with a closed root system. In this case, they can be planted in different time of the year. The most favorable time of year for planting is considered to be late autumn, early spring or winter. At this time, they take root better and then develop.

Flowering ornamental trees and shrubs

Before choosing plants for your garden, you need to decide on the size of the plot. The most popular and relevant for most gardeners are flowering shrubs and trees. They will give almost all year good mood with its beauty. It is best to select those species that will bloom not at the same time, but at different times of the year.

Chinese lilac not as tall in size as the common species. A bush of this lilac will bloom almost all spring; it is distinguished by large and bright inflorescences. The shrub tolerates harsh winters in Russia well. If we are talking about wild Chinese lilac, then it reproduces remarkably well by seeds. Great for planting in a seating area near a gazebo.

Weigela brought from Far East. It blooms with small flowers of pale pink color and it constantly changes during the flowering of the bush. There are varieties with different periods flowering, they can have different shoot heights and different shades of flowers. Some varieties are very frost-resistant, but there are also those that need a warm climate. Weigela loves fertile soil and well-lit places for planting; only under such conditions will it delight with bright, abundant flowers.

Forsythia- This is a low shrub; during flowering, small yellow flowers appear on it. They appear almost as soon as the snow melts, and even before the leaves on the bush. She will please for a long time with its bright colors in a dull garden after winter.

Rhododendron- it belongs to the heather family and is their largest representative. These types are always used in the design of garden plots, flower arrangements. They look especially good together with coniferous shrubs or trees. Rhododendrons are not very tall in height, but can actively grow in width. Some varieties require open areas, while others tolerate close-growing trees. They are low maintenance, but always look very impressive.

Honeysuckle- has long been used on garden plots because it looks good in any direction landscape design. In total, there are more than 200 species of honeysuckle in Russia and 1/4 of them are considered wild. Climbing honeysuckle will be an ideal decoration for any garden, since its flowers resemble stars in shape, which wrap around any support and continue to curl upward.

They belong to those types of shrubs that can decorate any type of garden. The beautifully flowering bush is easy to care for, grows well in the sun and partial shade, and is well pruned. They are:

summer-blooming - bloom all summer with short pauses;
spring-flowering - bloom in May, their flowering period lasts 2-3 weeks.

Even in autumn time Years later, spirea continues to delight the eye with its appearance. The maximum plant height is up to 2.5 meters; there are varieties that can grow up to only 0.5 meters.

Chubushnik- this species also has another name - “false jasmine”. It thrives in any soil and pleases the eye with its white flowers in early summer. It is enough to plant it once, and it will grow without special care. long years. It has a wonderful aroma, can grow in the shade, easily tolerates any frost, but does not like excessive moisture. There are several varieties that bloom in different summer months, so you can plant more than one bush and inhale the aroma of white mock orange flowers all summer long.

Loquat japonica- refers to evergreen trees, can grow up to 5-6 meters in height. This is a rare ornamental plant that blooms in the winter season. Its fruits are edible and there are many varieties of medlar, but each type has a different taste of the fruit.

General rules for selection and care

It is advisable that caring for all planted plants does not take a lot of time and effort. It is best when all the bushes and trees are unpretentious to different weather conditions. It is believed that the most acceptable option for successful planting and further development of the shrub is to purchase a seedling in a container.

Before buying any variety, you must first draw a plan of your site and think about where and how the plants will be located. Some species need a lighted area, this is very important for their development.

Many shrubs and trees require special care, so it is very important to know this in advance. If there is no such opportunity and relevant experience, then it is better to refrain from purchasing.

Decorative shrubs and trees help create an attractive appearance for the entire area. In addition, they also bring great benefits, protecting from the wind and preventing weeds from growing. The main thing is to choose the right plants, provide them with regular care, and then they will give their beauty and aroma throughout the year. personal plot.

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Wild shrubs

The nature of planet Earth, both in general and in individual areas, is distinguished by a high degree of natural diversity. Every part of the world, every continent, every country boasts a unique set of animals and plants. These representatives of flora and fauna are a real decoration of the surrounding space, and are part of the harmony of nature.

The former role for a person is played different shapes plant life and a large role is played by wild shrubs.

Wild shrubs are those shrubs that live in natural habitats, that is, they grew without human intervention and are not the subject of human culture. They grow in forests, steppes, fields, and deserts. Shrubs play a very large role in the formation of undergrowth, field margins, roadsides, and they even participate in the formation of urban natural green spaces. Many forms of wild shrubs are used to create hedges, and for good reason. These types of shrubs are chosen because they are the most adapted to local conditions. There are certain guarantees that if a drought occurs, or for example the summer is very rainy, then these shrubs will survive and continue to function. The same cannot be said about the species of introduced shrubs, as well as all that have been cultivated by humans, for example, as fruit plants.

Shrubs in Russia are characterized by a very wide variety of species. They filled all stripes and latitudes, formed deciduous forests, and they also take a large part in the formation of mixed and coniferous forests. They cover mountain ranges and coastal slopes. Among these shrubs there are a large number of species that people use as economic plants, turning them into garden crops, and also as ornamental plants. The berries of many shrubs are eaten and contain a large amount of different vitamins, in particular vitamin C. They also contain a large number of other unusually useful substances. Among the most common shrubs that grow in our natural conditions, we should note snowberry (in particular, the most common species are white snowberry and riverine snowberry), meadowsweet or spirea with a large number of species, many types of hawthorn, wolfberry, honeysuckle, common barberry, hazel, rosehip, mock orange and many others.

Many types of shrubs are represented in culture by a large number of species, and this number is constantly increasing. For example, mock orange is represented in cultivation in Russia by more than 50 species, and rose is represented not only by a huge number of species, but by many thousands of varieties. However, most rose varieties are no longer wild plants, and those that grow only in culture, and without human care, are unlikely to be able to exist normally. In this case, the variety will simply degenerate and be replaced by wild relatives.

There are a large number of species of wild shrubs that people are trying in every possible way to introduce culture and grow them as ornamental, nutritious plants, as well as for landscape design purposes. Among them, it is worth noting the types of broom, juniper, hazel, barberry, gooseberry, maple, honeysuckle and other plants.

It should be noted that in many cases it is not always possible to grow such ornamental shrubs in cultivation without obstacles. Some of them are able to quite successfully adapt to the natural conditions of the local climate and begin to reproduce uncontrollably and invade natural phytocenoses. Such shrubs are called adventitious. Many of them have long since moved from the decorative category to the category weed species, which they are trying in every possible way to eliminate. For example, such a shrub as amorpha fruticosa has completely darkened the local species of shrubs from the flora on the Dnieper coast, and in some places forms impenetrable thickets. Other shrubs are less prone to invading natural phytocenoses and spread only fragmentarily. These include black and red elderberry, lilac, privet, and some types of honeysuckle. These shrubs are not particularly aggressive, and therefore people usually do not fight them unless there is a strong need for it.

One of the most valuable shrubs that are found in wildlife, and also the culture is rose hips. Rose hips in our flora are represented by a large number of species that differ in color and structure of flowers, fruits, and growth form. But they are usually united by the fact that the fruits contain a large amount of vitamins, in particular ascorbic acid. The height of most types of rose hips reaches 2 m, and the classic version of rose hips is dog rose, or dog rose. This is a shrub that has a height of one and a half to two meters, with red, strong branches that are shiny and covered with curved thorns.

Rosehip flowers are usually different shades of pink and quite bright. This plant belongs to the Rosaceae family. It has rounded leaves, which are collected several per petiole. The leaves are compound, each leaflet has small serrated edges. Rosehip fruits are bright orange color, elliptical, less often round or round-elliptical in shape. Rosehip is a plant that has been known since ancient times. Many valuable substances and vitamins were obtained from it.

Abu Ali Ibn Sina wrote about this plant, who called it a remedy for liver diseases. Currently, rose hips are valued not only as medicinal plant, but also for its decorative qualities. In addition, it should be noted that it is quite unpretentious to its growing conditions. Despite the fact that terry trees are popular among gardeners decorative roses, rosehip is also very attractive. Rose hips bloom for a very long period of time, usually from May to July, and some species and varieties bloom much later. To cook medications Almost all fragments of the plant are used, except that only leaves and roots are not used. The greatest value is the rose hips. They contain large amounts of carotenoids, vitamin C, as well as vitamins B and PP. They also contain a lot of essential oils, organic acids and flavonoid compounds, which are very necessary for better absorption of vitamin C. If rose hips are left unattended, especially in a personal plot, then this plant can begin to multiply uncontrollably and create impenetrable thickets. Therefore, it is advisable to always monitor the rosehip so that it grows where it is needed, because if it gets too neglected, it will be quite problematic to get rid of it.

The same applies to some other shrubs, which are also popular in culture and came to us from wild flora. In particular, this includes a rather valuable plant - wild blackberries. If you plant it and then leave it unattended, it simply forms impenetrable thickets, and it is also impossible to destroy it.

For summer residents who decide to decorate their plot beautiful bushes, the question immediately arises - which shrub is better to plant?

Ideally, such a plant should satisfy the following requirements:

Be beautiful throughout the summer season.
Easy to care for.
Frost-resistant, able to withstand our difficult winters.

Winter-hardy, beautifully flowering shrubs

Below are the names and characteristics of just such ornamental shrubs: frost-resistant, unpretentious and beautifully flowering.

Many shrubs have proven themselves to be winter-hardy, undemanding and at the same time very decorative in our climate. I’ll tell you about the most popular ones, which can be planted in almost all regions of our country.

Derain white

Famous for its brightly colored red bark. There is a form with large green leaves, which become multi-colored by autumn, and a more compact turf with white-edged leaves. To ensure that the tree bark is always bright, the bushes are pruned short every year, leaving stumps of shoots - a few centimeters above the soil level. With this formation, the bush forms expanding thickets.

Shrub height from one and a half to two meters.
Blooms in early summer.
Derain is exceptionally frost-resistant, decorative and unpretentious in all respects.
Grows in any soil and tolerates heat and shade well.
Suitable for planting in the background of a plot or along a fence, as well as for hedges.

This type of turf is especially beautiful in the fall.

This is a type of tree with green leaves that turn burgundy in autumn.

And this is variegated turf.

The leaves of this plant remain painted with a white pattern all summer.

This shrub is quite suitable for creating hedges.

Derain grows quickly and in order for the hedge to be always neat, it will have to be carefully looked after.

This is how the turf blooms.

The plant can be formed into either a lush bush or a small tree.

Derain does not lose its decorative effect even in winter.

Well, where else can you find a bush with such original, red shoots?

Deciduous barberries

They are distinguished by enviable winter hardiness and are easy to care for. The color of the leaves can be yellow, green, purple, red. Any fertile soil is suitable for barberries, open place or partial shade. They are easy to trim, but you don’t have to trim them, limiting yourself to removing damaged and excess branches in the spring.

The height of different types and varieties varies from 60 cm to 2 m.
An extremely unpretentious, frost-resistant shrub. Grows in shade, sun and almost any soil. The colors of the leaves are striking in their diversity.
The application is universal, from planting low-growing varieties on hills to creating hedges. It can serve as both a background and an edge; it looks beautiful on a green lawn.

Barberry Thunberg.

Such an elegant bush will decorate any hill.

Barberry goes well with conifers.

Here the barberry bush acts as the edge of the spruce.

Barberry on the lawn.

On a green lawn, variegated shrubs look very colorful.

Barberry hedge

Picturesque and practical hedges are made from barberry, but we must remember that this shrub is terribly prickly and not particularly pleasant to work with. Read more about using barberry in garden design

Spirea

Almost all spirea are fast-growing, frost-resistant shrubs, unpretentious and profusely flowering. There are two groups of spirea - spring-flowering and summer-flowering. In spring-blooming species, such as Ash Spiraea, the drooping branches are entirely decorated with tiny white flowers. These spirea bloom once. In spring-flowering spireas, old and weak branches are cut out after flowering.

Summer-flowering spirea are characterized by long flowering. Pink (various shades) flowers are usually collected in flat spherical or spike-shaped inflorescences. Of the summer-flowering spireas, interesting is the Boumalda spirea (height 60 cm), blooming with graceful, carmine-pink flat inflorescences. The Goldflame variety has young leaves that are yellow and orange, so the bush looks very elegant in spring.

Varieties of Japanese spirea (height 60 cm) are also very interesting. For example, the Crispa variety is distinguished by very decorative bright flowers.

The height of the bushes, depending on the variety, is from 0.5 m to 2 m.
If you select spring-flowering and summer-flowering varieties, flowering can continue almost throughout the spring and summer.
Spiraea does not require fertile soil. Grows quickly in both sun and partial shade. Most spirea are winter-hardy and do not need shelter even in frosty winters.
These shrubs are not only decorative, but also have a wide variety of sizes, bush shapes, leaf colors and different flowering times. Thanks to these qualities, you can decorate the garden with only spirea.

Spiraea Vangutta.

Such tall shrubs are suitable for single plantings or for growing in hedges.

You can create such a picturesque corner by planting spirea with hostas and juniper.

Spiraea japonica

The low-growing Japanese spirea makes elegant borders. It also looks appropriate in rockeries.

Hydrangea

Tree hydrangea, a shrub of North American origin, proved to be the most winter-hardy. Other species (originally from China and Japan) are less frost-resistant and more difficult to care for.

Tree hydrangea is common in our gardens, but for some reason everyone wants to see plants with blue, pink or even reddish inflorescences in their gardens. Such hydrangeas, of course, are spectacular, but more capricious, although among them there are varieties that some gardeners successfully grow in the northern regions.

But if you haven't grown hydrangea in your garden, start with tree hydrangea, an easy-to-care-for, showy shrub with huge caps of white flowers.

Hydrangea paniculata grows well in the harsh regions of Russia, a very beautiful wintering shrub up to three meters high (ours does not reach such a height) with a dense spherical crown. The inflorescence is a wide-pyramidal panicle 15-30 cm long and 30 cm wide. The flowers are white, turning red in autumn.

The height of the bushes is up to two meters.
Blooms from mid-summer.
Hydrangeas are extremely moisture-loving, tolerate shade well, and love well-drained, fertile, acidic soil. Therefore, peat is added when planting. The soil can be acidified with iron sulfate.
Hydrangeas are planted as single bushes or in groups. The plant goes well with other coniferous and deciduous ornamental shrubs.

Such a picturesque shrub is sure to attract attention.

Cinquefoil shrub

Deciduous shrubs, prostrate or compact. The bush-like forms of cinquefoil have three names at once: Kuril tea, bush cinquefoil and cinquefoil. Cinquefoil is made attractive by the abundance of small flowers. The most common is the form with yellow flowers.

The flowers are solitary or in a few racemes or umbellate inflorescences, medium-sized. The plant's bright green, small carved foliage is also decorative. Cinquefoils do not tolerate dry air well.

Bushes one to one and a half meters high.
The shrub blooms for a very long time - almost from the beginning of summer to the beginning of autumn.
Cinquefoils are photophilous, although they tolerate slight partial shade, are quite drought-resistant, and require rich soils, which should be moderately moist.
Winter-hardy: species forms can withstand forty-degree frosts, varieties are less tolerant of low temperatures.
Cinquefoil is suitable for creating borders and low hedges, looks elegant in single and group plantings, and combines harmoniously with coniferous plants.

Here is such a neat bush of Potentilla fruticosa.

Cinquefoil tolerates clipping well and makes colorful hedges and borders.

Bladderwort viburnum

Large, frost-resistant shrub. Both of its forms - both with golden and purple leaves - are always decorative: in the spring, when the leaves bloom, during flowering (it blooms with white corymbose inflorescences) and after it, when clusters of red fruits are formed.

The height of the bushes, depending on the variety, is from one to three meters.
Flowering in early summer, for 20 days.
Bladderwort is unpretentious, drought-resistant and shade-tolerant, but it is better to plant in full sun so that the leaves retain their bright color.
Suitable for tall hedges and single plantings.

Diabolo bladderwort.

These are the different types of vesicles. There are shrubs with different leaf colors.

Bladderwort Luteus.

Snowberry

Snowberries come in white and pink. If you are interested in the most cold-resistant shrubs, then plant white snowberry; it can easily tolerate even the coldest winters.

Over time, it grows strongly and can grow in any conditions, both in the open sun and in the dense shade of trees. The shrub is valued for its many large, decorative, white marble-like fruits that form in the fall.

Easy to trim, bushes are thinned out in early spring, cut in summer.

It grows up to 2.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters high.
Snowberry grows on any soil, prefers a sunny place. Minimal care: the plant is drought-resistant, does not require fertilizing, can easily tolerate heat, and is not susceptible to diseases and pests.
With its white fruits it looks good on dark greenery: on the lawn, against the backdrop of conifers.

Snowberry hedges look elegant and require very little maintenance.

Snowberry fruits.

Ornamental shrubs for summer cottages with average winter hardiness

The plants described below, although they are not particularly frost-resistant, do not require special shelter for the winter. In most cases, simply covering the bushes with snow is enough.

Deytsia

If the action is given room, in June it will be covered with small flowers. The color of the flowers (and they can be both double and non-double) varies from white to intense pink.

In our climate, Deutzia rough is considered the most unpretentious. It blooms with white and pink flowers. It is not very demanding on the soil; it grows well wherever water does not stagnate. Adapts to both sun and partial shade. Faded branches are pruned after flowering. Old branches are cut down to the base.

Most varieties of deutia do not exceed 120-170 cm in height.
Flowering in spring and summer (depending on variety)
The shrub is easy to care for; drought-resistant and not susceptible to diseases and pests. In winter, it is advisable to press the branches to the ground (at -25º the buds freeze slightly)
Deutia makes picturesque, unformed hedges. You can plant a mixborder in the background or cover the base of tall bushes.

Beautiful deutzia.

Planting deutia hedges in the northern regions is not recommended. Still, this shrub is not winter-hardy enough for such purposes.

In the southern regions, deutzia is quite suitable for creating hedges

Keria japonica

An unpretentious shrub that blooms annually in April-May with yellow flowers. May bloom again.

The non-double form is very elegant: slender, slightly drooping branches reaching a length of one and a half meters, yellow flowers similar to large flowers Buttercup And after flowering, the bush looks lovely, thanks to its very beautiful bright green leaves, similar to young birch leaves.

The height of the bushes is up to two meters.
Blooms in spring. Flowering is long, almost two months.
Prefers a place in the sun. It can grow in partial shade, but its decorative qualities are noticeably lost. Regular watering and periodic feeding are required.
Used for single and group plantings. It goes well with conifers and looks beautiful on a green lawn.

Keria is distinguished by early and bright flowering.

This plant can also be grown in pots. Of course, the size of the bush in this case will be much more modest.

Keria can also be grown on the balcony.

Weigela

When in bloom, it is the most beautiful of all the shrubs listed above. But to show off its drooping branches in all its glory, it requires a lot of space. Loves fertile soil and annual pruning, but is generally unpretentious. Immediately after flowering the branches withered flowers shorten.

Weigela Variegata is more compact and restrained in growth - a bush up to 120 cm high with pale pink flowers and yellow-edged leaves.

Weigels do not like to grow in the wind. When planting, it is necessary to maintain a distance between seedlings of at least two meters.

On average, the height of weigela is 1.5 - 2 meters.
It blooms in May-June with pink, white or ruby-red tubular flowers. Prone to re-blooming.
Weigela grows in any soil, in direct sun and partial shade.
The most frost-resistant varieties that winter well both in Siberia and in the Moscow region: “Alba”, “Striatum”, “Shtyriaka”, “Bristol ruby”.
Considering the high decorative value of this shrub, it is usually planted in the foreground: at the entrance to the house, along the paths or on the lawn.

Weigela rosea hybrid.

Weigela will harmoniously fit into any corner of the garden.

Weigela Red Prince

Chaenomeles (Japanese quince)

A very common shrub because it can grow on any soil, both in the sun and in the shade. It blooms brightly in spring and bears golden, fragrant fruits in autumn. The bushes do not need pruning: they are thinned out occasionally.

The diameter of Chaenomeles flowers is 3 - 5 cm.

It should be noted that weigela, deutzia, and kerria can have severely frozen branches in severe winters. But nothing bad will happen: the bushes grow quickly.

Of all the listed assortments, I love summer spireas, weigelas, bladderworts and barberries the most for their beautiful and long flowering, highly decorative throughout the season

Shrubs should be placed in accordance with their growth and ability to grow in breadth.

About the rules for pruning ornamental shrubs

All of the plants listed are not rare; they are quite easy to acquire.