What shrubs to plant in the sun. Drought-resistant flowers and plants: decorating a flowerbed in a sunny area

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Delphiniums are very popular among gardeners. These are plants densely strewn with bell-shaped flowers. Its flowers are large, so the plant needs support so that it does not lie on the ground.

Phlox grows well in the sun. Phlox paniculata is a perennial plant of low growth. Its peduncles are dense, with large flowers different colors. Phlox smells very nice. If you prune it after flowering, it will bloom a second time over the summer.

Heliopsis is a perennial, somewhat reminiscent of a sunflower. Its flowers are large and remain on the plant for a long time.

Daylily is a perennial with large flowers in the form of stars or bells. It is growing quite a lot.

Rudbeckia - very unpretentious plant, with daisy-shaped inflorescences. This plant grows strongly and quickly, so it needs constant pruning.

Catnip is a shrub-like plant that can be trimmed to any shape. It blooms numerous small flowers. Catnip is suitable for any flower bed.

Mallow is a tall plant with numerous flowers. Its flowers are simple, the color ranges from pink to purple. They are often planted at the end of the plot so that they tower above all the other flowers.

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Helpful advice

You can prolong the flowering of perennial plants if you prune them after flowering.

Large “golden balls” and small variegated sunflowers – there are several dozen varieties of rudbeckia, but they are all similar in their bright, warm colors and requirements for growing conditions.

You will need

- rudbeckia seeds;
- fertilizers;
- support for plants.

Instructions

Rudbeckias love open sunny places (however, they tolerate a little shade) and fertile light soils - preferably clay and pre-fertilized with humus or compost. Rudbeckias need to be replanted to a new location every five years.

All rudbeckias, except for varieties of perennial species, reproduce and persist for three years. To get the plants ready by July, place them in late March - early April (after spring frosts). Sprinkle the seeds thin layer soil and water a little. The distance between plants should be at least 40 cm. Young rudbeckias should sprout in 2-3 weeks.

After sprouts appear, the soil should always be slightly moist. Water rudbeckias generously, especially in hot weather.

Rudbeckias do not suffer from insect pests. However, the plant is required. The first fertilizing is applied at the very beginning of rudbeckia growth. Dilute one tablespoon of potassium sulfate and the same amount of nitrophoska and Agricola for flowering plants in 10 liters of water. Use three liters of solution per square meter. Carry out the second feeding three weeks after the first. Complex fertilizers with nitrogen and potassium are also suitable (and there should be more nitrogen than potassium).

If you pick up the faded “baskets” of rudbeckia in a timely manner, you can extend its flowering period.

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note

Rudbeckias are the closest relatives of asters. The plant got its name in honor of the Swedish botanist and teacher of Carl Linnaeus, Olaf Rudbeck.

Helpful advice

Perennial species can also be propagated either by seeds or by dividing the root with buds or a bush.

Sources:

Encyclopedia of flowers

Rudbeckia has become a garden favorite in recent years. Its growing popularity is due to two undeniable advantages. Firstly, there is an abundance of new varieties. Among them are tall and dwarf, double, simple and semi-double inflorescences, many sunny shades - yellow, sand, orange, reddish-brown and even bicolor. Secondly, these are Spartan plants that will grow and bloom in any weather, while maintaining their excellent decorative qualities.

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Rudbeckia pilosa and its hybrids are often grown as annuals.

The varietal mixture "Gloriosa" has beautiful golden-yellow shades of large inflorescences reaching 15 cm in diameter. Plants taller than 75cm. The flowers look good in flower beds, complementing other plants. They are especially beautiful in cloudy weather. Basket inflorescences lift your spirits with their cheerful appearance.

The tall variety mixture "Cherokee Sunset" has double and semi-double flowers. The inflorescences have the most delightful and colorful shades of orange-yellow, bronze-red. The flowers are good in flower beds and showy as cut flowers. A strong branched bush reaches 70cm and blooms until October.

Decorative shrubs for a summer residence, photos and names of which will be presented in this article, are often precisely those elements that harmonize the overall picture and emphasize the necessary nuances of the site so that it looks attractive, bright and harmonious. They are like strokes on a canvas that will help to correctly “dilute” the flowerbeds with the necessary details and place accents on certain places. I am sure that every summer resident, gardener, owner of a personal plot wants to do everything correctly and carefully so that vegetables, fruit trees, beds with herbs are all in their places.

Depending on the size of your plot, imagination and general preferences, ornamental shrubs can be a background for other plantings, an element of garden compositions, appear in the form of hedges, or act as the main nuance to which everyone’s attention will be focused.

In this article I would like to talk about the most popular shrubs, most often planted in our region, and, of course, the most beautiful. It is unrealistic to cover the entire spectrum of these representatives of this plant kingdom, but it is worth paying our attention to the main flowering ones, as well as decorative foliage ones.

How to beautifully plant ornamental shrubs: basic placement criteria

The very first thing is to choose a plant that will feel comfortable in the climatic conditions of your region. You need to choose a specific variety based on this factor. The second nuance is its location.

If you purchase a sun-loving representative, then you need to plant it in a sunny place, where there will be a lot of light and not even a hint of shadow. But shade-loving ones, on the contrary, should be placed in shaded areas, or even in the shade of buildings or large trees. This is important, since the wrong choice of location can affect not only the brightness of the colors of the foliage or the splendor of flowers on the shrub, but also its viability.

The overall picture of the garden should also be taken into account when choosing a particular plant. In a small area, tall and lush specimens will look out of place. But, for example, flowering frost-resistant, low, beautiful bushes are ideal, and they will delight you with their appearance until the cold weather.

Such representatives include dwarf varieties Cossack juniper Tamariscifolia and Green Carpet are low-growing, creeping along the ground, very frost-resistant. These are ideal options for creating compact alpine slides, rockeries, lawn edgings, and borders.

Shrubs for hedges should also be selected from among low or medium-sized representatives with a dense crown, so that later instead of an attractive fence you do not end up with columns of tall thickets. Thorny bushes, decorative flowering, columnar representatives, for example, junipers are optimally suited for such a design. For joint plantings weigela, buddleia, spirela, oleander are well suited; they will look harmonious with other green fellows growing nearby. And if you want to form an arch or, for example, decorate a gazebo or fence, then in this case you should choose climbing types.

The choice is wide! For each site of any size and shape, you can find your own option. In addition to flowering plants, there are many varieties of shrubs with amazing foliage colors, unusual crowns, and leaf shapes. Diversity is an important aspect in this matter. In most cases, the dacha landscape is divided into three zones (or tiers): the lower one - vegetable beds and flower beds, the upper one - fruit trees. But bushes can occupy the so-called middle zone. The correct selection and combination of plants with each other is the main goal for a summer resident who strives for beauty, comfort and harmony in his plot.

Decorative deciduous or flowering shrubs are not only a pleasure to contemplate, but also functional plants. Thus, by planting them near the fence, you can create a barrier from prying eyes or unwanted penetration (spiky varieties).

With their help, it is very convenient to zone a site, for example, to separate recreation areas and an area for growing garden crops.

Borders, paths, hedges, which have already been mentioned, creating protection (shade) for more delicate shade-loving plants, decoration of some unsightly fragments on the site - all this can be decorated, decorated or hidden with the help of a variety of bushes and shrubs. And if you decide to plant fruit representatives, you will be additionally rewarded for your efforts with healthy berries.

Flowering shrubs for the garden

Some of these representatives are also fruit-bearing; this nuance will be indicated in the description.

Weigela

I’ll start, perhaps, with flowering weigela. This shrub looks great both during and after flowering. The Nana Variegata variety can also be classified as a decorative deciduous variety; its foliage has a beautiful golden border, and Nana Purpurea has dark, red-brown leaves.

Weigela Nana Purpurea

The blooming weigela species delights the eye with pink bell-shaped flowers that bloom in waves throughout the season (usually the entire month of May). The first wave is the most abundant. Some varieties can produce color twice a year, such as Weigela Middendorf.

Weigel Middendorf

Spirea

Spiraea is very unpretentious and very beautiful. Its varieties can bloom in both spring and summer. If you calculate the time correctly, then you can plant these two species in such a way that one fades and the second just enters the flowering phase. Some varieties of spirea have beautiful foliage- Vagnutta, Pink Ice. For this reason, they can be classified as decorative deciduous shrubs.

Spiraea Wangutta

Spiraea blooms profusely and luxuriantly, bending its branches literally covered with white flowers to the very ground.

The low, slow-growing Japanese spirea blooms with lush lilac-pink inflorescences. It is also attractive and a honey plant, like its white-flowering variety.

Spiraea japonica

Spiraea are not particularly picky about the choice of soil, but you should pay attention to the light/shade requirements of different varieties.

Spiraea in winter:

Jasmine or mock orange

Garden jasmine or mock orange - what would you do without it?! Because of its enchanting aroma, almost everyone knows and loves it. Today there are multiple varieties and hybrids of it - all of them are very attractive. Flowers vary in size, shape, color and aroma.

But in our case we are talking about a white-flowered representative - frost-resistant, disease-resistant, very unpretentious (can be placed in the shade or in a place illuminated by sunlight). It looks equally great in group plantings and in single plantings, the main thing is to water it on time, but do not allow water to stagnate in the area around the tree trunk. The flowering time of mock orange depends on its variety, but it usually begins in May and lasts about a month. There are those that bloom both in summer and early autumn.

Chubushnik:

Jasmine (mock orange)

Kalina

Viburnum refers to both fruiting specimens and decorative deciduous plants. A unique plant in every sense: it blooms beautifully with large white spherical inflorescences, the berries are useful, and are widely used as medicine. The foliage is also noteworthy: its shade varies from rich green to gold and red.

In general, viburnum has many species (about 200), among which you can even find evergreen specimens. In our area, the most common and popular are its two familiar species - common viburnum and viburnum bulldonezh. They are frost-resistant, unpretentious, decorative at any time of the year, love shade and moderate watering. Flowering time: mid-May/late June, approximately 20 days.

Viburnum viburnum in bloom and with fruits:

Viburnum common

Kalina buldenezh:

Kalina buldenezh

Rose hip

Some shrubs that can grow in the country do not even need introduction or recommendations, for example, rose hips. It is attractive in appearance, useful in many ways, not only will it decorate your site in the spring when it blooms with pink or red flowers, but it will also create a thorny barrier if you plant it along the fence. In some of its varieties, the flowers are not inferior in beauty to roses (double type), and varieties with healing red berries will give you a natural “medicine”, valuable qualities which everyone knows. Rosehip is unpretentious, branches quickly, has a very dense crown, prefers sun or partial shade. It blooms from May to August.

Rosehip blooms

Rosehip fence

Rosehip leaf in autumn

Lilac

Fragrant, with many colors and shades - lilac! It's hard to imagine without her country cottage area or local area, be it a private or multi-storey building. Lilac is a fairly large (up to 2, 3 or more meters in height) shrub. Even on small area, at least one bush, but you can plant it. There are many different varieties of lilacs.

It is resistant to cold, unpretentious, beautiful in itself (good when planted alone). It is preferable to place it in a sunny place, but lilac will also feel comfortable in partial shade. When planting, leave free space around it so that it does not feel crowded. Flowering time is May, for some the period extends until June.

Common lilac

White lilac

Hungarian lilac

Lilac Beauty of Moscow

Forsythia

Flowering forsythia shrubs are the real “suns” on your site! She's blooming in early spring bright yellow bells, and foliage on the bush appears after the flowers have fallen. The period of abundant flowering lasts approximately three weeks.

This is a heat-loving representative that shows its decorative potential to the maximum in the warm regions of our country. It looks great as a stand-alone plant or surrounded by bulbous flowers. Suitable for forming hedges, does not like waterlogged soil, drafts and cold winds. It prefers light, fertile soil; it is better to protect it with covering material in the winter. Its other name is forsythia. Forsythia bushes are medium in size and suitable for small areas.

Forsythia:

Forsythia bush shaped like a ball

Hydrangea

There are shrubs that grow and bloom where many others refuse to develop and produce color. Hydrangea, which prefers shade and moist soil, belongs to these specimens. This frost-resistant shrub blooms with large snow-white, lilac, pink, blue, and purple “balls.” If you cut a hydrangea flower and put it in a vase, it will last quite a long time.

Hydrangea is characterized by long flowering, which begins around July and continues until early autumn. Some varieties, for example “Freudenstein,” bloom until October inclusive. This is a non-capricious plant that feels good even on acidic soil, which most flower and garden representatives do not like. Can be used in single plantings, but also looks harmonious in company with rhododendrons, clematis, lilies, roses, all kinds of hostas, and fern varieties.

Hydrangea, photo:

Hydrangea bushes

Hydrangea paniculata Vanilla Frazee

Budleya David

Buddleia is a shrub that has become quite popular among gardeners lately. Its blue, lilac, pink, slightly elongated inflorescences consist of multiple small flowers that exude a magical sweet aroma. This plant can reach 3 meters in height, blooms for quite a long time, from mid-July to the second half of September. Due to some external similarity, it is sometimes called autumn lilac.

Looks attractive when planted alone on a lawn, as well as in the company of cinquefoil and low-growing ground cover roses. It is also good as a tub plant, but the container for it must be large. Thus, by placing buddleia in a voluminous flowerpot, you can decorate a terrace or a place near the steps or entrance to the room. Loves sunlit places, drained fertile soil, does not like drafts and windy areas.

Buddleya David:

Budleya David bush

Budleya Davida inflorescences

Deytsia

A relative of hydrangea and mock orange, deutia is characterized by abundant and long flowering (from 30 to 60 days). If you plant it in partial shade and protected from drafts, starting around June, it will bloom with densely growing white-pink or snow-white (depending on the variety) racemose inflorescences.

Most varieties of deutia are tall flowering shrubs that can reach 4 meters in height. Looks great as a hedge and in single plantings.

Deutzia bush

Deutia inflorescences

Japonica

In fact, there are a great many flowering shrubs; unfortunately, it is simply impossible to describe them all in one article. Many of them combine the beauty of flowering and the taste of fruit, such as Chaenomeles (or Japanese Quince), which grows up to 2 meters or more and blooms with bright, eye-catching red flowers. Subsequently it produces edible fruits ranging in size from 3 to 6 cm.

Chaenomeles or Japanese quince:

Chaenomeles blooms

Chaenomeles fruits

Broom

Very handsome and popular. Depending on the variety, it blooms with “moth” flowers of different shades. This representative is so unpretentious that he will feel comfortable even on poor soil. Resistant to drought and cold, unpretentious, looks great in single and group plantings. This honey plant is often planted on slopes.

Broom:

Broom Lena:

Broom blooms for about 30 days and comes in different heights, again, depending on the variety.

tree peony

It is impossible not to mention the tree peony, whose luxurious beauty will become a true decoration of your site.

tree peony

Rhododendron

Also, rhododendron is a garden favorite among southern summer residents; with the onset of spring, this shrub is simply buried in pink, lilac, lilac, and red bouquets of flowers.

Rhododendron

Decorative deciduous shrubs for the garden

This is a separate category of shrubs, without which, often, not a single summer cottage can do. As is the case with flowering varieties, it will not be possible to talk about all worthy specimens in one article, but it is worth focusing your attention on individual representatives. In most cases, decorative deciduous shrubs do not require special care; their longevity is a separate advantage. Having planted a bush once, creating comfortable living conditions, you can admire it for many years.

Red Japanese maple

If you like a riot of red shades, then you should definitely plant red on your plot Japanese maple. This is a shrub with a voluminous crown; its foliage is initially brightly green color, then, closer to autumn, it becomes reddish-orange and eventually turns into a bright red, carmine hue.

In fact, Japanese maple There are many varieties, each of which has its own attractive foliage color. The variety “Aconitifolium” has orange-red leaves, “Vitifolium” has carmine-red leaves, one of the most popular is “Atropurpureum” which has dark red, almost black-red foliage. They look great anywhere on the site, love partial shade, harmonize with conifers, and combine with ferns and hostas.

Red Japanese maple:

Fieldfare

The frost-resistant Rowan-leaved Sam is very unpretentious, grows quickly, is beautiful in bloom, but its foliage deserves special attention. Openwork leaves have interesting feature– gradient, transition from one shade to another. Orange, red, yellow, pinkish, green - all these colors smoothly mix with each other on one single piece of paper. From a distance it resembles a bright fire; a riot of colors is observed throughout the entire season, especially closer to autumn. It can be used in group plantings to hide unattractive landscape details; it grows equally well in sunny areas and in partial shade. Fieldfare is not particularly picky about soil, but moist, loose and nutritious soil is more preferable for it. Drought is undesirable for him.

Rowan-leaved Sam:

Barberry

Barberries are a separate topic; the first among them, in terms of its external characteristics, is the Thunberg barberry with purple leaves. Even in winter, its red thorny branches attract attention. With the arrival of spring, it blooms with reddish leaves, against which yellow flowers they look very elegant. Gradually, closer to summer, the barberry foliage becomes intensely red, and in the fall all shades of burgundy, scarlet and carmine color the entire plant.

Prefers sunny and semi-shaded places, is unpretentious, but does not respond well to excessive soil moisture. The scope of application is wide - from hedges to single plantings or planting in a flower bed surrounded by other flower representatives. Its dwarf variety is considered to be the variety "Atropurpurea Nana".

Barberry Thunberg, photo:

Variety of Thurnberg barberry - Tini Gold:

Variegated varieties of barberry are Rose Glow (red leaves with pink dots), Admiration with golden edging along the edges of the red leaf, Kelleris with white-green foliage, Natasza with pink-greenish-white leaves.

Barberry Admiration:

Barberry with golden foliage Golden Rocket is incredibly attractive; the greenish-golden leaves of this shrub are so bright that they are visible to the eye from afar and attract attention. They look ideal on green lawns, in the form of hedges, on mixboards among other plants.

Barberry Golden Rocket:

Barberries with golden foliage have several varieties, but they are all distinguished by main feature– leaf color. For example, barberry Diabolicum has a red edge around the edges of a greenish-yellow, almost golden leaf. Compact varieties of these shrubs are Tiny Gold (photo above) and Bonanza Gold.

Barberry with golden foliage (left):

Composition of several varieties of barberry

Derain

Doren is a very attractive shrub, and at any time of the year and even completely without foliage! There are many varieties of dogwood, for example, Elegantissima with white-green leaves, Siberica Variegata has reddish-green foliage with pink edging around the edges, Kesselring boasts chameleon leaves of a brownish-pink hue with the addition of yellow and green colors.

When winter comes and the turf sheds its leaves, its shoots directed upward have a bright red color and clearly stand out against the white snow. It is unpretentious, shade-tolerant, frost-resistant, and takes root on any soil. The maximum height of this representative is 3 meters, but red turf can grow even higher. Of course, it takes up a lot of space, but the color of its foliage is simply stunning. If you own a large plot, it may make sense to pay attention to red turf.

Red dogwood, photo:

Red dogwood in winter:

Euonymus

Fortune's euonymus is a rather low-growing (up to 60 cm) shrub, native to China. It has many varieties, but all of them are distinguished by the variegated, noticeable color of the foliage. It can be shaped like a bush, or it can be shaped like a vine, setting the direction with a rope, and there, with its aerial roots, it will cling to anything, even a wall.

Depending on the variety, euonymus has different colour leaf edges. For example, the leaves can be pale green with a white edge, or they can be bright green with a yellow edge (Emerald Gold variety). This is a frost-resistant plant, not capricious, loves moderately moist soil, looks great as a single element or the main accent of a flower bed, in a word - good in any form and looks appropriate in a company that matches the color.

Euonymus Fortune:

Bladderwort

Bladderwort is very interesting because, depending on the variety, it has completely different foliage colors. This is a non-capricious plant, however, it will feel more comfortable on loose, moderately moist soil. Widely used in landscape design: some varieties can be cut and given any shape, other varieties are used to create borders or hedges. He is good and attractive both on his own and in the company of other garden representatives.

I advise you to pay attention to the following vesicles: Diabolo, which has dark red, almost black leaves and looks impressive, but a little gothic. In spring its foliage has more light shade– carmine red, but then gradually darkens. The Darts Gold variety, on the contrary, has a cheerful leaf color - yellow-fiery. And the Nugget variety changes the shade of the foliage depending on the time of year; at first the leaves are yellow, and towards autumn they turn green. Red-leaved bladderwort is another popular species, with scarlet leaves in the spring and dark burgundy, beetle leaves with the arrival of cold weather.

Bubble plant in the country:

When talking about decorative deciduous shrubs, one cannot help but recall the Japanese spirea, which not only has beautiful flowers, but also multi-colored, bright foliage.

The leaves of common heather do not lose their beauty even with the arrival of winter; it is unpretentious, but loves sunlight.

The shrubs that you want to choose for your dacha should always be divided by height, requirements (pretentious/unpretentious), frost resistance, and compatibility with other plants.

Spiraea foliage in autumn, photo:

Weigela foliage, photo:

Hawthorn also comes to mind, which has so many different varieties that among them any gardener can find a shrub to his taste. Hawthorn bushes can be used to form any shape; its fruits are medicinal and are used in folk and official medicine. In its “behavior” it is somewhat similar to boxwood; it looks great in the design of hedges, in group plantings, as well as in a single specimen.

A hedge of ornamental shrubs

A hedge is one of the most popular, interesting and favorite gardening “structures”, in which green spaces act as a “building” material. Depending on the desired result, the hedge can be designed in the form of a low border or, conversely, a high green wall. You can choose any shape or length of such a fence; this is a truly creative activity that almost always gives an excellent result. A green fence can hide unsightly elements of a summer cottage (for example, an old fence, fencing), highlight separate areas on the territory, or emphasize other accents of landscape design.

When choosing shrubs for this purpose, you need to consider the following parameters:

Varieties of shrubs - in fact, the choice of plants for creating hedges is very large. It is necessary to approach the choice not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also from a practical one. These can be homogeneous shrubs or a mixed version, when different varieties and species are used that are in harmony with each other.
Plant growth rate - calculate all the nuances: how often do you visit the dacha, will you be able to trim and adjust the bushes on time. In what place does the shrub you have chosen grow (sunny or shaded) and how will it manifest itself in this area. This also includes the question of the shape of the future hedge, so the growth rate of the bushes is a very pressing issue.
Height of shrubs - before making your final choice, carefully study the potential of the bush and compare its capabilities with your wishes. This point also includes the density (width) of the plantings; you may have to plant them in two or even three rows.
Preparing the soil for bushes - take this factor into account; certain types of ornamental shrubs require a special soil composition. If in doubt, choose the most unpretentious varieties or consult with more experienced gardeners in this matter. In some cases, you will have to pre-prepare the soil for the desired variety of shrubs.

If you are a beginner, give preference to non-capricious and shade-tolerant specimens that will not require daily soil moisture. Although it is the last aspect that depends on how often you visit the dacha. Remember that the most successful mixed-type hedges are obtained by planting plants with the same (or similar) biological requirements for moisture, light, soil quality, as well as with a similar growth rate.

Thuja hedge, photo:

If we consider coniferous shrubs for a hedge, then dwarf forms of spruce, thuja or juniper will suit you. Such a hedge will always be green, at any time of the year.

The dwarf spruce Nidiformis is unpretentious, has a bright green color, and does not exceed one meter in height. Small bushes are planted at a distance of 1 meter from each other; no pruning is done until the next season, until the spruce grows. Further correction is made from the sides (by two-thirds of the length of the branches) and from above (by cutting the upper branches by about a third of their length).

Spruce Nidiformis, photo:

Norway spruce hedge:

In nature, thuja is presented not only in the form of a tree, but also a bush. It is the bushy and dwarf varieties of thuja that are used to create hedges. This plant is easy to give the desired shape and height, it emits a pleasant pine aroma, is always green and looks great. T and Smaragd or Brabant are most often used by Russians to design green hedges. Thuja seedlings are planted approximately 50 or 70 cm from each other, and trimming and trimming are done only in the 2nd or 3rd year of the plants’ life. Smaragd is cut less often, Brabant - more often, all thujas are frost-resistant and perform well when planted in clay or sandy soil. Moderate soil moisture is the best option for them. Varieties Hosery, Danica, Teddy, Little Dorrit are also suitable for creating hedges.

Juniper is one of the favorite, popular, easy-to-cut and easy-to-care plants for decorating green hedges. It loves sunlight and is resistant to drought and cold, but it should be protected from excessively moist soil (avoid swampiness). You should not plant it if your site is dominated by clay soil. The bushes are planted at a distance of 60-80 cm from each other, and pruning is done approximately 2 times a year. Please note that juniper grows quite quickly.

Juniper, photo:

Juniper hedge in one of the southern cities

If you want to create a hedge from climbing plant, and very quickly, pay attention to Aubert's Highlander. This is one of the fastest growing liana shrubs, reaching one and a half meters in length per season. This plant is unpretentious to the soil, often needs adjustment (pruning), blooms with thick white inflorescences and requires a pre-installed strong support.

Aubert's Highlander, photo:

Hops is a shrub and at the same time a climbing vine. Unpretentious, frost-resistant, loves moist soil, does not need frequent adjustments. The plant produces very nice medium-sized buds that only add to the beauty of the dense, bright green foliage. He also needs reliable and strong support and a garter.

A luxurious hedge is made from climbing roses. Depending on your preferences, you can choose any variety with the desired shade of buds.

The Graham Thomas variety produces yellow flowers, Adelaide d'Orleans - white buds with a yellowish center, Super Dorothy blooms with numerous lush pink buds, Alaska - a snow-white rose, delicate and at the same time solemn.

Such a hedge will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. Be prepared for care and regular pruning; if you choose roses, they will also need support. Rose bushes can also be used in this capacity.

A hedge of climbing roses, photo:

Clematis is an ornamental shrub and at the same time a liana. This plant loves sun, fertile, drained and slightly alkaline soil. It turns into a dense fence in about 2 or 3 years; it looks very impressive thanks to the large flowers of a wide variety color range, as well as dense, rich green foliage. Requires strong support, like all vines.

The thorn (or blackthorn) reaches a height of two meters, blooms with white flowers densely spaced towards each other, and has multiple spines. When planting thorns to create a hedge, each bush will need to be secured and tied to a peg. This way you will set the shrub in the right direction and support it at first until it gains strength. The first month after planting, seedlings should be watered regularly. The blackthorn grows very quickly and produces dark blue fruits - wild plums (delicious, slightly tart in taste).

Blackthorn, photo:

Sea buckthorn is a useful and very attractive-looking shrub, ornamental and fruit-bearing, I would say. Gardeners recommend planting shrubby sea buckthorn in two rows. Despite the fact that trimming reduces the yield of sea buckthorn, the aesthetic side of the matter only benefits from this. This frost-resistant plant can be with or without thorns. Requires pre-installed reliable support - then everything will be beautiful and even.

Snowberry is an incredibly attractive shrub. It got its name thanks to its snow-white fruits, which are located on the branches in the form of clusters. Even when the plant loses all its foliage, these berries remain for a long time, sometimes even until spring. The shrub itself is excellent for forming hedges; it grows up to one and a half to two meters in height. Often there is no need for special adjustments, since the branches themselves bend to the ground under the weight of the bunches. If you trim the plant regularly, it most likely will not bear fruit. The shrub is unpretentious, frost-resistant, blooms in mid-summer with inconspicuous small bell-shaped flowers of a white-green or pinkish hue. The berries are poisonous to humans, but they are quite edible for birds.

Snowberry, photo:

For a hedge, it is best to choose densely leafed plants that are easy to form. Such a “fence” should be tight, without so-called gaps. Depending on your preferences, you can choose a flowering or evergreen, coniferous option.

Fruit bushes, such as Schmidt Currant, Felt Cherry or Gooseberry, are suitable not only for creating green hedges, but will also additionally reward you with edible fruits.

When choosing a shrub, take into account its characteristics, resistance to cold, and soil requirements. It is quite possible that to maintain an attractive appearance, some representatives will need periodic feeding and fertilizing. No matter how unpretentious the variety you choose may seem, maintaining a decent appearance green hedge will require you to invest time and effort. Any shrub will have to be refined, trimmed, and kept in shape. Poor soil should be fed with fertilizers at least once a year, and fertile soils - once every 4 years.

The above-mentioned flowering shrubs, such as spirea, jasmine, lilac, and rose hips, can also be used to create a hedge. They can be combined with each other and planted alternately. Different varieties of barberries planted one after another (variety by variety) will create an incredible effect. Cypress bushes (dwarf varieties) are also ideal for forming green “fences”.

Berry Yew, which does not exceed 60 cm in height, grows in rounded bushes - it is also excellent for this purpose.

It all depends on your imagination and availability of free time. Always keep in mind that tall shrubs require more space between placing seedlings. Do not forget also about the climatic characteristics of your region when choosing an ornamental shrub.

Ornamental shrubs are most often planted either in the fall, before frost sets in, or in early spring, when the buds on the trees are just beginning to awaken and the snow has already melted. Moreover, holes for spring planting should be prepared in the fall - apply appropriate fertilizers, calculate the depth and width of the hole for a certain type of shrub. Buy seedlings from reliable places - special nurseries or flower shops. Before planting in the ground, the plant can be kept for several hours in water to which a growth stimulator has previously been added.

In addition to the agrotechnical features of a single species, you should remember a simple formula:

Low and dwarf representatives are buried in the soil at a distance of approximately 60-80 cm from each other.
Plants are medium in size - about one and a half meters from each other.
Tall specimens that need space for development - at least 2 meters from each other.

The decorative shrubs for the garden presented in this article, the photos and names of which will help you make your choice, are the most popular and adapted for our regions. Choose green residents according to your taste and color, let your summer cottage become even more attractive and, to some extent, unique.

Photos of shrubs for a summer house or local area

Honeysuckle honeysuckle

Willow globulus

Maiden grapes

Deytsia

Barberry Harlequin

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden. Plants need light, air, water and nutrients, obtained by them from the soil. The lack of these necessary conditions slows down growth and causes various diseases. An important stimulus that has a special effect on plant growth is sunlight. It provides radiant energy for photosynthesis, which affects the development process of the plant.

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden

If you experiment and grow a plant in the dark, it will be pale yellow and will not turn green because it will not accumulate chlorophyll, which absorbs red and blue light from the sun's rays and reflects green. If the plant is not exposed to light and does not begin photosynthesis, it will die. The main condition for the successful germination of seeds of some plants is sufficiently bright light (for example, in petunia). Most garden plants prefer to be in open areas of the garden, others bloom regardless of sunny places, and there are those that love shade.

A garden cannot be without everyone’s favorite roses and lilies. Sung by poets and composers, they are the main decoration of gardens. The lily is the only flower mentioned by Jesus Christ in the New Testament: “Look at the lilies, how they grow... and Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like any of these...”.

A garden cannot be without everyone's favorite roses.

It’s good to make your own collection from several interesting varieties roses and lilies. You can place special pegs with tags next to the seedlings, attach information about the variety and planting date to the tags; It is advisable to keep a garden journal to record everything necessary information about your favorite exhibits from the garden collection.

There are so many varieties of roses and lilies that they are classified into sections and groups according to certain garden characteristics. The classification of roses, approved by the World Federation of Rose Societies in 1976, divides these flowers into 3 groups: natural views(rose hips), old garden roses (Bourbon, Damask, Chinese, French, Scottish, tea, climbing) and modern garden roses (hybrids obtained by crossing roses of various species are distinguished by larger bush sizes, abundant flowering, and better winter hardiness). Roses bloom continuously from early summer to mid-autumn, unlike lilies, whose flowering period rarely exceeds 3 weeks. For planting lilies, it is better to select varieties with different flowering periods.

Currently, thanks to the work of breeders, there are thousands of varieties of lilies. The third edition of the International Register of Famous Varieties of Lilies (published in England in 1982) contains more than 3,200 varieties. Garden lilies in this register are classified into 10 sections. The first section includes Asian hybrids. Tiger lily, drooping lily, pleasant lily - these are species representatives of this section that have popular, unpretentious, easily and quickly propagated garden varieties. Lilies in their diversity are also distinguished by the relationship of the flower to the stem: with flowers directed up, down or to the sides.

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Sun-loving hosts (video)

Light-loving peony

If the rose is the queen of all gardens, then the peony is called the king. The large peony flowers and the beauty of the plant's original leaves make it special. It is said to be a flower with the scent of a thousand roses. Peonies are grown as herbaceous perennials and tree-like shrubs. Tree peonies are becoming very popular among gardeners. The flowers of these plants have amazing stamens, and the tree peony lives for 100 years. Growing conditions are different: tree peonies need to be planted in slightly shaded areas, unlike herbaceous peonies, which necessarily need well-lit areas.

If the rose is the queen of all gardens, then the peony is called the king

Unforgettable petunia

The beautiful petunia is what really brings joy to the soul with its lush flowering from April to November. And most importantly, it can withstand any scorching sun and is absolutely unpretentious. If the main flowers of the garden are planted in a certain central composition, then a simple multi-flowered petunia can be planted in the remaining places. It traditionally serves as an excellent garden decoration. It is worth planting petunia once, and then it will reproduce by self-seeding, and every spring it is enough to correct its numerous shoots. Petunia is traditionally planted in pots, in hanging baskets, and in all kinds of containers that can be moved around the garden.

Purslane and daisies

In order for the flowers in the garden to look harmonious, you should skillfully select a combination based on the height and shape of the plants. A beautiful composition can be created on a raised flowerbed of variegated purslane, framed by bushes of identical daisies. The name of these flowers comes from the Latin word “portula”, meaning “collar”. Its seed pod opens up as if a small gate is opening to the coming new flowers embedded in tiny seeds. Purslane reproduces by self-sowing and in some European countries it grows unpretentiously as a field weed in damp sandy places, along river banks, in vegetable gardens and fields. And garden varieties of daisies can be grown in any good soil. To prevent them from degenerating, old specimens of daisies are dug up after flowering and divided into several parts for planting.

Chamomiles and chrysanthemums

As do daisies, daisies and chrysanthemums from the aster family. In the kingdom of flowers, these plants have the title of princesses. One of the wonderful varieties of chamomile is called “Silver Princess,” and one of the varieties of white chrysanthemum has the same name. Daisies, despite the simplicity of their flowers, symbolize a happy sunny day. It's nice to watch in the garden how daisies open their petals in the morning in the sun, and in the evening they collect them again into a bud. A bush of garden giant chamomile (scientific name - nevus) grows up to 1 m in height. A fully opened flower from a nevus bud can reach 10-15 cm in diameter. Chamomile pleases with long flowering from the beginning of June to the end of September. The plant loves sunlight and tolerates drought well.

Flower garden of sun-loving perennials:

Under the sun's rays, perennials bloom with special splendor and beauty. The choice of their species and varieties is large enough so that every gardener can find plants of the color, shape and flowering period that suit him.

The best places for many abundantly flowering plants are open to the sun.

Here such noble long-flowered flowers as lilies, peonies and phlox can show themselves in all their glory. They tolerate short-term daytime shade quite calmly, but longer shading and even openwork shade from trees and shrubs seriously affect their prosperity.

Large, lushly flowering breeding varieties of sun-loving perennials are especially sensitive in this regard. For them, the most optimal are ridges with fertile and sufficiently moist soils.

The design of sunny areas depends entirely on your taste and, of course, on the actual capabilities of your garden. Small flower beds in the front garden can be decorated no less impressively than an elongated one garden path a ridge, a “ribbon” of perennials along the border of the garden or a flower island in the center of the lawn.

In any case, it is very important to skillfully combine plants according to their growth. Such tall and lush-flowering crops as rosemary, mallow and lupine are most advantageous in the “far” section of the flowerbed. Their flower stalks will rise above the shorter crops in the foreground, which in turn will cover the bases of their shoots.

We offer you an approximate diagram of a flower bed with perennials:

1. Miscanthus - Miscanthus sinensis.

2. Annual three-cut malope, or hole - Malope trifida.

3. Hybrid yarrow variety - Achillea "Schwefelbluete".

4. Campanula lactiflora.

5. Perovskia wormwood - Perovskia abrotanoides.

6. Annual hybrid of verbena - Verbena.

7. Sedum-squeaky, or hare cabbage - Sedum telephium (before flowering).

9. Foxtail featherweed - Pennisetum alopecuroides (before the appearance of flower stalks).

10. Louis's wormwood - Artemisia ludoviciana.

11. Hybrid variety of yarrow - Achillea "Lachsschoenheit".

12. Hybrid shrub aster - Aster dumosus (before flowering).

13. Hybrid coreopsis - Coreopsis.

14. Fassen's catnip - Nepeta fassenii "Six Hills Giant".

15. Himalayan geranium - Geranium himalayense.

16. Annual fragrant tobacco - Nicotiana.

17. Santolina chamaecyparissus.

Of course, you can replace some flowers with your favorite ones, because this is an approximate option... and you can extend the flowering season in a sunny flowerbed with the help of such attractive autumn-flowering crops as sedum, garden chrysanthemums or autumn asters.

Most perennials will bloom again in the fall if they are pruned in a timely manner after the main flowering period. Such plants include delphinium, stenactis, catnip And scabious.

The choice of spring sun-loving perennials is somewhat smaller. They bloom in April rezukha, meadow lumbago And Adonis. They are joined in May day-lily, catnip And peony.

You can enrich your spring palette with such bulbous plants as narcissus,tulip And grouse. Since bulbous crops become unattractive after flowering, they should not be planted in the foreground of garden beds.

An easier-to-maintain option for a large flower garden is a sunny lawn. Wild perennials - cornflower, yarrow,meadow sage- thrive here in colorful company with herbaceous plants. Such lawns are sown with a special seed mixture or individual crops are planted on an existing lawn.

Examples of compositions from sun-loving perennials:

Cascades of flowers

Thanks to a well thought out fit geranium, sedum and mantle receive the same amount of sunlight as tall mallow(Malva sylvestris) in the background.

Warm colors of autumn

Delicate and soft palette echinacea purpurea(Echinacea purpurea), helenium hybrids(Helenium) and chamomile asters(Aster amellus) is simply amazing!

Beautiful sun-loving perennials

Delphinium- large-flowered perennial with long candle-shaped inflorescences; supports are desirable; re-blooming after pruning. The erect peduncles of spurs, densely strewn with bells, are spectacular in any corner of the garden.

Phlox paniculata- long-lasting large-flowered perennial with dense pin-shaped peduncles; re-blooming after pruning. A pleasant aroma and lush floral appearance make phlox one of the most popular garden crops.

Rudbeckia- an unpretentious large-flowered perennial with basket-shaped inflorescences; produces root suckers; pruning increases the flowering period. If you provide rudbeckia with enough space, it will gradually form dense flower thickets.

Bush aster- an abundance of star-shaped inflorescences above dense dark green foliage; good ground cover plant. Warm lights autumn aster bush (Aster dumosus) glow in the garden until October.

Catnip- long, arched shoots with numerous small two-lipped flowers; loose bushy growth. It is not difficult for him to find company. Regular pruning maintains the compact shape of the bush.

Oriental poppy (Turkish)- large cup-shaped flowers of luminous color; short flowering time; spreads by self-seeding. It is loved for the freshness of its bright flowers and the expressiveness of its seed pods.

Heliopsis- A hardy, large-flowered perennial with sunflower-like inflorescences on long, straight stems and long-lasting flowers.

Lavender- a compact, long-lived perennial with evergreen pubescent foliage and fragrant flowers. Thanks to its woody stems, lavender is classified as a subshrub. She is very good in borders.

Day-lily- large-flowered perennial with star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers; grows to the size of a large bush.

Gaillardia- attractive multi-colored ray-shaped inflorescences on strong stems; Protection from cold weather is recommended.

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If your site is not shaded by plantings, is well lit by the sun, and has light, sandy loam soils, then drought-resistant plants will feel best on it. They grow well in the sun, easily tolerate a lack of moisture in the soil, while maintaining their decorative appearance. Their assortment is quite large, and compositions with sun-loving and drought-resistant plants can be very diverse.

Essential ground cover

First of all, drought-resistant plants include numerous ground cover or cushion-shaped “alpine” perennials for rocky gardens. They are usually short (15-35 cm), form dense, growing clumps, and thrive in bright sun. Light, well-drained soils are suitable for alpine growth.

Rejuvenated(m. roofing, m. cobwebby, m. scion, m. hybrid) form compact rosettes of shortened and pointed thick leaves of green or purple color. In summer they bloom with rather large flowers on long stalks of yellowish-white, dirty pink, and red flowers.

Numerous varieties sedum They are also sun worshipers. They form extensive clumps, blooming from June to August with small yellow, pink, white, orange, crimson flowers collected in loose inflorescences. Sedums have a variety of leaf shapes - pointed, oval, round. They can be colored green, purple, yellow, and have a white border along the edge of the leaf. The most popular are: o.bent, o.caustic, o.Eversa, o.Kamchatsky, o.false, o.rocky, o.white and many others.

Heat-resistant plants include a variety of varieties carnations- grasses and carnations are grayish-blue with bluish stems and leaves with simple or double flowers of white-pink or raspberry-red colors. They form “cushions” up to a meter in diameter and require pruning after flowering.

In spring, white and pink arabis turn into colored “mats”, phlox subulate with white, pink, lilac, purple flowers, aubrieta (lilac and dark pink color of flowers), sunny yellow rock alyssum.

Alpine aster, which belongs to the dwarf shrubs, blooms in June with simple flowers of pink, lilac, and white colors.

Various types of low-growing plants are quite drought-resistant and sun-loving. bells with blue, white, purple flowers: K.Carpathian, K.Oshe, K.spoon-leaved, K.Holmovoy, K.Gargansky, K.Portenschlag, K.Pozharsky.

The common one blooms in July with small lilac flowers, attracting a large number of bees and bumblebees, spreading out in vast clumps. If you step on plants, the air is filled with a pleasant aroma.

Yaskolka tomentose with white star flowers and whitish-gray foliage is capable of covering large spaces, as it forms underground stolons.

Sun lovers

There are quite a large assortment medium-sized perennials, flowering and decorative leaves, which prefer a sunny location, easily tolerate a lack of moisture in the soil. They usually reach a height of 40 to 100 cm. These plants can form small clumps or occupy large spaces.

There are many varieties of heuchera - plants that form compact rosettes of rounded or jagged leaves in green, purple, yellow, and silver colors. Such rosettes have a height and diameter of about 30-40 cm, and peduncles with small red or white small flowers collected in brushes rise to a height of up to 60 cm.

Some sedums (o.prominent, o.tenacious) form rounded bushes 40-60 cm high with bluish, bright green, variegated (white with green), purple foliage, blooming in mid-summer and autumn with pink, purple, yellow, white flowers , collected in flat inflorescences.

A variety of colors look impressive decorative bows .

Most of them are true sun worshipers. These are dwarf (not higher than 30 cm) Moli onions with yellow waxy flowers and Ostrovsky onions with dark pink inflorescences, Karatavsky onions with wide leaves and dirty pink spherical inflorescences, blue onions with bright blue heads, Christophe onions with huge lilac balls of flowers (up to 20 cm in diameter).

Liatris spicata has spike-shaped inflorescences of lilac or white flowers 50 cm high and in July decorates the middle plans of flower beds.

The famous edelweiss, a symbol of the Alpine mountains, forms a low, loose rosette of silvery stems with whitish flowers.

Some drought-tolerant plants can grow very large and occupy large areas in flower beds. Perennial sage with bright blue flowers tolerates drought well and decorates compositions with flowering flowers for a long time.

Yarrow (cultivated varieties and wild species) forms entire thickets of stems 60-70 cm high with yellow, pink, purple and white flowers collected in flat inflorescences.

Anafalis is a low plant (about 40 cm) with silvery stems and leaves, has white flowers with a yellow center, similar to yarrow. Various wormwoods (for example, Steller's p. and others) have different leaf shapes and heights, but usually have silvery foliage.

Tolerates sun and drought well.

Among the annuals that love a sunny and dry location, we can name alyssum seaside, iberis umbelliferous, purslane grandiflora, mesembryanthemum crinum-flowered, hybrid gatsania, salvia ( annual species and varieties), seaside cineraria, pinnate celosia, Californian eschscholzia, spherical gomphrena, notched kermek.

Among the shrubs, various types of spirea and chaenomeles (Japanese quince) are considered the most sun-loving and drought-resistant, but with a lack of moisture they quickly fade.

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Most conifers (with the exception of thujas) prefer a sunny and dry place. The most hardy trees are pines, horizontal juniper and other blue spruce species.

No matter how good your neighbors are, you still don’t want to be under their supervision around the clock. And the chain-link mesh, you must admit, is unreliable protection from prying eyes. Therefore, several years ago we changed it to a fence made of metal profiles. Of course, I wanted a wooden one, but it turned out to be very expensive. At first I was upset, I even cried a couple of times, then I came to terms with the circumstances and even managed to find a positive moment - now my clematis will have reliable protection from cold eastern winds.

This was true in winter, but summer came, and with it a problem. As I had feared, the blank metal surface became so hot in the sun that it was impossible to touch. My flower garden began to rapidly lose its decorative quality. Clematis suffered the most - they grew almost close to the ill-fated fence. Saved them all possible ways: I mulched the soil, watered it more often, took a shower - nothing helped. From once luxurious plants, they instantly turned into pathetic, almost non-flowering shoots. I could barely wait until autumn that year to replant the vines exhausted by the heat.

But how to replace them, how to quickly decorate a problematic structure? I really didn’t want to see lifeless iron every day. The search began for more hardy plants suitable for landscaping the problematic flower bed. The first candidates were, and. They have been growing on my plot for several years now, so I know that they cannot be called sissies. True, the first two vines are quite aggressive; if you hesitate, they will spread all over the flower garden.

The choice fell on the mountaineer: it has no root shoots, is unpretentious, gives a very large increase over the season (and I really wanted to hide the profile behind the foliage as soon as possible) and looks very attractive. And, I must say, I did not regret my choice. In two years, a wonderful living screen was created that almost completely hid the fence.

The knotweed blooms long and profusely - a solid white cloud of flowers! To add bright colors, I sow annual vines next to it in the spring. Last year I was his neighbor, and this year we admired the exotic red and yellow flowers of Mina Lobata. I liked their duet) And the most important thing is that they don’t care much about a nearby hot fence; they bloom for themselves, despite the heat.

Among the shrubs, it turned out to be the most resistant; it tolerates excess sun and lack of moisture in the soil. The three-lobed almond even benefited from the proximity of the fence; under its protection, it stopped freezing in winter and now blooms more luxuriously than before.

In the end, there weren't many plants left near the fence, so I decided to add flowers. Using the method of practical selection, a list of the most “heat-resistant” (as I call them) perennials was determined. - a true southerner who never gets too much sun, and even drought won’t make her lose her attractiveness. Another lover of sunny and dry places is. It doesn’t even need additional watering; it tolerates a lack of moisture better than its excess.

They grow well along the fence, and if they are watered promptly and regularly. And for spring-flowering bulbous plants (,

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden. Plants need light, air, water and nutrients, which they obtain from the soil. Lack of these essential conditions slows down growth and causes various diseases. An important stimulus that has a special effect on plant growth is sunlight. It provides radiant energy for photosynthesis, which affects the development process of the plant.

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden

If you experiment and grow a plant in the dark, it will be pale yellow, not green, because it will not accumulate chlorophyll, which absorbs red and blue light from the sun's rays and reflects green. If the plant is not exposed to light and does not begin photosynthesis, it will die. The main condition for the successful germination of seeds of some plants is sufficiently bright light (for example, in petunia). Most garden plants prefer to be in open areas of the garden, others bloom regardless of sunny places, and there are also those that love shade.

It’s good to make your own collection of several interesting varieties of roses and lilies. You can place special pegs with special tags next to the seedlings, attach information about the variety and planting date to the tags; It is advisable to start a garden journal so that you can write down all the necessary information about your favorite exhibits in your garden collection.

There are so many varieties of roses and lilies that they are classified into sections and groups according to certain garden characteristics. The classification of roses, approved by the World Federation of Rose Societies in 1976, divides these flowers into 3 groups: natural species (rose hips), old garden roses (Bourbon, Damask, Chinese, French, Scottish, tea, climbing) and modern garden roses (hybrids obtained by crossing roses of different species, they are distinguished by large bush sizes, abundant flowering, and better winter hardiness). Roses bloom continuously from early summer to mid-autumn, unlike lilies, whose flowering period rarely exceeds 3 weeks. For planting lilies, it is better to select varieties with different flowering periods.

Currently, thanks to the work of breeders, there are thousands of varieties of lilies. The third edition of the International Register of Famous Varieties of Lilies (published in England in 1982) contains more than 3,200 varieties. Garden lilies in this register are classified into 10 sections. The first section includes Asian hybrids. Tiger lily, drooping lily, pleasant lily - these are species representatives of this section, which have popular, unpretentious, easily and quickly propagated garden varieties. Lilies in their diversity are also distinguished by the relationship of the flower to the stem: with flowers directed up, down or to the sides.

Sun-loving hosts (video)

Sun-loving peony

If the rose is the queen of all gardens, then the peony is called the king

Unforgettable petunia

Purslane and daisies

Chamomiles and chrysanthemums

As do daisies, daisies and chrysanthemums from the aster family. In the kingdom of flowers, these plants have the title of princesses. One of the wonderful varieties of chamomile is called “Silver Princess,” and one of the varieties of white chrysanthemum has the same name. Daisies, despite the simplicity of their flowers, symbolize a happy sunny day. It's nice to watch in the garden how daisies open their petals in the morning in the sun, and in the evening they collect them again into a bud. A bush of garden giant chamomile (scientific name nivaria) grows up to 1 m in height. A fully opened flower from a nevus bud can reach 10-15 cm in diameter. Chamomile pleases with long flowering from the beginning of June to the end of September. The plant loves sunlight and tolerates drought well.

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Ornamental grasses and small conifers

It is better to grow flowers in the garden together with ornamental herbs, which are used to decorate flower beds and give them a special charm. For this purpose, creeping, low, medium and high (reaching 2-3 meters in height) specimens of popular cereal crops are used. These herbs grow well in both sun and shade.

It is good to plant small ones on alpine solar slides. coniferous trees and shrubs. For the most part, these are light-loving plants. Planted in the sun, evergreen juniper, miniature mountain pine and Korean fir, whose usual habitat is the rocky mountains, grow beautifully and delight with their greenery all year round.

Poppies and tulips, irises and daffodils, crocuses and pansies love sunny places and provided good care behind them they become beautiful garden works. By creating a garden, a person realizes his dream of a heavenly paradise.

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Stronger than evil, stronger than anything in the world,

Stronger than death and stronger than war.

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Flowers are a decoration for the yard, but they require the gardener to take a thoughtful approach to both the arrangement of flower beds and the combination of plants. In many cases, due to weather conditions, there is not enough moisture, and we, always busy and in a hurry, do not have the opportunity to water the flower beds enough times. Not every plant is able to fully survive in such extreme conditions. But there is a way out, and this way out is drought-resistant plants.

Drought-resistant flowers, herbs and ornamental shrubs thrive even on soils with minimal moisture content and are not at all happy with soil saturated with moisture. If there is too much moisture, drought-resistant plants can become sick or even die.

Of course, site drainage can come to the rescue here. This is a troublesome and costly matter, but without it there is no way. The topic of drainage is the topic of a separate article.

Selecting plants for a dry garden

Annuals

The ease of caring for annuals, their ability to add new colors to the flower garden every year, the most amazing forms and their inexhaustible variety have and will continue to attract flower growers.

Among the flowering annuals, we can recommend the following plants for a drought-resistant garden:

Zinnia– an annual flowering plant with a height of 30 to 90 cm. The leaves are located opposite each other, the stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent. It blooms in temperate latitudes from June to frost, the inflorescence is a basket, there are a wide variety of shades, the seeds have time to ripen and do not lose their germination for 2-4 years. Based on two types of zinnias - graceful and narrow-leaved, many varieties have now been bred for growing in flower beds.
Rudbeckia– annual or perennial flowering plant. The leaves are oval below, lanceolate above. The flower is a basket with tubular and reed flowers. The tubular flowers form a brown tubercle, characteristic of this species. The flowers are similar to daisies and are usually yellow or orange. The seeds are tetrahedral, small.
Cosmos- a tall flowering plant brought from South America. The leaves are twice pinnately dissected, giving the plant an openwork appearance. The flowers are large, on long bare stems, the color ranges from white or pale pink to purple. The seeds ripen very well and reproduce by self-sowing.
Decorative types sunflower (Helianthus annuus) – annual tall plant, up to 2.5 m. The leaves are heart-shaped, arranged alternately. The stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent, the flower is a basket with dark-colored tubular flowers and yellow-colored petaled flowers. The seeds are wedge-shaped, smooth, slightly pubescent.
Ornamental poppy (Papaver rhoeas) – an annual plant that has many varieties with varied colors. This light-loving plant is planted in separate group plantings on a lawn or flower bed, as well as in a group of different varieties.

Rudbeckia

Cosmea

Decorative poppy

Ground cover plants

These drought-tolerant perennials are low-growing, up to a maximum of 35 cm, and very attractive. Forming dense, growing clumps, they are perfect for alpine hills and rocky gardens. They tolerate bright sun very well. Light, low-moisture soils suit them best. The list of sun-loving perennials can be long:

Juvenile (Sempervivum): cobwebby, hybrid, roofing, offspring - they all form dense rosettes of purple or green color. In summer, large flowers of pinkish, yellowish, red colors look impressive against this background.
Sedums (Sedum)- amazing variety of shapes and colors. The leaves are yellowish, green, purple. The flowers are crimson, orange, yellow, pink. They bloom from June to August and form extensive thickets.
Carnation (Dianthus), well, what would we do without her? Carnation is grassy and gray, with simple or double flowers of stunningly beautiful colors - from white-pink to raspberry-red.
Arabis- a low creeping plant with rooting stems. Can be annual or perennial. The leaves are pubescent, the flowers are white, yellow or pink, double or not, in inflorescences on a stalk. The fruit is a pod.

Rejuvenated

Arabis

Rock alyssum (Alyssum saxatile)- a plant of the steppe hills and mountains of Siberia. A small herbaceous shrub with woody shoots. The leaves are ovoid, heavily pubescent, with a gray tint. The flowers are yellow and form a raceme. It requires calcium-rich soil.
Saxifraga (Saxifraga)– a perennial plant with a well-developed root system. The flowers look like a star and form inflorescences. The leaves are thick, with a glossy, leathery sheen, and exude lime along the leaf margins. Thickets of saxifrage form turf covers.
Phlox subulata- a plant with recumbent shoots and prickly sharp leaves, forming evergreen turf coverings. It blooms very profusely, flowers of various shades. Grows well on rocky soils, hills and mountainous surfaces.
Tomentosum (Cerastium tomentosum)- a herbaceous plant up to 30 cm tall, with white flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences. The leaves are silver-green and have a pubescent edge. Lives in mountainous and hilly areas.
Mesembryanthemum- an annual or biennial creeping or creeping succulent up to 15 cm high. The flowers resemble daisies and open at noon. Vitrified cells in the form of dew drops are visible on the top of the stems.

Felt cleaver

Mesembryanthemum

Perennials

The list of drought-resistant perennials can be continued. Unpretentious and hardy, they feel great in the sun and grow well between the stones of alpine hills and rockeries:

Wormwood (Artemisia)– m perennial herbaceous floor shrubby plant with a tart bitter aroma of shoots. The leaves are green to silver-gray, dissected. Flowers are in racemose or paniculate inflorescences, the fruit is an achene.
Euphorbia (Euphorbia)- a perennial herbaceous or shrubby plant. In addition to seeds, it reproduces by root shoots. All representatives have a milky juice on the cut, which is very poisonous. The flowers are single or collected in rosettes, the inflorescence is surrounded by some kind of glass.
Yarrow (Achillea) –perennial plant with baskets with many flowers, it would be more correct to say “milliflora”. Widely used in folk medicine, stems up to 50 cm high. Yarrow extracts sulfur from the soil and distributes it throughout the area.
Lavender– has a wonderful aroma; its purple thickets can beautifully decorate garden paths.
Daylily (Hemerocallis)- a plant with tall arrows, at the ends of which there are flowers - has great diversity and is completely unpretentious.

Sagebrush

Spurge

Lavender

Drought-tolerant grasses

Designing a flower garden without herbs and grains cannot be considered complete. From decorative drought-resistant grasses you can plant:

Byzantine Chistina (Stachys byzantina)- a bluish-green plant with fluffy leaves.
Elimus– another name is grate. An unpretentious herbaceous plant, usually propagated by shoots from the rhizome. The inflorescence forms a panicle, reminiscent of an ear of rye or wheat, and is stored dried on the stem for a long time.
Gray fescue (Festuca glauca)- a perennial plant up to half a meter tall. The rhizomes are creeping, the inflorescences form panicles with spikelets, the fruit is a caryopsis. The leaves are lanceolate and can range from green to silver in color.
Phalaroides- a perennial grass up to 120 cm high with striped linear leaves. It blooms with spikelets collected in panicles. The leaves do not droop even from severe frosts. Usually, with the help of vegetative shoots from the rhizome, it grows very strongly and can become a difficult weed.

Byzantine chistets

Elimus

Two-source

These herbs will add charm to your flower garden, giving it sophistication and attractiveness.

tall plants

First of all, among tall drought-resistant plants I would like to note decorative bow, mallow. Each of these plants is beautiful in its own way. Double hollyhock flowers captivate your heart with their richness of shades - from burgundy to snow-white. Mallow blooms all summer - from June until almost frost. And these plants grow up to two meters in height.

The decorative onion Allium is not far behind them. Its spherical inflorescences of pink and white shades rise up to one hundred and seventy centimeters.

Drought-resistant shrubs

It is often very difficult to do without ornamental shrubs when building a landscape. Shrubs are the note that makes the garden truly sound, giving completeness and visual completeness to the landscaping of the territory, on which you have put so much of your strength, your imagination, your desire for beauty.

Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina) out of competition. Doesn't need additional care, withstands quite well unfavourable conditions. Attractive, evergreen, one can say about this shrub that if there are charismatic plants, then this is about it. Juniper with its presence brings special charm and beauty to the landscape.

Euonymus (Euonymus)- a beautiful, very bright, even somewhat picturesque shrub. Many of its species are quite drought-resistant. It is difficult to take your eyes off the euonymus surrounded by properly selected low-growing plants. In the summer months, its openwork, dark green foliage attracts, but autumn comes, and the crown of the bush is engulfed in such a riot of colors that you can’t take your eyes off it.

A good example of unpretentiousness and drought resistance is barberry (Berberis). Yellow and bright red leaves adorn the long, thorny branches. Barberry loves the sun and feels great under its rays.

Euonymus

Barberry

What to consider when creating

Carefully consider which plants should grow nearby. Under no circumstances should they be imprisoned drought-resistant plant next to the moisture-loving one. It will be very difficult to organize watering.
When planting plants, you should establish the correct distance between them. For plants that like to grow too much, root limiters should be used - plant them in containers without a bottom, buried in the ground; the horizontal spread of roots will not be further than expected.
Such flower beds should be watered rarely, but abundantly.

Flower garden of sun-loving perennials:

The best places for many abundantly flowering garden perennials are open to the sun.

Large, lushly flowering breeding varieties of sun-loving perennials are especially sensitive in this regard. For them, the most optimal are ridges with fertile and sufficiently moist soils.

The design of sunny areas depends entirely on your taste and, of course, on the actual capabilities of your garden. Small flower beds in the front garden can be designed no less impressively than a ridge stretched along a garden path, a “ribbon” of perennials along the border of the garden, or a flower island in the center of the lawn.

We offer you an approximate diagram of a flower bed with perennials:

1. Miscanthus - Miscanthus sinensis.

2. Annual three-cut malope, or hole - Malope trifida.

3. Hybrid yarrow variety - Achillea "Schwefelbluete".

4. Campanula lactiflora.

5. Perovskia wormwood - Perovskia abrotanoides.

6. Annual hybrid of verbena - Verbena.

7. Sedum-squeaky, or hare cabbage - Sedum telephium (before flowering).

9. Foxtail featherweed - Pennisetum alopecuroides (before the appearance of flower stalks).

10. Louis's wormwood - Artemisia ludoviciana.

11. Hybrid variety of yarrow - Achillea "Lachsschoenheit".

12. Hybrid shrub aster - Aster dumosus (before flowering).

13. Hybrid coreopsis - Coreopsis.

14. Fassen's catnip - Nepeta fassenii "Six Hills Giant".

15. Himalayan geranium - Geranium himalayense.

16. Annual fragrant tobacco - Nicotiana.

17. Santolina chamaecyparissus.

Most perennials will bloom again in the fall if they are pruned in a timely manner after the main flowering period. Such plants include delphinium, stenactis, catnip And scabious.

The choice of spring sun-loving perennials is somewhat smaller. They bloom in April rezukha, meadow lumbago And Adonis. They are joined in May day-lily, catnip And peony.

Examples of compositions from sun-loving perennials:

Cascades of flowers

Thanks to a well thought out fit geranium, sedum and mantle receive the same amount of sunlight as tall mallow(Malva sylvestris) in the background.

Warm colors of autumn

Delicate and soft palette echinacea purpurea(Echinacea purpurea), helenium hybrids(Helenium) and chamomile asters(Aster amellus) is simply amazing!

Beautiful sun-loving perennials

Bush aster- an abundance of star-shaped inflorescences above dense dark green foliage; good ground cover plant. The warm lights of the autumn bush aster (Aster dumosus) glow in the garden until October.

Catnip- long, arched shoots with numerous small two-lipped flowers; loose bushy growth. It is not difficult for him to find company. Regular pruning maintains the compact shape of the bush.

Heliopsis- A hardy, large-flowered perennial with sunflower-like inflorescences on long, straight stems and long-lasting flowers.

Lavender- a compact, long-lived perennial with evergreen pubescent foliage and fragrant flowers. Thanks to its woody stems, lavender is classified as a subshrub. She is very good in borders.

Day-lily- large-flowered perennial with star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers; grows to the size of a large bush.

Gaillardia- attractive multi-colored ray-shaped inflorescences on strong stems; Protection from cold weather is recommended.

Sources: vk.api; solnce-generator.ru

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