Ornamental shrubs in the landscaping of the home and garden

From early spring to the first frosts the eyes delight deciduous and evergreen plants. Regardless of the landscape style, molded crowns and spreading branches are the main components of garden compositions, hedges, borders, and are in demand in the design of the front door.

They do an excellent job of aesthetic value, structuring, or to mask unsightly fragments. One has only to plant the white Elegantissim sod next to it, and luxurious carved green leaves in a cream fringing, with an abundance of young reddish shoots, will hide flaws under the plant carpet.

Most of them are pleased with the long flowering interval, the curly shape of the leaves and intense color. It is only required to correctly select varieties relative to the climatic zone, and unpretentious plantings will not require much attention and care. Shrubs are programmed to maintain high decorativeness for decades. They are protected by nature itself, and complications in the form of diseases are not typical for them. It will be about species common for planting in the middle lane.

Types of shrubs for the garden

Ornamental cherries, Japanese kerriya, catalpa with red and yellow pods take root in our gardens. Moreover, their beauty is determined not only by the luxury of inflorescences, but also by a fanciful crown and interesting coloring of leaves. These are columnar species, sprawling or hanging down branches, curly leaves with bizarre intersperses. And all this splendor requires only good soil, and a correctly chosen place relative to the sun.

barberry is an example of color diversity. Depending on the variety, the leaves are marked with violet, juicy green, yellow, purple intense color, and contain bright blotches;
by the middle of the season, the pink shade of the mountain ash gradually shifts to a green tone, and by autumn the yellowed leaves acquire a golden sheen;
not a single gardener will give up fragrant mock, wolf or Forsythia. The relay race of magnificent flowering in the spring begins with chokeberry and viburnum (cultivar Buldenezh). The bush is covered with the likeness of snow balls, decorating the crown for a long time;
lilac, planted in virtually all areas, is represented by not a dozen variations and is fragrant in May-June;
peak activity of tree-shaped peonies, spirea, cinquefoil, colquitium, rhododendrons, occurs in the summer. Their flowering is replaced by the mother of pearl heather;
the expanse of green lawn will be decorated with planting hydrangeas or park rose bushes. Along with rhododendrons, they belong to shrubs, and require continuous care;
the early flowering of chokeberry (Aurea) is marked by touching beauty, materializing in the fall in dark berries and yellow leaves with a pink tint;

The only drawback of deciduous species is their dependence on temperature. Breeding plants are more tender than their natural counterparts.

Some features

It is very tempting to have plants that bloom even in the cold on the plot. The frost-resistant group is represented by perennials. So, berry yew is able to reach up to 30 m; derain - deciduous dogwood variety, welcome in "live" fences; juniper - from the genus cypress, reaches the same gigantic height as the yew tree. They all love moisture, are not capricious and easily accept any model of a garden haircut. The grayness of the rainy pores is also diluted with red clusters of viburnum and large camellia flowers, blooming from spring to frost. Moreover, some of its species are not afraid of winter temperatures (up to -20).

Fruit shrubs are a special topic. Red-leaved varieties of hazel look wonderful with other plantings. In the company of raspberries, gooseberries and currants will constitute a group of plants suitable for decorating hedges. The rainbow magnificence of rose hips is known to all as well as the bright fruits of sea buckthorn, scattered with orange beads on the crown.

Less commonly planted are hawthorn, irgu, and Japanese quince. But they are replacing the summer collection, and their crimson foliage will visually shade a fragment of any composition, and the sun will highlight spectral flares. Even on a complicated relief, certain varieties of barberry, as well as honeysuckle, cinquefoil, feel good. Limestone soil is well tolerated by buddley, elderberry, euonymus.

Note

It is advisable to remember that perennial plantings are designed for decades. In this regard, it is worthwhile to exclude the prospect of involving a site with plants in other projects.
Be sure to consider the susceptibility of the varieties to the sun or shadow. Shade-loving juniper can burn under the rays, and Forsythia suffer from a lack of heat. Moreover, sharp wind gusts are contraindicated for many species. In such cases, they should be planted against the background of coniferous rows.
An overgrown bush can become an obstacle to movement on a footpath, so it is important to know the parameters of an adult plant.

Site decoration

It seems that everything is simple: sort the bushes into specific areas and wait for the result. This is so if you initially comply with the conditions for each variety. The ill-conceived layout will lead to disharmony in the landscape, and violate the concept of the idea. It is necessary to transplant specimens, which will lead to stress in the root system.

Tip

When organizing shrubs into a compositional group, one should take into account the period of intensive opening of decorative possibilities. To observe the interval flowering sequence or seasonal color activity of the leaves, you need to make a schedule.

The idea of a high fence from plants will be supported by white stone turf. The unformed volume has impressive height parameters (up to 3 m).
For bordering the boundaries of the plot, a medium-tall group with a base of yellow and red leaves is suitable, such as the commonweed and barberry.
Its dwarf appearance ("Tunberg") is also used for hedges of 60 cm along with spirea.

To decorate the lawn, they planted scoopia, elderberry, red-leafed barberry and weigel with purple foliage. The front door is decorated with a spirea and Tugberg. Dwarf species dominate mixed beds of woody and herbaceous plants.

In a small area, low shrubs are welcome, and for this reason you should know the values of an adult plant. It is allowed to restrain growth by cutting shoots only a few times, otherwise the top will take an ugly shape. When planting bushes, a sufficient interval between them is maintained, due to the volume of the crown and the ranking. Tall forms are grouped from the back side, they are replaced by rows of medium-sized ones, and against the background of such a landscape, low plantings look organically and beautifully.

Interesting neighborhood

Alleys are framed with borders, planting dwarf or low varieties along. It is permissible to use single landings (tapeworms). Hydrangea, many faces of spirea and rodendron successfully solo on the lawns. Species that are not representative at the dormant stage are collected in the composition of several plants.

To avoid the decorative superiority of individual varieties, a competent combination is necessary. The scheme is rather complicated and it is better to adhere to adatipited practice. For example, the following versions are offered:

group red-leaved barberries with rodendron or fortification;
lilac will arrange the neighborhood of Japanese quince, honeysuckle, as well as mock and universal rodendron, which competes with the beauty of the rose;
the hydrangea company is more suitable. A combination of red coleus (annual) with yellow-leaf barberry or hosta and its red-leafed analogue is acceptable.

Curly shrubs

Shaped shrubs become independent elements, and form the basis of today's trendy lawn garden. Materializing the idea is permissible even on a small area - the volumes of spherical or conical shapes remain unchanged. A magnificent lawn diversifies the landscape, and concentrates on itself. Both deciduous and coniferous species respond equally well to modeling, with the difference that the former have to be trimmed more often.

Note

Regarding leafy plants, it was noted that the crown will be dense in the case of systematic pruning of shoots in the early years. If the project has a point for creating a figure “sitting on the ground, for the first time you need to cut branches 20 cm from the ground. This approach will affect the intensive branching of shoots at the root.

Coniferous topiary cutting is not always appropriate. There are many species with an initial geometry that require easy correction by shortening the shoots.

Bushes that require garden shears: yew berry, junipers and almost all versions of prickly. Among the deciduous trees, it is necessary to trim the Thunberg barberry, mulberry, mahonia, dogwood, sea buckthorn, gooseberry, boxwood, forsythia.

If you want to have free forms, only fantasy is enough. In preference for specific forms, a template is used. It is imposed on the crown, and long shoots are removed. After the intervention, the plant should be fed with a multicomponent composition. To form the apex, agents with a formula that slows down growth activity are used. How did you organize your site?