Shrub blooms with yellow flowers in early spring. Nine of the best shrubs with white flowers for the garden. Lilac - a beautiful shrub in the garden
Ornamental shrubs are an adornment of any modern garden. They create hedges, group plantings. A garden in which ornamental shrubs bloom is always amazingly beautiful.
Experienced gardeners prefer to grow on their site at the same time several different types of ornamental shrubs that bloom at different times in order to create a garden for themselves. continuous flowering.
In the photo on the left: profusely flowering weigela ( Weigela floribunda(Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch).
One of the first, immediately after the snow melts, blooms forsythia or forsythia (Forsythia Vahl). It blooms profusely with beautiful bright yellow flowers in the form of bells. The forsythia bush is completely covered with flowers.
Plant height 1-3 meters, width up to 2 meters.
Forsythia is frost-resistant, undemanding to soils, shade-tolerant. Propagated by cuttings.
Forsythia is a primrose shrub. Bright yellow flowers appear on the bare branches of Forsythia long before leaves appear on other trees and shrubs. The leaves on this shrub bloom after flowering.
Immediately after flowering, forsythia must be cut off, otherwise it grows very quickly.
Forsythia was named after the Scottish horticulturist William Forsythe. William Forsyth) (1737-1804), who brought this plant from China to Europe. William Forsythe was the head gardener of Kensington Palace and one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society ( Royal Horticultural Society).
blooms in spring beaver or laburnum (Laburnum Fabr.). This plant is popularly called Golden Rain.
Laburnum is a small tree up to 5-6 meters high.
The flowers are very beautiful, bright yellow, collected in brushes 10-30 cm long. Laburnum flowers resemble butterflies in their shape. It blooms profusely and for a long time, from April to June.
Bobovnik is unpretentious, undemanding to soils and frost-resistant.
It should be remembered that all parts of the laburnum, especially its seeds, very poisonous, therefore, this plant must be handled with extreme care.
Photo: Anneli Salo, Pöllö, Jeffdelonge.
Golden arch of blooming laburnum at Bodnant Garden, Wales, UK.
Photo: GerritR.
genomeles or japonica (Chaenomeles japonica(Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach) blooms in April-May.
Shrub 80-120 cm high, often used to create hedges. Has spikes.
The flowers are large, 3-5 cm in diameter, usually bright red, rarely pink or white.
In order for chaenomeles to bloom better, it must be cut off periodically.
Japanese quince fruits ripen in September-October. They are edible, but very sour, while quite fragrant. The fruits can be used to make jams, jams, compotes, etc.
Chaenomeles prefers rich, well-drained soils. The best time to plant is April or early October.
Blooms in late May - early June weigela (Weigela Thunb.).
This is a very beautiful bush 70-80 cm high, about 1 meter wide. It blooms with pink or purple-red flowers in the form of bells. Differs in plentiful and very beautiful flowering. During flowering, the weigela bush looks like a pink cloud.
Weigela is shade-tolerant, used for single or group plantings in the garden, rock gardens, and also for creating hedges.
Weigela was named after the famous German botanist Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel ( Christian Ehrenfried von Weige), (1748-1831).
Weigela blooming (Weigela florida(Bunge A.D.C.)
Weigela profusely flowering or weigela floribunda (Weigela floribunda(Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch)
Japan, Saitama Prefecture, Musashi Kyuryou National Government Park.
Blooms from late spring to early summer action (Deutzia Thunb.). This is a low shrub with a height of 50 cm to 1.5 meters. Differs in plentiful and long blossoming. Action flowers are white, pink, purple, purple, often collected in inflorescences. There are varieties of action with double flowers. Unfortunately, deutsia flowers have little or no fragrance.
Deytion shade-tolerant, grows well in the city. It is used for decoration of borders, in group and single plantings.
A bush of action in one place can live up to 25 years.
Most common in horticulture action rough, or stellate (Deutzia scabra Thunb.), imported from Japan and China.
Blooms in late spring kerria japanese (Kerria japonica DC.). Flowering time from April to June.
Kerria reaches a height of 1-2 meters. It blooms with golden yellow flowers with 5 petals, shaped like a rose. Kerria flowers reach 5-6 cm in diameter.
For the beauty of the flowers, kerria is sometimes called the "Easter Rose".
Kerria is not demanding on soils, resistant to exhaust gases. Therefore, it is often planted on the roadsides, near the garden fence. Kerria can also be used for vertical gardening. Its stems often climb other plants, walls of houses, fences, rocks.
Kerria got its name in honor of the Scottish gardener, plant collector and first gardener of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Ceylon, William Kerr ( William Kerr).
William Kerr developed a special variety of Japanese kerria Pleniflora. Its flowers are very beautiful, terry. Therefore, this variety of kerria is also called Japanese yellow rose(Japanese Yellow Rose).
Photos: Reggaeman, Jeffdelonge, Ignis and others.
Blooms in July - August hydrangea (Hydrangea L.), with ornamental horticulture the most common hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens L.). This is a shrub 1-3 meters high with white flowers collected in large inflorescences in the form of balls up to 15 cm in diameter.
Hydrangea tree is unpretentious, frost-resistant, prefers fertile acidic soils. It does not tolerate drought well, so it requires regular watering.
Hydrangea must be systematically pruned: in late autumn after the end of flowering and in early spring, before the leaves appear.
Hydrangea is propagated by cuttings. The best time for planting is the beginning of April.
All parts of the hydrangea are poisonous, so this plant must be handled with extreme care. It cannot be eaten.
One of the most popular varieties hydrangea tree "Annabelle" has very large inflorescences, white with a slightly greenish tint.
Blooms from June to October shrub cinquefoil or cinquefoil shrub or Kuril tea (Pentaphylloides fruticosa(L.) O.Schwarz). Bush up to 1.5 meters high. One plant can bloom up to 2 months.
Kurl tea is a medicinal plant widely used in folk medicine.
The Kuril hour is a popular ornamental shrub, used for decorating rock gardens, borders, and groups. More than 130 varieties of Kuril tea are known in horticulture. Most cultivars have yellow flowers, as does the wild species. In addition, there are varieties of Potentilla with white, pink, orange and red flowers.
The cinquefoil shrub is unpretentious, frost-resistant, undemanding to soils. You can trim it once every 3 years.
Kuril tea variety "Mckay's White".
Kuril tea variety "Red Ace".
Snowberry, snowfield, snow berry or wolfberry
(Symphoricarpos Dill. ex Juss.) blooms all summer, from May to September. Depending on the species, its flowers can be white, pink, red. But the snowberry is famous not for its flowers, but for its snow-white fruits in the form of berries with a diameter of about 1 cm, which stay on the bush all autumn and winter, giving it a great decorative effect.
The snowberry blooms profusely and for a long time. The flowers are small, in the form of bells, 5 mm in diameter, collected in dense racemose inflorescences. Snowberry is a unique shrub, you can see both flowers and fruits on it at the same time.
Shrub height 1-2 meters. It is used to create hedges and in group plantings. Handles haircut well. Unpretentious, winter-hardy, undemanding to soils.
The snowberry is poisonous, its berries cannot be eaten.
Caring for these ornamental shrubs is not difficult. They are all frost-resistant, they do not need to be covered for the winter (perhaps only young shoots).
Ornamental shrubs propagate by cuttings; they are not demanding on soils.
The only care is that they need to be trimmed periodically to give them a beautiful correct form.
These beautiful, profusely flowering shrubs will decorate your garden all season long - from early spring to late autumn.
Introduction
A modern garden cannot be imagined without ornamental shrubs. They create a backdrop for flower crops, act as hedges, showy tapeworms on the lawn. Shrubs are valued not only for their magnificent and long flowering, but also for the shape of the crown, the texture and color of the leaves. Their presence makes the garden elegant, and caring for such a garden is not burdensome, because for the most part they are rarely damaged by pests and diseases, and do not need painstaking care.
The modern assortment of ornamental shrubs is such that with the help of shrubs alone you can create a full-fledged garden, especially if it is small in size and does not involve tall trees, as well as the cost of buying and caring for herbaceous plants. There are shrubs for sunny places and for shady ones, they can grow in wet soils and in dry ones. The main thing is to make the right choice.
The creation of mixed plantings of shrubs should be treated with caution. Group plantings, consisting of several specimens of different species and forms of the same genus, look more harmonious. For example, barberry hedges can be created from a single species with green leaves, or by introducing several specimens of Ottawa or Thunberg barberry, which are distinguished by purple leaves. Group plantings of hawthorn with different colors of flowers and fruits perfectly decorate the garden.
Spectacular tapeworms are considered to be long-flowering cinquefoil shrubs and action. Against the background of the lawn, a sprawling bush of hydrangea paniculata looks great, and against the background of snow - brightly colored shoots of derains.
Beautiful flowering shrubs
The undisputed favorite among flowering shrubs is the rose. However, many garden owners are frightened off by its insufficient winter hardiness, the difficulty of caring for this shrub. At the same time, it is somehow forgotten that there are magnificent park roses, from year to year delighting us with abundant flowering, without even requiring elementary shelter for the winter. True, most varieties of park roses bloom only once a summer.
For many years, mock oranges have been an indispensable attribute of the Russian garden, filling the entire district with unique aromas during flowering.
Today, the range of flowering shrubs is very wide. The fragrant pink wolf flowers and golden moths of flowering forsythia open the parade. Then comes the time for lush caps of viburnum and bright shields of hawthorn, snow-white avalanches of spirea. What about lilacs? These kings of the Russian garden, is it possible to imagine the end of spring and the beginning of summer without them? Or a little-known broom, so far, literally raining golden flowers, showering retaining walls. And what about luxurious tree-like peonies or exquisite rhododendrons that burst into our gardens?
Summer is golden placers of cinquefoil flowers of the shrubby, pink and purple sea of \u200b\u200bspirea, fragrant buddley sultans, lush inflorescences of deutsia and kolquitsia.
The end of August is the parade of heathers. Spread out at the foot of severe coniferous trees, they shimmer with mother-of-pearl waves of small, but such charming flowers, collected in long inflorescences. By autumn, luxurious hydrangea inflorescences change color and for a long time still remind of summer, rustling under the gusts of snowstorms.
decorative deciduous shrubs 
Shrubs with decorative foliage are a real find for the garden. They are good from early spring to late autumn. These are the most diverse types, forms and varieties of barberries. This is truly a gem of a garden. Purple and gold, bright green and purple-red, spotted, speckled with multi-colored strokes of the leaves - that's all of them.
And the luxurious leaves of aralia are a palm tree on your site, and for the sake of such beauty, we even agree to endure the thorns of this “damn bush”. In vain you refuse fieldfare, once a popular shrub. Its leaves in the spring of an unusual pink hue, then turn into elegant green openwork, and by autumn they are golden in the wind.
It is difficult to find a more elegant solution for decorating a monotonous brick wall or fence than planting a white turf bush "Elegantissima". The leaves of this form are stunningly beautiful, dark green, with an uneven creamy white border, and even reddish shoots.
And how good are the holly mahonia bushes in rockeries. As if lacquer leaves with a serrated edge sparkle in the sun.
Or take a beautiful black elderberry form "Aurea". Good for everyone: fragrant flowers, clusters of black lacquer berries, and leaves, as if carved by an artist from gold. And by autumn, pink tan marks appear on these golden plates.
There is only one "but". In the conditions of central Russia, when choosing forms with unusually colored foliage, always remember that they are more demanding on heat, sunlight and even soil fertility than the original species.
fruit bushes 
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It is difficult to imagine a Russian garden without fruit trees and shrubs. In most parts of the country, currants reign in amateur gardens. There are no varieties! It is so good at the time of flowering, when bees and bumblebees literally swarm over the long racemes of flowers. But there is nothing more beautiful than currant bushes strewn with black, red, pink or white berries.
A hedge from gooseberries - the best protection against uninvited guests. Its thorny branches, under the weight of large amber or purple berries, gracefully bend to the ground. No less reliable hedge is obtained from blackberries, fixed on wire trellises. Choose varieties with large fragrant berries, with beautiful large flowers, and with the help of this plant you can form not only prickly hedges, but also an elegant green gazebo of the most incredible shape.
Proper planting of varietal raspberries, fixing them on wire trellises, also allows you to create a beautiful corner in the garden, filled with the aroma of ruby or amber berries.
Much less often, other fruit shrubs are grown in gardens, which have undoubted decorative qualities. Japanese quince and chokeberry, hawthorn and shadberry, viburnum and black elderberry can be excellent specimens in the garden. And such fruit crops as edible honeysuckle and sea buckthorn require group planting.
Of course, unlike purely ornamental shrubs, fruit trees require more care, they are more often affected by pests and diseases. But their fruits are not only tasty, they are valuable suppliers of vitamins and minerals.
Shrubs for a problem garden
Almost every garden has areas where shade reigns.
Grass grows poorly here, and careful selection of perennials for flower beds is required. No less careful should be taken to planting ornamental shrubs in shady places. In dense shade, shrubs such as common privet, shiny honeysuckle, and snowberry will retain their decorative qualities. In the shade of a building or tall trees, you can even plant holly mahonia and St. John's wort. Just remember that variegated forms in the shade may lose their distinctive features.
In damp shady places where you need to hide the soil, plant fragrant raspberries. She is unusually good: abundant pink flowers and coral berries. In addition, he will quickly master the site, filling the space due to root offspring. At the foot of the trees, the apical pachysandra will also feel good.
In semi-shady places with heavy soils, it is better to plant barberry, weigela, deren, spirea. Forsythia and cinquefoil will look great here. Lack of light in the morning will, of course, somewhat weaken the flowering and brightness of unusually colored leaves, such as the Ottawa barberry, but not so much as to refuse to plant them in shaded areas of the garden.
On the wet shores of reservoirs, the place is the place for various shrub willows, hydrangeas.
Big problems in arranging the garden also arise with calcareous soils. But in fact, a very large number of shrubs normally tolerate such soils. These include barberry, euonymus, buddley, elderberry, weigela, colquitsia, St. John's wort, cotoneaster and many others. Shrubs for rock gardens should be selected more carefully, where not only the height of the plants is important, but also their ability to tolerate the alkaline reaction of the soil. Great for rock gardens Thunberg barberry, woolly willow, Japanese spirea, small-leaved mock orange, heather.
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From all of the above, we can conclude: before buying seedlings, you need to carefully read the “biography” of a particular plant in order to determine whether it is suitable for your garden, where it can be planted and how it will have to be looked after.
Japanese quince, or henomeles / Chaenomeles 
Ornamental plants with edible fruits, which are deservedly called the northern lemon. The standard form is spectacular - low Japanese quince, grafted onto a high stem of a wild pear. They prefer a sunny place on the south side of the buildings. They require rich soils, fertilizing and abundant watering during dry periods. Gas-resistant and frost-resistant.
It is better to transplant plants in early spring before bud break. When pruning, it should be borne in mind that the maximum number of flower buds is laid on three-year-old shoots.
Quince Japanese low or Mauleya. Almost creeping shrub up to 1 m high. The branches are arcuately inclined, with thorns. The flowers are orange-red up to 3.5 cm in diameter, 2-6 in short racemes. Abundant flowering from the end of May lasts 3-4 weeks. Very beautiful lemon-yellow or golden fruits. It winters well under snow, but the ends of the shoots may freeze slightly. The best forms and varieties: "Alpina" (with creeping shoots), "Superba" (hybrid with large dark red flowers), "Tricolor" (dwarf form with pink and white stripes and spots on the leaves).
Quince Japanese average. Spreading shrub up to 1.5 m tall. It blooms in May with fiery red, large, single flowers. The fruits are oblong, spherical, up to 5 cm in diameter. The best forms and varieties: "Elly Mossel" (blooms profusely), "Nicoline" (tolerates partial shade).
Aralia / Aralia
An original shrub with straight, unbranched trunks covered with large thorns. The leaves are very large, up to 1 m long, twice or thrice pinnate. Small, white-cream fragrant flowers are collected in complex paniculate inflorescences.
Photophilous, undemanding to soils and moisture. It tolerates transplanting well, but fragile roots require caution.
Usage. Tapeworm, group plantings, impenetrable hedges.
Aralia Manchurian. The only species that can grow in central Russia. It is very decorative both at the time of flowering and with large drooping panicles of small blue-black berry-like fruits. It is most convenient to grow the "Subinermis" form, which has practically no thorns.
Aronia / Aronia 
Shrubs up to 3 m high with beautiful shiny leaves, fragrant flowers and edible black fruits. A plant grafted onto a high trunk of mountain ash or hawthorn looks very impressive.
Shade-tolerant and moisture-loving. Not demanding on soils.
Aronia chokeberry, or chokeberry. Shrub up to 3 m high with large shiny leaves, painted orange-red during blooming. It blooms in summer with white flowers with bright stamens, collected in corymbose inflorescences. In autumn, against the background of bright elegant foliage, black shiny fruits stand out, edible and very useful. The most beautiful and abundant blooms and fruits form "Grandifolia".
Barberry / Berberis
Prickly shrubs that have not only decorative, but also edible fruits, fragrant flowers, collected in brushes or corymbs. Bloom in May. There are a large number of species, forms and varieties.
They tolerate urban conditions well, are easily formed, undemanding to soil conditions, but do not tolerate stagnant moisture. Drought-resistant, frost-resistant. Prefers sunny or slightly shaded areas.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges, rockeries.
Barberry common. Branched fast-growing shrub up to 2.5 m tall. Large edible purple-red fruits with a slight wax coating. Responds well to haircuts. There are forms with white and yellow fruits, white-and-white, purple and red leaves.
Ottawa barberry. Tall shrub with upright shoots. It blooms in May with yellow flowers hanging on long stems. Light scarlet berries remain on the branches throughout the winter. The best forms and varieties: "Purpurea" (dark purple leaves), "Silver Miles" (purple leaves with silver highlights, only for sunny places).
Barberry Thunberg. Dome-shaped shrub up to 1.5 m tall. Green leaves turn purple-orange in autumn. Yellow flowers bloom in May. Coral-red berries adorn the plant almost until the New Year. The best forms and varieties: "Atropurpurea Nana" (dwarf form with dark bronze leaves), "Aurea" (bright yellow leaves, for partial shade), "Bagatelle" (dwarf semi-circular shape with brown-red leaves), "Bonanza Gold" (dwarf with golden yellow leaves), "Green Carpet" (beautiful form, light green leaves), "Harlequin" (variegated leaves, spreading form), "Red Pillar" (tall, purplish pink leaves), "Rose Glow (purple leaves with white and gray spots).
Euonymus / Euonymus 
Shrubs with spectacular fruits - leathery, winged or prickly boxes of red or purple color. The seeds are partially or completely covered with a fleshy, brightly colored seed.
Unpretentious, shade-tolerant. Prefer good breathable humus, neutral or slightly alkaline soils. The conditions of the city, pruning and transplanting are well tolerated. Often affected by aphids and euonymus moths.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges, rockeries, retaining walls.
Attention! Almost all species of euonymus are poisonous.
Euonymus European. Young shoots are green, old shoots are almost black. The leaves are ovate, up to 11 cm long, slightly leathery, turning red in autumn. The fruits are red or pink with a bright orange seed peeking out. The best forms and varieties: "Alba" (white fruits with an orange "eye"). In autumn, reddish tones of leaves and white fruits with an orange "eye"), "Atropurpurea" (narrow purple leaves), "Nana" (dwarf with leathery leaves) are beautifully combined.
Winged euonymus. Tall, up to 4 m tall, strongly branched shrub with tetrahedral light gray branches. Four-celled capsules are deeply divided, bright red when ripe.
Fortune's euonymus. Evergreen shrub with leathery leaves, considered the best ground cover for small gardens. It grows in the shade of the crowns of large trees, but also tolerates direct sunlight. In good conditions it can climb supports up to 3 m high. Thermophilic. In the conditions of the middle lane, it is desirable to grow in container form, to clean it in unheated rooms for the winter, or to provide good shelter for plantings.
Privet / Ligustrum
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs. The fruit is a berry-like drupe.
Drought tolerant, hardy, tolerant of various soil types, grows well on soils containing lime, even tolerates slight salinity. They grow well in urban conditions, cut well, forming dense, shape-retaining hedges and various shapes.
Usage. Tapeworms, group and border plantings, hedges.
Privet ordinary. Deciduous, densely branched shrub up to 5 m tall. The leaves are oblong-ovate, leathery, dark green above, lighter below. The flowers are small, white, fragrant, collected in dense erect panicles up to 6 cm long. Blooms in the first half of summer for 20-25 days. Black fruits remain on the bushes until January. The best forms and varieties: "Aurea" (golden leaves), "Argento-marginata" (silver leaves with green and gray spots), "Glauca albo-marginata" (gray leaves with a white border), "Leucocarpa" (white fruits).
Japanese privet. Evergreen shrub up to 4 m tall with smooth branches and a compact crown, short leathery dark green leaves and smaller flower buds. Flowering is shorter. More shade-tolerant and demanding on soil moisture. Available at garden centers standard plants or shaped like a ball. There is a very spectacular form with variegated-spotted leaves, bordered by a white-pink stripe.
Hawthorn / Crataegus 
Tall deciduous shrubs with a dense rounded crown, with more or less prickly, purple-red shoots. Decorative throughout the growing season due to graceful leaves and numerous white or pink flowers and bright, rather large, edible fruits.
Resistant to adverse city conditions, undemanding to soils. They tolerate shading, but bloom and bear fruit less. Most species are winter-hardy, drought-resistant. They have a high shoot-forming ability, they perfectly tolerate shearing and shaping.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, high hedges.
Hawthorn prickly, or ordinary. A large strongly branched shrub up to 4 m tall or a tree with an oval, asymmetrical crown and prickly branches. White or pink flowers are collected in 5-10 pieces in corymbs. The fruits are large, bright red or purple. The best forms and varieties: "Bicolor" (white flowers with a pink border), "Pauli" (purple-red double flowers), "Paul's Scarlet" (dark pink double flowers).
Hawthorn single-petal. A large shrub 3–6 m high with a symmetrical see-through crown, spines up to 1.5 cm long, beautiful rhombic leaves that turn red in autumn. Showy inflorescences consist of 10-18 white flowers. The fruits are red, rounded, up to 0.7 cm in diameter. Shade-tolerant and undemanding to temperatures and humidity. The best forms and varieties: "Alba-plena" (snow-white double flowers), "Rosea Pendula" (weeping form with pink flowers), "Semperflores" (low form, blooms all summer).
Buddleya / Buddleja 
Very beautiful shrubs with elongated and pubescent leaves, flexible shoots and exquisite flowering. A characteristic change in the color of flowers from the moment of opening the buds to wilting.
In the middle lane, they are not frost-resistant, but while maintaining the root system, they quickly recover. Photophilous, demanding on soil fertility. They need regular watering, protection from the winds.
Usage. Tapeworms, group precipitation, background in the flower garden.
Buddley David. Shrub up to 2-3 m high with thin, dirty-gray shoots, dark green leaves, with a white-felt underside. Numerous fragrant flowers depending on the shape or variety various shades lilac are collected in dense, slightly drooping spike-shaped inflorescences up to 40 cm long. Autumn is carried out high hilling with mulching materials. In February-March, a strong shortening of the shoots is carried out to cause lush flowering. When freezing, pruning is carried out “on a stump”.
Buddleya alternate leaf. Shrub with graceful, wide-spreading, arcuate curved shoots. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, drooping at the bottom. It blooms on last year's shoots with numerous fragrant purple flowers. The most cold-resistant species, not whimsical, endures drought, lean soil, needs a sunny, wind-protected location. It is most effective to grow in the form of a semi-stem tree, tied to a stake. In the middle lane, it needs good shelter.
Elderberry / Sambucus
Shrubs or small trees with pinnate, opposite leaves and berry-like fruits, edible in some species.
Demanding on the richness and moisture of the soil, shade-tolerant. They are fast growing and tolerate shearing well. They belong to the breeds that most effectively reduce the noise level in the city. Almost all species need a strong, short pruning, after which (as well as after freezing) they are perfectly renewed.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, for masking outbuildings, compost heaps.
Canadian elderberry. Shrub up to 4 m tall with yellowish-gray shoots, large, up to 30 cm long, compound leaves. Yellowish-white, small, with a pleasant smell, the flowers are collected in large, up to 25 cm in diameter, slightly convex umbellate inflorescences. Edible shiny fruits of dark purple color. There are forms with golden and yellow leaves.
Elder racemose, or red. Deciduous shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall with a broad, dense, ovoid crown and complex, pinnate, light green leaves. The flowers are greenish-yellow in dense inflorescences up to 6 cm in diameter. The fruits are bright red, small, berry-like, in dense clusters. Leaves and branches have an unpleasant odor that repels rodents. For small areas, a dwarf form is more suitable. There are forms with beautiful strongly dissected and golden leaves, pink and purple flowers.
Elder black. A large deciduous shrub or small tree 6–10 m high. The bark is light gray, deeply wrinkled longitudinally. The leaves are large, up to 30 cm long, from 5–7 ovate, along the edge of sharp-toothed leaflets, when rubbed, they emit unpleasant halls. The flowers are yellowish-white, fragrant, in dense umbellate inflorescences up to 20 cm in diameter. Black-purple shiny fruits are edible. The best forms and varieties: "Aurea" (golden-yellow leaves, only for sunny places), "Laciniata" (large, strongly dissected leaves), "Pendula" (weeping form).
Weigela / Weigela
Beautiful shrubs with large flowers, prone to re-flowering (remontance).
Light-requiring, some species endure slight shading and develop well under the canopy of see-through crowns. Flowers and leaves are easily damaged by wind. Requires fertile soils, bloom poorly on waterlogged. In winters with little snow cover with spruce branches. Young shrubs are sheltered in the conditions of the Moscow region.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings on lawns, hedges, rockeries.
Weigela hybrid. Shrub 2.5–3 m high, crown diameter up to 3.5 m. The leaves are bright green, the period and duration of flowering depend on the form or variety. The best forms and varieties: "Bristol Ruby" (flowers ruby red at the edges), "Candida" (white flowers), "Desboisii" (dark carmine small flowers), "Eva Rathke" (compact form, red-carmine flowers , winters with shelter), "Feerie Lemoine" (flowers are large, light pink), "Gustave Mallet" (pink-carmine flowers with a wide white border), "Marc Tellier" (large carmine-pink flowers, do not fade in the sun) , "Newport Red" (flowers carmine red to purple), "Pierre Duchartre" (dark brown red flowers with a purple edge), "Rosea" (very large pink flowers with a white sheen, small shelter for the winter), " Styriaca" (large form with abundant flowering).
Weigela Korean. Shrub up to 1.5 m tall with bare shoots and large, up to 12 cm long, leaves. The most remarkable thing about this species is the flowers up to 3.5 cm long, gradually changing color from pale pink to carmine by the time of withering. It blooms from the end of May to the end of June. The duration of flowering is very dependent on weather conditions. Shelter is needed for the winter.
Weigela garden. Shrub up to 1 m tall. Beautiful pink-violet and carmine flowers (there is a white-flowered form) develop at the ends of the shoots and in the axils of the leaves of short shoots. Mass flowering in the Moscow region has been observed since the third decade of May and, gradually fading, continues until early July. Autumn leaf color appears in October. Sometimes it does not have time to shed the leaves, in which case they shelter for the winter along with them. Frost resistance increases significantly with age.
Weigela blooming. Shrub up to 3 m tall. Young shoots with two rows of hairs. Annual shoots are red-brown, becoming gray over time. Flowers in 3-4-flowered inflorescences on short lateral shoots, bright pink, abundant. Blossoms 20 days from the third decade of May. There are beautiful forms with variegated, red-brown leaves. The most graceful and frost-resistant form with small leaves is "Variegata".
Heather / Calluna 
Evergreen low growing shrubs. Valued for long flowering in the second half of summer. Excellent honey plants.
Soils prefer poor and acidic, dry sandy or wet peaty. They hibernate without shelter. Light-requiring, although they can tolerate partial shade.
Usage. Heather gardens, plantings with rhododendrons, rockeries.
Heather common. Evergreen shrub with a height of 20 to 60 cm, depending on the form or variety. Most of the forms are strongly branched, have a beautiful crown shape, and bloom profusely. With the right selection of varieties and forms, you can create a heath that blooms from July to mid-October. The Allegro variety is unusually good - a shrub 40–50 cm high, rarely 60 cm, a dense crown diameter of 50 cm. It blooms in the middle lane from early August to late September. The flowers are simple, shiny, carmine-red, collected in long, slightly branched inflorescences. On an alpine hill, the Marleen variety is good. This is a densely branched shrub 20–30 cm high, crown diameter 40–50 cm. Blooms profusely from late August to late October. The buds are mauve or bright purple and never open. Strong shoots grow straight up.
Cherry / Cerasus 
Fast-growing deciduous trees or shrubs with oblong-ovate leaves and white, sometimes pink, fragrant flowers collected in umbellate inflorescences. The fruits are drupes, juicy, mostly edible.
Photophilous, frost-resistant, drought-resistant, well tolerated by urban conditions. Soils prefer neutral, light and medium loams. Grow best on elevated terrain with good air and soil drainage.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, orchards, alleys.
Cherry Bessey. Low, up to 1.2 m tall, shrub with a spreading crown, bare reddish shoots and graceful, oblong, dense leaves, turning bright red in autumn. White flowers adorn the shrub for 15-20 days, the fruits are purple-black, edible. Grows well on sandy, dry slopes.
Felt cherry. Shrub up to 2-3 m tall with a wide, dense crown. The leaves are grayish-green above, with felt pubescence below, corrugated, on small gray felt petioles. The flowers are pink-white, fragrant. Flowering is very colorful and abundant for 7-10 days. The fruits are spherical, bright red, on short stalks, pubescent, with a pleasant sweet and sour taste.
Cherry sandy. Shrub up to 1–1.5 m tall, young plant upright, adult with outstretched branches. Shoots are thin, bare, reddish. Leaves turn bright orange-red in autumn. Blooms profusely with white fragrant flowers for 18-23 days. Fruits are purple-black, spherical, up to 1 cm in diameter, edible.
Japanese cherry, or sakura. Small, up to 1.5 m tall, densely branched shrub with thin, flexible branches. Flowering flowers are white, with a pink tinge, double, up to 1.8 cm in diameter. Flowering period 2-3 weeks. The fruits are shiny, up to 1 cm in diameter. In central Russia, only dwarf forms can be used, covering them for the winter.
Wolfman, or Daphne / Daphne
Ornamental low shrubs, in early spring covered with small fragrant flowers, and then with bright berry-like fruits.
Shade tolerant, but thrives best in full sun or light shade. Prefer fertile soils of neutral reaction. They do not tolerate overdrying of the soil.
Usage. Tapeworms, mixborders, rockeries, retaining walls.
Attention! All parts of plants are poisonous.
Wolf dwarf. Low, 10-30 cm tall, evergreen shrub with thin, creeping shoots with rising ends. Forms evergreen carpets, covered in spring with pinkish-lilac flowers in capitate inflorescences. The leaves are small and narrow, leathery, concentrated in the upper part of the shoots.
The wolf is deadly. Upright shrub up to 1 m tall with sparse branches. The leaves are dull green. The flowers are pink, large, bloom in April before the leaves appear, densely covering the stems. Very beautiful red shiny fruits. Does not like transplants and pruning.
Hydrangea / Hydrangea
Deciduous shrubs, sometimes vines with large leaves and very beautiful massive inflorescences of numerous flowers - small, producing seeds, and large barren.
They grow in sunny and shady places, protected from the winds, on fertile soils. Frost-resistant.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, containers.
Hydrangea. Beautiful flowering bush arnica with scattered branches from 1.5 to 3 m tall. The best forms and varieties: "Anabelle" (flowers creamy white), "Cordata" (large heart-shaped leaves), "Grandiflora" (inflorescences up to 18 cm from large sterile flowers), "Sterilis" (sterile greenish-white flowers).
Hydrangea paniculata. Upright shrub with sparse branched shoots up to 2 m tall. The leaves are dull green, rough. Inflorescences broadly pyramidal up to 30 cm long. The most winter-hardy form "Grandiflora" (creamy-white flowers turn greenish-red in autumn).
Ground cover hydrangea. Deciduous shrub up to 3 m tall with a wide-rounded crown and hairy, reddish shoots. The leaves are dark green, turning yellow-brown in autumn. White sterile flowers turn red by the end of summer. Blooms profusely from the end of July. When watering the bushes with a solution of alum, white flowers become blue in color.
Deytsiya / Deutzia 
Beautifully flowering shrubs with opposite leaves and numerous flowers.
Prefer well-drained soil, sunny places. Drought-resistant, resistant to gases and smoke, almost not affected by pests. They need regular feeding. When pruning, remember that the flowers are laid on the shoots of the previous year.
Usage. Tapeworms, non-cut hedges, group plantings, in borders (dwarf forms).
The action is graceful. Dense dwarf shrub up to 80 cm high with green leaves. Up to 40 beautifully shaped white flowers are collected in brushes that adorn the plant in May-June. Young shoots in the middle zone freeze slightly during spring frosts. There are forms with golden and variegated leaves.
The action is hybrid. Shrub with erect shoots up to 2.5 m high. The leaves are dark green, rough, turning yellow-red in autumn. May die in severe winters. It is desirable to spud high and cover with spruce branches for the winter. The best forms and varieties: "Mont Rose" (large white flowers), "Pink Pom-Pom" (white flowers, pinkish outside, requires moist and fertile land, sunny location), "Plena" (white flowers with pink gloss).
The action is rough. Shrub up to 1.5 m tall with very rough leaves covered with stellate hairs. Under the weight of white or pinkish flowers, shoots can arch to the ground. The best forms and varieties: "Candidissima" (white double flowers), "Marmorata" (snow-white flowers, leaves with yellow-white spots), "Watereri" (white flowers on the outside have a carmine color).
Doren, or svidina / Cornus 
Trees and shrubs of this genus are popular not only because of the spectacular color of the leaves. In winter, colored shoots also look very elegant - green, yellow, bright red and burgundy.
Unpretentious. Places prefer sunny or slightly shaded. They are not demanding on the soil, but prefer moist. Tolerates excess calcium. Gas resistant. For better tillering, young plants are cut "on the stump".
Usage. Group plantings, hedges, tapeworms.
Derain is white. Shrubs up to 3 m tall with thin flexible branches and dark green, slightly wrinkled leaves. It blooms with small flowers collected in inflorescences in the first half of summer. The best forms and varieties: "Aurea" (with yellow leaves), "Elegantissima" (with white-green leaves and red shoots), "Kernii" (with red shoots and yellow spots on the leaves), "Kesselringii" (purple-black shoots ), "Sibirica" (red-coral shoots), "Spaethii" (dark red shoots, green leaves with a yellow uneven border).
Derain Canadian. A low creeping shrub up to 40 cm high forms spectacular carpets. It blooms in June with small flowers with a double perianth resembling petals. It has spectacular bright red fruits. Gives a lot of growth. Prefers slightly acidic, permeable, moist soil. Tolerates moderate shade.
Deren is escapist. Shrub with erect yellow-skinned shoots up to 2 m tall. Forms thickets quickly.
Derain male or dogwood. A large shrub that over the years grows into a tree with a wide, rounded crown. Reaches 4–7 m in height. The leaves are green and shiny. The flowers are yellow, collected in umbellate inflorescences, it blooms profusely in April and for a long time before the leaves appear. Red fruits are edible, but tart in taste, contain 14% sugar. Good for jam, juice, wine. Prefers sunny places. There are decorative forms.
Blackberry / Rubus
A berry culture with high decorative qualities, a liana-like form of a bush up to 5 m high, an extended fruiting period. It is successfully grown on trellises, in creeping and wall culture. There are many varieties that differ in taste, yield and size of beautiful shiny black berries. Flower size also varies by species and cultivar.
Prefers full sun but tolerates shade. For high yields regular watering, top dressing and fertile soils are necessary. Fruiting shoots are cut into a stump.
Usage. Group landings on trellises, vertical gardening, hedges.
Honeysuckle / Lonicera 
Evergreen and deciduous shrubs of various shapes. In the middle lane, deciduous forms predominantly grow with delicate flowers and spectacular fruits, and, in some species, edible.
Unpretentious, winter-hardy, photophilous, not demanding on soils.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges, rock gardens.
Honeysuckle Albert. Graceful shrub up to 1.2 m tall with thin spreading, often drooping branches. Very small and narrow (2x0.3 cm) leaves are light, bluish-green in color. Pink-lilac fragrant flowers about 2.5 cm in diameter adorn the plant for 15–20 days. Large, almost white fruits. The weeping form on a high trunk requires a protected location.
Alpine honeysuckle. Low shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, with a very dense, spherical crown and dark green, large, dense, almost leathery leaves. The flowers are odorless, on erect peduncles up to 4.5 cm long, darkish or greenish-yellow in color, with a dark red or brown-red coating on the outside. Very picturesque are large, pairwise fused, red, shiny berries, similar to cherries. It grows slowly, quite shade-tolerant. There is a dwarf form up to 1 m tall.
Honeysuckle is golden. An elegant shrub up to 2–4 m high, with a spreading, rather dense crown, with dark gray bark and oblong-ovate, long-pointed, leathery, dark green, short-leaved leaves up to 12 cm long. The flowers, unlike most species, are golden yellow, with a honey aroma; fruits are red-coral, spherical, fused in pairs.
Poppy honeysuckle. Bushy shrub or tree up to 5 m tall, with light gray bark. The flowers are large, fragrant, up to 3 cm in diameter, snow-white, gradually turning yellow. Blood-red berries are sessile, spherical, inedible.
Honeysuckle is small-leaved. Densely branched, winter-hardy and very light-loving shrub up to 1.5 m tall with a dense crown, bluish-green foliage, yellowish-white flowers. The shrub is very decorated with an abundance of orange, yellow, and sometimes dark blue fruits.
Honeysuckle is edible. Straight branched shrub up to 2 m tall, with brown, longitudinally flaky bark. Leaves of various sizes and shapes - from oval to linear-oblong. The flowers are light yellow or yellowish white. The fruits are blue-black with a bluish bloom, edible, taste like blueberries.
Honeysuckle Tatar. Densely leafy, unpretentious, fast growing shrub up to 4 m high with dark green leaves. Fragrant flowers from dark pink to white, fruits are red or yellow. It has many forms, including dwarf ones.
St. John's wort / Hypericum 
Deciduous, rarely evergreen shrubs, characterized by long flowering.
Without special requirements to the soil and the place of growth. They can freeze slightly, but grow back quickly after heavy pruning.
Usage. Tapeworms, borders, mixborders, rockeries, group plantings.
St. John's wort is large. Shrub up to 1 m tall, growing up to 1 m wide with decorative bright yellow flowers. The leaves are large, lanceolate, dark green, matte. Long flowering is distinguished by the variety "Hydcote".
St. John's wort calyx. Low-growing shrub up to 40 cm tall with large bright yellow flowers and numerous slender stamens. Very good in borders.
Willow / Salix 
Deciduous trees or shrubs have a transparent crown, thin and flexible shoots, elongated, narrow leaves with short petioles. Small flowers are collected in catkin-shaped inflorescences.
They are photophilous, grow quickly, undemanding to the soil, but need sufficient moisture, frost-resistant. Most species tolerate shearing and city conditions well.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, near ponds, hedges.
Willow goat, or nonsense. A small tree or shrub up to 10 m tall, with a rounded, densely leafy crown. The leaves are dark green, slightly shiny, grayish below, tomentose. Flower earrings are large, dense, in large numbers. Blooms up to two weeks long before the leaves bloom. The standard form and the male form with white-variegated leaves are popular.
Willow purple, or reddish. Shrub up to 4 m tall with a rounded dense crown and very thin, flexible shoots with a purple tint. The leaves are very elegant, up to 15 cm long, bluish-green above, gray-gray below, located almost oppositely. It blooms before the leaves bloom or almost simultaneously with them. Its specific name "purple" received for the purple color of the earrings during flowering. Especially good is the weeping form grafted onto the stem of the goat willow.
Irga / Amelanchier
Small deciduous trees or large shrubs with simple, dark bluish-green leaves on petioles; with numerous white flowers; bluish-black fruits.
Drought-resistant. Differ in precocity, rapid growth, winter hardiness, annual fruiting. Gas and smoke resistant, undemanding to soils. Photophilous.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges.
Irga Canadian. Large shrub up to 6 m tall, rarely a tree 8–10 m. Thin, slightly drooping shoots, giving a special originality to the plant, form a wide oval crown. Egg-shaped leaves up to 10 cm long, when blooming brownish-green, tomentose, bluish-green in summer, crimson-golden in autumn. Blooms for 7-10 days. The fruits are round, dark purple with a bluish bloom, sweet, edible, stand out beautifully against the foliage.
Irga is spiked. Shrub, rarely a tree no more than 5 m high with a dense oval crown formed by numerous shoots. The leaves are ovate, white-felt when blooming, dark green in summer, orange-red in autumn. Fragrant flowers, white or pinkish, in short, dense, woolly, erect racemes stand out beautifully against the background of greenery. Fruits are rounded up to 0.9 cm in diameter, reddish-black with a bluish bloom, sweet, edible.
Irga round-leaved, or ordinary. Shrub up to 2.5 m tall with a spreading crown. Young shoots are silvery with pubescence, old shoots are bare, shiny, purple-brown. The leaves are elliptical, up to 4 cm long, whitish, tomentose at the beginning of development; in summer - dark green, in autumn - orange-red. Flowers up to 3 cm in diameter, white, in numerous apical racemes. The fruits are bluish-black with a bluish bloom. It has high phytoncidal properties.
Kalina / Viburnum 
Deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. Very beautiful during flowering and fruiting.
Winter-hardy, shade-tolerant. Prefer rich, sufficiently moist, moderately acidic or alkaline soils. Heavily affected by pests. They tolerate city conditions well.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges.
Kalina pride. Beautiful densely leafy shrub up to 5 m tall with a compact crown and arched shoots. Dense wrinkled dark green leaves 18 cm long, in autumn acquire a bright reddish color. It blooms for 15–20 days in May–June with fruiting small flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences at the tops of the branches. The fruit is a dry, inedible drupe, first green, then red, and black when ripe. There is a beautiful form with yellow-variegated leaves.
Viburnum ordinary. A fast-growing shrub up to 4 m high. During the growing season, the color of large leaves changes from light green to reddish. The flowers are white, rarely pink, collected in corymbose inflorescences. In one inflorescence there are barren and fertile flowers. Blooms in May-June. The fruits are shiny, red, juicy drupes of round or elliptical shape, edible. The best forms and varieties: "Nanum" (dwarf, profusely flowering form with small green leaves), "Roseum" (spherical inflorescences consist of barren bright white flowers alone), "Variegata" (light green leaves with yellow highlights).
Karagana / Caragana
Deciduous shrubs, sometimes small trees. All species have stipules modified into subulate appendages or spines. Flowers are typically papilionaceous. The fruits are pods with seeds.
Frost-resistant, photophilous, but can grow in light penumbra, drought-resistant, undemanding to soils, tolerate even their weak salinity. They grow well even in conditions of highly polluted air.
Usage. Hedges, tapeworms (primarily standard forms).
Caragana tree. A large shrub with hard shoots reaches 4–5 m in height. Light green leaves consist of 4-7 pairs of oval small leaves. Blooms in May with yellow flowers. It cuts well, forms a shoot from a stump. In old plantings, it is exposed from below. The best forms and varieties: "Albescsens" (golden-yellow leaves that turn green by August), "Cucculata" (very shortened branches), "Grandiflora" ( large flowers), "Pendula" (weeping form), "Lorbergii" (small leaves and flowers, drooping branches), "Walker" (creeping form).
Caragana dwarf. Shrub up to 1 m tall with bright golden branches. Light green leaves of 4 contiguous small linear leaflets. Their petioles harden over time and turn into spikes. Blooms almost all summer. The fruits are beans up to 3 cm long. Extremely unpretentious.
Keria / Kerria
This genus has only one species - Japanese keria, deciduous, fast-growing shrub with a beautiful crown shape, oblong-ovate leaves. The decorative qualities of the plant are determined not only by beautiful and long flowering, but also by decorative light green leaves, which become bright yellow by autumn. The flowers of keria are simple or double, fragrant, golden yellow in color.
Low frost-resistant, requires rich, moist soil, protection from the wind. It blooms poorly when grown in partial shade. It has a high shoot-forming ability, so the plant is sometimes grown with annual pruning "on the stump".
Usage. Tapeworm, group plantings, in flower beds, rockeries.
Annual shoots of keria in the conditions of the Moscow region freeze slightly. Therefore, the plant needs shelter, for which the bush is tied with twine, bent down, covered with spruce branches and covered with snow.
Particularly good form "Pleniflora" with yellow double flowers and very flexible shoots. When planting in rockeries on the south side of the house, the bush can be formed in a creeping form, securing the shoots with pegs.
Cotoneaster / Cotoneaster 
Deciduous or evergreen slow-growing shrubs with dark green, most often shiny leaves.
Undemanding to soils and humidity, mostly frost-resistant and gas-resistant. They lend themselves well to molding, so they are often used as hedges. Old bushes are easily rejuvenated by radical pruning. Deciduous species are pruned in February, evergreen - in April.
Usage. Tapeworms, hedges, rockeries.
Cotoneaster shining. Upright shrub, reaching a height of 2–3 m. The leaves are dark green, shiny. Blooms in June with pink flowers. The berries are black, spherical. Handles pruning well.
Cotoneaster hybrid. Evergreen shrub up to 50 cm high with arcuately spread branches above the ground. It grows quite quickly, up to 2 m in diameter. The leaves are shiny, dark green. The magnificent variety "Coral Beauty" requires light shelter for the winter.
Cotoneaster horizontal. Low, about 1 m high, sprawling shrub, reaching 2 m wide, with almost horizontal shoots and a characteristic, similar to a fish backbone, branching. Leaves are glossy, dark green, turning purple-orange in autumn. It blooms in June with white-pink flowers. Coral-red berries do not fall for a long time. Grows fast. One- and two-year-old shoots freeze slightly without shelter.
Cotoneaster Dummer. Low-growing, light-loving, but penumbra-resistant evergreen shrubs are used as ground cover crops. Shelter for the winter is desirable. The best forms and varieties: "Eichholz" (creeping branches with shiny, dark green leaves), "Major" (prostrate shrub with numerous, light red berries).
Kolkwitzia / Kolkwitzia
The genus is represented by only one species - the lovely colquitia. Deciduous shrub up to 2 m tall. The leaves are large, broadly ovate with a pointed apex, dark green, beautiful texture, covered with sparse hairs. The bottom of the leaf blade is lighter, pubescent. The foliage is especially spectacular in autumn, when on the same plant they are painted in light yellow, dark brown and dark red colors. Bright pink bell-shaped flowers collected in pairs in small corymbose inflorescences. Flowering is abundant and long.
Photophilous, needs light soils, regular watering. Smoke and gas resistant. In the conditions of the middle zone, annual shoots are often frosted over, and sometimes biennial ones. New shoots grow quickly, however, when biennial shoots freeze, flowering does not occur. To increase frost resistance, plants are fed with potash fertilizers in the second half of summer, old shoots are regularly cut out, preventing the bush from thickening. Thinning bushes carried out in June-early July.
Kolquitsia is considered one of the best flowering shrubs.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, in flower beds in the background.
Gooseberry / Grossularia
Popular in Russian gardens are berry bushes with thorny branches, beautifully shaped leaves and oval fruits of various shapes and colors. There are many varieties, including those without thorns.
Plants prefer rich, loamy soils, sunny places, protection from north and east winds. They do not tolerate stagnant water. Need cutting shoots older than 5-6 years.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges and sheared borders.
Potentilla / Potentilla
Ornamental shrubs with leaves of five small leaves and bright colors. They bloom profusely and for a long time, until late autumn.
They are photophilous, but tolerate partial shade, are not demanding on soil fertility, do not tolerate its compaction, can grow even on calcareous lands. Drainage required. They do not tolerate overdrying of the roots. Frost-resistant.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, borders, hedges, rockeries, against the background of conifers.
Potentilla Dahurian. Low, up to 60 cm, shrub with bare, spaced shoots. The leaves are almost leathery, shiny green above, bluish below. The flowers are white, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, solitary, rarely in few-flowered, corymbose inflorescences. Blooms for a long time, up to 100 days. It is possible to freeze the ends of the shoots in harsh winters.
The cinquefoil is shrubby. Extraordinarily hardy, strongly branching shrub, reaching a height of 1.5 m, with reddish-brown or gray, flaking bark; with a dense hemispherical crown. Leaves are pubescent. The flowers are larger, golden yellow in color, in corymbs or small, loose, apical racemes. The best forms and varieties: "Abbotswood" (cushion-shaped, white flowers), "Daydawn" (orange-yellow flowers), "Elisabet" (light yellow flowers), "Goldfinger" (dense crown, large bright yellow flowers), 'Goldstar' (low dense shrub with large light yellow flowers), 'Jackmani' (silver flowers), 'Klondaik' (light yellow flowers), 'Kobold' (dwarf form with light yellow flowers, needs pruning).
Hazel / Corylus
Large shrubs or trees. Most of the species are nut-bearing.
The best development is achieved on soils rich in humus. They do not tolerate bogging and salinity. Grow fast. Shade-tolerant, but the nut harvest is given only with a sunny location and the presence of at least 2 plants. With strong pruning give numerous shoots. Most species are winter-hardy, but flowers can be damaged by spring frosts. Ornamental forms with colored leaves are more effective when pruned heavily in March.
The hazel is big. A large upright shrub up to 5 m high. The leaves are round, covered with small silk fibers throughout the growing season. Inflorescences - yellow catkins - appear after the leaves bloom in April. Particularly appreciated form with dark red leaves, requiring sunlight.
Manchurian hazel. Multi-stemmed shrub up to 4 m high. Stems branch only in the upper part. Young shoots are strongly pubescent. The leaves are large, toothed-lobed, dark green, in autumn - orange or golden yellow. Fruits in a narrow-cylindrical prickly wrapper up to 6 cm long. Very shade tolerant.
Common hazel. Large, up to 5 m tall, dense shrub, giving a bountiful harvest of fruits - hazelnuts. Best forms and cultivars: "Albo-variegata" (white edged leaves), "Atropurpurea" (dark purple leaves), "Aurea" (golden yellow leaves), "Contorta" (strong corkscrew branches, twisted and rolled leaves ), "Pendula" (weeping form).
Loch / Elaeagnus
Small deciduous and evergreen trees or shrubs with beautiful silvery shoots and leaves, fragrant flowers, drupe fruits.
Unpretentious, photophilous, drought-resistant, good honey plants. Due to the presence of nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria on the roots, they are soil-improving breeds that can grow on extremely poor lands. Winter-hardy. They tolerate city conditions well.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges.
Loch is multi-flowered. Low shrub up to 1.5 m tall with young shoots covered with reddish-brown scales. The leaves are oval or oval-oblong, covered with silvery scales on top, later glabrous, on the underside with silvery and brown scales. Flowers are axillary, yellowish-white, bell-shaped, 1-2. The fruits are large red drupes, up to 2.5 cm long, juicy, with a pleasant sour taste.
Loch silver. Deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 4 m tall, with a spreading crown. The leaves are leathery, silvery on both sides, with brown scales on the underside. Fragrant flowers in leaf axils, 1-3, small, drooping, silvery outside, yellow inside, on small pedicels. Flowering time is 15-20 days. The fruits are oval or spherical, with powdery sweet pulp, covered with silvery scales.
Louiseania / Louiseania
Very flowering shrubs, sometimes incorrectly called sakura. They bloom before the leaves bloom in the first half of May.
Winter-hardy. They are not demanding on soils, but prefer fresh fertile soils. Easy to transplant, resistant to drought, pests and diseases. During the flowering period, they are demanding on moisture.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings on the lawn, against the background of conifers, in standard culture.
Louisiana Vyazolistnaya. Deciduous spreading shrub 2-4 m tall with non-thorny, soft shoots. The leaves are similar to elm leaves. Blooms before the leaves open. Flowers up to 1.5 cm in diameter from pink to purple-red. The fruit is a drupe, dry, spherical, dark red or yellow, with a pink blush, with a dry thin pericarp that opens after ripening.
Louisiana three-lobed, or three-lobed almond. Shrub up to 3 m high with a spreading crown and protruding dark gray shoots. Leaves, located on fruitful shoots in bunches, coarsely serrated along the edge, indistinctly three-lobed. Leaves of growth shoots with more distinct lobes. The flowers are simple, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, grow on shoots of 2, have a variety of colors - dark pink, light red, crimson. The fruit is a drupe, up to 1 cm in diameter, with a dry, velvety pericarp. Gorgeous form "Plena" with pink double flowers.
Mahonia / Mahonia
Evergreen shrubs, devoid of thorns, with shiny leathery leaves. The flowers are small, yellow, collected in erect, many-flowered inflorescences. Edible fruits are dark blue with a bluish bloom, rarely red or whitish, from spherical to oval.
Shade-tolerant, but develop better in open sunny places, resistant to pests and diseases. Prefer fresh, humus-rich soils; well tolerate the conditions of the city, as well as pruning and crown molding. Fairly frost-resistant, but young plants should be covered for the winter with spruce branches.
Usage. Group plantings, borders, hedges, rose gardens, rockeries.
Mahonia holly. Evergreen shrub up to 1.5 m tall. Interesting large leathery leaves, reddish when blooming, dark green in summer, reddish-golden-bronze in autumn, especially in sunny places. The leaflets of a compound leaf are shaped like holly leaves. It blooms from the beginning of May and during the month, sometimes blooms again in October. Dark blue with a bluish bloom, edible, sweet and sour fruits ripen in early August, giving the shrub a unique identity. Cross pollinated plant. The best forms and varieties: "Aurea" (golden leaves), "Juglandifolia" (nut-leaved form).
Magobarberry Newbert. A hybrid of the holly magonia and the common barberry is an evergreen or semi-evergreen, very beautiful shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves are ovate-oblong, 3–7 cm long, hard, serrate, rounded at the base. Similarity with barberry is manifested in simple leaves, with mahonia - in the absence of thorns and the next arrangement of leaves.
Raspberry / Rubus
Very fragrant, sweet berries of scarlet, raspberry, peach and yellow color give special value to this genus of shrubs. Flexible young shoots grow during the season up to 3 m in height, the leaves are light green on the reverse side, strongly pubescent. Flowers large, white.
Good fruiting when planted in fertile loose soils, sunny places and grown on trellises. They need annual cutting of fruit-bearing shoots, removal of root shoots.
Usage. Hedges, group plantings, near water bodies.
Raspberry is fragrant. One of the most ornamental shrubs for shady places. It differs from fruit species and varieties in beautiful and long flowering with large pink flowers. It multiplies very quickly due to root shoots.
Almond / Amygdalus
Deciduous shrubs, sometimes small trees, covered in spring with an abundance of beautiful, large, solitary, pink or white flowers.
Undemanding to the soil, salt- and drought-resistant, respond well to soil liming, photophilous, easily tolerate city conditions. They grow quickly, bloom in the 3-5th year.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, rockeries, against the background of lawns and coniferous crops, to fix slopes, in standard culture.
Georgian almond. Shrub up to 1 m tall, similar in appearance to low almond, from which it differs in larger leaves, up to 8 cm long, larger bright pink flowers and bristly, hairy fruits. Frost-resistant.
Almond low, or wall (bean). A small deciduous shrub up to 1.5 m tall with a dense spherical crown. The branches are erect, reddish-gray, with numerous shortened branches densely covered with narrow leaves. Single bright pink flowers (there is a white-flowered form) bloom simultaneously with the leaves and adorn the bush in abundance. Flowering lasts 7-10 days. The fruit is a drupe up to 2 cm long with a dry, pubescent whitish-straw-colored pericarp. Exceptionally winter hardy.
Sea buckthorn / Hippophae
Fruit shrubs or trees with beautiful silvery leaves and fruits of various shades of color and different sizes.
They grow well on poor soils, are photophilous, frost-resistant, drought-resistant. The roots lie superficially, so you should loosen the ground carefully.
Usage. Group plantings, hedges.
Sea buckthorn. Asymmetric shrub or tree up to 5 m tall with a splayed crown and lanceolate silver-gray leaves. Flowers are inconspicuous. Shoots are prickly. The fruits are very spectacular - orange, very juicy, edible, tightly sticking shoots. There are many fruit varieties.
Pachysandra / Pachysandra
Pachysandra / Pachysandra
Evergreen shrub up to 30 cm high with dark green, leathery leaves. It grows very quickly. It is considered one of the best plants for semi-shady and shady places, landscaping areas under trees and large shrubs.
Prefers partial shade, moist fertile soils. In the spring, it needs a little pruning, which stimulates the growth of new shoots.
Usage. Carpet landings, curbs.
Pachysandra apical. This species has a very showy "Green Carpet" cultivar. It has smaller leaves, a strict form of a bush, only 15–20 cm high, abundant flowering. The flowers are white, collected in apical spikes. Blooms in April.
Peony / Paeonia 
Most types of peony are herbaceous plants, but six types of peony are deciduous shrubs with a rare, very beautiful crown, decorative leaves and very large showy flowers.
Requires nutritious, well-drained soils, sunny location. In severe winters in the conditions of the middle lane, they need shelter.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings.
Tree peony. Shrub up to 1.2 m high with strong erect shoots, large double-pinnate leaves. The flowers are fragrant, solitary, very large. Depending on the variety, the flowers are white, lilac, bright red or pink with a dark crimson spot at the base. When freezing, they quickly recover due to adventitious buds at the base of the stems.
Broom / Cytisus
Unpretentious undersized shrubs. In most cases, they bloom profusely with fragrant flowers and tie fruits in the form of beans.
They do not tolerate transplantation well, so they are planted in early spring with a large clod of earth and only at a young age. Soils prefer light, sandy, sunny places. Some species are drought-resistant and frost-resistant.
Usage. Spectacular tapeworms, rockeries, retaining walls.
Early broom. Dense shrub up to 1.5 m high with drooping shoots. The leaves are narrow, light green. Numerous golden yellow flowers appear on shoots in May. The smell is not very pleasant. After the end of flowering, the plant is severely pruned to encourage the rapid growth of new shoots. The landing site should be chosen sunny, well protected from the winds. In severe winters, it freezes a lot, so you should cover it with spruce branches and snow. In the conditions of the middle zone, they freeze slightly, and most often they freeze out completely, the only exception is the Allgold variety.
Russian broom. Low deciduous shrub up to 1.5 m tall with straight or curving gray branches. Gray-green leaves are small with a spike at the top. The flowers are large, yellow, 3-5 in the axils of the leaves.
Creeping broom. Low, about 20 cm tall, shrub with easily rooted green shoots lying on the ground. The leaves are small, dark green. It blooms in May with yellow flowers along the shoots. After flowering, faded shoots should be cut off so that new ones grow and ripen by spring.
Rhododendron / Rhododendron 
Deciduous and evergreen shrubs. The leaves are entire, alternate, oblong, with a smooth edge. Flowers in umbellate inflorescences, rarely 1-2, different in size and color - from white to different shades of purple and yellow.
Grow slowly, especially in the early years. They need high humidity, acidic, humus-rich, well-permeable soils, bright places. They do not tolerate stagnant waterlogging and high groundwater standing, midday direct sun.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, against the background of lawns or coniferous crops.
Dahurian rhododendron. Strongly branched, medium-sized, evergreen shrub up to 2–4 m tall. Blooms profusely before the leaves open. The flowers are funnel-shaped, large, up to 4 cm in diameter, pink-purple. In autumn, secondary flowering can often be observed. High winter hardiness.
Rhododendron Kamchatka. Low deciduous shrub up to 35 cm high. Numerous main branches are brown-red, prostrate. Young twigs are upright, reddish or greenish, rather large, somewhat elongated leaves up to 6 cm long. Flowers are large 3-4 cm in diameter from pink-purple-red to blood-red.
Rhododendron ketevbinsky. Evergreen shrub 2-4 m high, sometimes growing as a tree. The leaves are oval-oblong, the flowers are large, up to 15 cm in diameter, lilac-purple, with a wide corolla.
Ledebour's rhododendron. Semi-evergreen, thinly branched, densely leafy shrub up to 1.5 m high with branches directed upwards. Blooms in May, again in autumn. Corollas of flowers are pink-purple up to 4.5 cm in diameter.
Rhododendron Smirnova. Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 3 m high with white-pubescent young shoots. Reddish-pink bell-shaped flowers.
Rosa
Shrubs from 20 cm to 1.2 m high with high decorative qualities. Unlike wild (the so-called wild roses) and historical roses, modern roses most often have a remontant nature and bloom all season.
Photophilous. They grow well on moderately moist, loamy soils, but do not tolerate waterlogging. They require good care, regular feeding, shelter for the winter in the conditions of central Russia. Most species and varieties need pruning before wintering.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges, rose gardens, borders.
Roses are classified not by species, but by groups. The most winter-hardy are shrub, park and moss roses. For borders, dwarf roses, patio group roses are more suitable. The peak of popularity is experienced by carpet or landscape roses, which are distinguished by the splendor of flowering and relative unpretentiousness. Russian winters and polyanthus roses are well tolerated - small flowers which are collected in lush umbellate inflorescences. This group also includes floribunda and floribunda grandiflora roses, in which the shape of the flowers is similar to hybrid tea, but also collected in large inflorescences.
The most spectacular flowers of the so-called graft roses are mostly tea hybrids, with large, most often solitary flowers of the most exquisite shapes and colors. However, tea roses can also be grown as own roots.
Fieldfare / Sorbaria
Deciduous shrubs, up to 3 m tall, with graceful, large leaves, with white, numerous flowers, collected in large, terminal panicles. Blooms in June-July for 30 days. Most fieldfare give abundant root offspring, forming dense, very showy thickets.
Grow fast. The soil is undemanding, but the best development is achieved on drained and moist. Tolerates some shade, hardy. They have phytoncidal properties.
Used for single and group plantings in gardens and parks, along the edges and in hedges. Effective on the banks of water bodies.
Fieldfare Pallas. Very decorative, low shrub, up to 1.2 m tall. Young shoots are brownish, glabrous, finely pubescent or with yellowish, branched hairs; older ones with peeling bark. The leaves are large, up to 15 cm long, of 9–15 pairs of leaflets, dark green, glabrous or often pubescent. The flowers are white or creamy white in small. The disadvantage is the fragility of the stems that require systematic removal. Quickly loses the original planting line, growing at the expense of offspring to the sides and forming a continuous curtain. Handles pruning well.
Fieldfare rowanberry. Shrub up to 3 m tall, with a wide spreading crown, numerous, erect shoots. The leaves are large, up to 25 cm long, from 9–13 pairs of leaflets, they resemble mountain ash in shape. When blooming, leaf blades are pink, later light green, in autumn - yellow or dark carmine red. The flowers are small, white, with stamens twice as long as the petals, collected in terminal, pyramidal panicles up to 30 cm long. Fading inflorescences lose their decorative effect and require removal.
Boxwood / Buxus
Evergreen shrubs and trees with numerous glossy leaves. Very popular in ornamental gardening.
Light-requiring, but put up with light penumbra, demanding on air humidity, prefer calcareous, humus-rich soils. Shear boxwood in early August.
Usage. Solitaires, borders, containers.
Attention! All parts of the boxwood, especially the leaves, are poisonous.
Boxwood evergreen. Evergreen, slow growing, dense shrub up to 2–4 m tall. Can be shaped like a tree. The leaves are leathery, oval, shiny, dark green. Flowers inconspicuous, honey-bearing. The main plant for the formation of geometric shapes and for low sheared hedges. Freezes in harsh winters. In central Russia, it is more expedient to grow as a container culture, with wintering in an unheated room.
Lilac / Syringa
Deciduous, rarely evergreen shrubs with opposite, simple leaves. Flowers bisexual, fragrant, bell-shaped. The color of the flowers is varied - from white to purple and purple. The flowers are collected in apical paniculate inflorescences.
Resistant to dust and air pollution, frost-resistant, drought-resistant, not demanding on soils.
Usage. Single and group plantings, hedges, near water bodies.
Amur lilac, or crackling. Under culture conditions, it grows as a large multi-stemmed shrub, up to 10 m tall. Young shoots are red-brown, similar to cherry shoots. The leaves are 5-11 cm long, somewhat reminiscent of common lilac leaves, greenish-purple when blooming, dark green in summer, orange-yellow or purple in autumn. Small, white or slightly creamy flowers with the smell of honey, on short pedicels, collected in large, wide, paniculate inflorescences up to 25 cm long. It blooms 2 weeks later than the Hungarian lilac and 3 weeks later than the common lilac.
Lilac Hungarian. Shrub 3–4 m tall. Shoots densely branched, directed upwards. Broadly elliptical, dark green, shiny, bare leaves up to 12 cm long, with delicate cilia along the edge, bluish-green on the underside, sometimes pubescent along the midrib. The flowers are long-tubular, small, purple, with a weak aroma, in narrow, divided into tiers, rare panicles. Blooms 2 weeks later than common lilac. Blooms profusely for 20-25 days. Perfectly shaped, well retains the shape given to it. Does not give root offspring.
Hyacinth lilac. It received its specific name for its resemblance to hyacinth flowers. The leaves are broadly ovate or heart-shaped, pointed, brown-purple in autumn. The flowers are similar to the common lilac flowers, but the inflorescences are smaller and looser, blooming a week earlier. The best forms and varieties are "Ester Staley" (purple-red buds, bright purple-red flowers), "Puple Gloiy" (very large purple flowers), "Churchill" (silver-purple flowers with a pink tint).
Chinese lilac. Tall shrub up to 5 m tall with spreading, thin, hanging branches. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pointed, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are large, up to 1.8 cm in diameter, intense purple in buds, reddish-lilac with a pleasant aroma when blooming, collected in wide pyramidal, drooping panicles up to 10 cm long. Blooms at the same time as common lilac. Cultivated forms with double purple flowers and very showy with dark purple.
Meyer's lilac. Compact shrub up to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are broadly elliptical, 2–4 cm long, tapering at the apex, with a wedge-shaped base, dark green above, glabrous, lighter below, pubescent along the veins. The flowers are fragrant, light lilac-pinkish, collected in erect inflorescences 3–10 cm long. It blooms in June. Young bushes 25 cm high can already bloom, and quite abundantly, therefore they are suitable for planting in borders and rockeries. There are a huge number of varieties of the most diverse colors and sizes, both inflorescences and flowers.
Persian lilac. Shrub up to 3 m tall, with dense, thin, arched branches. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, up to 7.5 cm long, thin, dense. The flowers are light purple, up to 2 cm in diameter, with a strong specific aroma, collected in loose, wide panicles up to 10 cm long. It blooms somewhat later than the common lilac, very abundant and long-lasting. Growth rate is average. Light-requiring, winter-hardy, drought-resistant, tolerates transplantation and shearing. It has various forms with white and red flowers.
Sumpia / Cotinus
Large deciduous trees or shrubs. The most decorative during fruit ripening, when paniculate inflorescences become grayish-violet or pinkish due to overgrown, densely pubescent pedicels. This creates the impression of an unusual colored wig or air cloud, for which the plant is called a wig tree. Young plants begin to bloom in the 4-5th year.
They require a sunny location, fertile, well-drained soils, and the obligatory application of lime. They tolerate city conditions well. Drought tolerant and heat resistant.
Usage. Effective solitaires.
Skumpia leather. Shrub with a spreading rounded crown reaches 3-5 m in height. The leaves are light green, turning bright yellow in autumn. Flowers are collected in panicles at the ends of the shoots. Blooms in June-July. After flowering, original feather inflorescences are formed, consisting of overgrown pedicels. The popular form "Royal Purple" with dark purple leaves partially freezes under the conditions of the Moscow region.
Plum / Prunus
Deciduous trees or shrubs with short shoots that usually end in thorns. The flowers are relatively large, solitary or collected in few-flowered. The fruits are fragrant, juicy, edible.
They prefer loam, fertile, well-drained soils, sunny places. Regular watering is required.
Usage. Group plantings, tapeworms, hedges.
Plum prickly, or turn. Strongly splayed, branched shrub up to 5 m tall. The branches are very prickly black-ash or brownish. Leaves are oblong-elliptic, up to 4 cm long. Blooms at the same time as the leaves open. The flowers are white up to 1.5 cm in diameter with numerous stamens. The flesh of the fruit is greenish, sour, tart. The best forms and varieties: "Nigra" (dark red leaves with a black sheen), "Plena" (double white flowers), "Purpurea" (purple leaves and pink flowers).
Currant / Ribes
Shrubs with beautifully shaped leaves and racemose inflorescences of numerous small flowers, which have become an indispensable attribute of Russian gardens. They give large yields of very tasty fruits of white, pink, red and black color, depending on the type and variety. Varietal berry currants often combined, regardless of the color of the berries, into one name - garden currant. In addition, there are purely decorative species that, although they have berries, are too sour and small.
They need rich, reasonably moist and well-drained soil. Shade-tolerant, but give a good harvest in sunny, well-protected places from the winds.
Alpine currant. Decorative appearance with red berries, which has very showy forms with golden, small and deeply incised leaves. As a rule, dwarf forms are used in gardens.
Currant is golden. Ornamental shrub with a beautiful rounded crown, fragrant golden flowers and orange-yellow, purple or almost black berries. Grows well in unfavorable environmental conditions.
Snowberry / Symphoricarpus
Deciduous shrubs, characterized by spectacular large white or pink fruits that persist throughout the winter.
They grow quickly, are unpretentious, photophilous, prefer calcareous soils. They tolerate shearing, shaping and city conditions well. Winter-hardy.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges, borders.
The snowberry is white, or brushy. Deciduous shrub up to 1.5 m tall with a rounded crown and long thin shoots. The leaves are simple, ovate or almost rounded, entire, green above and gray below. Small pink flowers are collected in dense racemose inflorescences located along the entire shoot. It blooms profusely and for a long time, and next to the blooming flowers you can also see ripened fruits - berry-shaped, spherical, up to 1 cm in diameter, white, very elegant, juicy, keep on the shoots for a long time.
The snowberry is rounded, or ordinary. Quite a tall shrub with thin shoots, small leaves, dark green above and bluish below. The flowers are as small as the white ones, and are collected in dense short inflorescences. Fruits are hemispherical, purple-red or coral, with a bluish bloom. In autumn, thin shoots with purple leaves are covered with red fruits along their entire length. Somewhat less winter-hardy than the white snowberry, however, it quickly recovers after freezing.
Spirea, or meadowsweet / Spirea
Deciduous shrubs, rarely exceeding 2 m in height, with a very various forms bush - from pyramidal to weeping. Valued for abundant and long flowering. The flowers are small, but numerous, collected in inflorescences of various shapes, in some species there are single flowers. The color is varied - from pure white to crimson.
Not demanding on the soil, photophilous, frost-resistant. Many species are smoke and gas resistant, tolerate city conditions well.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, rockeries, hedges, borders.
Spirea white-flowered. A small shrub up to 50 cm high, with strong erect branches. Large inflorescences-panicles are flat and rather dense. The flowers are white, flowering time up to 2 months.
Spirea Billard. Shrub with spreading branches, broad lanceolate leaves and bright pink flowers collected in narrow pyramidal inflorescences up to 20 cm long. Blooms from the second half of summer until frost. A very good hybrid "Antony Waterer" with an elegant spherical crown, blooming almost all summer with dark pink flowers.
Spiraea Van Gutta. Shrub up to 1.5 m tall with spreading, arcuately curving down light brown branches, forming a beautiful cascading crown shape. The flowers are pure white, collected in dense, numerous, hemispherical inflorescences, covering almost the entire shoot.
Spirea oak-leaved. An upright shrub up to 2 m tall with long ribbed shoots and a dense, beautiful, rounded crown. In autumn, the leaves turn a solid yellow. White flowers up to 1.5 cm in diameter are collected in hemispherical inflorescences.
Spirea Douglas. Upright shrub up to 1.5 m tall with straight, ribbed, reddish-brown, pubescent shoots. The flowers are dark pink in dense narrow pyramidal inflorescences.
Spirea nipponica. Shrub 1-2 m tall with a very dense spherical crown. Blooms in early June. The flowers in bud are purple, when open, they are yellowish-green in dense inflorescences. Differs in compactness and plentiful flowering.
Spirea sharp-toothed, or arguta. A highly branched shrub up to 2 m tall with a wide spreading crown formed by arcuate-curved brown shoots. The flowers are white up to 0.8 cm in diameter, collected in numerous multi-flowered umbellate inflorescences, completely covering the shoots.
Japanese spirea. Beautiful shrub up to 1.5 m tall. In autumn, it acquires a spectacular color. It blooms for a long time with pink-red flowers, collected in complex inflorescences, which are crowned with annual shoots. The best forms and varieties: "Golden Princess" (undersized shrub, pink flowers, bright yellow leaves), "Little Princess" (dark pink flowers), "Ruberrima" (up to 30 cm tall, carmine-red flowers), "Shirobana "(an abundance of flowers from white to pink), "Variegata" (variegated leaves).
Forsythia / Forsythia
Fast growing and early flowering deciduous shrubs, upright or spreading. The shoots are covered with moth bright yellow flowers even before the leaves bloom.
They prefer sunny places, protected from cold winds, as well as moist, humus-rich, slightly alkaline soils. Stable in the city. In severe winters, it freezes above the snow cover, but recovers after heavy pruning.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, rockeries.
Forsythia medium. Fast-growing, rather frost-resistant shrub up to 2 m tall with dark green elliptical leaves. It can freeze at the level of the snow cover. The best forms and varieties: "Densiflora" (pale yellow flowers are very crowded), "Goldzauber" (large golden yellow flowers), "Lynwood" (bright green leaves, light yellow flowers), "Primulina" (bright petals yellow flowers slightly wavy), "Spectabilis" (large bright yellow flowers and well-aimed dark green leaves).
Forsythia ovoid. The most winter hardy. Shrub up to 3 m high with green branches directed upwards. Leaves up to 15 cm long, toothed at the top. Flowers bright greenish-yellow. Blooms at the end of April. In autumn, the leaves turn dark purple with an orange tinge.
Bird cherry / Padus
Deciduous trees with alternate, large leaves; abundant, fragrant flowers in racemes, fruits - black drupes.
Most species are frost-resistant, drought-resistant, photophilous, but can also grow in partial shade. Prefer fertile, moist soils.
Usage. High hedges, single and group plantings, near water, in single and group plantings.
Bird cherry antipka, or magalepka. A low tree or shrub with a dense spherical crown. The flowers are fragrant, small, white, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, collected in small brushes up to 7 cm long. Juicy fruits, up to 1 cm in diameter, become black as they ripen. There is a decorative form with weeping branches.
Bird cherry virgin. Tree up to 15 m tall, with a wide, spreading crown, oblong-ovate shiny leaves, turning yellow in autumn. bright colors. The flowers are white, up to 1.3 cm, in many-flowered, leafy racemes up to 15 cm long. The fruits are spherical, red at first, dark red when fully ripe, with juicy, edible pulp. It blooms and bears fruit annually from 7 years.
Bird cherry Maaka. Tree up to 17 m tall, with a broad pyramidal crown. The trunk is covered with very elegant, reddish-orange or golden yellow bark, smooth, shiny, papery, thin films peeling off across the trunk. The flowers are white, small, in erect oblong racemes, odorless. The fruits are small, up to 5 cm in diameter, round, black, very bitter, inedible, serve as a delicacy for birds and bears, for which it received the name "bear berry" in its homeland. Does not tolerate shading well. Known Michurin hybrid - cerapadus.
Common bird cherry, or carpal. Tree up to 17 m tall or large shrub. The crown is wide, dense, with drooping branches; the bark is smooth, matte, black-gray. White clusters of fragrant flowers appear after the leaves bloom. The fruits are black, spherical, shiny, edible drupes. The most popular forms with pink and double flowers. The variegated form is less common.
Mock orange / Philadelphus
Deciduous shrubs with numerous straight stems covered with thin, gray bark. Leaves are dull, simple, ovate, elongated or broadly ovate. Magnificent creamy-white fragrant or odorless flowers are collected in brushes of 3-5 pieces at the ends of the shoots. There are many types, forms and varieties with simple, semi-double and double flowers.
Winter hardiness depends on the species and variety. But basically, mock oranges tolerate Russian winters well, and when frozen, they quickly recover thanks to a powerful root system. They need permeable, fertile soils, a sunny place, but they can also withstand partial shade. They respond well to regular watering and fertilizing. Smoke and gas resistant. Need thinning.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, uncut hedges, rockeries and borders (dwarf forms).
Chubushnik is pale, or ordinary. Powerful shrub, blooming profusely, creamy-white flowers, very fragrant flowers up to 3 cm in diameter, collected 5-7 pieces in racemose inflorescences. Leaves turn bright yellow in autumn. In the middle lane it suffers from wet snow, it can freeze to the level of snow cover. It has several decorative forms, differing in variegation, size and doubleness of flowers, there are even varieties with white and pink flowers. Until now, the terry variety "Virginal" is considered the best with flowers up to 4–5 cm in diameter and a lush bush up to 2.5 m in circumference.
Chubushnik crown. It stands out with reddish-brown shoots. Very unpretentious species, does not tolerate only salty and too wet soils. It blooms profusely and for a long time, the flowers are large, very fragrant. It has a beautiful golden color. In winter, it freezes to the height of the snow cover. The dwarf form of this species is also popular, reaching only 60 cm in height.
Chubushnik Caucasian. Although the flowers of this species are smaller, it is widely distributed in Russia due to its high winter hardiness and undemanding soil.
Chubushnik Lemoine. A hybrid between common mock orange and small-leaved mock orange. There are many varieties of this hybrid with fragrant large snow-white flowers collected in large brushes. Varieties are divided into groups: with small and large leaves.
Chubushnik thin-leaved. This type is intended for those who cannot tolerate strong odors. Shrub with a beautiful spherical shape of the crown, large leaves, pure white flowers, odorless. Unpretentious, blooms even in partial shade, tolerates transplant well. Particularly good variety "Multiflorea" with large racemes up to 11-13 flowers.
Rosehip / Rosa 
Shrubs 1–2 m high with erect or slightly drooping branches. There are species with very long shoots creeping along the ground or clinging to the trunks and branches of neighboring plants. Such species are able to rise to considerable heights.
Most species are photophilous. They grow well on moderately moist, loamy soils, but do not tolerate waterlogging.
Usage. Tapeworms, group plantings, hedges.
Rose (rosehip) rusty. A beautiful, densely branched, multi-stemmed shrub up to 1.5 m high. The shoots are very prickly. Flowers crimson pink. Valued for apple flavor leaves.
Rose (rosehip) dog, or ordinary. Shrub up to 3 m tall with sprawling arched branches of greenish or red-brown color, covered with powerful thorns. The leaves are small, the flowers are pale pink, the fruits are round or oblong-oval, bright red.
Rose (rosehip) French. Upright shrub up to 1.5 m. Leaves up to 12 cm long. The flowers are large, from dark pink to fiery red, simple or double, solitary, sometimes collected in 2-3. They have a peculiar pleasant aroma. Blooms profusely in early summer. Quite winter-hardy, but in the middle lane it sometimes suffers from frost.
Exochorda / Exochorda
Deciduous fast-growing and abundantly flowering shrubs.
They prefer sunny locations and good, humus-rich, moist soils. Good drainage is required. They do not tolerate limestone. Photophilous, frost-resistant, drought-resistant. They tolerate heavy pruning and rejuvenation. After flowering, overgrown shoots are shortened.
Usage. Solitaire for small gardens.
Exochorda large-flowered. Free-growing shrub with straight main shoots and wide-spreading side shoots. Reaches a height of 1.2 m. The leaves are oval, light green. In May, it blooms with large white flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, collected in hanging inflorescences 10 cm long.
Exochord Alberta. Strongly branched shrub up to 4 m tall with bright green elliptical leaves. White flowers up to 4 cm in diameter are collected in many-flowered apical inflorescences. Gives excellent cutting material.
A shrub with pink flowers allows you to create a feeling of boiling flowering, group plantings look especially interesting, where snow-white and pink buds bloom at the same time. The modern huge selection of crops for decorative purposes can confuse even the most experienced landscape designer, to say nothing of an ordinary summer resident.
We invite you to find out which shrub blooms with pink flowers, the photos and names of these crops on the page are presented in the editors' choice. Do not fixate your attention only on these plants. Perennial horticultural crops that bloom with pink flowers can be planted singly or in groups. Always consider the possibility of cross-pollination. So, if you plant an ornamental plum (and this shrub blooms in pink) next to an apple tree, then a year later both trees will bloom with white or pink buds.
Look at the photo of a shrub with pink flowers, and the names of these interesting and unpretentious cultures can be found further on the page: 
The most popular ornamental shrubs in pink
All decorative pink shrubs can be conditionally divided into two large groups. the first is the most popular crops known to all gardeners. The second is an uncommon species.
Chaenomeles, or Japanese quince (Chaenomeles) is a flowering ornamental shrub with pink flowers from the Rosaceae family. Do not confuse Japanese quince with ordinary quince, these are different plants, although the fruits of chaenomeles have a similar shape, are edible and healthy.
There are four species of this plant, distributed mainly in China and Japan. Based on them, many garden hybrids and varieties have been bred.
- 1. Japanese chaenomeles (Сhaenomeles japonica) - a shrub up to 3 meters in height with large orange-red flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences of 2-6 pieces. Blooms in May before leaves appear. The fruits, ripening by October, are about 6 cm in diameter.
- 2. Henomeles Mauleya (Сhaenomeles maulei) is also called Japanese low quince. The height of this shrub with pink flowers usually does not exceed one meter. In horticulture, the most common hybrids are between Japanese quince and Japanese low quince.
- 3. Beautiful chaenomeles (Chaenomeles speciosa) - the height of the bush is about 70-100 cm. The plant does not bear fruit and does not tolerate the winters of the middle zone quite well.
- 4. Chaenomeles cathayensis - the height of the shrub is up to 3 meters, in the middle lane it is usually about 1.5 meters. In severe winters, it can freeze quite a bit.
Chaenomeles is used in the garden both as an ornamental and as a fruit crop. From a shrub blooming with pink flowers, they create low hedges and borders, planted in rock gardens, near water bodies and on the lawn, singly or in company with other ornamental shrubs: magonia, forsythia, weigela, spirea, heather. Chaenomeles is also used to strengthen the slopes. Plants grafted onto stems look amazing (ordinary mountain ash, wild pear or irga are usually used as a stock). It is also possible to plant apple trees, pears, garden rowan or hawthorn on the chaenomeles itself. Fans of experiments can enhance the decorative effect by grafting several breeds onto one plant.
To obtain fruits, it is necessary to plant 2-3 varieties of chaenomeles on the site. The fruits of the plant are sour and very fragrant, for which they received the name "northern lemon". They are rich in vitamin C, pectin and trace elements. Candied fruit, jam, jam, compotes, liqueurs, etc. are prepared from them. 
Magnolia (Magnolia)
Although magnolia is considered a shrub with pink flowers, but in wildlife it reaches a tree up to 30 m high. The leaves of the shrub are dark green in color and have an elliptical shape. Flowers are more often pink when opened and reach a diameter of 15 cm and have a fragrant aroma.
Magnolia blooms on the sea coast throughout the warm season. After flowering, a fruit with large seeds is formed, resembling a pine cone in appearance. The bark of the tree has grey colour, smooth and sometimes scaly to the touch.
There are species that live a little further north than is commonly believed. Therefore, garden centers began to trade this plant. Unfortunately, it does not take root well in central Russia, since the climatic conditions of this region do not suit it at all.
Those gardeners who ventured to plant star magnolia or lily-flowered magnolia insulate it for the winter. Since frosts can damage the tender buds of this southern plant.
There are ubiquitous popular centers for the introduction of plants, with many different varieties:
- 1.Kew Royal Botanical Garden (England) - has 40 species.
- 2. Arnold-Arboretum (USA) - has 46 species.
- 3. Kiev Botanical Garden has 15 species, 4 hybrids and 22 plant forms.
- 4. In St. Petersburg, magnolia Siebold grows and bears fruit in the open field.
- 5. In Moscow and Smolensk magnolia Kobus took root.
- 6. Kobum and Sulanga magnolias grow in Vladivostok.
Magnolia pointed - a large tree with pointed leaves 20 cm long. The flowers are yellow-green in color and bloom when the tree already has foliage. It has a pyramidal shape of the crown, which gradually develops into a spherical shape. Loves moisture and grows in nature up to 24 m in height.
Star-shaped is either a shrub with pink flowers, or a tree with a dense crown of a spherical shape. It grows no more than 6 m high, while having a bush diameter of about 3.5 m. Dark green foliage turns yellow in October. Very fragrant flowers with a diameter of 10 cm begin to bloom in April, but since this dissolution is not friendly, the flowering stretches for almost a month.
Magnolia Siebold is a very beautiful shrub with pink flowers 4 m high, with long leaves and white fragrant flowers, located on a drooping pedicel. Begins to bloom after the foliage has blossomed.
Ivolistnaya - this species rarely appears on sale. Shrub with pink flowers grows up to 10 m tall with a pyramidal crown shape. The tree has a smooth silvery bark. Flowers with a diameter of 8 cm have a wonderful aroma. This plant is easy to grow from seed and blooms as early as 5 years. 
Garden shrub rhododendron with pink flowers
Rhododendron (Rhododendron) - genus flowering plants Heather family (Ericaceae). Some of them are tropical sissies (house azaleas), others can withstand harsh climates well. About 18 species are found in Russia, and for growing in gardens, we have made a selection of frost-resistant rhododendrons.
This ornamental culture is a garden shrub with pink flowers or small trees that can be evergreen, deciduous or semi-evergreen. Bare or slightly pubescent branches are covered with harsh and dense leaves.
Quite large flowers resembling bells are located one by one or in inflorescences such as a shield or umbrella. The color of the inflorescences can vary from snow-white and yellow to brownish-purple. Below are frost-resistant types of garden rhododendrons that are used in landscaping and landscape design.
Rhododendron yellow - deciduous species. Under natural conditions, this shrub with pink flowers can be seen in the North Caucasus. Cultivated since 1972. The height of this sprawling beautiful shrub varies from 2 to 3 meters. Dense, elongated leaves, painted in a bright green hue, become dark red or orange-red with the onset of autumn.
Pink very fragrant flowers bloom at the tops of the shoots in many-flowered inflorescences such as a corymb or umbrella. Flowering takes place from April to May, at the time when the leaves bloom. It lasts three to four weeks.
This species has a large number of varieties, the flowers of which are painted in a variety of attractive shades. Hybrids with terry inflorescences have also been created.
Rhododendron yellow reproduces both by seeds and by layering. It is most spectacular during the lush spring flowering and autumn, when the leaves change color of the leaves. 
Pontic rhododendron. Under natural conditions, this shrub with pink flowers grows on the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea. Beautiful elongated harsh leaves with a glossy surface are painted in dense green. They are located at the ends of the branches of this evergreen shrub in the form of cuffs.
Violet-pink large flowers with spectacular yellow dots can reach a width of almost 5 cm. They bloom in corymb-like inflorescences, consisting of a large number of flowers. During the flowering period, which lasts almost 4 weeks, it is simply impossible to take your eyes off this original shrub.
This species is propagated by seeds, cuttings and layering, but the simplest method is considered to be propagation using leafy cuttings.
Ledebour's rhododendron (maral). In nature, it grows among heaps of stones and screes. It can be found in the Sayan Mountains and Altai. The crown of this semi-evergreen shrub (about 2 m high) is formed by numerous thin branches. Small oval leaves mostly hibernate on shoots.
Attractive pinkish-lilac flowers with open petals (about 5 cm wide) are located almost at the very tops of the branches, one or several pieces together. Annual abundant flowering occurs in the month of May. At this time, the bushes are almost completely covered with flowers.
This fast-growing species of rhododendron tolerates transplanting well at a young age. With the help of seeds, it can be easily propagated. 
Interesting types of shrubs blooming in pink
There are other types of interesting shrubs that bloom in pink - most of them can be seen in parks and even in forests.
Rosehip May
Rose hips are considered the best way to strengthen the immune system and protect against infections due to the high content of vitamin C.
- Synonym: Rosehip cinnamon.
- Latin name: Rosa majalis
- English names: double cinnamon rose.
- Popular names: wild rose, cinnamon rose.
- Family: Pink
- Parts used: fruits, leaves, flowers, twigs, roots.
Botanical description: perennial deciduous shrub with pink flowers up to 2 m high. It has twig-like branches covered with shiny brown-red bark. Shoots are covered with sparse thorns, flower-bearing shoots are usually without thorns. Winter-hardy and unpretentious plant, used for landscaping cities. Leaves pinnate, with 3-7 pairs of elliptical leaflets. The flowers are large, fragrant, pale red to dark red. Flowering from May to July, fruits ripen in August. The fruits are spherical or ovoid.
Habitat. It grows almost throughout Russia, with the exception of the southern steppe regions and the Crimea, throughout the European part, with the exception of the northern, Black Sea and Caspian regions, in Western and Eastern Siberia to Lake Baikal in forests, among shrubs, along thickets near lakes, rivers, meadows 
Adorable Colquisition
Among the ornamental shrubs that bloom in pink, in the country house or in the garden, the lovely kolquitsia is not so common. But for the first time he saw her flowering, he will definitely try to settle her on his site. After all, it is not in vain that kolkvitia is also charming in the botanical sense. Her full Latin name is Kolkwitzia amabilis, where "amabilis" translates as "charming", "pleasant", "sweet".
This flowering shrub comes from the mountainous part of Central China, is found in Manchuria. It is a member of the Honeysuckle family of the genus Kolquitsia. Among the botanical relatives of kolquitsia, weigella, honeysuckle, and snowberry are known to us.
The genus was named in honor of the German botanist Richard Kolkwitz, it includes only one species - the lovely Kolkwitz. Kolkvitia came to Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century (1901), and its first flowering here came in 1910. Soon shrubs began to be massively planted in gardens and parks. After 1914, the lovely kolquitia crossed the ocean and also fell in love with American gardeners, remaining for several years the main decoration of their gardens. And the British were so delighted with the flowering of kolquitsia and its uncomplicated maintenance that in 1923 they honored her with the Royal Horticultural Society's award for merit in horticulture. What kind of charm charmed two continents at the same time?
This plant is a perennial shrub with pink flowers 1.5 to 3 meters high. The small plant is covered with small hairs. An adult shrub has no hairs, it is covered with red-brown bark, peeling off with plates. In the spring, green, pointed to the edge leaves up to 7 cm long appear on the colquis, in the fall they turn yellow, and fall off by winter. The bush grows in several trunks, abundant basal processes appear annually. At first, the shoots grow straight, then they bend in an arc, leaning towards the ground. Flowering occurs in the second year of planting in the ground in mid-summer. Colquisia buds are paired and are at the ends of the branches, the flowers are pinkish-white with a pearly sheen. Among the flowering shrubs, they also look beautiful: Manchurian aralia, magnolia, forsythia, lilac, Japanese spirea, rhododendron, hibiscus, heather and abelia. The fruits are rounded boxes covered with bristles, they ripen in late autumn. Fruits of kolkwitzia Varieties and species In culture, this shrub is represented in a single form Kolkwitzia amabilis - lovely kolkwitzia. The translation of the specific name has many variations, among which are “amiable”, “pleasant”, “dear to the heart”. There are two varieties of this shrub: "Rosea" - with rich dark pink flowers; "Pink Cloud" - with creamy pink flowers. 
Camellia is a perennial shrub with pink flowers.
Camellia (Camellia) is an evergreen plant belonging to the Tea family. This amazing perennial shrub with pink flowers was named after the Jesuit monk Kamelius Georg Josef, who first brought it to Europe. In the wild, the plant grows in tropical, subtropical zones in countries such as Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, China, on the islands of Java, Sulawesi.
Surely the description of the camellia flower will be of interest to many florists. This most beautiful plant is a shade-tolerant bush or tree, the height of which can vary between 2 - 20 m. Dull or pointed leaves have a simple, elliptical, broadly or oblong-ovate shape, leathery structure, glossy surface, short petioles. They are single, sequential. The length of the leaf plate is about 3 - 17 cm.
Getting an answer to the question of what this shrub looks like in pink flowers is a must. Camellias form many single buds. The diameter of blooming flowers with numerous stamens can vary within: 1 - 12 cm. At the base, the petals are fused. Their color is pink, red, white, variegated.
Concerned about how the camellia smells, you should find out that its flower, which looks like a beautiful rose, has no aroma. The fruit is a dry capsule, usually divided into 5 sectors containing seeds.
Popular types of camellia. Modern breeders have bred numerous varieties, camellia hybrids, based on various varieties plants. Below are the most popular types. 
camellia japonica
This variety of shrub with pink flowers is considered the most famous, often used in breeding activities to breed indoor flowers. In the Land of the Rising Sun, this plant is revered on a par with the iconic sakura. The magnificent flower Japanese camellia (Camellia japonicaa) is cultivated as indoor, greenhouse, garden. It is often used as an interior decor, for making bouquets.
Under natural conditions, the plant can have a height of 1.5 - 11 m. By caring for the Japanese camellia at home, you can count on getting a tree-like shrub with stems up to 1 m long, blooming in November - January. Semi-double, double spherical flowers may have white, pink, red colors. In hybrid specimens, the petals often have a spotted or striped color. Flowers form in leaf axils and cover the entire crown.
camellia sinensis
This variety also has another name - tea bush. The leaves of the plant are used to produce green, black, long leaf tea. Dried flowers are components of various aromatic additives.
If you are interested in the question of where the Chinese camellia (Camellia sinensis) grows, you can find out that the industrial cultivation of the plant is carried out by many countries: China, India, Kenya, Japan, Georgia, etc. Our state is also engaged in the cultivation of camellia tea (Krasnodar Territory). Indoors, its cultivation is carried out quite rarely.
mountain camellia
Mountain camellia (Camellia sasanqua) in nature grows on the islands of Kyushu, Okinawa (Japan). In a cool room, it is fashionable to observe its flowering in the period November - February. The species is often taken as a basis for breeding indoor, garden varieties. The plant forms single buds or rosettes with 2 - 3 flowers. The red camellia flower looks very impressive, also, the petals can be white or pink.
camellia saluyonskaya
This species is actively used in breeding cold-resistant varieties suitable for garden and greenhouse cultivation. A slightly branched shrub with pink flowers reaches a height of 1.5 m. Large flowers (8 cm in diameter) gradually bloom on it, the color of which can be snow-white, pink, dark red, burgundy. Saluyon camellia (Camellia saluenensis) is considered the most unpretentious of garden plants of his family.
Camellia oleifera
The cultivation of this evergreen tree with a height of about 10 m is practiced in the Chinese mountainous areas. Large seeds of the camellia oil (Camellia oleifera) flower are formed in a large fruit box. For single bisexual or paired axillary flowers, the presence of a white color is characteristic. 
Heat-loving shrubs with pink flowers
the heat-loving shrubs with pink flowers discussed below in central Russia can be grown as container crops. In the summer they can be taken out to the garden, and in the winter they can be grown in the warm rooms of a house or a city apartment.
Look at the names of shrubs with pink flowers, and photos will help you make the right choice.
Azalea (Azalea)
Azalea (Azalea) is one of the most impressive flowering shrubs with pink flowers that turn the garden into a bright colorful show in spring and early summer. From year to year, the culture is becoming more and more popular, and breeders are creating more and more new and unusual varieties. To date, there are more than a hundred hybrids and varietal forms of garden azalea, the care of which in open ground is not as difficult as many people think.
Of the types of high decorativeness, large-flowered and Japanese azaleas are popular.
Deciduous (large-flowered) varieties are characterized by high growth and large flowers of various shapes. The flowering period is the end of May and the beginning of June. The most popular winter-hardy varieties: Chanel, Freya, Klondike, Tunisia, Sonya, Starus, golden Golden Lights and Golden Sunset, one of the most beautiful varieties of late flowering bright orange " Gibraltar.
Grade "Gibraltar". Japanese azaleas are characterized by slow growth and a more compact form of a bush, not exceeding 60-100 cm. There are dwarf varieties no more than 30 cm in height. A shrub with pink flowers grows more in breadth than up, so it can be used as a ground cover. Flowers delight gardeners in all shades of pink, lilac and purple. The leaves usually fall in winter, but not in all varieties. Several popular varietal forms: "George Arendes", "Kermezina", "Rosinetta", "Silvester" "Rubinshtern", "Marushka", "Blue Danube".
Sort "Blue Danube". The duration of flowering, depending on the type and variety, varies from 3 weeks to 2 months, and the crop blooms for the first time for 3 years.
Hibiscus garden (Syrian)
Hibiscus is a prominent member of the Malvaceae family. The genus includes about 300 species. This is a tropical plant. Its homeland is the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New Worlds. In the conditions of the middle lane, only a few types of hibiscus are grown. Among them is the Syrian hibiscus. If this shrub with pink flowers is sheltered for the winter or wintered in the basement, the flower will take root and will delight with lush flowering even in regions with cold winters.
China is considered the birthplace of the Syrian hibiscus. In the natural environment, the size of the plant reaches 5-6 meters. As a rule, a deciduous shrub is grown in the garden, reaching a height of 1.5 meters. It has bright green ovate leaves and single flowers of various colors. The plant can also be grown as a stem tree.
Garden hibiscus is an unpretentious plant. The owners will not have much trouble with it. It's easy to take care of him. When new green shoots appear, old, dried stems are cut off. Hibiscus does not tolerate weeds in the neighborhood. It is necessary to ensure that the bush does not thicken, regularly pull out weeds.
Garden hibiscus belongs to light-loving plants. In order for it to please with abundant and lush flowering, it should be placed in a well-lit place. Next to roses, it will look great. Thanks to its compact size, it fits perfectly into any rose garden. As a solitary plant, it is no less attractive. It is very good to plant lavender bushes next to the hibiscus. It is not only beautiful, but also useful. The smell of lavender repels aphids that love roses and hibiscus. The plant does not tolerate drafts, so it must be protected from the wind.
When choosing a plant for planting, it should be borne in mind that non-terry varieties of garden hibiscus are more frost-resistant. Flowers with terry petals are afraid of frost. 
Three-lobed almond
In the first half of May, the three-lobed almond (Louisiana) blooms and, it seems, there is nothing more beautiful than this white-pink and sweet-smelling cloud. An ornamental shrub with pink flowers picks up the baton of flowering from solar forsythia and early types of rhododendrons, for several weeks dresses the garden that wakes up after winter in a spectacular bride's outfit.
The quintessence of beauty is grace, tenderness, quivering defenselessness.
There is no doubt that the three-lobed louiseania belongs to the Rosaceae family, but there is no such clarity with the generic affiliation of the shrub. Starting from the middle of the 19th century, and it was then that the plant from China came to Europe, botanists revised its name and pedigree several times. So in the taxonomy several terms-synonyms appeared.
The plum three-lobed plant was named for the shape of the leaf - in the upper part it is divided into three lobes. There are a few more features common with the plum genus - a short pedicel, rich color of the fruit.
With three-lobed almonds, the shrub combines a large single flower and fruits with a thin layer of amniotic pulp, which dries up when ripe.
Belonging to the genus Luiseania is determined by pubescent shoots and a spherical drupe covered with a fancy relief pattern.
Outwardly, it is a shrub with pink flowers and a spreading crown, growing up to 2.5–3 m, or a miniature tree if the crop is grown on a rootstock. The plant blooms before the leaves bloom, on the shoots of last year. The flowers are terry, with a diameter of 1 to 3.5 cm. Almonds strike not only with the density of flowering, but also with a variety of palettes - from flesh and pale pink to bright crimson.
In China and Europe, the standard culture of Louisiana is popular - it is an elegant shrub with pink flowers and a spherical crown, consisting of radially protruding young shoots. Immediately after flowering, the plant is sheared “under the hedgehog”, they give it the opportunity to grow young shoots and lay flower buds.
In everyday life, the three-lobed Louisiana is sometimes called the Siberian sakura. The plant has no common ancestors with cherries, here the comparison has more of a philosophical connotation - bright, but short-lived beauty symbolizes, like Japanese sakura, the transience of life, every moment of which must be lived to the fullest.
A flowering shrub is the personification of awakening nature and spring mood.
Paradoxically, V. Batochenko, an amateur gardener from Western Ukraine, became the first breeder of Louisiana to receive new decorative varieties. Experimenting with grafting and artificial pollination, he developed about a dozen new cultivars. They supplemented the existing assortment, enhancing the decorative effect of the shrub and expanding its color range. Without regard to frosty winters, we can safely recommend the following varieties.
Captivity is the oldest decorative form of three-lobed almond with large double flowers, reaching a diameter of 3.5-4 cm. It blooms simultaneously with the appearance of leaves, forms a lush branched bush up to 2 m high. The plant is considered sterile, since the fruits fall off after flowering, not having time mature.
Louisiana Kyiv is an old variety that has become the genetic basis for many decorative forms. It blooms earlier than Captivity, the flowers are large, the color is more saturated and bright.
Noteworthy is the standard variety Vesnyanka. In addition to high decorative qualities, it is also resistant to most diseases, especially monolial burn, which often affects shrubs.
Almond three-lobed Rosenmund - characterized by a long flowering period (more than 3 weeks), compact size and large double flowers of pure pink color.
Luiseania Crimson strikes with unusual coloring. During flowering, the straight shoots of a low, spreading bush are literally plastered with crimson flowers.
The Chinese hybrid is more similar to sakura than others, as it is obtained by grafting onto felt cherries. The flowers are not as chic as those of terry varieties, but it blooms longer and more abundantly. 
Variety Tanyusha is distinguished by early flowering and special decorative effect. Each flower is a large terry corolla, consisting of 30-40 slightly twisted rose petals.
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Recently, shrubs are gaining popularity. And this is quite justified. Caring for them is simple, and in terms of decoration they are very expressive. Shrubs vary greatly in size: from dwarfs 20-40 cm tall to giants over 3 meters high. This allows you to create three-dimensional compositions from them that are beautiful even without flowers. The color palette of the leaves is also very diverse. Variegated species will add light to the garden, and you can play with contrasts with dark varieties. But shrubs reach their highest form at the time of flowering. And here they have no equal. The abundance of flowers on one plant is delightful, and a bright color accent appears in the garden. Let's talk about shrubs that bloom in spring. This is the period when you especially want beauty. After winter, we missed the flowers so much.
Forsythia (Forsythia)- blooms the very first. There are several types of forsythia. The most winter-hardy in the Middle lane is the ovoid forsythia (Forsythia ovata Nakai). In order not to make a mistake when buying, look for the Latin name on the label. On sale there are species plants (wild). They are sold from cars along the road and in spontaneous markets. But these shrubs do not bloom very abundantly. And here varietal plants bloom so that you can not see the branches. Forsythia ovoid has many excellent varieties.
Goldzauber- a very valuable variety, tolerates frosts better than others. The flowers are large, rich yellow.
Melisa- has a dense compact crown, large golden yellow flowers, suitable for small gardens.
Vic End- a shrub with shoots growing upwards, flowers are large, bright yellow, numerous, open as soon as the snow melts.
Steppe almond, or Almond dwarf, or Bobovnik (Prunus tenella). Graceful shrub up to two meters tall. In the Middle lane it is grown up to St. Petersburg. It freezes only in severe winters and at the same time blooms at the bottom of the shoots that were under the snow. Flowers pink, simple, very abundant. At the time of flowering, the shrub resembles a pink cloud. Fruits are tied on the plant - small fluffy "nuts", but they are inedible. Fruit species of almonds do not hibernate here.
Spiraea (Spiraea). These bushes are a special topic. There are summer-flowering and spring-flowering spireas. The latter are also called white-flowered, since their flowers are white, small, collected in inflorescences. Flower buds are laid on the shoots of last year, so spireas that bloom in spring are not pruned in autumn. This is the main difference from summer-flowering spireas, for which strong pruning is used.
The group of spring-flowering spireas includes several species: Alpine spirea, S. Vangutta, S. gorodchataya, S. oak-leaved, S. zvenobeistnaya, S. Cantonese, S. many-flowered, S. nipponskaya, S. sharp-toothed, or arguta, S. lovely, S. gray, S. plum-leaved, S. medium, S. Thunberg, S. three-lobed, S. Emilia.
The very first to bloom are Argut's spirea and gray spirea.
Spirea arguta, or sharp-toothed (Spiraea x arguta Zab.) - shrub up to 2 m tall, with a widely spreading crown. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate, strongly serrated, up to 4 cm long. The flowers are white, up to 0.8 cm in diameter, in numerous umbellate inflorescences, densely covering the shoots. This spirea grows slowly, 10-20 cm per year. One of the most spectacular spring flowering spireas. Due to the abundance of flowers, the grace of thin, arched branches makes a charming impression both near and at a distance. It is often called "Foam of May", which determines the nature and abundance of its flowering. Winter-hardy, undemanding to soil fertility, but photophilous. It is used both in single plantings and for creating hedges.
Spirea gray(Spiraea x cinerea) - highly branched shrub up to 2 m tall. Forms a beautiful rounded crown. The leaves are gray-green above, lighter on the underside, pointed at both ends. White flowers are collected in loose corymbs. They are so densely located to each other that they merge with each other, and the branches are not visible behind the flowers. The Grefsheim variety is especially good. Thanks to the arched curved shoots, the flowering bush resembles a whole fountain of white flowers. The spectacle is irresistible!
Spirea gray is very winter-hardy, blooms annually. It tolerates drought well, which proved last abnormal summer.
Currant golden(Ribes aureum) is a shrub, a species of the genus Currant (Ribes) of the monotypic Gooseberry family (Grossulariaceae). By appearance the leaves resemble gooseberries, and the fruits resemble black currants. The plant is used as a fruit. For abundant fruiting, a pollinator variety is needed. The berries are tasty, although without aroma, like blackcurrants. In spring, the shrub blooms beautifully with small yellow flowers collected in inflorescences. The main advantage is a wonderful honey aroma. It is so strong that it can be felt from a distance. It is worth having such a “practical” plant in the garden.
Weigela- now a fashionable shrub, which is widely available for sale. You should know that not all types of weigel are equally winter-hardy. Relatively winter-hardy species for Central Russia are: Early Weigela, Middendorf Weigela (W. middendorffiana), Blooming Weigela (W. florida).
Most often sold weigela hybrid(W.x hybrida). Under this name, varieties and forms obtained from crossing weigels of different species are collected. They have beautiful flowers of various shades: white, yellow, purple. But most often weigels are hybrid non-hardy and require shelter for the winter.
Relatively winter-hardy weigela species for Central Russia are: - early weigela, c. Middendorf (W. middendorffiana), c. blooming (W. florida).
Weigela early(W. praecox). The shrub comes from the Far East. The height of the bush is about 2 m. The flowers are large, funnel-shaped. The color is lilac-pink or red-pink. Flowers are numerous. At the time of flowering, the bush looks very decorative.
There are other spring flowering shrubs, such as rhododendrons. However, they require special conditions - acidic soil. The shrubs named above are chosen because they are very unpretentious. They grow in any soil, except for very wet ones. For the winter they do not require shelter. If you add lilac to this set of shrubs, then the spring flowering holiday is guaranteed!
You can find this article in the newspaper "Magic Garden" of 2011 No. 10.
In shaping the landscape of the garden plot, an important role is played by the competent location and combination of different plants. Properly selected flowering shrubs for the garden will delight the eye and decorate it from spring to late autumn. With the help of shrubs, you can diversify the garden landscape, divide the territory and add new accents to it. When choosing a plant, one should take into account its height, duration of flowering and planting characteristics of the shrub. Shrubs that bloom in spring are in demand among gardeners, as they decorate the site with their flowering, while other plants are just awakening.
Much when choosing shrubs depends not only on the preferences of the gardener, but also on the characteristics of the soil, climate and plants that are already growing on the site.
Japanese quince (Chenomeles)
Japanese quince is a low growing flowering shrub. This heat-loving plant feels good in regions with a mild climate, but can also tolerate frosts down to -30 ° C. Ornamental Japanese quince shrubs are used for lawns and borders.
Did you know? Especially often you can find low-growing creeping species that were bred specifically for rockeries and alpine slides. There are also hybrid forms for growing bonsai.
Quince is native to Japan and China. The plant is about 1 meter high, photophilous and undemanding to the soil. Shoots and branches in most hybrid varieties with thorns, but you can find quince with bare branches. The root system is powerful, with a long tap root, which allows it to tolerate drought normally. The shrub is photophilous, so it is better to plant it in well-lit areas. Flowers with a diameter of up to 5 cm, are placed along the length of the entire shoot, the petals are tightly pressed against each other. Japanese quince blooms in May-June, flowering period is 30 days. During this period, shrubs have a beautiful decorative appearance and become the main coloring of the garden plot.
Quince begins to bear fruit at 3-4 years. The fruits ripen in September-October, they are pear-shaped, but more often they look like green or orange apples.
Buddley grows in the tropical latitudes of Asia, South Africa and America. Although she loves warm temperate climate, but can withstand frosts down to -20 ° C. In winter, the above-ground part of the shoots freezes over, but the next year new shoots grow up to 1.5 m long. The branches are green, thin, ribbed. The foliage is oval, dark green, up to 25 cm long. 
Flowers can be purple, white, purple, depending on the type of buddleia. In care, the shrub is unpretentious. On dry days, it must be watered and fed during the flowering period. Before winter, drooping foliage and shoots should be cut off, the soil should be covered with peat and dry leaves. Buddley propagates by seeds or cuttings.
Weigela is a shrub from the Honeysuckle family. In our country, weigela is found early, pleasant and Middendorf. The shrub blooms twice a year: from May to mid-June and from late August to early October. During flowering, weigela is abundantly covered with flowers. She loves sunny areas or a little partial shade. 
Important! Weigela flowers and leaves can be damaged by the wind, so it is best to plant the shrub in protected places.
Shrub care is easy. Cut off frost-damaged shoots, water on dry days and fertilize during flowering. The soil for planting choose loose and fertile.
Common heather can often be found in garden plots. This is a small shrub with narrow four-sided leaves. It grows up to 1 meter in height. Heather has many varieties that differ in the color of leaves and flowers. The goblet-shaped flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences. Heather blooms in July-August and pleases the eye with lush flowers until late autumn, so it is considered a shrub that blooms in autumn. 
He loves acidic soil, sun and partial shade. Abundant watering should be carried out when heather blooms. In the northern regions, where winters are frosty, it must be watered abundantly before the soil freezes and shelters for the winter. It will be good if you mulch with leaves, chopped bark, sawdust or needles.
The shrub is propagated by air layering. To do this, before pruning, choose the longest branch and bend it to the ground, securing it with a hairpin. After a few months, the young heather is carefully dug up and transplanted to the chosen place.
Bindweeds are widely used in landscape design. This perennial shrubs with long shoots (can reach 2 meters). Shoots creep or curl, creating a flowering canopy. The flowers resemble a bell in shape and are located on short peduncles from the axils of the leaves, 1-3 pcs. The color of the flowers is from snow-white to pale pink, blue, lilac, depending on the types of bindweed. 
The shrub requires almost no care and normally tolerates drought and frost. But if you provide him with watering and fertilizing, you can achieve lush flowering throughout the summer period.
Did you know? Bindweeds require maintaining a distance of 20-25 cm to plants in the neighborhood, and between the shrubs themselves there should be 40-60 cm intended for filling the soil.
Convolvulus reproduces only with the help of seeds. Before planting, they should be germinated and ready-made seedlings should be planted.
Hibiscus belongs to the Malvaceae family. It is also known as Chinese rose.
Despite the abundance of hibiscus species, they all have common features. The leaves of the shrub are petiolate, notched. Flowers - large, simple or double, are blue, yellow, raspberry, dark red, lilac, purple and purple. There are flowers with a border around the edge. Fruits in the form of a five-leaved box with seeds. 
In order for the hibiscus to feel normal, you need to regularly loosen the soil, remove weeds and thin out heavily thickened bushes. From June to autumn, fertilizing should be done twice a month. The shrub is propagated by layering, grafting, cuttings or seeds.
Hydrangea is a beautiful ornamental shrub or small tree with large bright inflorescences. Belongs to the Hortensia family and has about 70 - 80 species. 
The leaves are oval, large. The color scheme is diverse: white, cream, pink, dark purple, blue and red. Inflorescences are in the form of an umbrella, panicle or ball. The fruits are in the form of a box, in which there are small seeds. Hydrangea shrub reaches 3 meters in height and has a round shape. Shrub care is easy. It requires watering soft warm water, autumn feeding, preparation for frost.
Jasmine (mock orange)
Garden jasmine, or mock orange, is often found in city parks and gardens. Many gardeners use it as a hedge. Shrub with small leaves, thin stems and small white flowers. Garden jasmine is a photophilous plant. In the shade, the flowers will become small, and the branches will begin to stretch. The fruits are small boxes with small shifts. The mock orange is frost-resistant and normally tolerates drought. Jasmine blooms from late May to August.
Potentilla is a low shrub up to 1.5 m in height. Potentilla flowers come in a variety of shades: pink, white, cream, orange, and yellow. The flowers are collected in thyroid-paniculate inflorescences that adorn the plant from May to September. All types of cinquefoil love well-lit places. The soil is suitable loose, nutritious, slightly acidic. Only arctic cinquefoil prefers acidic soil. 
The genus Camellia has up to 80 species, which include evergreen shrubs and trees. The leaves of the shrub are a separate decoration. They are oval, pointed, fused at the base. Camellia blooms 2-3 years after planting. Flowers of various shades. Each flower does not fade for about a month. On this amazing shrub, flowers appear at the ends of the shoots. Camellia is a very demanding shrub, therefore, in order to grow it on the site, considerable experience and knowledge in the field of agricultural technology and cultivation of this crop will be required. 
The shrub is propagated using cuttings, for which shoots of the current year are chosen.
Magnolia is an evergreen or deciduous ornamental shrub. It is often planted singly or in whole alleys. The flowers of the shrub are large, fragrant, white or cream, single-pointed. Petals are arranged in 2-4 circles. The fruits are a cone-shaped collection leaflet with small black seeds and a triangular shape.
Did you know? Magnolia flowers are pollinated by beetles because they bloom even before bees and butterflies appear. Although there is no nectar in the flowers, they attract with their delicate sweet aroma.
Magnolia loves abundant and regular watering, as well as well-drained soil. 
Lilac is a genus of shrubs of the Olive family. The leaves of the lilac are opposite, mostly whole, but can also be pinnatipartite, falling in the winter. Flowers, depending on the species, are white, purple or pink, collected in panicles, which ends the branches. The calyx of the flower is small and short, bell-shaped in the form of four teeth. Corolla with a long cylindrical tube (rarely, in Amur lilac - with a shortened tube) and a flat four-part limb. The fruit is a dry bivalve box. 
There are quite a few types of lilac, but common lilac is especially common. It is very hardy and resistant to diseases and pests.
Spirea belongs to the rose family. Spirea begins to bloom in early May. The flowers are small, with long filaments of stamens, due to which they become fluffy. The flowers are collected in inflorescences of a pyramidal, thyroid or cone shape. The color depends on the variety and can vary from white to pink. 
During flowering, the bush becomes like a delicate cloud due to the many inflorescences, and the branches take on a spectacular hanging shape. For the growth of ornamental shrubs, loose fertile soil, a well-lit place without stagnant water and three times a day top dressing are suitable.
