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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. The shoots and branches of most hybrid varieties are thorny, 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 a warm temperate climate, she 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, sagging 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 on 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. These are 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 wonderful 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.
Introduction
modern garden it is impossible to imagine 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 small size and does not imply 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 the harsh 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". Everyone is good: 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 - best defense from 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 - Japanese quince is low, grafted onto a high stem of a wild pear. They prefer a sunny place with south side 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 different shapes 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. Depending on the form or variety, numerous fragrant flowers of various shades of purple 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 are bad smell repelling 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 alpine slide good grade "Marleen". 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 growing, 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. A beautifully flowering shrub 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 late 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 conditions of the middle lane 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 advisable to spud high and cover with spruce branches for the winter. The best forms and varieties: "Mont Rose" (large white flowers), "Pink Pom-Pom" (flowers are white, pinkish outside, wet and fertile lands, 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 plantings 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 short 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 flowers. 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. From fruit species and varieties are distinguished by beautiful and long flowering of 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. Considered one of 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. It 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, characterized 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, 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. They are undemanding to the soil, but the best development is achieved on drained and moist. Tolerates some shade, hardy. They have phytoncidal properties.
Used for single and group landings 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 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 "Ester Staley" (purple-red buds, bright purple-red flowers), "Puple Gloiy" (very large purple flowers), "Churchill" (silver-purple flowers with a pink tinge).
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. Photophilous, winter-hardy, drought-resistant, tolerates transplant 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 are 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 good harvest give in sunny, well-protected places from the winds.
Alpine currant. decorative look with red berries, having very effective 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 diverse bush shape - 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 sprawling, 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, painted in bright colors in autumn. 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 the apple flavor of the 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.
With the advent of spring, one of the first on the plot blooms forsythia - a bush with yellow flowers densely covering bare stems. She, as it were, competes with the sun and brings the first colors of blossoming nature into the still dull gray landscape. Then the golden baton will be picked up by Japanese kerria, holly mahonia, broom, shrub cinquefoil. And until late autumn, shrubs blooming with gold will echo the sun's rays and bring a joyful mood to everyone who contemplates this beauty. And they go well with other decorative plantings, attracting the eye and effectively standing out against their background.
jasmine paradise
The very first blooming jasmine is hololithous. When it is February outside, there is snow, even frost slightly stings your cheeks, and the first yellow flower stars bloom on a jasmine bush. In the southern regions, where it never falls below -10°C in winter, flowering begins as early as November and continues throughout the winter. Therefore, the second name of the plant is winter jasmine.
The shoots of the liana shrub are long, but weak. They picturesquely droop from supports, trellises, arcs to which they are tied. The shoots cannot climb the supports on their own. The bark of the branches is green, and the flowers, reaching a diameter of 2-3 cm, are bright yellow. Leaves will appear on a bush with yellow flowers only after flowering has ended.
Jasmine hololithous looks ideal against the background of dark conifers or in combination with a pink-flowered wolfberry. It can be planted next to the railing at the porch, or you can arrange a pergola with green shoots. The main thing is that the place should be well protected. And at the foot of the bush they place early flowering plants: hellebore, crocuses, snowdrops and daffodils. And then color palette the first colors of spring will become even richer and more festive.
For the design of plots in our country, about 10 types of decorative jasmine are used, which bloom in white, yellow, pink and even red flowers. Their flowering period is also different. For example, low shrub jasmine blooms in May - June. Its yellow flowers have a delightful fragrance. There is only one requirement for growing this type of jasmine - a sunny place.
Another attractive species is jasmine lapel. It has bright green leaves and light yellow flowers with folded petals that adorn the stems throughout the summer. Its aroma is very subtle and pleasant.
Golden shower and Japanese rose
Forsythia (forsythia) is often called golden rain because of the abundance of medium-sized yellow bell-shaped flowers hanging from the branches. Leaves appear on it after the end of flowering, which lasts 20-40 days. This spring-blooming shrub looks great in both single and group plantings. Its height varies from 1 to 3 m.
Solar forsythia is very popular in Europe and our country. Some of its species are frost-resistant, therefore, in central Russia, shrubs are willingly grown, decorating their gardens and plots with a beautiful plant. Over 200 years of breeding, dozens of varieties have been bred that differ in shape, size, shades of flowers and leaves. Forsythia loves sunny places with light fertile soil and does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil.
Shrubs that bloom in spring include Japanese kerria. Its lush color begins in mid-April and ends in June. Shaggy golden flowers seem papery and slightly reminiscent of roses, for which it is often called the Japanese rose. The second wave of flowering takes place in July - August, but it is less abundant. The flowers are odorless, which makes it suitable for allergy sufferers. Kerria tolerates wintering well and grows very quickly. Can be grown as a tapeworm or in small group plantings. It is combined with ground cover plants and perennials - hosta, primrose, geyhera. Does well in pots and tubs.
Barberry, mahonia and cinquefoil
There are among the shrubs with yellow flowers and evergreens, which do not lose their decorative effect all year round. An example is holly mahonia with large leaves and fragrant yellow or red flowers. In spring, it pleases with beautiful flowering, in summer it is attractive with blue-black berries, and in winter its glossy leaves acquire a bronze or purple hue. Magonia berries are edible, sweet and sour, and have medicinal properties. A leafy evergreen bush can bloom a second time, in the fall. Magonia is winter-hardy and unpretentious in care.
Indispensable in landscape design and Ottawa barberry with red leaves that turn orange in autumn. Its yellow-red flowers, collected in brushes, bloom in May. The height of the Ottawa barberry is 2.5 m.
And in the summer, shrubby cinquefoil blooms, which is distinguished by the longest flowering - from June to October. When autumn shrubs lose their former attractiveness, cinquefoil continues to delight with elegant flowers that have yellow, pink or white. Their diameter reaches 3.5 cm. Potentilla is medicinal plant, which is an additional reason for breeding this beautiful shrub in your garden. Potentilla height reaches 1.5-2 m. It is often used in rock gardens and group plantings.
Iris flowers - planting in open ground, care rules, use in landscape design
Such different brooms
For landscaping parks, alleys and summer cottages, broom is often used - an unpretentious attractive shrub whose height can reach 3 m. High-growing varieties create hedges, low flowering shrubs are widely used in landscape design, decorating them with flower beds, stone gardens and rock gardens.
Its yellow flowers are long lasting. Some species are grown as ornamental plants.
It is necessary to list the varieties popular and beloved by gardeners:
- 1. Coronal broom - the most cultivated in Europe. An unusually beautiful shrub, reaching a height of 3 meters, with thin green shoots. Refers to shrubs that bloom in spring. It blooms with single fiery yellow flowers 2 cm in diameter, which are located in the axils of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate or oval. It is grown as a single plant or in large rock gardens. It goes well with mock oranges, action, weigela and heather. However, not all of its decorative forms are suitable for growing in the middle lane.
- 2. Kyussky broom - a shrub only 0.3 m high with creeping or drooping branches. It blooms with very large white-yellow flowers. Indispensable for the design of rocky gardens.
- 3. Creeping broom - great option for group plantings and rocky hills. Blooms luxuriantly. Flowers from bright yellow to darker tones, arranged in 3 pieces in the axils of the leaves. Frost-resistant.
- 4. Early broom. Medium shrub with spreading arched branches. The flowers are yellow, bright, with a sharp aroma. Blooms in May. It is used in single and group plantings.
- 5. Broom protruding flower. It is frost-resistant and may well decorate the rock garden of the middle zone. Its distinguishing features are miniature trifoliate leaves and large yellow flowers on long stalks. The height of the bush reaches 60 cm.
- 6. Broom blackening. Begins to bloom in June and ends in September. yellow flowers collected in beautiful spike-shaped vertical inflorescences. Shrub height - 1 m.
When choosing a landing site, preference should be given to calm, sunny and warm places. It is impossible to plant broom near drinking springs or fish ponds: many plant varieties emit harmful substances.
A personal plot for many owners is not only land where fruits and vegetables are planted, but also a place of rest. Some make it a real work of art and such a garden pleases both its owners and their guests. This is helped by flowering perennial shrubs, which give the cottage a special look and create a unique atmosphere. Thanks to them, the territory is divided into zones, while the site looks well-groomed and cozy.
What are the shrubs
Originally and brightly obtained hedges from various plants, the main thing is to choose them correctly. Shrubs are divided into two types:
- Perennial (frost-resistant).
- Annuals.
Depending on the purpose of planting a plant, a certain variety is selected. The owners of summer cottages want the flowering on the site to please the eye as long as possible. To do this, you should choose different shrubs. They are divided into several types:
- decorative leafy;
- blooming;
- tall;
- ground cover or low garden.
When choosing a plant, attention is drawn to the complexity of caring for it. Those are valued where no special efforts are required for cultivation and a beautiful flowering appearance is preserved for a long time.
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From March to May, many ornamental and fruit plants bloom, which tolerate frost well and are drought-resistant. The most popular of them among perennials are as follows:
When purchasing flowering shrubs for summer cottages, many factors should be taken into account so that they please the owners with magnificent flowering and beauty.
Features that you need to pay attention to when choosing plants:
- climatic conditions of the region;
- location (sun or shade);
- soil type.
summer perennials
Shrubs that bloom all summer are very diverse. They delight with an abundance of flowering, enchanting aroma and most do not require special care. According to experienced site owners, the most popular of them are as follows:
Beautiful, decorative, flowering, frost-resistant, low shrubs for summer cottages - consider everything. We will analyze in detail which unpretentious ornamental shrubs are best planted on suburban area Middle strip, Moscow region, North-West, Siberia and the Urals. And which one to choose is up to you.
Types of ornamental shrubs
All decorative bushes can be divided into deciduous and coniferous. Both are used in design. They solve various problems landscape design- zoning of space, the creation of hedges, beautiful borders. In some cases, even single plantings of a flowering shrub look advantageous. Recently, the topiary haircut has become popular, so designers turn a shrub (of a certain type) into a sculpture in the literal sense.
Ornamental bushes of various shapes, types and sizes adorn gardens of completely different styles. Often the main factor is the placement of plants that are easy to cut.
For hedges, free-form or sheared shrubs are planted. To design the boundaries of the site - groups of tall specimens. And for zoning within a group of undersized and medium-sized plants. With the help of ornamental shrubs, you can accent the passages and mark the gates.
Frost-resistant ornamental shrubs in the country
All the shrubs described here easily tolerate cold and often snowy winters, that is, they grow and bloom well in most regions and regions of Russia. A photo and a small description are given for each species, so that it is clear in general terms what a plant is. Each of the shrubs is described in more detail on other pages of the site.
Deciduous shrubs in landscape design
Some of them are decorative throughout the season due to their beautiful foliage, and some are pleasing to the eye mainly during flowering.
Decorative deciduous shrubs for summer cottages
Unlike flowering counterparts, deciduous species remain attractive throughout the warm season. Many of them are extremely easy to grow, as they are frost-resistant, unpretentious and perfectly tolerate formative pruning.
Low-growing species - Fortune's euonymus, Thunberg's barberry. Sredneroslye - snowberry, privet. Tall - hawthorn, vesicle, derain, common barberry, rowanberry, red Japanese maple.
Barberry Thunberg
Unpretentious in care, not afraid of summer heat and drought, tolerates winter well, grows even on poor soils. It can serve as a decorative thorny hedge from uninvited guests. It has a high decorative effect due to the beauty of the leaves, tolerates forming pruning well. It has several varieties that differ in the shape and size of the crown and the color of the foliage:
- Atropurpurea Nana is the most popular purple-leaved dwarf variety;
- Red Pilar - has a columnar crown shape, and its reddish-purple foliage becomes scarlet by the end of the growing season;
- Golden Ring - the leaf plate of this variety has a coral color with a golden border around the edges, and the height reaches 3 meters;
- Aurea - reaches 1.5 m, leaves are golden or yellow;
- Kobold is a dwarf green-leaved variety with a ball-shaped crown. Can replace boxwood. Requires shelter for the winter;
- Green Carpet - the height of the bush reaches 50 cm, and the leaves are green in summer and red in autumn;
- Kornik - this variety of 1.5 meters in height goes well with roses and conifers. Leaves are green with white spots in summer, turning green in autumn.
Deren
This shrub is always attractive, even without foliage, as its branches have a bright red color. Derain is unpretentious, shade-tolerant, frost-resistant, grows on almost any soil. Suitable for large areas, as the shrub is quite tall.
There are many varieties of sod:
- Elegantissima - with white-green leaves;
- Siberica Variegata - with reddish-green foliage with pink edging along the edges;
- Kesselring - with chameleon leaves of a brownish-pink hue with the addition of yellow and green colors.
Red Japanese Maple
Ornamental shrub with red leaves. Its foliage is bright green at first, turning reddish-orange and then red in autumn. This bush looks great anywhere on the site, as it combines wonderfully with both conifers and ferns and, for example, hostas. Feels good in the shade.
The Japanese maple has many varieties, and each of them has an attractive foliage color in its own way:
- Aconitifolium - orange-red leaves;
- Vitifolium - carmine-red leaves;
- Atropurpureum - dark red, almost black-red foliage.
Fieldfare rowanberry
Unpretentious, fast-growing ornamental shrub with openwork leaves. The foliage has an interesting feature - a gradient, a transition from one shade to another. Orange, red, yellow, pinkish, green - all these colors blend smoothly with each other on one single leaf.
The highest decorative effect is observed closer to autumn. You can plant a bush both in a sunny place and in partial shade. Fertile soil is preferred. The plant does not like drought.
vesicle
It lends itself well to a haircut, so it is widely used in landscape design.
Depending on the variety, the vesicle has a completely different color of foliage:
- Diabolo - dark red, almost black leaves. In spring, its foliage has a lighter shade - carmine red, but then gradually darkens;
- Darts Gold - yellow-fiery leaves;
- Nugget - at first the foliage is yellow, and closer to autumn it turns green;
- Red-leaved - the leaves are scarlet in spring, and with the advent of cold weather, maroon.
Variegated shrubs for the garden
Shrubs with variegated leaves with photos, names, descriptions.
Fortune's Euonymus
It is a low evergreen shrub originally from China. Its height does not exceed 60 cm. The foliage is very decorative - dark green with a white or yellow border, as seen in the photo. The plant forms fruits, but only in the southern regions, in the North the bush rarely blooms and bears fruit. This frost-resistant plant, unpretentious, looks great both as a single element in the landscape of the site and as the main accent among a company that matches the color.
Flowering ornamental shrubs
All these plants have the highest decorative effect during flowering, the rest of the time they are, as a rule, ordinary garden bushes with green foliage of various shapes. However, they are attractive when well cared for.
Forsythia
This shrub pleases the eye not only in early spring, when numerous yellow flowers bloom on its branches, but also in autumn, when the leaves turn golden, and sometimes purple-violet.
Spirea
An unpretentious and very beautiful shrub, blooming profusely and luxuriantly, with branches leaning to the ground. Some varieties of spirea have beautiful foliage, for example, Vangutta, Pink Ice. Spirea blooms in spring and summer, depending on the species.
Chubushnik
In the common people - jasmine. The most famous ornamental shrub. And they love him not only for the beauty during flowering, but also for the pleasant smell emanating from the flowers. The plant is frost-resistant, unpretentious, resistant to diseases.
Depending on the species, the bushes differ in size, crown shape, color and aroma of flowers. The flowering time of the mock orange depends on its variety, but it usually begins in May and lasts about a month. There are those that bloom both in summer and in early autumn.
Snowberry
The most decorative time for it is autumn, at which time its leaves turn yellow, red, orange, burgundy or purple, and in place of small flowers, snow-white, pale pink, red or dark purple bursting berries appear, which remain on the shoots. after leaf fall.
Skumpia
Lush inflorescences of this shrub look like puffs of smoke, and bright leaves that change color during the season adorn the bush from spring to autumn.
This ornamental shrub will fit into the design of the site of any style.
decorative almond
Its time is spring, when all branches are densely strewn with delicate pink flowers. In autumn, almonds are also beautiful when their leaves turn orange-red or pink.
The most decorative almonds are three-lobed (luiseania) and steppe (bean).
Mahonia holly
Very beautiful in the second half of spring, when it blooms. Its bright yellow panicle inflorescences are organically combined with shiny, serrated green leaves.
At the end of summer, mahonia is decorative due to the dark blue fruits that appear on the shrub.
viburnum
The time of the highest decorative effect is autumn, when it has red berries and burgundy leaves. Kalina, even on poor soil and with a lack of sun, blooms with lush inflorescences.
Hydrangea - a shade-loving shrub for a summer residence
It can bloom where other shrubs cannot show their decorative effect. Hydrangea prefers shade and wet ground. It is frost-resistant, unpretentious, and blooms in large snow-white, pink, lilac, blue or purple “balls” or “panicles”.
Hydrangea is characterized by long flowering, which begins around July and continues until early autumn. Pairs well with rhododendrons, clematis, lilies, roses and ferns.
Weigela
This shrub can be classified as decorative and deciduous, as it is beautiful both during flowering, and before and after it.
Weigela blooms in May, especially luxuriantly at the very beginning. Weigela Middendorf can bloom twice per season.
Rose hip
Decorative and at the same time medicinal shrub. Attractive in appearance both during flowering and during fruit ripening.
Rosehip is unpretentious, grows rapidly, has a very dense crown, prefers the sun or partial shade. The bush blooms from May to August.
Can be used as a hedge as the branches are thorny.
Lilac - a beautiful shrub in the garden
Grows and blooms in sunny areas and in partial shade. A universal plant for suburban areas of the middle lane. Frost-resistant and unpretentious. It can often be seen in the front gardens of private houses and the adjoining territory of high-rise buildings.
The flowering time of lilacs is May, in some species this period stretches until June.
Coniferous shrubs for giving: photo, description
Here are the most unpretentious conifers that require minimal care. All these plants will fit into the design of small garden and summer cottages. It's not hard at all to take care of them.
The main requirements for them are: they must winter without shelter, grow well on all types of soil; should not freeze in winter, get wet, dry out, burn in the sun.
Juniper
The shrub grows well on not heavy soils, both in the sun and in partial shade. Some creeping forms of junipers can suffer from excess moisture, so it is better to plant them in rockeries and on slopes.
They look beautiful in combination with ferns.
The main species used in the design of sites in the middle lane: Chinese juniper "Old Gold", horizontal juniper "Andorra Compact" and "Blue Chip", "Wilton" and "Prince of Wales", scaly juniper "Blue Spider", Cossack juniper .
cypress
Among the species there are a lot of those whose height is only 50-80 cm.
This shrub has bluish-green or yellow-green needles, which are in the form of needles at a young age, and scaly when mature.
Decorative cypress trees come in different types, differing in the shape of the crown, shades of needles, and growth rate.
This is an evergreen shrub. In young plants, the leaves are soft, needle-like, in adults - scaly. Thuja is undemanding to growing conditions, has high frost resistance.
boxwood
