Some 20-30 years ago, in the gardens of our grandmothers and mothers in the spring, joy was given and only lilacs were fragrant, and by the end of summer dahlias, gladioli and asters were blooming.
Today, each of us can turn our garden into continuous flowering, using only beautifully flowering shrubs (photo below). This is especially true for those who simply do not have time to mess around on the flower beds daily. Therefore, when selecting plants, pay attention to the flowering period and tolerance of severe winters. Having picked up the beautifully flowering shrubs replacing each other with a riot of colors, you can forget about the constant, painstaking care of them.
Forsythia can give you early flowering in spring. Its yellow, beautiful flowers bloom before the leaves appear. The following types of Forsythia are winter- hardy: intermediate, ovoid, drooping. These flowering shrubs can grow up to 4 meters in height. They feel great both in the open sunny area and in partial shade. Pests and diseases of this plant practically do not affect. As soon as the shrub fades, it should be pruned, giving the necessary shape to the crown.
Then flowering can continue hawthorn, spirea, lilac or viburnum. Moreover, hawthorn and viburnum will allow you to admire not only beautiful flowering, but also bright, juicy berries. You can buy any kind of lilac , each of them feels great in our climate zone.
Spirea represents the most unpretentious, decorative, flowering shrubs. In spring, it is an avalanche of snow-white inflorescences, and in summer it is a green plant with a neatly trimmed crown.
All of the above plants can always be found in our climate zone. But the fact that today there is an opportunity to safely plant a rhododendron is incredibly pleasing. Once you see this flowering plant, you will never want to part with it, it’s such an impressive sight.
Beautifully flowering shrubs of rhododendron have a wide variety of colors, ranging from pale white to the brightest colors. In our natural conditions, the following rhododendrons can be planted: "yellow", "Daurian", "Kamchatka", "Western", "Japanese", "fori" and "Katevbinsky".
For summer flowering, you can plant shrubby cinquefoil. This abundant pink, yellow or white flowering lasts at least three months. And if you plant a mock orange, then all June you will remember the aroma of ripe berries. That is how some varieties of this plant smell.
Well, and, no doubt, no plot can do without a rose - the queen of our flower beds. You can still make bright raspberry paint by planting a buddha. And if you like weigel, then not only raspberry shades, but also purple, white and even purple-red will appear in your garden. Even for the wettest corners of your garden there are plants. There you can put hydrangeas, whose huge caps will please you almost to the very frosts.
I would like to note tree-like peonies - another beautifully flowering shrubs. For the Moscow Region, the best time for their landing falls on the period from mid-August to the end of September. They love sunny, sheltered from the wind places with good water drainage. They calmly relate to partial shade, but next to large trees it is better not to plant them. In China, these plants are called "flower emperors", because they are beautiful not only delicious, large and fragrant flowers, but also carved, large leaves.