At registration of a personal plot decorative flowering shrubs will be irreplaceable. Today, the assortment of plants of different species is quite wide, the main thing is not to get confused by the abundance and choose the right one. What do you need to pay attention to? Firstly, to ensure that the shrub does not require special growing conditions or specific care. Secondly, to make it suitable for your climate zone (also consider the location of the site and the type of soil). Thirdly, of course, pay attention to decorativeness - the longer flowering decorative shrubs will delight you, the better.
Now let's talk directly about the types of such plants. Although even the most common and popular decorative flowering shrubs list quite a long time. But some of them are still worth mentioning. These are hydrangeas, spirea, lilac, rhododendron, ledum, honeysuckle, elderberry, dogrose, acacia, willow and many others. Modern trends in garden design allow you to create very interesting compositions that use flowering decorative shrubs, perennial flowers and large stones. Usually pick plants with different shapes of crowns, foliage color and flowering time. This makes it possible to achieve the longest possible period during which such
compositions look bright and attract everyone's attention.
Names of ornamental shrubs and their brief description
Different grades of euonymus are very beautiful. They bloom in late spring - early summer, have a beautiful openwork crown, and with the beginning of autumn they are transformed and glow with different colors: from lemon-yellow to burgundy-lilac. Ornamental flowering shrubs such as hawthorn are popular. They look wonderful in spring during flowering, then at the end of summer, when colorful fruits ripen, and (final chord) in autumn - their foliage turns into a variety of bright colors.
The most decorative, probably, are evergreen shrubs. You must admit that greens peeping out from under the snow are very attractive. The cameo pleases with bright green glossy leaves all year round, but it is especially attractive during flowering: its flowers resemble roses. It can be grown in open ground in regions with moderately severe winters. For areas that do not differ in mild winters, you can plant a cameo in large pots and bring it into the room for the winter. Junipers are another evergreen plant. Their distinctive feature is needle-like or scaly needles. These trees and shrubs are very beautiful in single and group plantings, in addition, many have a pleasant aroma. Their fruits look very interesting: small blue-lilac berries stand out against the background of green or bluish needles.
One cannot but name such decorative flowering shrubs as rhododendrons. In terms of brightness and color variety, they can even compete with the queen of flowers - the rose. They add attractiveness and bright green smooth, like glazed, leaves. For many years, various types of lilacs and spirea have been popular. Their species diversity makes it possible to select plants for each site and region.
Early decorative flowering shrubs stand out very much. Against the background of general grayness and just waking up nature, bright yellow Forsythia flowers attract attention. These shrubs delight flowering for 20-25 days. Different varieties of barberry, chubushnik and Japanese quince (henomeles) are often used in plantings; rose hips, roses and willows are popular. The list can be continued for a long time, but then it will be even more difficult to make a choice.