Ornamental shrubs for the garden and for the cottage

Ornamental shrubs are one way to make your garden stand out from the rest. They are an integral part of landscape design. They can be used to create hedges, in garden compositions as the main elements or background.

Ornamental bushes help to emphasize those nuances of the site's appearance that will help it look as attractive and harmonious as possible. To choose the right type of them, you need to understand the whole variety of these plants. So what kind of shrubs are there for decorating a garden or vegetable garden?

Shrub species

There are a huge number of types of ornamental shrubs. First of all, you need to choose those of them that will feel good in the region in which they are going to be planted. It is also necessary to take into account the specific place where the bush will grow. A sun-loving plant should not be placed in the shade. On the contrary, shade-loving species should be grown where there is no sun.

Beautiful ornamental shrub

You should also not place lush bushes in small suburban areas.

Sun-loving shrubs for the garden

Late spring, summer and early autumn are the best times to plant these shrubs. The names and list of the most common types:

Forsythia is an example of a sun-loving bush

1. Forsythia. Only five varieties of this plant are suitable for growing in Europe: you can plant European, dark green, medium, hanging and ovoid. This is a medium-sized bush, which first blooms, then becomes overgrown with leaves. In the central regions of Europe, the plant blooms from April to May, in the southern regions - from late February to May. Has beautiful yellow flowers. Moreover, it is resistant to slight frosts.
2. Shrub roses. They are not only sun-loving, therefore they tolerate heat well, but are also resistant to frost. They also withstand sudden temperature changes well. Shrub roses are not susceptible to disease, so they are easy to care for. The appearance can be different. There are even two-tone varieties. Flowering lasts from early summer to autumn. Moreover, the bush can bloom twice a season, which makes it even more beautiful.
3. Peony. A versatile plant that can be grown both in the sun and in the shade. It is more sun-loving, because it needs at least a couple of hours of sunshine in the morning. Blooms longer in the shade. Disadvantage - requires careful maintenance.

Here are some more shrubs that can be grown in the sun: phlox, some types of geraniums, herbal carnation.

Shrub with white and green leaves

One example of a shrub with green and white leaves is pedilanthus. This plant is native to the tropics and subtropics, therefore it does not tolerate winter well. But complex care of this bush is not required. The height of the plant is 2 meters, the thickness of the branches is 1-1.5 cm.

Pedilanthus is a shrub with white and green leaves

Shrub with white leaves around the edges

One of the most popular types of bush with white leaves around the edges is Fortune's euonymus "Emerald Gayeti". It is an evergreen plant that is best grown in the subtropics. Despite this, it is quite winter hardy. Still, it is better not to plant it in those latitudes where there are severe frosts.

Plant height - 20-30 centimeters. It has an interesting design: the main color of the leaf is pastel green, white spots are scattered over it. Sometimes they reach half of the leaf area.

Globular shrubs

Rounded bushes are able to visually increase the space around them. When used in conjunction with light-colored plants, this effect is multiplied.

Here are some shrubs that can be used as globules:

1. Privet. The height of the bush is about 1.6 m. It feels good both in the sun and in the shade. Needs a constant haircut. It is a popular ornamental shrub used for landscaping a garden or home. The fact that it is low allows it to be placed in an apartment.
2. Boxwood. An evergreen that can be used for shearing. It can be given almost any shape, including round.
3. Forsythia. Striking in its beauty during early spring. When all other plants are still unremarkable, forsythia resembles a huge, bright yellow ball.

Forsythia spherical

Also good plants from which you can make a spherical shape are Thunberg barberries, euonymus, berry yew and others.

Unpretentious shrubs

Unpretentious shrubs are easy-care plants. They do not require special growing conditions. This includes both spring-flowering and summer-flowering exeplars.

Lilac

There are more than a thousand varieties of lilacs with different colors of inflorescences, flowering periods and sizes. The plant usually produces flowers in May-June. The grafted lilac is more whimsical, it is necessary to carefully remove the root shoots. If this is not done, it will easily overwhelm the beauty of this plant.

Lilac is a very beautiful shrub

Ryabinnik

Fieldfare is a deciduous representative of the Rose family. In total, there are 10 species of this plant. The shrub got this name because its foliage resembles a mountain ash.

Low-growing ornamental shrubs

The characteristic advantage of low-growing bushes is that they are well suited for small areas. Such plants are also used to create hedges, lawns, garden paths.

Spirea Japanese

Another name is meadowsweet. It is characterized by an interesting color of the leaves. They are orange at first, then this color turns into yellow, then - into a dark pink color.

Snowberry

The shrub is better known as wolfberry. It has many species, differing in height, fruit color. It is the berries that are the main decoration of the plant. It is unpretentious in terms of air purity.

Tall shrubs

Tall shrubs are better suited for large areas. Their majestic appearance will easily emphasize all the advantages of the site.

Lilac

Lilacs come in different sizes, from small bushes to large trees.

Chubushnik

Popularly called garden jasmine. In fact, it is very far from jasmine. It looks like this flower only in the smell and shade of flowers.It is used as a substitute for jasmine in climatic zones where it cannot grow.

Annual shrubs

Annuals can be used for different tasks: zoning, masking voids, decorating walls, to protect against drafts. Their characteristic advantage is rapid growth, as well as an original appearance. Annual ornamental plants resemble exotic ones in appearance, thanks to their large leaves and non-standard textures.

Frost-resistant shrubs

Many bushes are frost-resistant, some of them are able to withstand even very severe cold - up to -45 degrees. It is beneficial to plant them, for example, in the Urals, Siberia, where there are many regions with a continental climate. Below is a small list of frost-resistant bushes.

Barberry Thunberg

It can be used to create hedges, it is famous for its high resistance to subzero temperatures. Barberry Thunberg can withstand cold temperatures down to -35 degrees.

Hawthorn

It is a plant known for its medicinal properties. It can be grown in almost any climatic zone, requires insulation only in those areas where the temperature is below -40 degrees.

Japanese quince

Quince cannot be considered the most frost-resistant plant, but it can withstand light cold in temperate latitudes.

Heather

This is an evergreen perennial bush that can withstand frosts down to -24 degrees. He is also unpretentious in care. Can grow where other plants cannot. Height - up to 70 cm.

Bloodroot

This is another perennial that feels light both during frosts and extreme heat. It blooms for a long time, up to frost. It is a medicinal plant that can be used to make healthy teas.

Beautiful flowering garden shrubs for summer cottages

There are a huge number of ornamental flowering shrubs that are suitable for decorating all kinds of plots.

Shrubs with red flowers

A classic example of a garden shrub that blooms with red flowers is a special type of rose. They not only have a stunning appearance, but also a great smell. Summer cypress, red weigela, pyracantha red and other plants also bloom in red.

Shrubs with pink flowers

Many plants with red flowers have varieties with pink flowers. Therefore, you can safely choose special varieties of roses, pink weigela. Also excellent bushes with pink flowers - large-leaved hydrangea "Lucifer" and action Strawberry Fields.

Ornamental shrubs with white flowers

White flowers have white or gray spirea, roseum viburnum, white deren and others. All these plants will appeal to both schoolchildren and adults.

Purple shrub

Krasivoplodnik is a plant that fully justifies its name. If it grows in tropical climates, it is evergreen. In a temperate climatic zone (for example, in the Moscow region), a deciduous shrub. It has beautiful, abundantly growing purple berries. If the leaves fall off, the plant becomes completely covered in the shade of berries or flowers.

Shrub with bell flowers

Bushes with bell flowers have already been discussed in this article. Forsythia is a typical example of a plant with a spherical crown with such original inflorescences. The leaves of the plant appear after flowering. This is a unique feature of the bush.

Shrub blooming with white panicles

Deutzia white is a stunning exotic shrub that blooms with white panicles. He comes from East Asia, where beauty and harmony are highly valued. Action looks good against the background of conifers and shrubs. In addition, it is combined with forsythia and weigela.

Ornamental shrubs with blue flowers

Lilac is the most typical blue-flowered shrub.In addition, certain varieties of hydrangeas have this color. This is a classic plant that surrounds us everywhere and pleases with its magnificent flowering in various cities of the world.

Thus, decorative flowering shrubs account for a huge number of varieties and species. It is easy to choose the right plant for a particular garden. Tall plants are good for use in large areas, small ones - in tiny summer cottages.