When decorating a personal plot, ornamental flowering shrubs will be indispensable. Today, the range 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 ensure that it is 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 ornamental shrubs will please you, the better.
Now let's talk directly about the types of such plants. Although even the most common and popular ornamental flowering shrubs are listed for a long time. But some of them are still worth mentioning. These are hydrangeas, spirea, lilac, rhododendron, rosemary, honeysuckle, elderberry, wild rose, acacia, willow and many others. Modern trends in garden design allow you to create very interesting compositions that use flowering ornamental shrubs,perennial flowers and large stones. Usually, plants are selected with different crown shapes, foliage colors and flowering periods. 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 characteristics
Different varieties of euonymus are very beautiful. They bloom in late spring - early summer, have a beautiful openwork crown, and with the beginning of autumn they change and glow with different colors: from lemon yellow to burgundy-lilac. Ornamental flowering shrubs such as hawthorn are popular. They look great in the spring when they bloom, then in late summer, when the colorful fruits ripen, and (the final chord) in the fall - their foliage turns into a variety of bright colors.
The most decorative, probably, are evergreen shrubs. Agree, the greenery peeking out from under the snow is very eye-catching. 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 outdoors in regions with moderately harsh winters. For areas that do not have mild winters, you can plant a cameo in large pots and bring it indoors for the winter. Another evergreen plant is the juniper. Their distinguishing 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. Very interestingtheir fruits look: small blue-lilac berries stand out against the background of green or bluish needles.
It is impossible not to name such ornamental flowering shrubs as rhododendrons. In terms of brightness and variety of colors, they can compete even with the queen of flowers - the rose. They add attractiveness and bright green smooth, like glazed, leaves. Various types of lilac and spirea have been popular for many years. Their species diversity makes it possible to choose plants for each site and region.
Early ornamental flowering shrubs stand out very much. Against the background of general dullness and only waking up nature, bright yellow forsythia flowers are very attractive. These shrubs delight with flowering for 20-25 days. Often used in plantings are different varieties of barberry, mock orange and Japanese quince (henomeles), 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.
