Wishing to decorate their garden, many gardeners think about planting beautiful low decorative shrubs, and in the mid-zone, they should also be frost-resistant. There are a lot of shrubs, they differ in shape, color, bush height, flowering period and other parameters. Let's consider some kinds meeting the given criteria.
Low-grown ornamental shrubs
Low ornamental shrubs for the garden are usually used in the fringing of curbs, hedges and other garden areas. They can be planted "at the foot" of taller plants, and can be used as independent units.
The most unpretentious and popular low-growing shrubs:
- Boxwood - well tolerates drought, but requires well drained soil. Planting should be done in shaded areas, because it burns under direct sunlight.
- Heather is a low evergreen shrub that has a long flowering period. Its crown is formed by directed straight up shoots up to 60 cm, due to which a beautiful bush is formed. Heather grows in any soil and is unpretentious to the conditions of illumination.
- Japanese quince is a beautifully blossoming low decorative and frost-hardened shrub which is often used as a hedgerow. It has thorns on the stems, and on its arched branches from the end of May there are beautiful orange-red flowers, which then are replaced by golden fruits. Shrub is not afraid of cold weather and well tolerates winter.
- Pahizandra apical - a beautiful evergreen shrub, grows quickly and loves shady places in the garden. They can decorate the plots under the trees, creating carpet plantings. In April on the bush appear white flowers, collected from the spikelet.
- The shrubby shrub is a short shrub that can decorate itself as curbs, and create a hedge. It blooms with bright yellow flowers, which lasts up to 100 days. Absolutely unpretentious to the conditions of growth.
Decorative shrubs
Crowns of such shrubs develop in the horizontal plane, which greatly decorate the site. These include:
- Blackberry slit - spreads over 4 meters in diameter, its height - not more than 80 cm. Gives edible fruit.
- Juniper recumbent - shrub height of up to 60 cm, can grow to 2 meters in diameter. Beautiful with its blue and dense needles. Uncomfortable in the care.
- Stefanandra nizrezannolistnaya - grows quickly, braiding large areas. It is unpretentious in the care, well tolerates winters, with freezing it is capable of rapid recovery.
Frost-resistant decorative shrubs
Living in cold regions, you need to consider such an important quality of plants as frost resistance or winter hardiness. If it is present, then the shrub will not freeze in the fierce winter, and even if it is slightly frozen, it will be able to recover.
The most popular frost-resistant shrubs for garden decoration:
- Rhododendron - an evergreen shrub, depending on the variety can reach 50-150 cm in height. Bushes are compact, strong, stocky. The flowering is abundant, the flowers are collected in lush inflorescences. Color depends on the variety. Shrub tolerates frosts to -30ยบ
- Siberian hawthorn is a decorative flowering frost-resistant shrub that adapts well in fertile and well drained soil. It can be used as a hedge, planting at a distance of 1 meter from each other. Withstands significant frost.
- Lilac varieties "Eddie Tishler" and "Beauty Moscow". They are the best varieties of lilac, growing in the form of large and strong shrubs. The flowering is very plentiful and lush, with a slight gentle aroma. They grow well on drained soils, are not afraid of frost and drought, adorn the garden in both group and single planting.