Flowering tall shrubs

This flowering shrub with glossy green leaves boasts blooms in white, peach, pink, or shades of purple in late spring. It's an old favorite with many new varieties available.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8

Exposure: Part to full sun

Rhododendron makes for beautiful hedges and thrives under a canopy of trees. New varieties are more cold hardy.

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Best Flowering Shrub for Hummingbirds: Weigela

This deciduous shrub comes in a wide range of foliage and flower colors. Plant weigela as a showy hedge, or use as an accent or in mixed borders. New types rebloom throughout the growing season.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8

Exposure: Full sun

The beautiful tubular blooms attract hummingbirds and butterflies from late spring to summer.

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Best Flowering Shrub with Berries: Beautyberry

Although this deciduous shrub produces pretty flowers from late spring into summer, it's better known for its stunning clusters of purple berries that persist into winter. Group several plants for a colorful border, or plant as a focal point.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8

Exposure: Full sun

It's simply striking! It's also deer resistant and attractive to pollinators.

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Best Flowering Shrub for Butterflies: Butterfly Bush

This deciduous shrub features masses of blossoms from summer to fall. It comes in an array of colors including pink, purple, red, and white. Use it to add color, texture, fragrance, and height at the back of beds or near patios and other outdoor living areas. New varieties are more compact, reaching just 2–3 feet tall and wide.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9

Exposure: Full sun

This fast grower is in bloom from summer to first frost. As the name indicates, butterflies love it!

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Toughest Flowering Shrub: Potentilla

Also known as cinquefoil, this hardy pink, white, or yellow flowering shrub features a long bloom time with some varieties flowering in late spring through early fall. It makes a beautiful addition to everything from small container gardens to mixed borders.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 2 to 7

Exposure: Full sun

Potentilla is a super-tough plant, standing up to both urban and coastal environments. It's also deer and rabbit resistant.

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Longest-Blooming Flowering Shrub: Hydrangea

Hydrangeas works as a hedge, as an accent, or even in containers. They boasts three-season interest because the flowers, which emerge in early to midsummer, stay intact through fall and winter. Many new varieties have been introduced in the last decade, so shop for one sized to your garden (some max out at just 2–3 feet tall and wide).

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9

Exposure: Part to full sun, depending on the variety

No matter where you live, there's a hydrangea that will thrive in your environment. The papery blooms persist throughout the season and make excellent dried flowers.

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Best Late-Blooming Flowering Shrub: Rose of Sharon

Rose of Sharon boasts large, lush flowers in every color from white to pale pink to deep chiffon blue in late summer. Plant as a hedge, either on its own or as a backdrop for lower shrubs or flowers.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9

Exposure: Full sun

Just when the rest of your garden is fading in late summer, rose of Sharon begins to bloom.

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Easiest Flowering Shrub: Shrub Rose

Shrub roses are hardy, disease resistant, and bloom from late spring to a hard freeze for long season color. Some also are fragrant. Plant shrub roses as screens, as hedges, or en masse on a hillside.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9

Exposure: Full sun

Why we love it: Easy-to-grow Flowering Shrub

Every garden needs at least one rose bush, and shrub roses are the least fussy type of rose to plant.

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Flowering shrubs provide color and structure and can be used as groundcovers, hedge plants or eye-catching focal points. You can fill your garden with ornamental shrubs that bloom from early spring through late fall and even into winter. Many flowering shrubs also perfume the air with their own signature fragrance.

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LILAC (

Zones: 3-8 for most, a few hardy to Zone 2
Exposure: Full sun; will tolerate some light shade
Mature size: 5 to 15 feet tall and wide, depending on variety
Bloom time: Late April to May; again in summer for rebloomers.
Flower colors: Purple, pink, white

Throw open your windows on a warm day in May, and you’re apt to be greeted by the intoxicating, unmistakable fragrance of spring-blooming lilacs. Early-, mid- and late-season cultivars extend the bloom time for at least 6 weeks. Reblooming varieties bloom once in spring and again in summer through fall.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Partial to dappled shade
Mature size: 18 inches to 20 feet tall, depending on variety
Bloom time: Peak bloom usually occurs mid-spring; however, some bloom as early as March, others as late as July.
Flower colors: Shades of pink, white, purple, crimson, and yellow

Prized for its spectacular spring flowers, many varieties are evergreen and can be enjoyed year-round. Their size and shape vary, from low-growing groundcovers to tall shrubs.

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Zones: 3-9
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade; flowers best in full sun
Mature size: 1 to 20 feet tall, 3 to 10 feet wide, depending on variety
Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
Flower colors: Bright yellow

The vibrant canary-yellow flowers of forsythia are like the first ray of sunshine after the dark days of winter, covering each arching branch with a profusion of blooms lasting one to two weeks. The welcome explosion of yellow flowers makes this shrub well worth planting, despite the short bloom time.

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Zones: 4-8
Exposure: Partial to full sun
Mature size: 6 to 8 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: April
Flower colors: White, pink

This showy shrub produces clusters of pastel-pink buds in late March that open to domed clusters of white or pink-flushed flowers. However, it’s the heady fragrance, similar to spice cake, that makes this exceptional species a delightful addition to the garden.

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Zones: 4-8
Exposure: Full sun; will tolerate partial shade
Mature size: Varies; from 12 inches tall and 18 inches wide to 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide
Bloom time: Mid to late spring, with sparser rebloom in summer and fall
Flower colors: Shades of red, pink, white, and yellow

Gardeners love this popular shrub not only for its abundance of white or pink flowers on arching branches, but also for its unflappable nature and reliable performance. The trumpet-shaped flowers are a favorite of bees and hummingbirds, and often continue to bloom in scattered fashion from mid to late summer.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 6 to 10 feet tall and wide; some compact cultivars to only 3 or 4 feet
Bloom time: Early to mid-spring
Flower colors: Shades of red, orange, coral, pink, and white

Flowering quince blooms earlier than other spring-flowering shrubs, appearing as early as late January in the South, and March in northern areas. Adaptable and easy to grow, quince is also tolerant of heat, dry conditions, and a wide range of soil types.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 1 to 4 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Early summer through fall
Flower colors: Shades of red, pink, white, yellow, and peach

Shrub roses are quickly becoming the go-to darlings of the rose world, taking the best traits of the hardiest rose species and combining them with attributes of repeat blooming and minimal maintenance.

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Zones: 3-9
Exposure: Partial to full sun
Mature size: 6 to 8 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Late summer through fall
Flower colors: Blooms green, then fades to white, then pink

Hydrangeas are one of the few flowering shrubs that produce spectacular blooms even in partial shade. One hydrangea that has become the superstar of the late-summer garden is 'Limelight'. This fast-growing, upright shrub produces large cone-shaped panicles in late July that change color as they mature, from lime-green to white and finally to a rosy pink.

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Zones: 2-7
Exposure: Partial to full sun
Mature size: 2 to 3 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: June through September
Flower colors: Yellow, pink, orange, or white

Cinquefoil is also one of the easiest shrubs to grow, featuring good drought tolerance, excellent winter hardiness, and little need for aggressive pruning. Besides yellow, dozens of cultivars of cinquefoil are available in other hues, including white, pink, and tangerine.

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Zones: 4-8
Exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 2 to 3 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: June to August
Flower colors: Pink or purple

Summer-blooming Japanese spirea are a favorite of many gardeners because of their clusters of long-lasting summer flowers and good fall leaf color. Double Play® Candy Corn® is a popular, easy-care cultivar that produces showy dark purple bloom clusters surrounded by yellow and orange foliage.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Full sun
Mature size: 2 to 10 feet tall and wide, depnding on variety
Bloom time: July to October
Flower colors: Shades of pink, purple, or white

Butterfly bushes have honey-scented blooms that are irresistible to butterflies and bees, and many gardeners as well. The lilac-like blossoms come in an array of pretty pastel colors, ranging from pink to deep purple, and continue from mid-summer into autumn.

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Zones: 4-9
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Mature size: 6 to 12 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: June to September
Flower colors: White

Showy pincushion-like flowers attract butterflies, moths, and other beneficial insects. Native to much of the U.S., this sturdy carefree shrub makes a good substitute in areas where butterfly bush is invasive.

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Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Mature size: 8 to 12 feet tall, 6 to 10 feet wide, depnding on variety
Bloom time: Mid-summer through October
Flower colors: Shades of white, pink, red, blue, or apricot

Despite its name, this old-fashioned shrub is not a rose at all but a member of the hibiscus family, producing luscious flowers from late summer through mid-autumn when few other shrubs are in bloom.

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Zones: 3-9
Exposure: Partial shade
Mature size: 3 to 8 feet tall, 3 to 6 feet wide, depnding on variety
Bloom time: Late July through August
Flower colors: White or pink

Summersweet is one of the rare flowering shrubs that will bloom in shady places, perfuming the air with a sweet-spicy fragrance attractive to butterflies and bees. The showy white flower spikes come in abundance for 4 to 6 weeks, set off by dark, glossy green leaves that turn attractive shades of yellow to golden brown in fall.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Mature size: 3 to 6 feet tall and wide
Bloom time: Late summer through fall
Flower colors: White, pink

Abelia is the perfect choice for gardeners who want an easy-care, somewhat shade-tolerant plant that provides late-season fragrance. From summer through fall, it produces a profusion of rose-tinged white flowers on graceful, arching branches. The trumpet-shaped blooms have a jasmine-like scent that are a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds.

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Zones: 5-9
Exposure: Partial to full shade
Mature size: 6 to 12 feel tall and wide
Bloom time: Depending on variety, from late fall through spring
Flower colors: Red, pink, white

Camellia is the standout of the winter garden, bearing showy rose-like blooms in shades of white, pink, or red when other shrubs are dormant. The glossy, green foliage of this broadleafed evergreen is also attractive year-round. The bloom season is long and by staggering plantings of early-, mid- and late-season varieties, you can have flowers from November through April or May.

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The most popular flowering shrubs are:

• Rose
• Hydrangea
• Rhododendron
• Rose of Sharon
• Butterfly bush
• Camellia
• Forsythia
• Viburnum
• Lilac
• Weigela
• Spirea
• Abelia
• Cinquefoil
• Summersweet

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To create comfort in the backyard of a private house, it is necessary not only to create beautiful flower beds, but also to plant ornamental shrubs. With their help, many problems are solved. From dividing the space of the garden into zones and filling the site with flowering plants to enclosing it with a green living fence.

Using flowering shrubs is more interesting. Some of them have an amazing aroma and literally transform the garden. They can be used in mixed plantings, mixborders, along fences to create compositions that bloom all summer from different plants that replace each other in terms of flowering.

This list of flowering shrubs may include the following plants:

• Budley. It resembles a lilac, can grow up to three meters. Color shades: pink and lavender, purple and white, and white. These beautiful shrubs will decorate the garden all summer because they bloom until frost.

• Potentilla. Inconspicuous plant, blooms with numerous, but medium-sized flowers, foliage is not particularly beautiful. However, not a single shrub border or mixborder can do without Potentilla: while other shrubs fade in turn, it creates a bright spot in the garden. They have established themselves as shrubs that bloom all summer, winter-hardy, as they are not afraid of frost. Flowering begins in May and stops with the first frost. It is unpretentious to the soil, blooms well both in a sunny place and in light partial shade, care comes down to annual pruning. There are varieties of this continuously flowering shrub of different colors.

• Calicant will decorate the garden with original water lilies. This is a beautiful, hardy, but rare shrub from North America. The flowers are large with numerous petals. All parts of the garden plant are fragrant. Blooms in June - July. Requires pruning in the spring.

• • Shrub rose. Varies greatly in bush size and flower shape. They bloom all summer or are characterized by re-blooming.

• Kariopteris will add blue hues to the garden, as its brushes have just such a color. This is a flowering shrub with a rounded crown for the front of the border. They are planted in groups. It is undemanding to the soil. Quite winter-hardy. Flowering time September - October. Need pruning shrubs in March.

• Cistus resembles poppy or non-double rose flowers, sometimes with spots at the base of the petals. Flowers with paper-thin petals are short-lived. Each flower lives only one day, but since new buds are constantly appearing, the bush blooms all summer. The plant is warm and photophilous, forms a low rounded bush. Does not tolerate clay soil. Flowering time June - August. Pruning in spring.

• Alder leaf prefers moist soil. It gets along well along the edges of ravines and by the pond. This shrub requires almost no care. It quickly spreads throughout the territory provided to it. Its feature is that flowers appear only on young shoots. Therefore, it is recommended to cut it every year. It blooms in summer (July - August) with small fragrant flowers, collected at the ends of the shoots in long spike-shaped inflorescences. In autumn, the foliage of the shrub is brightly colored.

With regular and proper pruning, evergreen shrubs easily turn into a hedge or an unusual living sculpture that will become the center of a recreation area. To do this, it is enough to skillfully cut them. List of evergreen ornamental shrubs that can be planted in the garden:

• • Holly. Not afraid of frost. Grows over a meter. The oblong leaves are studded with thorns. Therefore, it is unpleasant to approach him closely.

• • Tis. Slow growing coniferous plant, planted in hedges in mild climates. The usual color of the foliage is dark green, there are varieties with golden foliage, as well as various forms of growth - from ground cover to tall columnar trees. Better than many other conifers, it tolerates unfavorable growth conditions, but does not tolerate stagnant water at the roots during the cold season. The plant is dioecious, on females seeds are formed with a fleshy red roof up to 1 cm in diameter. Leaves and seeds are poisonous.

• • Boxwood a popular shrub for hedges, including low, bordering flower beds. It withstands frequent shearing and partial shade, is not afraid of the wind, and is undemanding to the soil. Keep in mind that boxwood is very easy to care for. He does not need annual pruning. Cut out only dry and thickening branches, and also shorten the elongated shoots.

• Calmia is a beautiful flowering shrub that pleases with its flowering in May - June. In a non-flowering state, Calmia is similar to a rhododendron, plants are easily distinguished by flowers. Kalmia has buds similar to Chinese lanterns, the edges of the petals are corrugated. Likes moist acidic soil and light partial shade.

Calmia

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Yew

They are often used to create a smooth transition from grass cover to canopy. Shade-loving shrubs are also needed to create a beautiful design for fences and the shady side of a private house. The most common shade-tolerant shrubs are listed below.

• Cotoneaster. One of the most important ornamental beautiful fruit-bearing shrubs in the garden. The genus includes plants of different shapes and sizes, most of them evergreen or semi-evergreen. The leaves are oval, with a solid edge, pink buds in May or June open to white flowers. In autumn, beautiful fruits ripen, which are practically not pecked by birds. Some cotoneasters have beautiful fall foliage. Strongly overgrown bushes are pruned in the spring. Valued for the unusual dark green color of glossy leaves. They tend to change color to red when autumn comes.

Cotoneaster

• Rhododendrons are beautiful flowering shrubs that like to be sheltered from the midday sun. Traditionally, representatives of the genus are divided into rhododendrons and azaleas. Rhododendrons growing in the shade on average reach a height of 1.5 meters, bloom in May, however, there are plants of both 30 cm and 6 m, blooming both in early spring and in autumn, in August. The color of the flowers is varied, with the exception of blue, the leaves are oval or oblong, wintering. All rhododendrons are characterized by shallow roots, so the soil under the plants is mulched, and watered abundantly in dry weather.

Rhododendrons

• Garden jasmine grows well in the sun and in the shade, but in the second case, its flowering will not be so intense. There are two groups of jasmine: bushy with weak stems, grown in wall plantings, and jasmine - creepers that are able to climb the wall, support themselves. Flowering time depends on the species. Grow in moderately fertile soil in partial shade.

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• Privet tolerates polluted air well, so it is most often grown in the hedges of private houses that overlook city streets. There are variegated varieties. It is characterized by the fact that it does not tolerate severe winter frosts, therefore it requires shelter. grows in any moderately fertile soil, in a sunny or shady place. propagated by lignified cuttings in open ground in late autumn. Of care, a haircut is required - hedges are cut in May and August.

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• Thunberg Barberry are those ornamental flowering perennial shrubs that are beautiful, low and hardy. They are widely used in garden decoration, as they are represented by a large range of varieties. Various types of barberry are very common and popular. Barberry Thunberg grows up to 1.5 meters. The leaves of the shrub turn red in autumn, the berries ripen red. This beautiful shrub blooms in April - May.

Thunberg barberry

Gardeners choose them when a hedge needs to be grown in a short time. Often such plantings are made combined from different types of shrubs. In this case, you should carefully consider the issue of the future size of an adult plant and its relationship to a haircut.

The most popular fast growing shrubs are:

• dogwood and barberry ;
• viburnum vesicle — unpretentious shrub with a rounded crown shape;
• Blackthorn does not require extensive pruning, only when denser vegetation is needed;
• honeysuckle sanitary pruning is required in the first seven years, and then it remains only to form a hedge of the desired shape;
• climbing rose , it is recommended to start shaping it in the second year of growth in a permanent place.

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Honeysuckle

The former are characterized by the fact that they do not grow above one meter. They are usually planted on the borders. They decorate flower beds. List of low-growing ornamental shrubs for the garden:

• • Japanese quince (low) throughout the warm season decorates the country house with orange or golden color, first with flowers, then with fruits;

• • already mentioned above Potentilla a;

• • common heather is also an evergreen shrub that blooms most of the summer;

• elegant action , her flowering shrubs are the center of attraction, but she is whimsical to excess moisture, severe frosts and cold winds.

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Heather

• blood red hawthorn - grown as a shrub, small tree or hedge, able to grow in almost any conditions, both in dry and waterlogged soil, in the sun and in the shade;

• • silver goof — grown not for fragrant, but nondescript flowers, but because of the beautiful foliage;

• red elderberry with beautiful foliage, which develops red fruits after the flowers.

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Elder

Hawthorn

The word "mix" leads us to mixing. The second part of the word - border - sends to the borders. It turns out that in such a landing there are no boundaries. But this is not true. It just seems so. In fact, everything here must be carefully thought out and planned.

Plants in a mixborder are supposed to have dense groups that smoothly flow into one another. Moreover, it must contain elements that will remain visible in the cold season. They are shrubs and conifers. They are also called the skeleton of the composition.

Any mixborder must be divided into three parts. They will not be the same in size and shape. In the background are planted tall plants with interesting leaves. The second row is filled with flowers that are characterized by straight and tall stems. They are covered with medium height with a small number of leaves. And stunted and ground cover plants come to the fore. Plantings of annual flowers are usually placed in front of them.

Here is one example of a perennial mixborder placed along a wall or fence. Its background is decorated with plants: lafanthus, purple echinacea, chatma and clematis. The middle is filled with shrubby cinquefoil, yarrow, fennel polygon, vervain bonar, boxwood, decorative wormwood and onions. In the first rows planted: shrub cinquefoil, geranium, soft cuff, coreopsis.

1. Endress geranium. 2. The cuff is soft. 3. Majestic geranium. 4. Coreopsis whorled. 5. Potentilla shrub. 6. Ptarmic yarrow. 7. Decorative bow. 8. Fennel multi-grate. 9. Bonar verbena. 10. Boxwood. 11. Decorative wormwood. 12. Lofant. 13. Echinacea purpurea. 14. Hatma. 15. Clematis

The most beautiful winter-hardy perennial shrubs blooming all summer

Ornamental shrubs will help you solve several problems in your garden at once. These are not only beautiful buds that delight the eye all summer, but also zoning and protection of personal space from prying eyes. Today we are talking about winter-hardy flowering perennial shrubs.

The best varieties of winter-hardy shrubs

The most popular species
Shade-loving plants
Low-growing varieties
The most unpretentious varieties

1. Budleya

Inflorescences come in a wide variety of shades: from lavender to white. Budleya pleases the eye until the very frost, which means that your garden will be bright for a long time, even when all other plants leave for the winter.

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2. Potentilla

It cannot be said that this is a very popular representative of a garden bed, but so much the better - the garden will not look like the neighbors' plots. Potentilla is unpretentious, tolerates frost well and blooms all summer until late autumn, painting the garden in bright colors. Grows best in full sun and light shade and requires only regular pruning.

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3. Calicant

Representative of the North American flora. In our latitudes, it has taken root remarkably due to its endurance. In the spring, before flowering, the calicant is pruned. Unusual water lily-shaped flowers appear in early summer and fade in late July. This plant is rarely seen in a flower bed, despite universal love. Calicanth is a very fragrant and beautiful bush, it is impossible to pass by it.

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4. Shrub rose

A classic representative of the set of almost any gardener. Shrub roses come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. It cannot be called unpretentious, but roses will delight the eye right up to the very frosts, blooming 2 or even 3 times per season.

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Luxurious blue inflorescences can rarely leave anyone indifferent. As a rule, this variety is used for the front of the garden fence, because this way its semicircular crown looks the most advantageous. Kariopteris looks best in groups, it is unpretentious to the soil, it tolerates frosts well. It blooms closer to autumn, and in spring it must be cut off.

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6. Cistus

Somewhat similar to a poppy, sometimes it has small spots on the petals. The cistus will delight with color all summer, but the inflorescences are very delicate and the period of life of each of them is only one day. But the next day, new ovaries appear. It is better not to plant it in clay soil. Cistus also does not tolerate shade; the ideal place for it is a warm sunny clearing. The low-growing, rounded shrub needs to be cut every spring so that it blooms magnificently in the summer.

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An ideal plant for those who have a small pond in their garden. Cletra loves moist soil and places near a pond. It is practically not necessary to take care of it, the cletra spreads its thickets very quickly, occupying the entire territory presented. The peculiarity of this perennial plant is that flowers grow only on young shoots, so experienced gardeners recommend cutting off all branches annually. If you look at the photo, you can see that the flowers of the cletra are small and huddle at the end of the shoot, forming long inflorescences. In autumn, the time of leaves comes - they become bright, decorating a fading garden.

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8. Calmia

Many compare it with rhododendron, both plants are not very tall and similar in leaf shape. Calmia in bloom looks very beautiful, usually this period falls on spring and early summer: lantern buds appear among the ribbed leaves. It is better to place the seedling in a dark, damp place.

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Among the winter-hardy perennial shrubs that bloom all summer, there are many that are very fond of shady places. They ideally make a smooth transition from tree to flower garden. In addition, it is an indispensable member of the decorative fence and a cool option for decorating the shady side of the house.

1. Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster is not only a fruit-bearing home garden dweller, but also a beautiful flowering plant. Cotoneaster is different in size and appearance, there are also evergreen varieties. A common characteristic for all is regular-shaped oval leaves and pink buds, which turn into snow-white flowers at the very beginning of summer. Cotoneaster blooms until autumn, after which berries are tied in place of flowers. Sometimes there are cotoneasters, which throw out beautiful bright foliage in the fall. Unpretentious in care, but need regular spring pruning.

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2. Rhododendron

Lush bright flowers can only be compared in scale with peonies. Rhododendrons love partial shade and prefer to be sheltered from the scorching sun. It is necessary to distinguish between azaleas and rhododendrons proper, since they are representatives of the same species. The height of the latter under favorable conditions reaches one and a half meters, but there are dwarfs of 30 cm and giants of 6 m in height. Flowering mainly occurs in May, but here, again, variations are possible. The color can be very different, it’s easier to say what it doesn’t happen - blue.

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3. Jasmine

Who is not familiar with the dazzling white fragrant representative of the midland flora? Jasmine lives in almost every garden. He was loved for his unpretentiousness and great aroma. If you want the plant to bloom more actively, take care of placing it in the sun. Jasmines are bushy, they are usually planted near a wall or hedge. And also jasmine lianas are known, capable of twining walls and any other vertical surfaces nearby.

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4. Thunberg's Barberry

A pretty undersized perennial that is famous for its indifference to low temperatures. It comes in a variety of species and is often found in home gardens. On average, the barberry reaches a height of one and a half meters, blooms in early spring, and by autumn the leaves acquire a bright red color to match the ripened berries.

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If you want to quickly and easily grow a hedge or you are new to gardening, pay attention to unpretentious winter-hardy shrubs that bloom all summer. You can combine them or stop at one thing, depending on what kind of end view of the flower garden you want to get.

The most popular hardy shrubs with intensive growth:

• climbing rose
• common barberry
• cotoneaster
• vesicle.

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