Decorative, flowering and fruit bushes for giving: description and application

The bush is a small tree-like plant. It has a low, sometimes invisible trunk and a wide crown. Mostly highly branching bushes. They can be conditionally divided into the following groups: decorative deciduous, flowering and fruit. The former are valued for the original color and shape of the leaves, many of them are evergreen. Of course, flowers bloom on their branches and fruits ripen, but they have no aesthetic, decorative or nutritional value.

Flowering bushes are found quite often in parks and city streets. They are especially popular with summer residents and owners of private houses. Fruit bushes include those species on which edible fruits ripen, these are currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, and so on.

Content:

• Ornamental deciduous bushes for summer cottages
• Flowering bushes for summer cottages
• Fruit bushes for summer cottages

Ornamental deciduous bushes for summer cottages

White Derain is a small shrub. It grows very quickly, young shoots are colored red. Leaves are oval-oblong, wide, densely embossed on the branches. They are painted green with a gray edging, which creates a fancy leaf pattern. It blooms with small white flowers that are collected in umbrellas and cover almost the entire bush. But the leaves are of its value. They are beautiful in summer, and in autumn they attract special attention. At this time, they turn bright red-violet.

Derain tolerates frosty winters well and grows well even in partial shade. With regular watering, the bush can grow up to 3 meters in a couple of years.

Euonymus. The genus of euonymus is full of many species evergreen and deciduous shrubs. But each of them is special and distinguished by its decorative effect.

Shrub types:

1. Japanese euonymus grows only up to 50 cm. But its advantage is that it remains green all year round.
2. Winged euonymus has wide, pointed leaves, painted green. By autumn, they become bright red and the entire shrub, which grows up to 1 meter, looks very impressive. Especially when combined with evergreens.

All types of euonymus have their own flowering period and fruits usually ripen by autumn. However, it is strictly forbidden to use them in food, as they are poisonous. Caring for these shrubs is normal. Regular watering, pruning dry or diseased branches, and feeding annually. They tolerate cold well and can grow in partial shade.

Barberry Thunberg. In barberries, there are also several species that differ in the color of the leaves and the size of the bush.

Types of barberry:

1. Thunberg Atropurpurea Nana belongs to dwarf varieties, and its height reaches 60 cm. But it has rather spreading branches, which gives the bush about a meter in diameter. They are brown colored and have small thorns. The leaves are ovoid and densely located on the branches. Painted in brown-red tone. In autumn, the color turns bright red.
2. Barberry Thunberg Green Carpet is a taller variety. Its branches extend 1 meter in height. The leaves are green almost all summer. By autumn, their color changes to yellow and bright red. Thunberg barberry prefers to grow in alkaline soils and in sunny places. Poorly tolerates stagnant water.It is resistant to diseases and tolerates winter frosts well.

Boxwood:

• Refers to evergreen shrubs. There are many types of this plant..
• The bush reaches a height of 1 meter.
• Its advantage is that it lends itself well to shaping. Therefore, it can often be found in gardens and parks in bizarre shapes and simple shapes.
• Branches grow densely, especially after pruning.
• The leaves are small, dark green on the upper side and lighter, slightly dull on the bottom. They are very densely located on the branches, and practically create an impenetrable cover.
• They grow well even in the shade and love moisture. But they can easily survive a drought, like a frosty winter.

Flowering bushes for summer cottages

Heather is an evergreen shrub, the height of which in different varieties ranges from 20 cm to 1 meter. The flowering period lasts from mid-summer to the end of September. Ornamental heather has small needle-like leaves and blooms with white, purple or purple flowers that cover almost the entire top of the branches.

In heather pink, the leaves are oval and tinted green. It blooms with red, pink or white flowers that hang from the branches. It is unpretentious in care, grows in any soil, tolerates cold well.

Broom:

• A shrub whose height varies from 50 cm to 3 meters, depending on the species. There are deciduous and evergreen broom bushes.
• The branches of the Russian broom stretch 1.5 meters and bend slightly.
• It blooms with large yellow flowers that are located on the top of the branches. The flowering period begins in spring or summer, depending on the plant variety and weather conditions.
• Caring for them is simple: regular watering during dry periods and feeding during transplantation. They grow both in well-lit places and in partial shade.

Forsythia is an early flowering plant. Its bush can reach 4 meters, but mainly small plants up to 1.5 meters are found. Forsythia flowers appear in early spring, long before the leaves. They have four petals and painted bright yellow... These bushes are often planted in city parks and alleys, and they delight with their sunny color after a gray and white winter. Forsythia must be watered only in hot and dry periods of the year, it does not tolerate overflows. It grows mainly in sunny, open places, but it also feels great in the shade.

Rhododendron is a very beautiful flowering shrub. Some species can be shaped into trees.

They can be evergreen and with falling leaves. Deciduous varieties tolerate winter well, so they are more popular in colder regions. Evergreens mainly grow in warm regions. The branches of the bush can stretch up to 1.5 meters.

The leaves of different varieties have different shapes. The flowers are fragrant, large, collected in inflorescences. Their color is burgundy, purple, lemon, orange. Rhododendron needs regular watering, feeding and loosening of the soil. The landing sites are bright and sunny. The soil should be fertile or well fertilized.

Rose also belongs to flowering bushes.

The queen of flowers is known all over the world. And in every part of the world they meet various varieties and sizes of this bush... These are mainly large plants with thick, erect branches, densely covered with thorns. There are also climbing shrubs with flowing branches. A rose flower is made up of many petals that can be painted in almost all colors of the rainbow. Recently, breeders have been struggling to create a black rose.

Caring for this plant requires a lot of attention and skill. Every year the bush needs pruning and insulation for the winter. Regular watering and feeding is required. Roses are also susceptible to diseases and pests.

NSboat bushes for summer cottages

The most popular types of fruit bushes for summer cottages:

• Currant refers to fruit shrubs. It has no aesthetic or decorative value. Small bushes, up to 100-120 cm high.

The branches are large. The leaves are green in shape and resemble maple leaves. The flowers are small and pale. This plant is valuable for its fruits, which in different species have their own color: white, red and black. These berries have a sweet and sour taste, and a black and tart taste. They have many useful and medicinal properties. It is necessary to care for currants carefully. She is susceptible to various diseases. The bushes are hygrophilous. An annual pruning of old branches is also required. Basically, all varieties of currants are frost-resistant.

• Gooseberry is a small, up to 80 cm in height, perennial shrub with spreading branches, on which small thorns are densely located.

The leaves are small, lobed, beautifully shaped and colored green. The flowers are arranged one at a time, small, greenish. The berries ripen at the end of summer and turn from green to pink, yellow or dark red, depending on the variety. The shape is oval, barrel-shaped. The taste is sweetish. The gooseberry bush, due to its deep root system, tolerates drought well. Unpretentious in care... For the winter, you can dig up the ground around the bush. Does not need insulation.

• Raspberries. This shrub is the most common among European gardeners. There are many types and varieties of raspberries and every year breeders bring out new ones. Basically, they are distinguished by their resistance to diseases and the size of the fruits. White and yellow raspberries are also found. These are mainly bushes with biennial branch development.

In the first year, buds appear on the shoots, in the second year, flowers and fruits appear from them, and new shoots grow from the rhizome.

After fruiting, the branches are cut to make room. The leaves of the raspberry are large, embossed, green on the upper side, and light and slightly pubescent from the bottom. The branches are usually thorny, but there are already several varieties with bare shoots. The berry is a composite drupe and has a pleasant aroma. It tastes sweet and juicy. Raspberry is a moisture-loving plant, therefore, watering should be regular, especially during the hot period. It is necessary to plant bushes in a sunny place; in partial shade, fruiting is reduced several times.

• Until recently, the blackberry was a wild plant. But thanks to its juicy fruits, it gained popularity among summer residents. In nature, its branches are covered with sharp thorns. Therefore, breeders have bred varieties that do not have them.

This bush has curly, creeping branches. When planting, it is worth considering this nuance and pre-preparing supports for it. Leaves are similar in shape to raspberries... Large, heart-shaped, pointed. Blossoming in blackberries begins in June and lasts until the end of autumn. The fruits also ripen gradually, so the harvest takes place in several stages. Caring for her is not difficult. Regular watering, autumn pruning and feeding. It grows both in the sun and in partial shade. Well tolerates winter.

Ornamental deciduous and flower bushes are used mainly for garden decoration and creating compositions.

Many of these plants are used to create hedges. Fruit bushes are planted in order to feast on delicious berries in the fall. Also, compotes and preserves are cooked from the fruits and various culinary dishes are prepared. Delicious and medicinal tea can be brewed from currant and raspberry leaves.

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