Ornamental plants for the garden
In many summer cottages, the main place is occupied by fruit and vegetable crops, plants that produce crops or benefit from their medicinal properties. But decorative plants for the garden are also important, which allow you to add variety and colors to the site.
Flowering ornamental plants for the garden
Nothing can give the garden so much beauty, tenderness and aroma as flowering shrubs and flower beds. Blooming in early spring, they give inspiration, strength and a positive attitude for the whole summer.
Ornamental plants for the garden can not only decorate, but also give the site a special mood
Some of the most unpretentious, abundantly and long-flowering shrubs are spirea and lilacs. And if purple fragrant clusters of lilacs are already familiar to our eyes, then snow-white or pink spirea bushes are just beginning to win the hearts of gardeners. She does not lose her decorative qualities throughout the warm period.
Forsythia will be a kind of signal about the arrival of spring. She begins to bloom the very first on the site. Her golden flowers on a gray background of the garden will certainly awaken from the winter blues and create a positive attitude.
Ornamental varieties of fruit trees such as Japanese cherry or plum blossom equally beautifully.
But the garden needs to be decorated not only in spring, but also in autumn, when most of the plants have already faded, and some have completely dried up. In this case, ornamental cabbage will come to the rescue. Until winter, the plant will dilute the gray colors of the garden with its bright colors.
From deciduous plants for garden decoration, you can choose those that have a bright color of leaves throughout the summer. With their help, you can create a variety of garden compositions, zone the garden. They are great for landscaping.
One of the most successful options, which is distinguished by unpretentiousness, resistance to pests and diseases, as well as resistance to frost, is barberry. Among all the variety of its varieties and types, you can find one that will be suitable for each particular garden.
When choosing deciduous plants, special attention should be paid to adaptability to the local climate
In addition, boxwood can take pride of place in the garden. It reacts well to pruning, and its crown can be given absolutely any shape.
As for decorating the garden in winter, conifers come to the rescue, which have a green color all year round.
Choosing conifers for the garden, you can not worry about its climatic preferences and resistance to adverse weather conditions. You just need to choose the desired crown shape and plant size.
From conifers, you can create not only garden compositions, but also use them as a hedge or partition when zoning a garden
The most common conifers for decorating a plot include cypress, pine, fir, spruce, juniper and thuja.
There are many types and varieties of ornamental plants for the garden, not to list all the names. When starting to choose them, you need to proceed from the area of the garden, the gardener’s preferences, material and temporary opportunities for care, and also take into account the climatic conditions of the region.