Perennial flowers bushes and flowering shrubs

Overview of popular shrubs

Probably, in every garden there is viburnum, lilac, jasmine – in hot weather they create a blissful shadow, during flowering they fill all corners of the garden with a rich aroma. But besides these regulars of any site, there are many other ornamental perennial shrubs. And that’s who you can “invite” to live in the garden.

Decorative bush asters are perhaps the brightest of the possible options. The variety of varieties allows you to create the effect of continuous flowering, using only asters. Straight stems, depending on the variety, grow up to 50 cm. Flowers resemble baskets, each of which is up to 3 cm in diameter.

Early varieties include alpine asters growing up to 30 cm. They bloom from the beginning of June, with single buds up to 6 cm in diameter. The colors are very diverse – all shades of purple, pale lilac, blue and deep blue, creamy white.

If you prefer tall plants, then the Bessarabian aster variety will satisfy your request – they grow up to 75 cm in height. The flowers of this subspecies are numerous, purple in color with a dark core. Another champion in height is the New England variety, which grows up to 2 m. Its inflorescences are collected in brushes of 25-30 pieces, bloom in September.

By color, decorative and border asters are divided into many types:

• Alba – snow-white;
• Superbus and Troyes – blue;
• Rum, Guthe, Heinrich Seibert – all shades of pink;
• Dwarf, Herman Lehne, Dunkle Schone – from pale lilac to dark purple, almost black;
• Ruber, Bars Pink, Rubishatz, Beechwood Ravel – from light red to deep burgundy.

Asters, of course, are not the only perennial shrubs that bloom in summer and autumn. Buddleya is a tall plant very similar to lilac. It blooms in early summer and keeps flowers until autumn frosts. A distinctive feature of buddleia is that it attracts butterflies.

Spirea, or Meadowsweet, is an unpretentious tall shrub that will surprise you with the variety of forms that its crown can take: spherical, pyramidal, cascade-like. It blooms all summer, and you can plant it anywhere in the garden. Hydrangea paniculata, whose bushes bloom with many white inflorescences, will also surprise you with its growth – up to 3 m. It belongs to blooming in summer, while as it blooms, its flowers change color from white to pale pink.

Weigela is a tall plant that represents curb shrubs reaching a mark of 2,5-3 m. Calicant – flowering shrubs with delicate buds resembling water lilies in shape. A medium-sized plant that blooms in June will easily settle in any garden plot.

Fill your garden with bright yellow flowers in spring – forsythia. Curious is the fact that forsythia blooms first, and then releases green leaves. Blooming at the very beginning of spring, it looks good both separately from other plants and in group plantings.

Rhododendron is an incredibly beautiful and incredibly whimsical plant. Rhododendrons are divided into three large groups: evergreen, wintering, deciduous. We advise you to pay attention to the Japanese Rhododendron, which will bring a touch of originality to the garden labyrinths. It blooms from June to July.

Kolkvitsia is a close relative of Weigela and Honeysuckle. Kolquitsia bushes grow up to 2 m, pleasing the eye with straight, densely pubescent branches. The flowers look like deep pink bells, collected in inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter.

The hibiscus is not to be missed. Varieties Syrian, Diana, Vayelit Ilar Double, Pink Giant will delight you with abundant flowering and large buds. Also belongs to the group of curb shrubs.

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Pay attention to dwarf spruces, which do not exceed 2-2,5 m in height. For example, the Nidiformis variety, about 1 m high, has a crown 2 m in diameter, while being frost-resistant. The Tompa variety has a wide conical shape, grows up to 1,5 m, a big plus of this spruce is that the crown does not need to be cut or somehow looked after. Will’s Zwerg has a narrow conical crown with light green needles. The Karel variety looks like a prickly dark green pouf, grows up to only 1,5 m.

Japanese quince is a frost-resistant plant. If desired, you can easily give any shape to the quince crown when it has already faded, that is, starting in July. Jasmine, or Chubushnik, will delight you with its lush flowering, the dense aroma of flowers, and rich greenery throughout the warm season. Blooms in June-July.

Weaving roses create the effect of a floral cloud with an incredible, dense aroma. It is convenient not only because it curls on any more or less suitable surface, but also in its easy proximity to any colors. For example, asters – perfectly set off and complement the flowering of a weaving rose.

Heather – grows in low bushes up to 80 cm tall. It blooms all summer, very abundantly with beautiful white, pink or red buds. Irga canadensis is a lush green plant with sweet berries. Irgi has interesting oval, slightly pointed, leaves covered with fluff on the underside. The buds are erect, collected in a brush. After a long flowering, the irga acquires bright red fruits, which darken over time, acquiring a bluish bloom.

Potentilla – blooms with the arrival of the May heat with many small flowers of white or bright yellow. If your garden lacks rich yellow colors, then pay attention to the varieties Dakota sunrise and Goldfinger; among the white flowers, the best are Beani and Abbotswood. The height of the cinquefoil rarely exceeds 1,5 m.

How to create continuous bloom

Plants that bloom all year round are the cherished dream of any gardener. And to achieve this is not so difficult. The set of plants for planting depends on just a few factors:

• landing site;
• the time of flowering of each plant – it is worth planting together those plants that bloom one after another;
• landing composition.

Border asters with their flowering cover the entire warm season, starting to bloom from late April until November. In spring bloom: forsythia, quince, spirea, almonds. In the summer they continue the flower business: barberry, hydrangea, jasmine, weigela, rhododendron, asters.

Bloom in autumn: hydrangea, heather, mountain ash, the same asters. Creating a continuous bloom is really easy. First, think over the planting plan, where you would like to add this or that plant, sketch it so as not to forget, make clear notes / notes. Decide on the style in which you want to see the bushes. For European compositions, mock orange, barberry, hydrangea, asters are suitable; for oriental style – rhododendron, quince, forsythia, almonds.

The point of view is also important – arrange all types of plants so that people entering the garden see the best sides of your plantings. And since we are talking about the landing site, then pick up low and medium-sized plants (for example, asters, marigolds) for garden paths, leaving tall ones for the central sections of the flower beds. Don’t be afraid to be creative when composing your ever-blooming paradise and then you will get an amazingly beautiful result.

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