News Item: : Ornamental shrubs
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Posted by gradinar
Saturday 03 January 2009 - 22:39:43


hypocyrta_glabra.jpgIt is difficult to imagine a flower garden without the participation of ornamental shrubs.
With their shapes and colors which attract the eye, create a unique atmosphere of early spring to late autumn.
And when winter comes, they remain to remind us that summer will come again and the garden will still be sinking in greenery.

There are many species of ornamental shrubs and each deserves attention.
Matter of taste and skill is to select some of them and to reconcile among themselves and with other vegetation in the garden.

Mahoney
While home and is North America and East Asia, it feels good in our country.
Sophisticated its leaves are spectacular, consisting of small leaves as ruscus.

At the beginning of the season appear fragrant yellow flowers, and later - dark blue plodcheta.
Grows best in shade and is often used for soil under roof plant trees.


Polusyanka shade or grow as a very beautiful evergreen shrub reaching a height of 1m. Impresses with its shiny, deep green leaves, long 10.12 cm


Leatherback leaves are elongated with ovoid-shaped and jagged porcupine on the periphery.
If the winter is very cold and dry, the leaves change color to red and brown and can even fall out.
Thanks to its healthy roots and shoots in spring many shrubs proved safe and again grow bright green lista.Ima two mahonii. Mahoney is one akvifolium (Mahonia aquifolium), and the other is yaponikum Mahoney (Mahonia japonicum).
Yaponikum is much more beautiful and elegant, but much more capricious. Our country is more rare because it requires a mild climate. She also leaves with no hair loss, but they are larger and resemble a fan.
Their color shade of yellow-green through pale green to deep green.
At an altitude beyond Mahoney akvafolium and reaches 2m, as well as flowering and ripening.
Mahonii Both are among the most ranobudnite spring in the garden just before they blossom forzitsiyata.
Like Mahoney forzitsiyata colors are lemon, but are collected in racemose inflorescences.
Juicy fruit is grainy and dark blue Stuck for his wax coating.
Begin to ripen in late July and August.
The seeds are used for reproduction but must be planted before they are fully ripe fruit. If you are late with the harvest, mature seeds should be placed in moist sand that is be subject to stratification and the spring to sow in beds.

Fruits of Mahoney had not only ornamental value, but is also used for making juice because they are rich in vitamins.
Mahoney with their beautiful leaves can be used to make wreaths and Christmas decorations. Can serve fence and hedges, using the crowd and shoots.

It must be borne in mind that seed propagation is a slow way, so it is growing even faster and easier. Lateral shoots, which places it can be used as a challenge, which strike submerged soil. Severed from the parent plant and planted a new location, they give rise to new bushes.

Widespread Juniper
It is interesting coniferous evergreen shrub.
Color varies from pale green through deep blue-green to green.

Vary in height because the gardeners were able to obtain than recumbent forms and higher-average over 50 cm high and one meter, and more.
Winter and summer, it reminds us of the beauty of the mountains.

When we do not have much time for maintenance and cleaning of the garden of weeds, but we want it to be fresh and clean throughout the season and in winter, then you should choose an evergreen Widespread juniper (Sabina Yuniperus). Are grown without the height (usually 30 to 40 centimeters.) And without being picky to the soil, which may be wet, dry, heavy clay, light, sandy, swampy and even, it is excellent and does not cover allows weeds to prosper. Likes to be clean about it.


Widespread juniper grows more in width and quietly invaded and took over the space of weeds. Does not require special care. Only when the soil is very dry needs to be watered with a hose into the bush and not flat on top of leaning trunks with fine branches on them, which may blighted by the hot sun.
In droughty years single watering early morning or evening once a month is enough.
After irrigations the soil around it should be and prekopava razrohkva.
Be propagated by vegetative cuttings so green that are cut in late July and are loaded into glass in the turf and sand. Root very quickly and if protected from frost in winter, spring, could safely be planted in the garden.
She has a bold lovers who stick up straight lashes into prepared beds with well-prepared pochva.Otglezhdani loosen and thereby in the open, beautiful shrubs in addition to root, but is tempered for harsh conditions.
Widespread Juniper Simon is very stable. To be seen from afar, is it appropriate to be placed and a pyramidal juniper, which is higher in stature and emphasizes the charm of moving juniper.

Acid thorns
Acidic thorns are honey, healing and have different colors.

Among the various types of sour milk thistle - with each opadlivi leaves, and other evergreen, the most sought after is the ordinary - vulgaris barberry (Berberis vulgaris).

It is opadlivi leaves and grows in poor soils and sunny locations.
Reaches a height of 1.5-2m. Very sharp thorns and branches are beset textured leaves. Branches and leaves are combined iztinska green living fence of the garden, which alone can make.

Lends itself to shaping with scissors early spring, before leaf as hedges.
Blooms in April and May and hanging like bunches yellow colors are great bait for the bees.
Ruby fruits that ripen in September and October are retained in the winter.
Ordinary sour milk thistle is very healing.
Branches in the roots of extracted important ingredients in medicine to treat kidney and stomach zablyavaniya.
Fruits are rich in vitamin C.

Kiselotranovi extended family numbers more than 150 species. In our country can not be seen so much, but we want to planting, we have ample opportunity to choose, even if only for the fact that these shrubs are divided into evergreen and opadlivi leaves.
Polusyanka like evergreen and fresh soil.
Listopad are better if they are a sun trap. Grow well in poorer, even rocky soils if they are not wetlands.
In addition to benefits such as honey and healing brush, Berbers are loved and wanted for comfort, which brings in the garden until late fall.

A decorative and also is highly sought listopadeen tunbergii barberry (Berberis thunbergii). Originates from Japan and China.
Growth is smaller than normal, reaching 1 - 1.5 meters in height.

In this type branches are not as sharp thorn. They are curved and dalgovidno color is dark brown.
Obratnoyaytsevidna leaves are shaped and very beautiful in autumn, before hair loss from becoming laskavozeleni purpurnocherveni.
If they cut branches are transformed into a beautiful arrangement for expensive bouquets.


Berberisovi of evergreen shrubs is highly sought Berberis Julianae.
Reaches a height of 2-2,5 m long dark green leaves it is modified during the colder autumn and winter days in red. Fruits are dyed blue.
The combination of leaf and fruit creates warmth and comfort even in winter.
Juliana barberry is highly sought after because it is frost stable.
Indigo is the next representative sour milk thistle (Berberis Atropurpureum).

It imports much warmth and humor in dead winter.
Mosiah name of the small beautiful purple leaves.
While it is opadlivi leaves, the longer he keeps them up late and Krassi garden.


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