The best flowering shrubs for landscape design. Overview of the most beautiful garden shrubs

To create coziness on the backyard of a private house, it is required not only to create beautiful flowerbeds, but also to plant ornamental shrubs. Many problems are solved with their help. From dividing the garden space into zones and filling the site with flowering plants to fencing it with a green living fence.

Flowering beautiful shrubs

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

In this list of flowering shrubs, you can include such plants:

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

• Bloodroot. An inconspicuous plant that blooms with numerous but small flowers, the foliage is not particularly beautiful. However, no shrub curb or a mixborder is complete without patchweed: while other shrubs alternately fade, it creates a bright spot in the garden. They have established themselves as flowering shrubs all summer, winter-hardy, as they are afraid of frost. Flowering begins in May and stops with the first frost. It is unpretentious to the soil, it blooms well both in a sunny place and in light penumbra, care is reduced to annual pruning. There are varieties of this continuously flowering shrub of different colors.

• Calicant  Decorate the garden with original flowers, water lilies. It 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. It blooms in June - July. Spring pruning required.

• • Shrub rose.  It varies greatly in size of bushes and the shape of flowers. They bloom all summer or are characterized by the fact that they bloom again.

• Cariopteris  it will add blue shades to the garden, as its brushes have such color. This is a flowering shrub with a rounded crown for the foreground border. Planted in groups. The soil is undemanding. Winter-hardy enough. Flowering time is September - October. Need pruning shrubs in March.

• Ladannik  resembles flowers of poppies or non-terry roses, sometimes with specks at the base of petals. Flowers with paper-thin petals are short-lived. Each flower lives only one day, but as new buds constantly appear, the bush blooms all summer. The plant is warm and light-loving, forms a low rounded bush. Does not tolerate clay soil. Flowering time is June - August. Pruning spring.

• Kletra olkolistnaya  prefers moist soil. It gets along well along the edges of the ravines and by the pond. For this shrub practically does not need 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 off every year. It blooms in summer (July - August) with small fragrant flowers, collected at the ends of shoots in long spiciform inflorescences. In autumn, the foliage of the shrub is brightly colored.

Evergreen Shrubs

With regular and regular pruning, evergreen shrubs easily turn into a hedge or an unusual live sculpture that will become the center of the recreation area. To do this, they are skillfully trimmed. A list of what evergreen ornamental shrubs can be planted in the garden:

• • Holly.  Not afraid of frost. It grows above a meter. Oblong leaves are covered with spines. Therefore, it is unpleasant to come close to him.

• • Yew.  Slowly growing coniferous plant, in areas with a mild climate it is planted in a hedge. The usual color of the foliage is dark green, there are varieties with golden foliage, as well as various forms of growth - about ground cover up 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, seeds are formed on females with a fleshy red roof with a diameter of up to 1 cm. The leaves and seeds are poisonous.

• • Boxwood  popular shrub for hedges, including low, framing flower beds. Well withstands frequent cutting and partial shading, is not afraid of the wind, undemanding to the soil. Keep in mind that in the care of boxwood is very simple. He doesn’t need annual pruning. Cut out only dry and thickening branches, as well as shorten the sprouting shoots.

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

•   - beautifully flowering beautiful shrubs, which also prefer to be sheltered from the midday sun. Traditionally, the 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, but there are plants of both 30 cm and 6 m, blooming in early spring and autumn in August. The color of flowers is diverse, with the exception of blue, the leaves are oval or oblong, wintering. For all rhododendrons, a shallow root occurrence is characteristic, therefore the soil under the plants is mulched, and watered abundantly in dry weather.

• Garden Jasmine grows well in the sun and in the shade, but in the second case its flowering will not be as intense. There are two groups of jasmines: bushy with weak stems, grown in near-wall plantings, and jasmine - lianas, which are able to climb the wall, support itself. Flowering time depends on the species. Grown on moderately fertile soil in partial shade.

• Privet  tolerates polluted air, so it is most often grown in the hedge of private houses that overlook the 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 on any moderately fertile soil, in a sunny or shady place. propagated by woody cuttings in open ground in late autumn. Hair care is required from care - hedges are trimmed in May and August.

•   - These are decorative flowering shrubs perennials, which are beautiful, low and frost-resistant. They are widely used in garden decoration, as represented by a large range of varieties. Different types of barberries are very common and popular. Barberry Thunberg grows to 1.5 meters. The leaves of the shrub redden in autumn, the berries ripen red. This beautiful shrub blooms in April - May.

Fast growing shrubs

They are chosen by gardeners in the situation when the hedge is required to grow in a short time. Often these plantings do combined from different types of shrubs. In this case, you should carefully consider the question of the future size of an adult plant and its relationship to cutting.

The most popular fast-growing shrubs are:

• dogwood and barberry;
• waterlobe  - unpretentious shrub with a rounded crown;
• turn  careful pruning is not needed, it is produced only when more dense vegetation is needed;
• honeysuckle  sanitary pruning is required in the first seven years, and then all that remains is to form a fence of the desired shape;
• climbing rose, it is recommended to begin to form it in the second year of growth in a permanent place.

The gardeners who decide to decorate their land with beautiful shrubs immediately have a question: what kind of shrub is better to plant?

Ideally, such a plant should meet the following requirements:

1. Be beautiful throughout the summer season.
2. Unpretentious care.
3. Frost-resistant, able to endure our difficult winters.

Wintery flowering shrubs

Below are the names and characteristics of such ornamental shrubs: frost-resistant, unpretentious and beautiful flowering.

Many shrubs have proven to be winter-hardy, undemanding and at the same time very decorative in our climate. I'll tell you about the most popular, which can be planted in almost all regions of our country.

Derain white

Famous for brightly colored red bark. There is a form with large green leaves, which by the autumn become multi-colored, and a more compact turf with white-leafed leaves. So that the bark of the tree is always bright, the bushes are cut short each year, leaving a few centimeters above the level of the hemp from the shoots. With such a formation, the bush forms expanding thickets.

• Shrub height from one and a half to two meters.
• It blooms in early summer.
• Derain is extremely cold-resistant, decorative and unpretentious in all respects.
• It grows on any soil, well tolerated and heat and shade.
• Suitable for planting in the background area or along the fence, as well as for hedges.

Especially beautiful is such a turf in the fall.

This is a variety of green leaves with green leaves that are burgundy in autumn.

And this turf variegated.

The leaves of this plant all summer are painted white pattern.

This shrub is quite suitable for creating hedges.

Derain is growing rapidly and so that the hedge is always neat, it will have to be carefully looked after.

That is how the turf blossoms.

The plant can be formed and lush bush, and a small tree.

Derain does not lose its decoration even in winter.

Well, where else can you find a shrub with such original, red shoots.

Deciduous barberries

Differ enviable winter hardiness, easy to maintain. Leaf color is yellow, green, purple, red. Barberry suitable any fertile soil, open space or partial shade. It is easy to cut, but you can not cut it, limiting the spring removal of damaged and excess branches.

• The height of different species and varieties varies from 60 cm to 2 m.
• Extremely unpretentious, frost-resistant shrub. It grows in the shade, in the sun and on almost any soil. The color of the leaves is striking in its diversity.
• The application is universal, from planting low-growing varieties on slides to creating hedges. It can serve as a background, and edge, looks beautiful on a green lawn.

Barberry Thunberg.

Such an elegant bush will decorate any hill.

Barberry goes well with conifers.

Here the barberry bush serves as an edge near the fir.

Barberry on the lawn.

On a green lawn motley bush looks very colorful.

Barberry hedge

Picturesque and practical hedges are obtained from barberries, but we must remember that this shrub is scary prickly and it is not particularly pleasant to work with it. Read more about the use of barberry in garden design.

Spirea

Virtually all spireas are fast-growing, frost-resistant shrubs, unpretentious and flowering. There are two groups of spirees - spring flowering and summer flowering. In spring-flowering species, for example, in ashy spirea, the drooping branches are entirely decorated with tiny white flowers. These spireas bloom once. In spring flowering spirea, old and weak branches are cut out after flowering.

Summer blooming spireas are characterized by long flowering. Pink (different shades) flowers, as a rule, are collected in flat spherical or spicate inflorescences. From letne-blooming spirey, Spumey Boumald (height 60 cm), blooming with elegant, carmine-pink flat inflorescences are interesting. In Goldflame variety, young leaves are yellow and orange, so the bush and in the spring looks very elegant.

The varieties of Japanese spireas (height 60 cm) are also very interesting. For example, the Crisp variety is distinguished by very bright decorative flowers.

• The height of the bushes, depending on the grade from 0.5 m. To 2 m.
• If you pick up spring-flowering and summer-flowering varieties, then flowering can last almost the whole spring and summer.
• Spireas do not require fertile soil. Grow quickly in the sun and in partial shade. Most of them do not need shelter even in the frosty winters.
• These shrubs are not only decorative, but also have a wide variety of sizes, forms of bushes, colors of leaves and different flowering times. Thanks to these qualities, it is possible to decorate the garden only with spireas.

Spirea Wangutta.

Such tall shrubs are suitable for single planting or for growing in hedges.

Here you can create such a picturesque corner by planting spireas with hosts and juniper.

Japanese spirea

From undersized Japanese spireas, elegant curbs are obtained. It is appropriate, it looks and rockeries.

Hydrangea

The most winter-hardy proved to be a hydrangea tree - a bush of North American origin. Other species (originally from China and Japan) are less hardy, more capricious in care.

Tree hydrangea is common in our gardens, but for some reason everyone wants to see plants with blue, pink or even reddish inflorescences on their plots. Such hydrangeas, of course, are spectacular, but more capricious, although among them there are varieties that some growers successfully grow in the northern regions.

But if you have not yet grown hydrangea in the garden, start with tree hydrangea - simple to care for, spectacular shrubs with huge caps of white flowers.

It grows well in the harsh regions of Russia hydrangea paniculata, a very beautiful wintering shrub up to three meters high (we do not reach such a height) with a thick globular crown. Inflorescence is a broad-pyramid panicle 15-30 in length and 30 cm wide. The flowers are white, reddening by autumn.

• The height of the bushes to two meters.
• It blooms from mid-summer.
• Hydrangeas are extremely moisture-loving, they tolerate shading well, like well-drained fertile soil acidic. Therefore, when planting add peat. The soil can be acidified with iron vitriol.
• Hydrangeas are planted in single bushes or groups. The plant is well combined with other coniferous and deciduous ornamental shrubs.

Such a picturesque shrub will surely attract attention.

Mottled Shrub

Deciduous shrubs, prostrate or compact. Kustovidnye forms of Potentilla have three names at once: Kuril tea, Potentilla shrub and five-leaf plant. Potentilla makes attractive an abundance of small flowers. The most common form is considered to be yellow flowers.

Flowers solitary or in few racemes or umbellate inflorescences, medium-sized. Decorative plant and bright green carved small foliage. Potentilla badly tolerate dry air.

• Bushes one and a half meters high.
• Shrub blossoms very long - almost from the beginning of summer to early autumn.
• Potentilla light-requiring, although they tolerate small penumbra, quite drought-resistant, demanding on the richness of the soil, which should be moderately wet.
• Winter-hardy: species forms withstand forty degrees Celsius, varieties are less tolerant of low temperatures.
• Potentilla is suitable for creating borders and low hedges, looks elegant in single and group plantings, harmoniously combined with coniferous plants.

Here is a neat shrub Potentilla shrub.

Potentilla perfectly tolerates a haircut and from it colorful hedges and borders are obtained.

Green apple leaf

Large, cold-resistant shrub. Both its forms - with golden and purple leaves - are always decorative: in spring, when the leaves bloom, during flowering (it blooms with white shield inflorescences) and after it, when clusters of red fruits are formed.

• The height of the bushes, depending on the variety from one to three meters.
• Flowering in early summer, for 20 days.
• Bubblepipe is unpretentious, drought-resistant and tine-resistant, but it is better to plant in the open sun so that the leaves retain a bright color.
• Suitable for high hedges and single plantings.

Bubblepipe Diabolo.

These are such different blisters. There are shrubs and other colors of the leaves.

Bubbleplug Lutheus.

Snowberry

Snowfenders are white and pink. If you are interested in the most cold-resistant shrubs, then plant a snowberry white, it calmly tolerates even the most frosty winters.

Over time, it grows strongly and can grow in any conditions, both in the open sun and in the dense shade of trees. They appreciate the shrub for a lot of large, decorative, as if from white marble, fruits that are formed in the autumn.

It is amenable to cutting, bushes are thinned out in early spring, sheared in summer.

• In width it grows up to 2.5 meters, in height up to 1.5 meters.
• Snowberry grows on any soil, prefers a sunny place. Minimal care: the plant is drought-resistant, does not require fertilizing, easily tolerates heat, is not susceptible to diseases and pests.
• With its white fruits it looks good on dark greens: on the lawn, against the background of conifers.

Hedges from the snowy look look fancy, and do not require much care.

Fruits of snowberry.

Ornamental shrubs for giving average winter hardiness

The plants described below, although not particularly frost-resistant, do not require special shelter for the winter. In most cases, it is enough to just cover the bushes with snow.

Deytion

If the action is open, in June she will be dressed in small flowers. The color of flowers (and they are both terry and non-double) varies from white to intense pink.

In our climate, the action is considered unpretentious rough. It blooms white and pink flowers. The soil is not very demanding, grows well wherever water does not stagnate. Adapts to the sun and to the penumbra. Faded branches are cut after flowering. Old branches cut to the ground.

• Most varieties of deytion do not exceed a height of 120-170 cm.
• Bloom in spring and summer (depending on the variety)
• The shrub is easy to clean; drought-resistant not susceptible to diseases and pests. It is desirable to press the branches to the ground for the winter (at - 25º the kidneys freeze slightly)
• From the action we get picturesque, unformed hedges. You can plant a mixborder in the background or cover the base of tall shrubs.

Beauty deytion.

It is not recommended to plant hedges from the action in the northern regions. All the same, this bush is not winter-hardy enough for such purposes.

In the southern areas deytion is quite suitable for the creation of hedges

Keria Japanese

Unpretentious shrub, blooming annually in April-May with yellow flowers. May bloom again.

The non-curved shape is very elegant: slender, slightly drooping branches, one and a half meters long, yellow flowers that look like large buttercup flowers. And after flowering the bush looks charming, thanks to a very beautiful bright green leaves, like young birch.

• The height of the bushes to two meters.
• It blooms in spring. Flowering is long, almost two months.
• Prefers a place in the sun. It can grow in partial shade, but decorative qualities are noticeably lost. Requires regular watering and periodic feeding.
• Used for single and group plantings. It goes well with conifers, looks beautiful on a green lawn.

Keria differs in early and bright flowering.

This plant can be grown in pots. Of course the size of the bush in this case will be much more modest.

Keria can be grown on the balcony.

Weigela

In flowering more beautiful than all the above shrubs. But to show her drooping branches in all its glory, she needs a lot of space. Loves fertile soil and annual pruning, but generally unpretentious. Immediately after flowering, branches with faded flowers are shortened.

It is more compact and restrained in the growth of veigel Variegata - a bush up to 120 cm high with pale pink flowers and yellow-leafed leaves.

Weigels do not like to grow in the wind. When planting it is necessary to maintain a distance between seedlings of at least two meters.

• On average, weigela height is 1.5 - 2 meters.
• It blooms in May and June with pink, white or ruby-red tubular flowers. Prone to re-bloom.
• Weigela grows on any soil, in direct sun and in partial shade.
• The most frost-resistant varieties that winter well both in Siberia and in the Moscow region: “Alba”, “Striatum”, “Styriaca”, “Bristol Ruby”.
• Given the high decorativeness of this shrub, it is usually planted in the foreground: at the entrance to the house, at the paths or on the lawn.

Weigela pink hybrid.

Weigela harmoniously fit into any corner of the garden.

Weigela Red Prince

Henomeles (Japanese Quince)

A very common shrub, because it can grow on any soil, both in the sun and in the shade. It blooms brightly in spring, and in the fall it brings golden fragrant fruits. Shrubs do not need pruning: they are occasionally thinned.

The diameter of the chaenomeles 3 - 5 cm.

It should be noted that weigels, deuteriums, and kerries in severe winters can severely frostbit the branches. But nothing terrible will happen: the bushes are growing rapidly.

Of all the abovementioned assortment, I like summer spireas, weigels, blister-berries and barberries most of all for their beautiful and long flowering, high decorative effect throughout the season.

Shrubs should be placed in accordance with their growth and the ability to grow in breadth.

On the rules for trimming ornamental shrubs

All of these plants are not rare, they are quite easy to purchase.

Proper formation and combination of different plants play an important role in shaping the landscape of the garden plot. Properly selected flowering shrubs for the garden will please the eye and decorate it from spring to late autumn. With the help of shrubs, you can diversify the garden landscape, divide the territory and add new accents to it. When choosing a plant, its height, duration of flowering and the characteristics of shrub planting should be taken into account. Demand for gardeners are shrubs that bloom in spring, as they bloom with their flowering area, while other plants are just awakening.

Much when choosing shrubs depends not only on the preferences of the gardener, but also on the characteristics of the soil, climate and plants that are already growing on the site.

Japanese quince (henomeles)

Japanese quince refers to the undersized flowering shrubs. This heat-loving plant feels good in regions with a mild climate, but can tolerate frosts down to -30 ° C. Japanese quince ornamental shrubs are used for lawns and borders.

Did you know? Especially often you can find stunted creeping species that are bred specifically for rockeries and alpine hills. There are also hybrid forms for growing bonsai.

Japan and China are considered the birthplace of quince. The height of the plant is about 1 meter, light-requiring and not demanding to the soil. Shoots and branches in most hybrid varieties with prickles, but you can find a quince and with bare branches. The root system is powerful, with a long taproot, which allows it to tolerate drought normally. Shrub light-requiring, so it is better to plant in well-lit areas. Flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, placed along the length of the entire shoot, petals tightly pressed arcs to a friend.   The Japanese quince blooms in May-June, the flowering period is 30 days.  During this period, the shrubs have a beautiful decorative appearance and become the main dyeing of the garden plot.

Fruit quince begins for 3-4 year. The fruits ripen in September-October, have a pear shape, but more often they look like apples of green or orange color.

Buddley grows in tropical latitudes of Asia, South Africa and America. Although she likes a warm temperate climate, she can withstand temperatures down to -20 ° C. In winter, the aboveground part of the shoots froze over, but next year new shoots grow up to 1.5 m in length. The branches are green, thin, ribbed. Foliage oval, dark green color, up to 25 cm long.
The flowers may be purple, white, purple, depending on the type of buddley.   In the care of the bush unpretentious. In dry days, it must be watered and fed during the flowering period. Before winter, sagging foliage and shoots should be cut, the soil should be covered with peat and dry leaves.Buddleya propagated by seed or cuttings.

Weigela is a shrub from the family of Honeysuckle. In our country, weigela is found early, pleasant, and Middendorf. Shrubs bloom twice a year: from May to mid-June and from late August to early October. During flowering, weigela is abundantly covered with flowers. She likes sunny areas or small penumbra.

Important! The flowers and leaves of the weigela can be damaged by the wind, so it is best to plant the shrub in protected places.

Shrub care is simple. Frost-prone shoots should be cut off, watered on dry days and fertilized during flowering. Choose a loose and fruitful soil for planting.

Common heather can often be found in garden plots. This is a small shrub with narrow tetrahedral leaves. It grows up to 1 meter in height. Heather has many varieties that differ in the color of leaves and flowers. Flowers goblet-shaped clustered in racemes. Heather blooms in July and August and pleases the eye with lush flowers until late autumn, so it is considered a shrub that blooms in the fall.
  He loves sour soil, sun and partial shade. It should be abundant watering when heather blooms. In the northern regions, where the winters are frosty, it needs to be watered abundantly before the soil freezes and shelter for the winter. It will be good if you carry out mulching with leaves crushed with bark, sawdust or needles.

Propagated shrub air layings. To do this, before cutting, choose the longest branch and bend it to the ground, securing it with a pin. After a few months, the young heather is carefully dug and transplanted to the selected location.

Widely used in landscape design bindweed. This is a perennial shrub with long shoots (can reach 2 meters). Shoots creep or curl, creating a flowering canopy. The flowers resemble a bell and are arranged on not long stem from the axils of leaves of 1-3 pieces. The color of flowers from snow-white to pale pink, blue, lilac, depending on the species of bindweed.
The shrub almost does not require care and tolerates drought and frost normally.But if you provide him with watering and make feeding, you can achieve lush flowering throughout the summer period.

Did you know? Bindweeds require maintaining a distance to the plants in the neighborhood of 20-25 cm, and between the bushes themselves there should be 40-60 cm intended for filling the soil.

Bindweeds breed only with the help of seeds. Before planting, they should be germinated and planted already prepared seedlings.

Hibiscus belongs to the Malvaceae family. It is also known as the Chinese rose.

Despite the abundance of hibiscus species, all have common features. The leaves of the shrub stalked, notched. Flowers - large, simple or terry, are blue, yellow, crimson, dark red, lilac, purple and purple. There are flowers with a border around the edge. Fruits in the form of a five-fold box with seeds.
  To hibiscus normally feel, you need to regularly loosen the soil, remove weeds and thin out heavily thickened bushes. From June to autumn, twice a month you should feed. Shrubs propagated by layering, grafting, cuttings or seeds.

Hortensia - a beautiful ornamental shrub or a small tree with large bright inflorescences. Belongs to the family Hortensia and has about 70 - 80 species.
  Leaves are oval, large. The color range is diverse: white, cream, pink, dark purple, blue and red. Inflorescences have the shape of an umbrella, panicle or ball. Fruits in the form of a box in which there are small seeds. The shrub hydrangea reaches 3 meters in height and has a round shape. Shrub care is simple. It requires watering with soft warm water, autumn feeding, preparation for frost.

Jasmine (Chubushnik)

Garden jasmine, or chubushnik often found in urban parks and gardens. Many gardeners use it as a hedge. Shrub with small leaves, thin stems and small white flowers. Garden jasmine - light-loving plant. In the shade, the flowers will be small, and the branches will begin to stretch. Fruits - small boxes with small shifts. Chubushnik differs in frost resistance and tolerates drought normally. Jasmine blooms from late May to August.

Silverweed is a low shrub up to 1.5 m in height. Potentilla flowers of various shades: pink, white, cream, orange and yellow. The flowers are collected in thyroid-paniculate inflorescences that adorn the plant from May to September. All types of Potentilla love well lit places. The soil is suitable loose, nutritious, slightly acid. Sour soil is preferred only by the Arctic.

Camellia genus includes up to 80 species, which include evergreen shrubs and trees. Shrub leaves are a separate decoration. They are oval-shaped, pointed, fused at the base. Camellia blooms 2-3 years after planting.Flowers of various shades. Each flower does not fade for about a month. On this amazing shrub flowers appear at the ends of the shoots. Camellia is a very demanding shrub, therefore, in order to grow it on the plot, you will need considerable experience and knowledge in the field of agricultural engineering and cultivation of this crop.
  The shrub is propagated by cuttings for which shoots of the current year are selected.

Magnolia - evergreen or deciduous ornamental shrub. It is often planted singly or in whole alleys. Flowers shrub large, fragrant, white or cream, single-ended. Petals are located in 2-4 laps. The fruits are a pineal leaflet with small seeds of black and triangular shape.

Did you know? Magnolia flowers pollinate beetles because they bloom before bees and butterflies appear. Although there is no nectar in the flowers, they attract with their delicate sweet aroma.

Magnolia likes abundant and regular watering, as well as drained soil.

Lilac is a genus of shrubs of the Maslin family. The leaves of the lilac are opposite, mostly whole, but can also be pin-separated, falling over the winter. Flowers, depending on the species, white, purple or pink, gathered in panicles, which end the branches. The calyx of the flower is small and short, bell-shaped in the form of four cloves. A corolla with a long cylindrical tube (more rarely, in Amur lilac - with a shortened tube) and a flat four-part bend. The fruit is a dry bivalve box.
  There are a lot of lilac species, but common lilac is especially common. It is very hardy and resistant to diseases and pests.

Spiraea belongs to the Rosy family. Spirea bloom begins in early May. The flowers are small, with long filaments of stamens, thanks to which they become fluffy. Collected flowers in the inflorescences pyramidal, thyroid or cone-shaped. Color depends on the variety and can vary from white to pink.
  During flowering, the shrub becomes like a tender cloud thanks to a variety of inflorescences, and the branches take on a spectacular hanging shape. For the growth of ornamental shrubs fit loose fertile soil, a well-lit place without stagnation of water and feeding three times a day.