In the garden areas of the middle latitudes you can find many ornamental shrubs with white, pink and yellow flowers of different shapes and sizes. All of them usually begin to bloom in spring or early summer. These shrubs are well suited for creating hedges or the main background for a variety of flower beds.
Shrubs with white flowers
The most popular among gardeners are shrubs with white flowers.
White lilac
White lilac
The bush has a varied color of flowers. White lilac is especially popular among gardeners. The shrub does not require heavy maintenance and easily tolerates cold winters. It is best to grow a tree in areas with groundwater close to the surface and on slightly acidic soil.
For abundant flowering, both illuminated and darkened areas of the garden are suitable. White lilac begins to bloom at the end of May, within 10 days the whole bush is completely covered with white small buds.
For your information! White shrub blooms from 20 to 30 days, depending on climatic conditions.
Mocker
Popularly, a plant can be called jasmine for the similarity of buds, but it has nothing to do with it. Long-term decorative mock-up reaches a height of up to 2.5 m.
Flowers contain no more than nine snow-white loose inflorescences. The whisk has the shape of a glass in which five petals are collected. During flowering, the mock-maker thins a pleasant sweet aroma.
Hydrangea
The bush, reaching a size of 1.5 m, is native to North America. Tree hydrangea attracts attention with its unusual flowering. Creamy-white flowers gather in a spherical shape of an inflorescence that has a diameter of 20 cm. A bush tree blooms from June to September, in a more favorable climate it can bloom in May.
Rosehip White
White rosehip is also called a white rose for the similarity of buds with the "queen of the garden." The bush can grow up to 3 m in height, has branches in the form of arcs. Flowers are sporadic and cover the entire bush. Terry bud can contain up to 60 white petals.
Bubble
Even with mediocre care, the vesicle is highly decorative. The shrub has a beautiful dense crown in the shape of a ball. Lush corrugated leaves and small snow-white buds that form wide panicle inflorescences will decorate any garden. The ease of propagation and planting of the plant made it popular among gardeners.
Bubble
Viburnum
Viburnum begins to bloom in May with white flowers and this action continues for the next three weeks. Small buds have no more than 4-5 petals and are collected in panicle inflorescences.
Note! Shrub does not grow more than 4 m in height.
Action
Deytsiya grows to 3 m. It begins to bloom in early summer, covered with many small snow-white buds. For its abundant flowering, the action was called the flower fountain.
Fotergilla
The leaves of fotergillas do not have a special decorative appearance, but unusual flowers attract attention with their shape. White buds of fotergilla do not have pronounced petals, and immediately form lush inflorescences in the form of ears of stamens, which are decorated at the ends with yellow anthers.
White bush blooming in spring
Among the ornamental deciduous plants there are many shrubs that bloom in the spring. Typically, such bushes begin to bloom buds immediately after the appearance of the first green foliage.
Spirea
The flowering plant grows to 2.5 m. The leaves are serrated in shape at the edges. Spirea in the first three years is rarely plentiful and colorful blooms. However, after each year it will delight with lush and abundant flowering. The buds contain five white and round petals, flowers are collected in inflorescences in the form of panicles.
Spirea
Hawthorn
By its flowering, hawthorn is similar to spirea, although inflorescences are located less often, and each flower includes only four white petals. On garden plots, shrubs are used as hedge stands.
Note! To shelter the bushes from the cold north wind, for the seedlings, you should choose the south side of the site.
Deysia Lemoine
The shrub reaches a size of 1 m and has lush, dense flowering. The action of Lemoine begins to bloom in early June, the buds are small in white and cream. It acquires a special look in the autumn, when the leaves of the bush become saturated red.
Which shrub blooms with pink flowers
Pink-flowering shrubs during the opening of buds create the feeling of a large cloud. Go well with shrubs that have white flowers.
Weigela
Weigela is a shrub that blooms with pink flowers in the shape of large bells. With proper care, it can please with its magnificent crown twice a season: in spring and autumn. A flowering shrub with pink flowers grows to 2.5-3 m in height and is well established in mid-latitudes.
Weigela with pink buds
Lilac
Description of pink lilacs is similar to other types of lilacs, the difference is only in the color of the flowers.
Rhododendron
This plant belongs to the heather family. A low shrub with large white flowers that are in the form of bells. Flowers can be in inflorescences or separately.
Magnolia
Magnolia can also bloom with pinkish flowers. The shrub reaches a height of up to 3 m. Fragrant inflorescences have a diameter of 10 cm, are located on pedicels looking down. The plant begins to bloom as soon as the foliage blooms, this is usually in April and the process continues for a month.
Yellow flowering shrub
Yellow shrubs, the names of which are Forsythia or Kerria, are not so popular, but you should pay special attention to them for the unusual flowering and the shape of the buds.
Forsythia
The name of the shrub with yellow flowers, such as forsythia, is not entirely familiar to amateur gardeners, but the tree is worthy of special attention. After all, its flowering is compared with the advent of spring. A three-meter shrub has an unusual feature of blooming before leaves appear. Forsythia, covered only with yellow small buds, has a very beautiful appearance, so any garden will become the property.
Forsythia
Kerria
A plant native to China and Japan, in the natural environment can reach up to 3 m in height. In mid-latitudes, the bush grows only up to 60-100 cm. Yellow buds have many petals. With the right measures to care for Kerria, it can bloom twice a season. The first flowering begins in May and lasts a whole month until June, the second - from early August to early September.
Shrub with small leaves
Typically, ornamental shrubs are diluted in a garden with bushes that have a small, unusual foliage shape. In addition to beautiful greenery, some leafy specimens bloom and have berries, such as derain, snowman or camellia. Shrubs with small leaves can decorate even the most inconspicuous garden plot.
Ledum marsh (Ledum palustre L.)
This short perennial shrub has an unusual smell, similar to camphor. But the appearance of the plant with lush and small dark green leaves and its valuable medicinal properties make it very popular among gardeners. In addition, Ledum has beautiful small white flowers collected in a spherical shape of an inflorescence. The marsh species of Ledum grows to 1 m in height. From afar, the bush during flowering looks like white brush strokes are applied to it.
Fieldfare
Fieldfare is especially appreciated for its unpretentious care and beautiful appearance. The leaves of the plant are similar to mountain ash. The length of each leaf is about 25 cm with no more than 15 pairs of unpaired leaflets. The tree itself can reach 3 m in height, although there are specimens up to 4-5 m.
Sumakh Olenerogy
Sumy is considered one of the oldest shrubs. The sprawling culture is very popular among exotic gardeners. Sumakh olenerogy has another name - vinegar tree. In middle latitudes, it usually does not grow more than 3 m in height. In the first two years, sumy grows only in length, then grows in width, eventually turns into a beautiful spreading shrub.
Sumakh Olenerogy
For your information! The foliage of deer sumac is unusual and beautiful. Cirrus leaves create a dense umbrella-like crown.
Proper care and organically selected decorative deciduous shrubs can give the garden a beautiful look. You can use several different types and create compositions. There is no specific rule for the selection of plants, everyone chooses for himself which bush will fit more harmoniously into the garden.