Than to protect a site from another's eyes - a low wooden fence or a massive stone fence - each owner decides for himself. But traditional types of fencing are not always used. For example, to separate the yard or garden from the road will help a hedge of bushes. It is a very convenient and widespread in the landscape design reception.
Let's find out which shrubs will be the best for your hedge.
What kind of bushes do a hedge do?
First of all, it should be noted that all existing species of such plants can be divided according to the following principles:
- height of plants;
- homogeneity of the fence (one type of ornamental shrub or several);
- speed of growth of bushes;
- beautiful flowering or decorative foliage;
- complexity in care of the hedge.
For the first time thinking about planting a fence, determine what criteria it should, in your opinion, answer, and depending on them, choose varieties and plant species.
And now let's learn about the most popular varieties of shrubs to form hedges.
Boxwood is a shrub for hedges, belonging to the category of evergreens. With it, in autumn or winter, your hedge will not be enlightened due to the lack of foliage - on the contrary, the bright green boxwood will decorate the plot all year round. Also, this shrub perfectly tolerates the haircut, so that it can be given almost any kind.
But broad-leaved kalmiyu , on the contrary, is not recommended to cut. This plant blooms in May or June. It is appreciated for its beautiful decorative flowers. However, one should know that broad-leaved calcium is poisonous - consider this fact when planting a hedge on your site.
Barbaris Tunberga - a fashionable version of the category of unpretentious shrubs for hedges. It can be decorated both in the form of cropped group plantings, and single plants with freely falling arc-shaped shoots. Blossoms barberry Toonberg in May a plentiful scattering of small yellow flowers. Its fruits, appearing in August, have a bright red color. The foliage of barberry, in the summer is juicy-green, by autumn acquires a "ruddy" color - yellow, orange and pink.
Many choose for their hedges high and fast growing shrubs. These include, for example, spiraea , which is also called a vesicle . Its lemon yellow or purple foliage is very decorative. The parameters of the bush you choose yourself - for this you need to regularly cut the plant at the desired height and width.
The tall shrub will be white (up to 3 m). It is usually planted in lowlands and places with highly suitable groundwater. This is due to the property of the root system of the plant, which dries the land in such areas.
If you want to plant a free-growing lush hedge in a natural style, think about planting hawthorn . He grows fast, can be easily cut, after
White snowberry planted in those cases if the place for the planned hedge is in the shade. The height of this shrub reaches 1-1.2 m. The plant received its name thanks to inedible white fruits that appear by the autumn. Snow-melon is an unpretentious and winter-hardy plant, it almost does not require care. Demandless white snow leopard and to the quality of the soil. In a word, if you want to plant a hedge in the shade and do not know how to deal with it, feel free to choose this option.