Good afternoon, my reader. The use of berry bushes in the design of a garden plot requires taking into account not only the shape of the bush and the shade of its leaves, but also the color of ripe berries. Autumn berries can both sparkle with bright colors and get lost in the general landscape of the site.
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Shrub with black berries
Black cotoneaster is a frost-resistant, unpretentious and hardy ornamental shrub with black berries. It tolerates transplanting well and can be used in single and group plantings, looks great as a hedge.
The decorative cotoneaster has large leaves and airy inflorescences, which are excellent honey plants. Various crafts are often made from the dense wood of the shrub, as well as walking sticks and smoking pipes.
The berries are edible, but not very tasty. They are used in baked goods and to add color to drinks.
Shrubs with red berries
Red viburnum
Bright berries of red viburnum, sprinkled with white snow, represent the best decoration of the garden in winter. In spring, the white flowering of viburnum against the background of its dark green leaves will attract the attention of both the owners of the site and their guests. In autumn, viburnum leaves are colored in red and brown tones, which gives the site a special charm.
Kalina loves sunlight, but can grow and bear fruit in the shade. As a decor, it can be planted as one species, and in group plantings. Viburnum looks especially interesting next to linden, oak, rowan.
Barberry
Drought-resistant, picky about the composition of the soil, barberries will become a real unpretentious decoration. The only thing to avoid when providing care is stagnant water.
It is better to plant barberries in sunny areas. It is there that their foliage, painted in different colors for different varieties, will sparkle in full. Bred low and tall shrubs, which can be given any shape by pruning.
The berries of this shrub are edible, but birds do not eat them. Therefore, until spring, they will burn with red lights on the branches. A hedge made of barberry bushes has not only decorative but also protective function.
Shrub with white berries
Snowberry - has a large number of white and large berries that remain on the branches of the bush until spring. Unpretentious to care, frost-hardy, not picky about the composition of the soil, drought-resistant and grows both in the shade and in sunny areas. Regular pruning of the snowberry will allow the bushes to grow in volume very quickly.
Has the ability to grow rapidly due to root shoots. If you do not carry out their timely removal, a group will grow in place of one bush.
When decorating a garden, the snowberry is best combined with conifers. Many gardeners create a dense hedge out of it.
The branches of the shrub bend under the weight of the berries, which gives it an unusual and original shape. Flowering occurs early and lasts a long time. Berries are poisonous, their use in food is prohibited.
Do you use berry bushes as garden decoration?
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