I made my garden planting plans in winter. Maybe that's why there are so many plants in it that color it with ornamental fruits at this time of the year.
With my letter, I want to convince you that our garden does not have to be gray and sad in the autumn and winter period. Of course, you can always count on evergreen plants … However, there are many species with beautiful, colorful fruits that can decorate home gardens from autumn to spring.
Brightly colored fruits look fabulousirg ,round-leaf choke ,barberryiognikówcovered with frost or snow.
My garden is especially charming withMeserva's holly hedgeIts evergreen leaves contrast beautifully with the bright red spherical fruit. Every year I use twigs for Christmas decorations. I warn you that only the female specimens bear fruit and only when at least one male bush grows next to them. This must be taken care of when planting. A vendor at the nursery told me Meserva's holly is the most resistant to our frosts. All representatives of this species should be planted in secluded, sheltered places, and in cold, snowless winters, it is best to cover them.
Shrubs are also sensitive to frost and winter windsscarlet fireIf they freeze, they should be trimmed to living tissue, thanks to which they will regenerate and sprout in the spring. In addition, along the stone fence I planted alternatelyvarieties of firewood with yellow and red fruits ('Soleil d'Or' and 'Red Column') During fruiting they look very original.
Coral viburnumgrows up to 4 m high and is sometimes just as wide. Its leaves change color in autumn and from September it is decorated with coral-red fruits. It is a native species, so its cultivation is not a big challenge. Due to its dense habit, I planted it at the back of the garden. Now it protects me from my neighbors. Next to it there is an equally plumpwild rose , the red fruit of which I use for healing teas.
But from the windows of the house I have a view of the bushsea-buckthorncovered with orange fruit. It grows on a slope just outside the fence. I love looking at him while drinking my morning coffee. It is an expansive plant. His suckers sometimes try to get to my plot.
Irgi are another attractive shrubs in the off-season. I know that not all varieties keep their fruit through the winter. I choseDammer cotboardandhorizontal cotboard These are delightful during the cold months with carmine red berries. Both of these species are low ground cover shrubs.
Having so many plants with persistent fruit in the winter, I get one more joy from them. I can watch and photograph the birds that come to eat in my colorful garden cafeteria.
Luiza Krzciuk
