It was snowing at night and turned our garden into a romantic fairy-tale land. Against the white background of the snowy hedge, dark branchy branches look like a delicate openwork carving. Boxwood balls covered with thick caps of snow also turned white.
Already at the beginning of winter, trees and shrubs stand naked after shedding their leaves.Perennials also have a rest period of several weeks and usually disappear from the surface of the discount.And it is during this period that it turns out whether the garden was also arranged with the fourth season in mind.
In the planning phase, the question about the appearance of the winter garden is most often ignored, because the most important are colorful perennial beds.The result is a sad image of the garden after the season. The recipe for such ills is simple.A mixture of carefully selected, different heights and nicely shaped deciduous shrubs and evergreen conifers will give the garden a durable all-year-round structure.
Winter beauty of trees and shrubs
Large shrubs or small trees with picturesque silhouettes also look nice after shedding their leaves. Among the most beautiful are Japanese maples, flowering dogwoods and ornamental apple trees.Attractive specimens should be given a special place so that they can fully reveal their beauty.The gray season will be brightened by the colored bark of some trees and shrubs, such as jagged maple and swarthy, Japanese ornamental cherries, birch and different species of dogwood. Let us not forget about the bushes that are always green.
Popular boxwood can decorate a garden in the form of a hedge or attractive green sculptures.Conifers with a columnar silhouette, such as yew or juniper, also have decorative qualities.Evergreen plants should not be planted in large groups.They do not change their appearance throughout the year and quickly cease to be attractive. Single conifers are best combined with deciduous shrubs.
A winter garden can also beautify perennials. In autumn, let's not cut down all the dead plants.The bed will be decorated with their dry flower shoots and seed heads for a long time.Decorative yarrow, sedum, stonecrop, St. Nicholas, mug and monard may remain in the garden until spring.
Notice the extraordinary charm of openwork ears of ornamental grasses covered with frost, for example, Chinese miscanthus or ostinia.In addition, dense clumps of dry blades protect plant roots from frost and provide shelter to various insects.
Always decorative original forms
Many trees and shrubs retain their decorative qualities throughout the year, although they change their appearance every few months.Among them we can find an apple tree kept as a little space-saving lane tree.In winter, the side branches, devoid of leaves and arranged horizontally, look picturesque against the snowy landscape.
In spring, the tree is covered with charming flowers and bright green leaves, and at the end of summer it bears tempting juicy fruit. Always green boxwood, planted as a mini hedge surrounding flowerbeds, gives the garden a lasting structure.
