What are the semi-shrub plants
This article introduces the semi-shrub plants and the related introduction of green plants and flowers commonly used in landscaping, followed by the introduction of our station editor for everyone.
1. Daphne odora 'Marginata'
Daphne odora 'Marginata' is a variant of Daphne odora, a evergreen small shrub of the Daphne family, with light yellow edges on the leaves and green center. It is a traditional famous flower in China and a world-renowned flower. Daphne odora 'Marginata' is famous in the world for its "color, fragrance, posture, and rhythm," leaving behind the saying "Peony flowers have a national color and fragrance, and Daphne odora 'Marginata' has the best golden edge." Besides being ornamental, the roots can be used for medicinal purposes; the stem bark fibers can be used as papermaking materials. The leaves of Daphne odora 'Marginata' not only have beautiful golden edges but also produce bright purple-red flowers with a strong fragrance, which have always been favored by people. It grows relatively slowly, with a relatively small plant size, and can even be cultivated as a potted plant. It can be moved indoors when the temperature is below minus four degrees in winter.
2. Hydrangea macrophylla
Also known as chicken tree, with white flowers and a blooming period from May to June, it is a beautiful spring flowering and autumn fruit-bearing shrub commonly cultivated in gardens across the country. Suitable for planting in meadows and forest edges; it is shade-tolerant and a good species for planting on the north side of buildings. Chicken tree belongs to the honeysuckle family, Viburnum macrocephalum, the original form of European Viburnum, a deciduous shrub plant. It can grow up to 4 meters tall, with fruit maturity in September-October. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, northern Hebei, southern Shanxi, southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, western Henan, Shandong, southern Anhui, northwestern Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Sichuan. It is also distributed in Japan, Korea, and southeastern Siberia, Russia. It grows in sparse forests or thickets by ravines, at altitudes of 1000-1650 meters.
3. Callicarpa giraldii
Callicarpa giraldii has an elegant shape, colorful flowers, and bright fruit colors, round and lustrous like purple pearls, making it an excellent flower variety for both flower and fruit appreciation, commonly used in landscaping or courtyard planting, and also suitable for potted display. Its fruit spikes can also be cut for bottle arrangement, making it an expensive cut flower material.
Callicarpa giraldii is a deciduous shrub of the Verbena family, about 2 meters tall; the leaves are ovate to elliptical, with acuminate to short acuminate tips, cuneate bases, finely toothed edges, gray-brown undersides, and both sides densely covered with dark red or red fine granular glands; cymes; bracts small, linear; sepals covered with stellate hairs and dark red glandular dots, sepal teeth obtuse triangular; corolla purple, anthers elliptical, connectives with dark red glandular dots, anther cells longitudinal dehiscence; ovary pubescent. The fruit is spherical, blooming from June to July and fruiting from August to November.
4. Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra spectabilis is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Poppy family, 30-60 cm tall. The aerial stems are erect, cylindrical, purple-red, the rhizome is fleshy, the lobes are usually entire, the surface is green, the back is powdery, and the veins are distinct on both sides; the petiole is about 10 cm long, resembling Angelica.
What are the semi-shrub plants
Native to China, Siberia, and Japan, it prefers a semi-shaded environment with ample scattered light and is relatively cold-resistant. The whole plant is medicinal, with analgesic, antispasmodic, diuretic, menstrual regulating, blood-activating, blood harmonizing, wind-dispelling, and boils-clearing effects. Garden cultivation is for ornamental purposes. It is suitable for growing in shaded areas of the garden, requiring minimal sunlight and avoiding direct sunlight or prolonged exposure.
5. Fuchsia
Fuchsia is a shrub flower that prefers a warm and humid environment. Fuchsia flowers bloom downward, with unique shapes and very elegant; there are also many varieties, with different colors during the flowering period, and it can be planted in the ground in the southern region, making it a flowering shrub is also good.
Fuchsia, alias: lantern flower, hanging clock begonia. Perennial semi-shrub, with erect stems, prefers a cool and humid environment, afraid of high temperatures and strong light, and suitable for fertile, loose slightly acidic soil, with winter temperatures not lower than 5°C. Native to Mexico, widely cultivated worldwide, widely cultivated in China, especially in the north or in the northwest and southwest plateau greenhouses. Potted plants are suitable for guest rooms, flower shelves, and desktop decoration, and can be used for water insertion, both for ornamental and for root propagation.
6. Spiraea
Spiraea is a very popular ornamental flowering shrub. Compared to more difficult-to-grow flowers like roses and monthlies, it grows very easily and thrives in various environments, making it very suitable for making fences.
Spiraea comes in different colors, with the most common being white and pink, and some varieties have golden leaves, which are also very ornamental even when not flowering.
Spiraea is a plant of the Rosaceae family, with a flowering period from June to August and a fruiting period from August to September. It blooms bright pink flowers in summer, cultivated for ornamental purposes, and is a good garden ornamental plant and nectar plant, ideal for hedge material and flowering shrubs.
Flowering shrubs are deciduous or evergreen plants with woody stems, branching extensively at or near the ground. Their plant heights vary greatly, but most do not exceed 3m in garden applications.
There are many types of flowering shrubs, with stable garden effects, and their diverse leaves, flowers, fruits, and stems provide year-round ornamental value, making them indispensable elements in garden plant configuration and providing a rich and continuous background for the overall environment.
When planting flowering shrubs in gardens, it is necessary to fully consider their adaptability and future growth space. Most species need regular pruning and shaping to maintain good posture and growth.
The above sharing of semi-shrub plants and methods of introducing common shrubs used in landscaping is for everyone's reference.