It is doubly pleasant to come to the cottage from the stuffy city after work week if the air is filled with the pleasant aromas of flowering shrubs.
Gentle smells will play the role of aromatherapy, help you relax, will raise your spirits, improve your well-being.
When flowering, most shrubs emit an essential oil with a pleasant aroma.
A small number of plants has a strong odor, which a person is able to sense at a considerable distance.
These bushes are familiar to each of us, familiar and not deservedly forgotten by summer residents.
Lilac
Of the variety of species in the middle lane of the common lilac bushes. Luxurious plant reaches a height of 6-7 meters.
Abundant foliage, thick panicles of white, purple or pink flowers create a unique airy surroundings.
The plant blooms in May. Delicate rich aroma is felt from a great distance.
the Rose
Long selection of plants of the Rosehip family led to the creation of the queen of the garden - the rose. The beauty of the buds is reflected in the poems of ancient Greece, the frescoes of Persia and Rome.
A huge number of varieties will allow you to choose the color, flower size, flowering time. Do not forget that not every species has a strong persistent aroma.Flowers look amazing in a bouquet and in its natural form, on a bush.
Rhododendrons
Among evergreen semi-deciduous or deciduous shrubs there are species that reach a height of 2 meters. Plants bloom in bright lush flowers from May to June.
Yellow, pink or purple flowers are collected in racemes and corymbose inflorescences. The intoxicating sweet smell creates an enchanting atmosphere.
Coronate chubushnik
Plants up to 3 meters high have a wide crown with straight branches. Shrub blooms in early summer. White-cream flowers are located inflorescences, give a strong smell, reminiscent of strawberries.
English viburnum
The plant is a three-meter bush with a lot of trunks.
The flowering period is at the end of spring and the beginning of summer.
White flowers are arranged in the form of balls. Powerful aroma felt from a distance.
The variety is thermophilic, so it is preferable to grow the plant in a temperate climate.
Hollow leaf mahonia
Evergreen plant reaches a height of about a meter. It grows due to the offspring of the root system, forming dense thickets.
In late April, the bushes are covered with panicles of yellow flowers with an unobtrusive scent, similar to the smell of lily of the valley. Biel has a more powerful smell.It occurs mainly in the south of the country.
Corillopisis
Young branches of a plant are lowered down. Bushes reach a height of two meters. Low-flowered korilipsis blooms in spring. Flowers appear before the leaves. Yellow brush inflorescences resemble a bell.
With the end of flowering leaves appear. Gentle smell like a primrose. Optimally grow plants in the southern regions of the country.
The greatest effect of fragrant plants can be achieved by planting bushes next to windows, benches, gazebos or on the sides of the paths. The bushes will make excellent living fences that can kill the smell of compost or manure.