The decoration of your summer cottage or yard of a residential house gives comfort and well-being to this place. It is nice to meet the dawn and while away the evening, admiring the result of their labors. The hedge is a real savior. With its help, you can close the heavy and, possibly, poorly chosen fence, decorating the whole yard. In addition, some bushes for hedges, fast-growing and beautiful, can completely replace the fences. If you decide to make such a decoration in your yard, then you need to determine the goals of the fence, its location relative to the sun and other factors, as well as its shape. After all, it can be free and grow in all directions. And there is one that needs to be shaped, cut and customized to a certain size. Therefore, it is important to choose the right type of plant that will perfectly cope with all your requirements.
Caliphen bladder
This bush has excellent characteristics for those gardeners who want to plant their land as soon as possible. Bladder fever is resistant to diseases, tolerates frosty winters and, most importantly, these plants for hedges - fast-growing. 
The bush grows immediately in all directions. Its branches are covered with dense foliage, which looks like maple leaves, as well as currants and viburnum. The leaves have a very beautiful and unusual texture. In late June and early July, the plant blooms. Its inflorescences are umbrellas from a variety of small flowers, which densely fill the already dense branches.
Did you know? In one year, the plant extends its branches by 40 cm.
The shape of the crown can be formed independently or allow it to grow in all directions. Standard bush has round shape. Some landscape designers form fountains or square low fences. The height of the bush and its width - up to 3 meters. 
Pruning plants should be carried out regularly, eliminating it from the inside of growing, dry and diseased branches.
The best time for this is the end of autumn or the beginning of spring, when the severe frosts were already asleep. It is important to do this at the moment when the juice on the branches has not yet gained their usual speed for the warm season. Then you do not damage your plant. To create the shape of a bush preferably in spring. 
It is worth noting a variety of varieties of blister. They are radically different due to foliage color. She may be:
- purple color, which may change to red in the autumn period ("Diabolo", "Little Devil", "Coppertina");
- yellow with a golden sheen (Darts Gold, Lutheus);
- the sheet has two colors at once: gold and burgundy ("Center Glow").
There is also a dwarf variety "Nana", which is painted in juicy green color and decorated with bright white flowers.
Thuja
This is another plant that tolerates winter well and changes its color from green in summer to brown to winter. It is possible to create a hedge of this fast-growing evergreen plant in about 3-4 years, depending on the variety of which there are a large number.
Did you know? The best way to form a hedge with a thuja is to plant trees in a "bouquet".
Most often in landscape design use thuja western several varieties:
- 'Spiralis' ("Spiral");
- 'Golden globe' (Golden Ball);
- 'Columna' ("Kolonovidnaya").
The Golden Ball has a light green color, grows independently in the form of a beautiful and smooth ball. The size of such a bush will be within 1 meter, but may increase to two. Unlike other varieties of Tui, this grows relatively slowly, but the result is worth it."Spiral" twists each of its branches in the form of a spiral, which gives the tree an unusual look. Its height is small.
"Kolonovidnuyu" very fond of her even and beautiful form of columns. The height of the thuja can reach 7 meters. In diameter - up to two. It does not change its color and stands in a dark green dress all year round. Its increase is more than 20 cm per year.
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If you plant seedlings next to each other, at a distance of 50-70 cm, then the crowns of the adjacent tui will grow as a whole. 
This option is convenient for several reasons:
- if one tree perishes, the hedge remains, and only slightly thins;
- you get a dense and wide crown;
- plants help each other grow and stay green.
To create a hedge a fast-growing and perennial thuja, although it fits perfectly, still has several deficiencies.
In winter, the snow on the crown can break twigs under its weight, which is very bad for a tree. And in spring, due to the fact that the soil thaws rather slowly, another problem appears: the root system of most varieties is unable to saturate the aerial part with water. For this reason, the tips of branches often burn under the spring sun.
These problems can be solved by tying in a spiral for the winter and well pulling the thread around the tree, or several at once, if they are planted in a "bouquet". The last option is also good because the nearby branches do not evaporate their moisture so quickly after the summer season, leaving it in the spring.
Turn
Turn are bushes for hedges, cheap and fast-growing. The plant came to us from the wild, so bringing yourself a small bush from the forest is a very economical option. In no more than a year or two, the sloes will grow and decorate your fence.
Did you know? The turn is fruitful. Delicious jams and tinctures are made from its berries.
There are many varieties of thorns that breeders brought. Some of them perform only a decorative function, which is why they look smarter. 
Others bear fruit, the taste of which also differs from one species to another. Most popular forms and varieties:
- 'Plena' (Terry Plum). This garden form gives a beautiful blue fruit with a white coating, very similar to plum. They taste tart, with a sour note. It blooms in the warm season of April or early May with white blooms. This period lasts quite a long time, for which the variety is valued for decorative purposes.
- 'Purpurea' ("Purple"). It is not difficult to guess that the name went because of the color of the foliage of this bush.
- "Red Leaf". The leaves have a bright red color. Fruits unfit for consumption. They are unpleasant to the taste and appear in small quantities.
All its forms and varieties perfectly tolerate the winter. Grow quite quickly, and if you need a beautiful shape of a bush, you will have to take care of it a lot. All shoots sprout from the roots. Therefore, it is important to do thinning of the roots and remove excess seedlings.Important! In just one year a thick and thorny wall of thorns can grow from a sapling.
Some gardeners dig metal flippers or slate into the ground under the thorns in order to slightly stop the rapid growth of the shrub. 
It is necessary to cut a bush in the autumn, in November when the vegetative period has already ended.
That your fence did not lose a beautiful form, it needs to be cut in time. To do this you will need a pruner and garden shears.
Boxwood
Everybody knows this bush. is he perfect for hedge:
- perennial;
- not bad transfers winter frosts even without warming;
- has numerous branches with small shiny leaves;
- evergreen shrub;
- allows you to create any form.
When choosing a variety, pay attention to the height of the bushes, because some of them may be dwarf. There are varieties that allow you to raise a fence wall of green leaves and a half meters. Some bushes that do not mow, being in a favorable warm area, grow up to 3 m. 
Ideally, trimming a boxwood hedge is a regular procedure that is held every sixth week after the first of May. Then the bushes will look well-groomed and beautiful.Important! The first time pruned immediately half of the bush. This is a real signal for the plant, after which it begins to grow much faster.
It is important to make the first haircut correctly, on which the subsequent growth of the bushes depends. It is made in the first year after planting the sapling. 
Unfortunately, in a year you will not grow an incredibly large bush. This process is slow. Therefore, in the form of a seedling is better to buy already adult plant three years old and better than eight years old.
Cold-resistant varieties have bright green leaves. Options with other colors are suitable for warm regions.
Hawthorn
This bush is ideal for hedges. He lives about 300 years. Not distinguished by increased requirements for care or weather conditions. Some varieties, however, do not tolerate the winter. Therefore, when choosing is worth paying attention to this item. 
Most popular options to form a hedge:
- Ordinary. The average length of the spines is up to 2.5 cm. The height of the bush can reach 8 m. It can grow in the shade, but differs in a rather slow growth process. In August, gives a beautiful red berries.
- Softish It tolerates frosts up to -30 ° С, a rather tall bush with long spines yields edible fruits.
- Arnold This species tolerates not only frost, but also drought. Differs in fast growth and sweet fruits.
- Fan-like. The height of the bush is up to 6 m. It has very long spines.
From this plant you can make a beautiful, dense and thick the wall. 
Planted better three-year seedlings in a checkerboard pattern. After the first two years of the life of the seedling in your garden, you need to cut the branches badly, leaving 20 cm each. The bush will give more new branches and thicken.Did you know? The fanlike form of hawthorn has spines, which are up to 10 cm in length, which is why they are uneven and slightly twisted.
The time for pruning is spring warm days at the end of April. Then you need to wait a year, and then proceed to the correction of the form, pruning extra branches. Haircut can be done from spring to autumn. Plant growth - 30 cm per year.
Forsythia
Amazingly beautiful plant, it is desired by every gardener. After all, this is a true herald of heat. This bush is the very first to cover golden inflorescences its branches in early spring, which seem to shimmer in the sun. Flowering time - April, and for the south - the beginning of March. The plant pleases with its solar beauty for almost a month. The bush is also different in its shape, because each branch is long, thin and elegant. 
A suitable place for Forsythia is warm and sunny, without drafts. Shadow will be reflected in weak flowering. Forsythia is variable in terms of resistance to frost: strong frosts can destroy the young twigs on which flowers form. Therefore, in the winter they need to be closed. But she likes aridity more than strong watering. 
Haircut should be done carefully, because abundant circumcision will not lead to anything. You simply remove all the young shoots, and you will not see the golden flowering in the spring. Make the necessary form of the bush to be in June, when the flowering period is completely over. 
For hedge design These types are suitable:
- European and Giralda are the most resistant to frost;
- the greenest has the largest flowers, but does not tolerate the winter and is suitable for the southern regions;
- oval leaves;
- drooping
- average winters without loss.
Important! Fertilizers are important for forcingia: organic fertilizers are applied in autumn, mineral fertilizers are introduced in spring. And also - pruning, which is carried out every year. Without these actions, the bush becomes very weak.
Privet
Privet is an evergreen that is ideal for landscape design. Its leaves, like that of boxwood, are glossy, but their shape is slightly elongated. In spring, it is decorated with snow-white flowers, and closer to autumn it is showered with dark blue small berries. 
There are varieties whose leaves fall for the winter in whole or in part and those that remain green all year round. It is possible to make a shape of such a bush, but due to its long growth process, the formation will take a long time. 
Most Popular varieties:
- 'Glaucum' - does not grow above one meter;
- 'Atrovirens' - has a beautiful and lush foliage of dark green shade;
- 'Aureum' - has leaves of light green with gold color, well enduring winters.
Important! If the 'Aureum' variety is planted in the shade, it will lose its yellow pigment, and it will be dark green.
Yew
The yew belongs to coniferous and evergreen plants, which differs from them in that it has no smell, because it does not emit tar. it berry option needles: instead of cones on this bush grow berries - red, blue. They densely dot branches and decorate the bush until the autumn cold.
In landscape design, it is particularly popular due to the fact that it withstands frequent and abundant cutting, allowing it to realize any form. Standardly, his crown looks like an egg. 
This plant is low - rarely grows more than 1 m, but there are varieties that reach 3.5 m. In the first years of its life, it develops rather slowly, and only from five years does it start to grow abundantly. Its root system is very powerful and strong. Does not need extra expensive care.
Did you know? Yew wood has amazing properties: it does not rot, is resistant to bacteria or other pests, for which it was once massively cut down. Therefore, the yew is listed in the Red Book.
In landscape design it is very convenient to use a yew, because it grows slowly, which means that the shape you give it will remain almost unchanged for several years. 
When pruning shoots, gardeners may feel a headache or other ailments. This is due to the fact that in the yew bark there is a toxic substance that, when the structure of the branches is broken, begins to evaporate. In a small amount it does not constitute a big threat, but if there are small children in the yard, then it is better to refuse the yew. 
Some varietiesthat are perfect for hedge:
- `Nana` (" Nana ") - has a sharp top, green needles on the tip have a yellow color;
- 'Hicksii' ("Hixie") - this variant grows in the form of an even circle in a dark green shade up to two meters high;
- 'Repandens' ("Ripendans") - slowly but beautifully creeps along the ground with a half-meter increase for the year, having the shape of an umbrella in green, which is cast in blue;
- 'Fastigiata Aurea' ("Aurea Fastigiata") is an example of a yew up to two meters high, the corners of which are painted in a yellowish tint.
Deciduous Barberry of Thunberg
Thunberg's deciduous barberry is separate species barberry, which is a large variety of varieties. It differs in color of its foliage. It can be green, purple, dark red or brown with a golden sheen. 
The height of the barberry can reach 2.5 m. The plant is unpretentious, but it is better not to plant it in the shade. It grows quite quickly in the first years after disembarkation, then the process slows down. It tolerates frost normally, but in the case of very cold winters it is better to cover the plant.
Pruning can be done in the fall and spring, as with other trees, freeing the crown from the dry and painful twigs. At the same time, the barberry itself grows well, creating an even shape for itself. It blooms during May days of warm light small flowers collected in inflorescences, and in August-September it shows glossy red poisonous fruits. The process of flowering and fruiting begins only in the fifth year after planting.
The branches of the bush are curved, covered with dense foliage, from which the crown seems thick. There are thorns on them, which will serve as a good defense if to use the barberry of Thunberg for a hedge. 
Dwarf barberrywhich will decorate borders:
- "Kobold" - a spherical bush not higher than 30 cm with green bright leaves that become yellow-orange by autumn;
- "Bagetel" - round shape, not higher than 40 cm, has red leaves, which, when growing in the sun, are cast in brown, and in the shade - in green;
- "Admiration" - grows into a ball with a diameter of 50 cm and has a unique foliage, which is purple inside and has a light border along the edges;
- "Hastened Gold" - a thick golden crown, which turns pink in autumn;
- "Atropurpurea Nana" - a purple-red bush, up to 60 cm high, 1 m wide;
- "Green Carpet" - does not grow above 50 cm and has light green foliage in a rounded crown.
For high vegetable fence:- "Pink Queen" - in the sun leaves turn pink with light and dark strokes;
- "Maria" is a very winter-hardy golden-colored bush in the form of a column, whose height reaches 1 m, and its width is up to 40 cm;
- "Irekta" - a bright green bush growing upwards, becomes reddish by autumn.
Other shrubs are also used to form a hedge: turf, mountain ash, cotoneaster, chubushnik, certzis.
If there is a great desire to create your own garden and hedge with your own hands without the help of the expensive work of specialists - this article should definitely be useful. After all, the correctly selected shrub and variety is the key to successful landscaping.
