Beautiful and Durable: 8 Plants That Thrive in Our Climate

Our climate is not the most favorable for agriculture. However, there are many plants that thrive in such conditions. We asked experts from the landscape design studio Derevo Park to tell us about the most interesting ones.

Mountain Pine

There are several varieties: all evergreen with dense crowns. Mountain pines adapt well to shaping pruning. They can be planted individually or in groups.

Cossack Junipers

They have a unique shape and color of foliage: from gray to golden. They look great in any composition, for example, solely made of coniferous plants or combined with deciduous plants and perennials.

Many juniper varieties have a recognizable log-like form and feathery, airy branches. They can either cover the ground or gracefully hang from retaining walls. Caring for these plants is not complicated: they are resistant to diseases and pests.

Pinterest Siberian Fir

A graceful tree with glossy, shiny needles, ornamental cones, and elegant branches. At the same time, it is resilient and very eye-catching.

Pinterest Douglas Fir

It will delight you in both winter and summer. It can also easily replace the popular fir for New Year’s. However, finding it in stores is not easy: the plant is not popular in Russia.

Pinterest Everest Apple Tree

Elegant crown shape, white flower foam, and red apples that remain on the branches until spring. So it is not only a beautiful tree but also a 'bird feeder'.

Pinterest Cupid's Arrow Willow

First of all, the tree is interesting for its name: it truly has a crown shaped like an arrow. In addition, in winter it will also delight you with bright orange branches.

Pinterest Sharp-flowered Sedum

Almost all perennials disappear in winter, and after the first snow, flower beds look empty. But Sedum is not like that: its strict stems covered with frost or snow look magical.

Pinterest Reed Grass

Although this plant may not delight you all year round, even after frost it looks like golden fantasy. Reed grass is a low-maintenance winter-hardy grass, some varieties of which reach a height of 2–2.5 meters.

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