Current issues of introduction, reproduction and cultivation of ornamental shrubs in the Lower Volga
The scientiﬁc substantiation of introduction and efﬁciency of cultivation of ornamental shrubs in arid conditions was given. Questions of study of adaptation, ornamental and generative potential plants were presented. An economical irrigation regime for growing seedlings in nurseries was developed taking into account the degree of drought tolerance of shrubs as colloid osmotic properties of the protoplasm and the peculiarities of the growth.