Whether you are looking for foundation plants for the front of your house, need to plant a hedge for privacy or just want to improve the look of your garden beds, these evergreen shrubs for full sun will make a great addition to your yard. Planting evergreens in your garden is one of ...
Evergreen shrubs are among the most widely used and diverse plantings in landscaping today. They provide year-round greenery, and serve as ideal privacy plantings and borders. The selection, including color, size, shape and flowering style, is vast, but varies greatly on the intended planting ...
If you want your bushes to keep their look all year round, then evergreen shrubs are the way to go. And if you need them to grow in the shade, then this list of bushes will help. If you need bushes for sun, you can find our list of evergreen shrubs for full sun HERE. 1 | ...
There are two main groups of evergreens – needle trees, correctly called conifers, and broad-leaf evergreens, which are a diverse group of plants differing from other flowering trees and shrubs only because they do not lose their leaves in winter. In addition, although really just enormous gra...
Evergreen is a term for trees or shrubs that don’t lose their leaves yearly. It’s the opposite of a deciduous tree like a maple, which will drop leaves every fall and grow new foliage in spring. When we think of evergreens, we commonly picture trees with needles, like pines, spruce...
Soft fern-like foliage and uniform pyramidal structure is similar to dwarf Alberta spruce, but a bit more airy. Leaves are bright green on top, flecked with silver-blue on the undersides. Learn more about how to grow and care for false cypress trees and shrubs. Photo...
like theAmerican Hollyor theNellie Stevens Holly. Another great broad-leaf choice is the Cherry Laurel which makes a really dense hedge with large, glossy leaves. If you want to grow low ornamental evergreen hedges thenBoxwood Shrubs are the classic choiceand grow well in sun or partial shade...
The genus Cinnamomum belongs to the family Laureaceae and consists of 250 evergreen trees and shrubs distributed in Southeast Asia, China, and Australia. Many species of the genus are economically important species that have been used for timber production, as spices, and for medical purposes. ...
the slow growth rate of this variety makes it great for folks who don’t have the time or inclination to regularly prune their shrubs. Like other balsam firs, this compact selection has dark green needles and densely packed branches. It reaches 5 to 6 feet wide after many years of growth...
Shrubs and other plants in the landscape can be fertilized yearly. A soil test can determine existing nutrient levels in the soil. If one or more nutrients is low, a specific instead of an all-purpose fertilizer may be required. Fertilizers that are high in N, nitrogen, will promote green...