Evergreen Plants
give structure to your garden

As beautiful as roses are, a garden needs evergreen plants, shrubs, and perennials to give it balance. If you've ever been to a public rose garden, you've noticed how the garden is made up of, not only roses, but many flowering shrubs, trees,perennial plants in masse, and evergreen plants. The experts know,it is this combination of plants, that make the garden so stunning.

Arborvitae - Sherwood Moss - The Sherwood Moss Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Moss', is a dwarf, cone-shaped Arborvitae evergreen plant with unusual soft, feathery foliage. It requires sun and deep, well-drained soil. The unique texture makes this a very unusual variegated plant that shines in winter with its bronze winter color. It is not a globe, not a pyramid, but a well shaped mound that has no equal. Arborvitae is one of the most versatile, easy-to-grow evergreens suited to cold, northern landscapes. They are often used as specimen plants, hedges, foundation plantings and windbreaks. Arborvitaes are highly adaptable plants.

Juniper - Sea Green The Juniper Sea Green, 'Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Sea Green', also known as Chinese Juniper, is an evergreen plant that makes a great hedge that provides winter interest. This Juniper is a compact shrub with a fountain-like, arching habit. The bright green, fine textured foliage forms a vase shaped six foot plant. The Sea Green is tolerant of many soils and weather conditions. Place this plant in well drained soil. Sea Green Junipers are used for accent plants, borders, windbreaks and screens.

Mugho Pine The Mugho Pine tree, Pinus mugo mughus, may also be called the dwarf mountain pine. This evergreen little dwarf conifer has branching, upright stems evenly covered in 2-inch-long needles of a deep, dark true green. Thanks to its low growth, mugho pine can be used at the front of a border or anywhere you want year-round greenery in conifer form. Mugho pine trees do not need special soil. In nature, it often grows in slightly rocky areas with shallow topsoil. It does require good drainage. Roots grow near the surface, so using a cover soil with a 2-inch-thick mulch to protect them is recommended. These trees are easily transplanted. They make a great landscaping evergreen plant because their shape and size are controllable by shearing.

Juniper - Hughes Hughes Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes', is a silvery-blue, low growing, spreading Juniper that is very popular because it adds color to the landscape planting year-round. Hughes Juniper has silvery blue foliage; distinct radial branching; b

Juniper - Blue Star Blue Star Juniper, Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star', displays a rich steel-blue foliage color that is extremely attractive on this low growing mounded plant. The starry foliage creates an excellent addition to the foundation landscape planting. Very adaptab

Beautiful, healthy shrubs and evergreen plants will tie the garden together

Arborvitae - Little Giant Arborvitae - Little Giant, Thuja occidentalis 'Little Giant', is slow-growing and spherical with rich green leaves. In general, this conifer is a tall columnar to conical; an evergreen tree with fissured, reddish bark. Its scale-like leaves are ovate, mid

Juniper - Wisconsin The Wisconsin Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis 'Wisconsin', is an outstanding low-growing juniper introduced by the University of Wisconsin. It has dark blue-green summer foliage that has a feathery appearance. It is nicely uniform and full with a plum winter color. 'Wisconsin' Junipers have two opposite, mostly small, scale-like and tightly appressed leaves at each node of the twig. There is usually a light-colored stripe along the length of the top surface of each leaf. Prune Junipers in June after the new growth has time to establish. With most evergreens it is easy to remember "Prune in June".

Juniper - Blueberry Delight - The Blueberry Delight Juniper, J. comminis depressa 'AmiDak', is a North Dakota State University introduction. 'AmiDak' is a dense, low spreading juniper that annually produces heavy crops of blueberry-like cones. The plant gets its name from the heavy crops of these berry-like cones, which resemble blueberries. The fruit is often used as a flavoring in sauerkraut, stuffings, vegetable pates, and is an essential ingredient of gin. Blueberry Delight Juniper has a foliage that is a rich, dark green with contrasting silvery-blue hues on the upper leaf surface. Its summer color is retained well in winter. Succeeds in most soils so long as they are well drained, preferring a neutral or slightly alkaline soil. It also does well in chalky or heavy clay soils.

Arborvitae - Globe - The Pygmy Globe, Thuja occidentalsis, is a globe shaped dwarf arborvitae tree. These Arborvitae trees have bright green foliage. This slow compact growing evergreen plant does not need to be sheared to maintain the globe shape. The Pygmy Globe tree or shrub thrives in full sun or light shade. It has great appeal as a specimen planting or as an accent shrub in a yard or garden area.

Tall shrubs, and well groomed evergreen plants make for a great garden!

Arborvitae - Pygmy Globe The Pygmy Globe Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis 'Pygmy Globe', is a dwarf, globe-shaped evergreen plant with bright green foliage that grows slowly and is very compact. It needs no shearing to maintain its form, this arborvitae makes an excellent, low maintenance foundation plant or dwarf hedge.

Boxwoods make great edging for your roses

Boxwood - Commones The Boxwood, Common, Buxus sempervirens, forms a large shrub or small tree and most people know it as a small, densely-leaved, evergreen hedge. It is a densely branched, slow-growing shrub with numerous small, smooth-edged leaves. They are usually dark green and shiny, remaining on the shrub all winter It prefers full sun to partial shade; mulch to keep root system cool and moist; does well in alkaline soils; the evergreen foliage needs to be protected from drying winds in winter. Boxwoods can be sheared into just about any shape and respond well to harsh pruning. This shrub is ideal for formal hedges and topiary. It is a good border plant and an excellent choice for foundation plantings.

Boxwood - North Star - \ Boxwood North Star, Buxus sempervirens 'North Star'™, is a superb new hardy boxwood with a dense globe shape that requires little if any pruning. North Star™ features very dark foliage that maintains good winter color for year-round enjoyment in the landscape. Looks stunning when planted as a hedge or planted individually as a specimen plant. It prefers full sun to partial shade; mulch to keep root system cool and moist; does well in alkaline soils; the evergreen foliage needs to be protected from drying winds in winter. 'North Star Boxwood can be sheared into just about any shape and respond well to harsh pruning. This shrub is ideal for formal hedges and topiary. It is a good border plant and an excellent choice for foundation plantings.

Boxwood - Koreanes - The Boxwood, Korean, Buxus sinica var. insularis, is a dense, compact, many-branched, broad, mounded evergreen plant with a loose and open habit. It has evergreen leaves that turn yellow-brown to purplish in winter. It prefers full sun to partial shade; mulch to keep root system cool and moist; the evergreen foliage needs to be protected from drying winds, especially in winter. Korean Boxwood is a slow-growing, compact shrub that is best used as a hedge or foundation plant. May be massed or used as a specimen or accent. Formal gardens or shrub borders. Formerly known as, and sometimes still sold as, Buxus microphylla var. koreana.

Juniper - Blue Prince - Blue Prince Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Prince' (PP10,134), is a low growing evergreen plant that has beautiful powder-blue foliage and creates an outstanding contrast in the landscape. This ground hugging juniper with intense blue color, requires ver

Serbian Spruce - The Serbian Spruce, 'Picea omorika', Serbian Spruce forms a narrow, pyramidal silhouette with graceful arching branches. The upper surface of the needles is glossy, dark green in contrast to the whitish lower surface.The Serbian spruce, with it's narrow pyramidal habit, allows its use in smaller scale landscape situations than most other conifer trees. It prefers moist well drained soils, and will tolerates alkaline sites

Arborvitae - Skybound - Arborvitae - Skybound, Thuja occidentalis 'Skybound', is an exceptionally hardy evergreen plants or small tree with a rigid columnar habit of growth and rich dark green scale-like foliage. It can be the ultimate pillar in your landscape. Use for screening, as a tall hedge, or to accent a building. The scale-like leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color and the flowers are not ornamentally significant. This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. Skybound will grow to be about 18 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate and does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out.

Juniper - Golden Pfitzer - Juniper - Golden Pfitzer, Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana', is a fast-growing evergreen plant that reaches 3' to 5' tall and spreading to 15 to 25 feet. It branches from one low point, off a large trunk, with scaly, red-brown bark. Golden Pfitzer's old growth foliage, and new growth is bright gold, giving the plant its common name. The foliage is pungent when crushed. Grey berries are inconspicuous, less than 1/4 inch, and do not pose a litter problem. This outstanding ornamental can withstand difficult growing conditions in urban areas or at the seashore, so is one of the more widely planted junipers. Grows best in full sun, but will tolerate some shade. Gold Pfitzer likes well-drained soils, but continuous watering is not needed after initial planting.

Dwarf Alberta Spruce - The Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Picea glauca 'Conica', is a miniature Spruce with bright green foliage that is densely branched, slow growing and retains a perfect conical shape without trimming. The Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a small, cone- shaped tree that gr

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