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Landscaping with Evergreen Trees and Shrubs

August 30, 2018 Posted by mainstreetlawn Plants
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Landscaping serves many purposes. It can shield us from the elements, hide us from prying neighbors, help sustain our ecosystem and most importantly… transform a blank canvas into a work of art. Properly planning a landscape design can change the way we interact with our environment, creating a space we want to be a part of. The backbone of most every landscape design should be the selection of evergreen plants.

What does it mean that a plant is evergreen?

In botany, one way to classify a plant is to designate it as either Evergreen or Deciduous. An evergreen plant does not lose its leaves…meaning it is forever green.  On the flip side, deciduous plants will shed their leaves, typically during the winter. In every plant type: trees, shrubs, vines and groundcovers, you can select from a large variety of Evergreen plants.

Why should I select evergreen plants for my landscape?

If your working with a local landscaping company, whether it is for a residential home or a commercial property, you should discuss when and how people will be interacting with the space. If the entire garden space used only deciduous plants, it would offer quite a different experience during the winter months showing only bare branches. Including evergreen plants in your landscaping plan will allow you to enjoy your plants throughout each season. In fact, certain evergreen plants put on their greatest show during the cold season while everything else is bare.

Should I only choose evergreen plants for my landscape?

As the photo above illustrates, evergreen gardens can be beautiful. There is a wide variety of evergreen plants available in many plant types, so you certainly can create a garden using only evergreen plants. However, there are many glorious deciduous plants as well and it would be very limiting to discount them. For example, one of our favorite deciduous trees to plant in the North Texas area is the crape myrtle. While most other plants are struggling to make it through the summer heat, the crape myrtle goes into full bloom, providing one of the only splashes of color all season. It would be a shame to miss that.

What is the best way to use evergreen plants in my garden?

The key to most great landscape plans is thoughtful plant placement. If you are going to include deciduous plants in your design, consider what your garden will look when the deciduous plants shed their leaves. Plant a variety of evergreen plants near the deciduous ones so even when they are bare, there is still something to look at.

EVERGREEN PLANTS: 

If you are shopping for your own plants, most nurseries will have their plants labeled as either Evergreen or Deciduous. This is a very common plant characteristic and all nursery staff should know as well. The following is a list of common evergreen plants for the North Texas area.

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TREES:

Yaupon holly

American holly

Loquat

Eastern red cedar

Southern magnolia

Eldarica pine

Japanese black pine

Deodar cedar

Leyland cypress

Arizona cypress

Italian cypress

Slash pine

Loblolly pine

Live oak

Southern wax myrtle (can be grown as shrub)

Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)

SHRUBS:

Japanese boxwood

Golden euonymus

Carissa holly

Dwarf and standard burford holly

Dwarf Chinese holly

Heller’s Japanese holly

Dwarf yaupon holly

Junipers

Oregon grape mahonia

Compact nandina

Wheeler’s dwarf pittosporum

Gulf Stream nandina

Moonbay nandina

Nana nandina

Indian hawthorn

Azalea

Glossy abelia

Gold Dust aucuba

Elaeagnus

Japanese fatsia

Gardenia

Willowleaf holly

Little red holly

Italian jasmine

Primrose jasmine

Texas sage

Variegated privet or Ligustrum

Leatherleaf mahonia

Standard nandina

Cleyera

Sky pencil holly

Spring bouquet viburnum

Camellia

Weeping yaupon holly

Cardinal holly

East Palatka holly

Festive holly

Foster holly

Liberty holly

Mary Nell holly

Nellie R. Stevens holly

Oakland holly

Oakleaf holly

Patriot holly

Robin holly

Savannah holly

Waxleaf ligustrum

Japanese ligustrum

Southern wax myrtle

Oleander

Sweet olive

Redtip photinia

Chinese photinia

Pittosporum

Japanese yew

Carolina cherry laurel

Pyracantha

Texas mountain laurel

Sweet viburnum

Indian Hawthorn (Rhapiolepsis indica)

Sky Pencil Holly (Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’)

VINES:

Evergreen clematis

Climbing fig ivy

Carolina jessamine

English ivy

Hall’s honeysuckle

Coral honeysuckle

Evergreen wisteria

Climbing roses

Confederate star jasmine

Crossvine (semi-evergreen*)

 

*These plants often maintain their leaves during a mild winter season. They can also shed their leaves briefly right before a bloom cycle. 

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

GROUNDCOVER:

Ajuga

Purple wintercreeper

English ivy

Trailing junipers

Lamium

Liriope

Purple Japanese honeysuckle

Mondograss

Dwarf mondograss

Asian jasmine

Confederate star jasmine

Vinca

Liriope (Liriope muscari)

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