25+ Pictures Of Low Growing Evergreen Shrubs

Bright blue needles add a cool calming effect to the garden.

Pictures of low growing evergreen shrubs. Look at those blooms. There are flowering evergreen landscaping shrubs that provide year long color and bloom in the spring summer and fall. It is always better to use scientific names when researching shrubs that might be appropriate for your landscape or garden. Few lists are totally inclusive. Will eventually reach about 5 tall and wide but a slow grower. Dwarf globe blue spruce. Here are eight small evergreen shrubs that can liven up.

Look for shrubs that are ideally evergreen slow growing or tolerate trimming and are happy being planted cheek by jowl with others. These shrubs grow only a few feet in height and spread but they sport bright blooms and interesting foliage that goes well beyond a basic green. These shrubs are perfect for soil retention and as foundational hedges though the low growing varieties offer excellent evergreen ground cover. Some types tolerate shade. Horizontalis wiltonii as both groundcover and accent in the garden. You ll find both low growing types for ground covers and tall pyramidal varieties for borders or privacy screens. Other types of perennial bushes are great low growing border plants.

Numerous evergreen shrubs grow lower than 3 feet high the usual standard for a low growing shrub. It s a small shrub growing 1 to 2 feet high. Pink flowers appear in spring. Up to 5 tall and wide. Colorful and carefree this plants takes gardens up a notch with its contemporary weeping form and dark burgundy evergreen leaves. Use it in a planting bed or tuck it into a 2 foot or taller container to showcase its weeping style. Partial to full sun.

No garden landscape would be complete without different types of shrubs and bushes growing in it. Why we love it. Many of these shrubs are obscure hybrid or dwarf varieties of larger plants. Photos of evergreen shrubs evergreen shrubs are used to provide the landscape with year round substance and color. Dwarf alberta spruce according to to horticultural expert marianne binetti of planter s place this evergreen shrub grows slowly into a cone shape even without any pruning. This shrub has dense finely textured foliage and attractive reddish bark. Popular names vary by region and country.

It s a great shrub for front yards she adds of its formal look. View gallery 10 photos getty images. Up to 3 tall and wide. The same name is. Blue rug juniper available via nature hills nursery my go to favorite is blue rug juniper j. When you think of small evergreen shrubs do you picture uninteresting lumps of green dotting a landscape. Heather this evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and.

Loropetalum is pest free and drought tolerant. Very compact evergreen shrub that s perfect for small gardens in cool damp climates. Use these low growers to edge a walkway contain a flowery border cover the bottom of a fence or create a softer visual barrier between you and the neighbors. You can also plant decorative bushes with various colors of leaves such as purple red and multicolored.