Low Maintenance Evergreen Bushes

Oftentimes we think of evergreen shrubs as plain boring background plants in the garden. 4 6 2 of 10.

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Low maintenance evergreen bushes

There are two specific native plant groups that are commonly used in low maintenance front yard landscaping. The plant grows slowly to roughly 2 to 3 feet tall with a slightly wider spread. Pink flowers appear in spring.

This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil. They provide year round cover to. This evergreen varies from low growing shrubs to medium sized evergreen trees.

It is a dwarf by nature hugging low to the ground and requiring several years to spread significantly. Dwarf english boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa is not as colorful as some other small evergreen shrubs but its classic green foliage is attractive in its own right. But some of these can be show stoppers themselves.

Use it in a planting bed or tuck it into a 2 foot or taller container to showcase its weeping style. Loropetalum is pest free and. Their tolerance for drought coupled with their ability to adapt to almost any soil type.

In shrub form it matures at about 3 feet high and 5 feet wide. Any number of needled evergreen bushes can be considered low maintenance but blue star juniper is a standout for its pretty blue needles and its easy to manage growth. Wintercreeper wintercreeper euonymous fortunei is an evergreen shrub that can be grown as a vine or a ground cover.

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