Low Growing Pine Shrubs

Mugos come in many varieties including dwarf upright and ground hugging. Growing in usda zones 2 through 8 hillside creeper has faster growth than most low growing pines adding 12 inches or more a year.

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Low growing pine shrubs

Horizontalis wiltonii as both groundcover and accent in the garden. Numerous evergreen shrubs grow lower than 3 feet high the usual standard for a low growing shrub. Top dwarf picks include corley s mat sherwood compact and slowmound.

These shrubs are perfect for soil retention and as foundational hedges though the low growing varieties offer excellent evergreen ground cover. Watch for disease problems in hot humid summers. Evergreen shrubs can be enjoyed year round keeping their rich foliage even through winter.

Blue rug juniper available via nature hills nursery my go to favorite is blue rug juniper j. Narrow leaves are needle like and do not lose moisture from evaporation quickly. Whether you re a budding gardener or veteran floriculturist there s no shame in wanting to take the easy way out with your backyard foliage that s where these low maintenance shrubs and bushes come in.

It s a small shrub growing 1 to 2 feet high. With its short blue green needles blue star juniper looks especially nice planted next to shrubs with golden. Evergreen shrubs with narrow leaves stay green all year providing a classic design element.

Few lists are totally inclusive. Groundcovers and other low growing landscape plants form an indispensable part of a yard s design whether as backdrops for trees and taller shrubs as specimens in their own right or as problem solvers in areas where it is tough to grow anything. This plant grows to roughly 1 to 3 feet tall with a 1 to 4 foot spread.

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