Evergreen Low Hedge Plants

Leaves can be used in cooking.

Evergreen low hedge plants. Dwarf english boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa this formal garden icon lined the front walk of my. 22 best plants for hedges 22 best plants for hedges. You can also let it grow tall to provide a screen or to create a maze. Shrubs used for the practical function of security should be densely growing and possibly have thorns such as hawthorns or prickly leaves. Compact fragrant and beautiful daphne is an small evergreen shrub that blossoms in winter giving your otherwise dry garden a bright and warm look. This dwarf evergreen shrub makes for an easy ground cover garden addition especially with its signature blue needles. Blue flowers cover the plant in late winter to early spring and needle like leaves offer an aromatic perfume.

This shrub is one of the slowest growing plants in the plant kingdom making it an ideal pick for a garden where you want low shrubs. The 5 best hedges 1. Some types which are suited to warmer climates re bloom. These shrubs with glossy green leaves put on a show in early spring with lovely shades of pinks peach coral purple or white flowers. Rosemary forms an evergreen hedge packed with fragrance. Use rosemary in waterwise plantings where its drought tolerant nature shines or plant it as an informal hedge. Emerald green arborvitae thuja occidentalis smaragd for a fast growing column shaped shrub that creates privacy.

Horizontalis wiltonii as both groundcover and accent in the garden. The slow growing plant spreads outward rather than upward only reaching between one and three feet tall. Some hedges are purely decorative while others serve primarily a practical function. A hedge is a living wall composed of plants. Blue rug juniper available via nature hills nursery my go to favorite is blue rug juniper j. In fact it is the state flower of connecticut. Mountain laurel kalmia latifolia minuet is a broadleaf evergreen that you might be familiar with if you ve walked through new england woods in june.

Some varieties grow to 20 feet tall. Hedge plants used decoratively are often trimmed to precise sizes and shapes and may be either evergreen or deciduous shrubs. Red tipped photinia photinia x fraseri. 10 best evergreens for privacy screens and hedges boxwood buxus yew taxus baccata arborvitae green giant thuja green giant holly ilex firethorn pyacantha coccinea leyland cypress x cupressocyparis leylandii variegated japanese laurel aucuba japonica cotoneaster c. These shrubs are perfect for soil retention and as foundational hedges though the low growing varieties offer excellent evergreen ground cover.