18 evergreen plants for your garden
What are evergreen plants?
Evergreen plants keep their leaves throughout the year. Although they replace their foliage, but that continuously, so they are always leafy. Since they are a real eye-catcher in the garden even in winter, they are so popular. In addition to evergreen plants, there are also wintergreen species, d. H. they are leafy in winter, but throw the foliage in the spring. Then they are bald for a short time before they cast out.
We have selected plants for you whose evergreen appearance you can enjoy again and again. Whether as a hedge or as a ground cover for your bed, here you will find 18 beautiful evergreen plants.
Evergreen plants: Evergreen species for a hedge
Evergreen plants do not lose their leaves even in winter. Hedge plants provide reliable protection for your garden even during this time.
bamboo
Bamboo is versatile in the garden, and shines not only as a hedge, but also as a pond edge or ground cover. It grows fast, but also needs a lot of water. Here you will learn more about planting bamboo.
Thujahecken
Thuja is also called tree of life, grows quickly and is easy to cut. Lebensbäume are easy to care for, robust and windproof.
firethorn
Red Column and 'Soleil d'Or' are among the evergreen varieties. The bloom takes place from May to June and convinces in beautiful radiant colors. Firethorn tolerates sun, but also partial shade and is also bee friendly.
yew
The conifers are very durable and tolerate shadows very well. Because of its dense habit, it is also suitable for shape cutting.
cherry laurel
Cherry laurel varieties grow i. d. R. fast and tight, such. Eg Caucasica. It is easy to clean and impresses with a firm and upright growth.
Japanese holly
The holly is one of the broad spreading shrubs, but it is densely branched. With its dull white flowers from May to June, it is a restrained beauty that can reach over three meters high.
boxwood
Box trees are especially popular as a good form cut grove, which really brings color into the garden with its oval green leaves. With a height of two to about four meters and its longevity, the boxwood is perfect as a hedge!
Aukube
Aukuben are best kept in partial shade or shade. They are easy to clean and can be one to three meters high.
Ölweide
The wintergreen oil pasture can withstand wind and copes with salty conditions on the coast.
rhododendron
If you want rhododendron as a hedge plant, the variety "Cunningham's White" fits perfectly. It is not only evergreen, but can grow up to three meters and tolerates both shady and sunny places.
Evergreen plants as groundcover
Small-leaved evergreen
The evergreen grows in shady or sunny spots, grows to about 20 cm high and has purple-blue flowers from May to September.
Dick males
The shade green grows easily under trees. Tolerates part shade and shade and grows to about 20 cm.
Teppichmispel
Loquat medlar is also called creeping medlar and is a rather undemanding plant, which, however, must be regularly recut. But: with the creeping medlar wonderful weeds can be prevented.
Goldefeu
Golden ivy can be used as a climbing plant, but also as groundcover. It grows slowly, but in the shade as well as in the sun. With its gold-yellow leaves, the golden ivy stands out in the garden and sets beautiful highlights.
cranberry
The large-fruited cranberry grows best in a sunny, sheltered location. It grows fast and covers large areas quickly. In the spring, it shows with its pink-white flowers from its most beautiful side.
dwarf rhododendron
The easy-care and hardy plant is rich in flowers and a feast for every garden!
elfenblume
The perennials are colorful and look particularly beautiful in rockeries or as bedding borders.
Scarlet field thyme
The field thyme needs sun, but is otherwise very easy to care for. With its carpet-like growth and the flowering of flowers between June and August, it makes excellent in beds or rockeries, but also as a bee pasture.
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