Evergreen plants
Hi, Could someone help me out please, I have two area's I want to get some evergreen plants in.
The first area is, mostly shade, it gets about 3-4 hours of sun in the morning, It's south facing but most of it is facing the side of the house, the widest part of the border is about 2 metres wide and the smallest part is just over 1 metre wide.
The second area it has sun most of the day, this is also south facing but nothing is blocking the light out in this area, the widest part of the border is 2 metres and the smallest part is just over 1 metre wide.
I would like something that would flower if at all possible but the main thing is that it is green all year round, as most of the things I have die down in winter and it looks quiet a mess.
I would be grateful for any help.
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Thank you sophie17, I have loads of hosta's (as I love them) so I will be putting them in the shade area but I will keep them in pots, the slugs and snails over here are never ending, so I have them in pots with the copper tape and I always spray them with garlic water, seems to work for me.
Can I ask what size does your Hebes get please.
Thanks for your help.
choisya does well in some shade
In the sticks near Peterborough
My garden looks pretty awful in winter too Lorna95 and is in quite deep shade so I planted plenty of evergreens this year.
Although they don't really flower much I love the euonymous variegated shrubs 'Marieke' is my favourite as the yellow is quite toned down and they do look so cheerful in winter, they brighten the garden up.
Skimmia Japonica does well as does pieris, evergreen ferns, dapnes, witch hazel, chaenomeles, camellia, euphorbias look nice for most of the year, azaleas, Rhodedendrons (miniature ones).
My stars of winter were the hellebores, they flowered thir little socks off the whole wintr and looked amazing (I remove the leaves while they are flowering (or sepaling)
so the sepals show up better and they look great in a group.
Cotoneaster horizontalis - nice form and lots of winter berries.
nut I've never heard of that before so just goggled it and it is lovely, I will have to try and track that one down, it is really nice, thank you.
Thank you Sophie, I will have a look on there and see what ones would suit the garden, It would be nice to get a few different shades of plants, I will have a look on there. thank you.
Thank you Lou, that is quiet a list you have given me, I will have to look them all up and see if they would be ok for the garden, I have hellebores aswell, but I haven't planted them in the ground yet they are in big pots. Thank you for the info, will have to do my research now.
Just goggled Hebe heartbreaker, I can see why you fell in love, it is a lovely plant and I do like the colour it has, another one I will look at.
That should have said Daphne not Dapne
Georgeous scented flowers and evergreen leaves. A real gem.