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Birds nest spruce is a versatile shrub that’s not for the birds

August 24, 2013 By Jim 17 Comments

Most landscapes have either too much evergreen foliage (i.e. Blue Colorado Spruce taking up the whole front yard) or too little (perennial gardens). So what's a gardener to do? How about instead of adding big spruce and pine trees that get too big, we add more evergreen shrubs to the landscape. In a previous post, I answered a reader’s question about selecting an evergreen shrub to put as a foundation plant. In that post, I mentioned one of my favorite easy care plants. The birds nest spruce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plant recommendations Tagged With: birds nest, conifer, Evergreen, shrub, spruce

Three top native evergreen trees for four season gardens

October 29, 2012 By Jim 9 Comments

A while ago, I did a post on 3 of my favorite evergreen shrubs.  Now I would like to discuss three of my top native evergreen trees for four season landscapes.  By native, I mean native to the U.S. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Evergreen, Plant recommendations Tagged With: candicans, Evergreen, Falsecypress, fir, pine, Sullivan, vanderwolf, Weeping

Adding winter interest to your landscape

September 22, 2012 By Jim 4 Comments

When designing a landscape for four season interest in the Midwestern United States, you must make planning for the winter season a priority.  This is a lesson I have learned the hard way. When I first started landscaping my own yard over a decade ago, I realized you needed evergreens to provide interest in all seasons.  I just did not realize how many evergreens you needed. So I got a few dwarf conifers like bird’s nest spruce and a Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii).  I then went on and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Winter Tagged With: Evergreen, four season, structure, winter garden

What is the best evergreen shrub for your foundation?

September 12, 2012 By Jim 3 Comments

BEST EVERGREEN SHRUB? I was recently asked the following question by a visitor to the garden:  “What would be the best evergreen shrub for under my kitchen window in full sun?  I don’t want an arborvitae that turns brown in the winter or an Alberta spruce.  I want something that stays green.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Evergreen, Plant recommendations Tagged With: bird's nest spruce, boxwood, enci mugo pine, Evergreen, foundation, green velvet boxwood, shrub, winter

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