Growing evergreen trees in the garden offers many benefits. Firstly, the needles or leaves do not fall during the year, and the plants allow the territory to look beautiful even in winter. Secondly, the plantations have thick and dense leaves, which make it possible to make screens or hedges out of them. Thirdly, such trees can reach large sizes. Also, plants have a variety of shades from green to yellow and blue, they perfectly brighten up everyday life with their variety.
Evergreens for solitary hedges and planting
Some gardeners use evergreen plantations as seedlings, whose dense foliage prevents the formation of weeds. For example, juniper, which grows well on steep terrain or on slopes, is a good choice.
If you need to create a screen between traffic or neighbors, evergreens will do just fine. To do this, choose thuja or juniper, which grows quickly and lends itself well to cutting.
Conifers and shrubs
Today, the market has many evergreens, such as cypress, holly, spruce, pine, etc. Any conifer will look beautiful in an open place. They should not be planted near the house, because a thick shadow will prevent natural light from entering the windows.
Gardeners are very fond of evergreen shrubs. They will not obscure the garden, but with their color they will bring variety. Many bushes also have unusual foliage, which makes them even more attractive.
Common pine
This evergreen tree is a fast-growing species, reaches a height of 40 meters. The young plant has a conical crown, which over time takes on a rounded shape. Over the years, the tree trunk is cleaned and looks very impressive. Breeders bred various varieties based on pine, weeping, spherical and narrow-conical.
Reaches 40 meters and Korean pine cedar. Evergreen tree prefers fertile soil. Today, several dwarf decorative varieties are bred. For example, Vinton grows no more than 2 meters, Glauka has bright blue needles. These species are perfect for a rock garden.
Shade-hardy and frost-resistant species is the Weymouth pine. The tree grows very quickly and is unpretentious to soils. There are decorative varieties that have a dwarf, "weeping" shape, with silver, white or golden needles.
A small evergreen tree, or rather, a multi-stem bush - cedar elfin has a long beautiful needles. The plant prefers high humidity of the soil and air. Such a tree will best develop in areas with frequent rainfall, with its bluish green color, it will stand out against the background of the garden.
A beautiful decorative tree is black pine. She has a black trunk and gray-green needles. The plant is drought tolerant, shade tolerant, not afraid of severe frosts.
Mountain pine can be attributed to both small single-stemmed trees and multi-stemmed shrubs. It has a thick dark green crown, unpretentious, can grow on stony poor soils. Its landing on a rocky hill will create a unique mountain landscape.
Colorado Blue is popular. The evergreen tree is a native of North America. The plant reaches a fifteen-meter height, differs in a pyramidal shape and gray-blue needles.
Of course, do not forget about the cedar. This elegant evergreen tree grows up to eighteen meters high and has long needles emerging from bunches. On its basis dwarf representatives are derived.