Decorative Evergreen Shrubs

Dwarf Boxwood Buxus A Small Evergreen Shrub With a Rounded Growth.

Decorative evergreen shrubs. Also known as Prunus laurocerasus this is a favorite evergreen shrub in the Philadelphia region. In winter the foliage acquires attractive tinges of deep red. In addition to finding the best types of evergreens for your yard you can also find other flowering designer plants and trees that complement the dark green foliage.

Blame its popularity on the characteristic red berries it produces or its eagerness to grow in warm and humid regions. They can be particularly useful in borders where they act as a canvas for more seasonal plants. BoxwoodEvergreen ornamental shrubs with small oval glossy evergreen leaves these shrubs grow to medium size.

The hardy shrub flowers in the summer and provides your landscape with shades of lilac purple or pink blooms. Firethorn Firethorn is a small-leaf evergreen shrub with slow growth and bright berries. Daphne transatlantica Eternal Fragrance Blafra AGM.

They can serve many landscape uses. When you think of small evergreen shrubs do you picture uninteresting lumps of green dotting a landscape. Osmanthus burkwoodii AGM.

These shrubs make excellent low-growing cover in suitable areas of the landscape and can also be used as foundation plantings. The Lavender plant is a fantastic evergreen shrub that is grown for its fragrant flowers and scented silver-green foliage. See our plants for privacy all of which typically reach their mature size within a few seasons.

There are thousands of types of evergreen shrubs in every size and shape with shades of green ranging from deepest emerald to sunny golden-green. Some of the evergreen shrubs have additional interest of their own including flowers berries or scented foliage. Photo by Matt Suwak.