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Evergreens for border

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MightyMeerkat · 30/10/2020 15:43

Can anyone recommend evergreen plants for my empty borders? The borders looked great in summer when the annuals were romping away. Now I've just got bare soil and a lot of it!

Thanks!

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minipie · 30/10/2020 15:52

I’ve just redone my garden and have put in :

Hebe topiaria
Rosemary (upright and trailing versions)
Sarcococca confusa aka Sweet box (not actually a box)
Convulvulus cneorum
Lavender
Evergreen grasses
Trachelospermum jasminoides up the walls

I also like

Pittosporum (I’d choose a small one for borders like Golf ball)
Daphne Eternal Fragrance
Some of the smaller spruces/conifers like Picea or Thuja occidentalis

You could also put in some bedding plants that flower now ish like cyclamen and nerines.

peakotter · 30/10/2020 20:58

I’m planning a new bed now, the aim is about 1/3 evergreen.

Hebe are good.
I have a low evergreen azalea for the front of the bed, with alliums planted underneath it for summer colour.
Succulents and ground cover like Ajuga are good for between the plants. I let them spread in the summer so they fill the ground over winter, and then weed them out in spring as the other plants grow back.
Grasses
Anything with interesting seed heads can be left, like Iris or Delphinium
At the back an evergreen climber is nice if you’re just onto a fence.
Pinks (dianthus) are nice for the spiky foliage and compact shape.
Sage and rosemary.

MightyMeerkat · 31/10/2020 10:48

Thank you for your replies! I like the idea of sage and rosemary. And hebe.

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senua · 31/10/2020 12:30

euonymus, rhododendron, bergenia, aucuba, fatsia japonica, box topiary, thyme.

FLOrenze · 31/10/2020 17:24

Winter heathers come in many different shapes and colours. They are very easy to care for.

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