You don’t need to live in a warm climate to plant flowering evergreen shrubs in your landscape.
Evergreen Azalea
Most azaleas are deciduous but there are some evergreen varieties such as Encore azaleas.
Most evergreen azaleas flower in early to midspring, though some rebloom in summer and fall.
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The soft pink flowers in spring turn into bluish-purple fruits later in the season.
Once established, Indian hawthorn is drought tolerant.
Colors include pink, lavender, white, salmon, red, yellow, and bicolor.
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Once established, a camellia may last for generations, growing bigger and better every year.
To increase its flower size, remove all but one bud from each of its bud clusters.
Be sure to prune this shrub immediately after flowering to stimulate more branching.
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It provides two seasons of bloom, a big show in the spring and another in the fall.
The plants are deciduous if winter temperatures drop below 0F.
Gardeniasdo well in containersand can be kept indoors over the winter in northern climates where they are not hardy.
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Feed once a month during the growing season with an acidic fertilizer or fish emulsion.
The plantsrequire little pruning, and they can besheared into a hedge or topiary.
The plants sport eye-catchingdark green or green-and-white foliageas well as small, intensely fragrant white flowers in the spring.
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As a bonus, the new growth in spring starts out bronze-red.
Use mahonia as a hedge or grouped in a shrub border or woodland garden.
There are also several dwarf and groundcover varieties of this shrub.
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It is drought resistant and will naturalize well on a slope or hillside.
Pyracantha is prone to both scab and fire blight, so look for disease-resistant cultivars.
Rhododendron shrubs look terrific planted singly near an entry or lined up to createa spectacular flowering hedge.
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These beauties thrive in a shade garden where they are protected from extreme summer heat and drying winter winds.
But this small evergreen shrub is also useful in the landscape as an ornamental plant.
It has a tidy shape and is covered with evergreen, needle-like leaves.
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Many varieties also have small but colorful blue, purple, or white blooms that attract pollinators.
Containers filled with rosemary make an attractive addition to patios and decks.
Its flower clusters are white, pink, or red, and the individual florets look like inverted parasols.
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