Richard Warren
Add evergreens to your yard to create a year-round show.
Get ideas for how to landscape with these plants with our guide to using evergreens.
Highlight Flower Beds and Borders
Peter Krumhardt
There are hundreds of varieties of evergreens.
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Try them between brightly colored plants to give your eyes a visual break.
Not only can it help outline a path, but it can also provide privacy from neighbors.
Tall, columnar varieties of arborvitae, yew, and juniper are great for small spaces.
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If you have room, be sure to includebroadleaf evergreens, such as rhododendrons, as well.
Try growing two a few feet apart and wire them together to create a unique arbor.
Enjoy a Soothing Backdrop
Janet Loughrey
Give your beds andbordersa beautiful background with evergreens.
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Choose tall varieties that have dark green foliage to accentuate bright colors.
Test Garden Tip:Pay attention to plant shapes.
Cover the Ground
Eric Roth
Enjoy a beautiful carpet by letting spreadingevergreens become a groundcover.
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Introduce Your Personality
Erica George Dines
Boxwood, yew, and juniper take well to tight pruning.
Take advantage of this and clip them into fun shapes to add a bit of whimsy to your yard.
A low boxwood hedge becomes fun with a mounded corner.
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Or try spirals (as this variegated boxwood has been pruned) and other shapes.
They’ll take yearly pruning to keep their swirly shape, but the effect is worth the effort.
And bright yellows practically sing next to a dark green background.
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Unify Your Yard
Make garden design easy by choosing a theme and repeating it.
you could do the same thing with just about any shape or color.
Add Flowers for Contrast
Lynn Karlin
Embrace flowering evergreens to add landscape drama.
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Plant evergreen trees on the north or east side of your home and watch your savings grow.
Selections such as these are so eye-catching they don’t need neighbors.
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