Selecting Shrubs

The following sampler offers you a shopping guide for choosing the right evergreen shrub for your purposes.

Evergreens for Edging or Low Hedges:

• Box-leafed euonymus
• Dwarf Japanese yew
• English boxwood
• Everlow yew
• Harland boxwood
• Korean boxwood
• Littleaf boxwood
• Rotunda holly

Low Evergreens that Won’t Hide Windows in a Foundation Planting:

• Carissa holly
• Crimson Pygmy barberry
• Dwarf junipers
• Dwarf nandina
• Dwarf wax myrtle
• Dwarf yaupon
• Gumpo azalea
• Helleri holly
• Stokes holly
• Otto Luyken laurel
• Rotunda holly
• Spreading English yew
• Wardii yew

Good Evergreens for Large Clipped Hedges and Privacy Screens:

• Abelia
• American boxwood
• Arborvitae
• English boxwood
• English yew
• Hybrid yews
• Inkberry holly
• Japanese holly
• Littleleaf boxwood
• intergreen barberry