Laurus nobilis, or sweet bay, is the bay leaf used in cooking. It is a handsome evergreen shrub that grows anywhere from twelve to forty feet, but in our climate, usually stays in the twelve to fifteen foot range. Yellow…
Euonymus j. microphyllus, or box-leaf euonymus, is a slow growing evergreen shrub that grows to only one to two feet tall and about half as wide. It is frequently used as a hedging plant. It prefers full sun and moderate to…
The Cotoneasters listed here are all evergreen and require little to moderate water. They have small white flowers in spring and red berries in autumn and winter. The most common groundcover types are ‘Coral Beauty’, ‘Lowfast’ and ‘Streib’s Findling’, all of…
Helianthemum is a great low growing evergreen shrub. It only gets about six inches tall and spreads two to three feet. Flowers can be white, yellow, pink, orange or red. The biggest flower show occurs in late spring or early…
Callistemon, or bottlebrush, is a well-known shrub. It is loved by hummingbirds and bees. The most commonly grown species is C. citrinus, a fast grower to ten to fifteen feet tall and wide. An excellent dwarf variety is C. viminalis…
Buxus, or boxwood, is the classic hedging plant. It responds well to pruning and clipping and is also great for topiaries. It is a slow grower and is very cold hardy. Some varieties and species turn orange to bronze in…
Solanum jasminoides is a very vigorous evergreen vine with lovely dark green foliage and white, unscented flowers. It grows to thirty feet very rapidly. It likes sun and moderate to regular water. Be aware that it is poisonous if ingested.
Parthenocissus is a deciduous vine known for its outstanding autumn color. The most common species are P.quinquefolia, or Virginia creeper, and P. tricuspidata, or Boston ivy. Both cling to surfaces by suction disks. They can get as large as fifty…
Most Clematis is deciduous, but there is an evergreen species, C. armandii, which grows to fifteen to twenty feet and has white, vanilla scented flowers in the spring. It can take some sun, but also does well in the shade.…