Evergreen Plants

They keep their leaves all year, so they give a garden permanent structure, colour and cover. That makes them the backbone of a planting scheme and the best choice for year-round privacy and screening.

Most are low-maintenance. They rarely need cutting back beyond the odd tidy-up, and because they do not drop all their leaves at once, there is far less clearing up than with deciduous plants.

They are the best choice for it. Since the foliage stays put through winter, an evergreen screen or hedge keeps you private all year, unlike deciduous plants that thin out and let the view through once the leaves fall.

Yes, a little. Evergreens shed and replace old leaves gradually through the year rather than dropping the lot in autumn, so they always look clothed even though the individual leaves are being renewed.