Evergreen plants

Evergreen plants are easy to look after and often require little maintenance. Being evergreen, they also give you some winter interest. Evergreen plants needn't be boring - simply add variety by choosing evergreen plants with different shaped leaves, different shaped plants, plants that flower at different times of the year and different shades of green.

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Evergreen Grasses

Carex buchananii
Carex flagellifera
Carex 'Frosted curls'
Carex 'Evergold'
Carex 'Fishers form'
Carex pendula
Deschampsia
Festuca glauca
Stipa arundinacea
Uncinia rebra

Evergreen Perennials

Acaena
Ajuja reptans -  'Burgundy glow', 'Caitlin's giant', 'Multicolour', 'Pink elf', 'Rainbow', 'Variegata'
Alyssum saxatile
Androsace cylindrica
Androsace sarmentosa
Androsace sempervivoides
Arabis
Arenaria balearica
Arenaria montana
Arenaria purpurascens
Armeria
Aubretia
Cerastium tomentosum
Chiastophyllum
Dierama
Epimedium
Erysimum - 'Bowles mauve', 'Bredon', 'Constant cheer'
Euphorbia amyg. 'Purpurea Robbiae'
Euphorbia characias wulfenii
Euphorbia martinii
Euphorbia mellifera
Euphorbia myrsinities

Evergreen Shrubs

Arbutus - Strawberry tree
Aucuba - Spotted laurel
Azalea japonica varieties
Berberis darwinii
Berberis julianae
Berberis lologensis - 'Apricot queen', 'Mystery fire'
Berberis stenophylla
Brachyglottis
Buxus - Box
Callistemon
Camellia
Carpenteria
Ceanothus
Choisya
Cistus - Broom
Convolvulus cneorum
Cordyline
Cotoneaster conspicuus decorus
Cotoneaster dammeri
Cotoneaster exuriensis
Cotoneaster franchetii
Cotoneaster hybridus pendulus
Cotoneaster lacteus
Cotoneaster microphyllus
Cotoneaster rothschildianus
Daphne cneorum
Daphne napolitana
Daphne odora aureomarginata
Daphne tangutica
Elaegnus macrophylla
Elaegnus pungens
Embrothrium
Escallonia
Eucalyptus
Eucryphia
Euonymus fortunei
Euonymus japonica
Fatsia
Garrya
Gaultheria
Griselinia
Halmium
Hebe
Helichrysum
Hypericum calycinum
Ilex - Holly
Itea
Kalmia
Laurus nobilis - Bay
Lavendula - Lavender
Leucothoe
Ligustrum - Privet
Lonicera nitida
Lonicera pileata
Loropetelum
Luma - Myrtle
Magnolia grandiflora
Mahonia
Nandina

Evergreen Trees

Conifers
Eucalyptus
Hoheria
Ilex
Quercus ilex - Holm Oak