(Herunterladen) Large Purple Evergreen Shrubs

Rhododendron with tiny leaves and early flowering purple blooms the rhododendron is one of the best garden performers year after year.

Large purple evergreen shrubs. Aucubas are popular evergreen shrubs valued for their tolerance of full shade dry soils pollution and salty coastal conditions. Plain leaved varieties are available but the speckled yellow cultivars are the most popular and give rise to the common name spotted laurel. From evergreen flowering shrubs to dwarf evergreen shrubs here are our favorite varieties for your yard. Mountain laurel is a stand out evergreen shrub because it tolerates shade although best flowering occurs in light shade. Gardenia gardenia is another popular flowering evergreen shrub thriving year round in southernmost regions. Blame its popularity on the characteristic red berries it produces or its eagerness to grow in warm and humid regions. A native plant mountain laurel kalmia latifolia has pink buds in spring that open to white cup shape flowers.

The hardy shrub flowers in the summer and provides your landscape with shades of lilac purple or pink blooms. It not only keeps unwelcome insects and mosquitoes away but also blooms beautifully. Gardenias are commonly used as foundation plantings or placed in shade borders and gardens. This native typically grows 5 to 8 feet tall and wide. Photo by matt suwak. The plant is happy to stand upright and resists most pests and problems. Some varieties produce attractive flowers in the spring and colorful berries in the fall broadening their year round appeal.

Whether you live in the snowy north or the sunny south evergreens provide year round color texture and privacy. Evergreen shrubs bring life to dreary winter landscapes with their lush greenery. Attractive and long blooming the potentilla is a low maintenance shrub with beautiful bright flowers perfect for accent foundation or planting in large groups. The lavender plant is a fantastic evergreen shrub that is grown for its fragrant flowers and scented silver green foliage. They have leathery dark green leaves and stunning white blooms in summer that are highly fragrant.