| Evergreen trees are extremely valuable in your yard. | | | | to the landscape. Use these next to a tall, two or |
| Evergreen means that the plant retains its foliage all | | | | more stories, building. In the yard and garden use |
| year long. Even in the smallest areas they can help to | | | | them as a dramatic accent when you want a |
| prevent a look of bareness in the winter months. | | | | sweeping up toward the sky effect. They can also |
| They also make a great windbreaks and shelters for | | | | be effective in screening utility poles from view. |
| small animals and birds that live in your yard. You can | | | | Large evergreen trees like Native Spruce, Hemlock, |
| plant evergreens in early spring and also safely in late | | | | Pine and Fir are best kept at a slight distance from |
| August and in September. You can also transplant | | | | buildings. Pruning such evergreen trees while still |
| evergreens in these same seasons. You do not want | | | | young will cause them to become chubbier and |
| to transplant an evergreen unless it is at least three | | | | thicker growing. Use them to block unsightly views, |
| to four feet in height. Try to select evergreens that | | | | as windbreaks, large hedges and noise blockers. Large |
| are best suited for your yard and your landscaping | | | | evergreen trees create an atmosphere of calm. |
| theme. | | | | Having a group of evergreen trees in the yard is like |
| Dwarf and miniature landscape evergreens are an | | | | having a group of friends always there waiting for |
| excellent choice for home landscaping projects. Very | | | | your return. |
| little trimming is needed for miniature or dwarf | | | | Broad growing evergreen trees such as Techney and |
| evergreens. They fit into today's more compact | | | | Nigra Arborvitaes, mid size Junipers, Muhgo Pines and |
| yards easily and they can be combined in their own | | | | Capitata Yews are quite versatile. They can all be |
| endless mix of color and texture. There are enough | | | | used as specimen plants alone or in groupings. They |
| cultivars available now that a person could have a | | | | make fine hedge stock. All can be used as foundation |
| bed of all dwarf blue conifers or all gold. Dwarf | | | | plantings around fairly large buildings. Any except the |
| conifers are the ideal choice to use in a bed that will | | | | Muhgo Pine would be a good choice to hide service |
| be seen from inside your home. They are also ideal | | | | meters or screen from view any number of |
| to use as foundation plantings if acquired at a large | | | | distracting items that might be eye sores in your |
| enough size to be seen. While the dwarf evergreens | | | | yard. |
| start out very small and slow they won't usually | | | | Dwarf and Intermediate evergreen shrubs are |
| overgrow their allotted space. | | | | excellent used as foundation plantings. Most of the |
| Unlike annuals or perennials, landscape evergreens will | | | | dwarf and Intermediate evergreens are compact and |
| be there for you year round. As your shrubs and | | | | dense growing. They fit well as accents in perennial |
| trees grow and become established they will need | | | | gardens. Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Emerald Green |
| very little maintenance. They provide shade that | | | | Arborvitae and Holmstrup Arborvitae are often used |
| inhibits the growth of weeds. In spring the colorful | | | | in this way. There are several very compact growing |
| new growth on evergreen trees and evergreen | | | | Arborvitae and Chamacyparis that can be used as |
| shrubs is a delight. Often a lighter shade of color the | | | | tiny specimen and hedges in and around the perennial |
| new growth lends a bi-tone effect to plants. As new | | | | garden. Hetz and Little Giant Cedar grow two and |
| growth hardens off the shrubs become one solid | | | | three feet tall. Their natural round shape and size |
| color again, except for those that are actually | | | | adds a touch of whimsy to flower and evergreen |
| bi-tones like the Snowtip Cedar. In the summer and | | | | shrub gardens. |
| the fall the dark green conifers are a lush backdrop | | | | Evergreen trees and shrubs provide nesting for birds |
| for bright colored annuals and perennials. And what | | | | during the warm weather and protected roosting |
| would winter be without a dusting of snow shown | | | | sites during the cold of winter. Evergreens come in a |
| off on a rich green backdrop of evergreen shapes? | | | | variety of shapes and sizes, and you should be able |
| This makes for a beautiful family Christmas picture in | | | | to find one or two suitable to any yard. Choose from |
| front of the snow topped evergreens. | | | | any of the firs, spruces, pines, junipers, hemlocks, |
| Tall and narrow evergreen trees like Pyramidal | | | | and hollies to make your yard look bright and |
| Arborvitaes and Hetz Junipers add height and drama | | | | beautiful all year long. |