Gardening Blog

Want to add more zest and personality to your yard? Want to make it more attractive and interesting? The first thing you need to do is fill your yard with the best evergreen trees and shrubs you can find online.

Adding evergreen trees and shrubs in your yard will give it a greener, fuller look. One of the evergreen trees you can put in your yard is the Douglas Fir, which has flat, needle-like leaves. This coniferous tree’s bark is reddish brown and its cones are light brown. The Douglas Fir shoots up to 60 feet, but if placed in its native habitat, it can grow as tall as 200 feet! This makes Douglas Firs excellent windbreaks and for background plantings.

A variety of evergreen trees and shrubs will add more depth to your yard. The perfect addition would be the most common evergreen shrub called Bird’s Nest Spruce. A versatile low growing shrub, it can be used as a border or foundation plant against buildings. It has a depression in its center, making it look like a bird’s nest. Its light green foliage and dark green needles make it perfect for rock gardens. This unique shrub takes a pyramidal shape when young and then becomes an impressive columnar when it matures. Best of all, the Bird’s Nest Spruce is low maintenance, thriving both in full sun and minimal shade.

Both the Douglas Fir and Bird’s Nest Spruce will give you the landscaped yard of your dreams. You may also want to check out other varieties of evergreen trees and shrubs available online. Do so now before stocks run out!