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Minuet mountain laurel1/29/2024 This picture shows the compact cultivars: ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’, ‘Emerald Gaiety’ and ‘Moonshadow’ The colorful foliage of small evergreen Euonymus shrubs adds ornamental element to any garden. Small Wintercreeper Shrubs ( Euonymus fortunei) – Low-maintenance Evergreen Along with their scientific names, the list of plants below includes descriptions and pictures of these compact shrubs to help you choose the best ones for your garden. Here is a list of small and dwarf evergreen shrubs that are suitable for all yards. But you can also find dwarf trees that have shrub-like growth. Unlike trees that have a single trunk, shrubs have multiple woody stems growing from the ground. Generally, dwarf, evergreen shrubs only grow a few feet high. Small or Dwarf Evergreen Shrubs (With Pictures and Names) So, they don’t risk causing shadows on your house or your neighbor’s backyard. For example, dwarf spruces, yew shrubs, and arborvitae are just a fraction of the size of the tall garden trees that grow in forests. And, there are no leaves to clear up in the fall.Īnother advantage of growing dwarf evergreens such as conifers in your yard is that it lets you grow plants that, otherwise, would be too large. You don’t need to prune them to control their height. Compact evergreen bushes are easy to manage and require little-if any-maintenance. The advantage of planting small or compact evergreen shrubs is that they are low maintenance. Place small evergreen shrubs in the front of house to increase the curb appeal or as a decorative element in your backyard The Advantages of Growing Small or Dwarf Evergreen Shrubs Some compact cultivars have rounded growth, and others have a natural conical shape.ĭwarf rhododendron bushes ( Rhododendron)- Flowering evergreen shrubs that can act as a natural privacy screen in your backyard.Ĭompact pine shrubs ( Pinus) – Small evergreen tree like shrubs. Little arborvitae shrub-like tree ( Thuja)-Dwarf evergreen arborvitae shrub with soft, feathery foliage with dense growth. Small juniper shrub ( Juniperus)-Fast growing dwarf evergreen that can have a low-spreading growth habit and is excellent as ground cover plant, short hedge, or border shrub.Ĭompact holly shrub ( Ilex)-A dwarf thorny evergreen shrub with berries. Some of the best small or dwarf evergreen shrubs include:ĭwarf boxwood ( Buxus)- Low maintenance, evergreen shrub with a rounded growth that is suitable for growing as a specimen plant in the front yard or low hedge. You can also plant little or dwarf decorative evergreen bushes such as dwarf boxwood and compact junipers in a front yard to enhance your home’s curb appeal as they don’t grow so large that they hide your property. Due to their small size, you can plant many different types of ornamental dwarf conifers or evergreen plants in a large backyard. Varieties of compact, miniature shrubs aren’t just for growing in small yards. Small or dwarf evergreen shrubs are perfect for enhancing any type of garden landscape. Specific epithet means broad-leaved.Email Pinterest Facebook Twitter Linkedin Genus name honors Pehr Kalm (1715-1779), Finnish pupil of Linnaeus, who was sent by the Swedish government in 1748 to report on the natural resources of North America. Linnaeus named the genus herein after Swedish botanist Peter Kalm (1716-1779) who explored plant life in parts of eastern North America from 1747 to 1751. Mountain laurel has acquired a number of different common names over time including ivy bush, spoonwood, calico bush and American laurel. Kalmia latifolia is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. All parts of this plant are toxic if ingested. Elliptic, alternate, leathery, glossy evergreen leaves (to 5” long) are dark green above and yellow green beneath and reminiscent to the leaves of rhododendrons. If not deadheaded, flowers give way to non-showy brown fruits (3/16” dehiscent capsules) that persist into winter. Each flower (to 1” across) is cup shaped with five sides and ranges in color from rose to white with purple markings inside. Flowers appear in terminal clusters (corymbs to 6” across), typically covering the shrub in late May-June for several weeks with an often exceptional bloom. Notwithstanding its usual shrub habit, mountain laurel will rarely grow as a small tree (particularly on slopes in the Appalachian Mountains) to as much as 30’ tall. It typically grows as a dense rounded shrub to 5-15’ tall, opening up and developing gnarly branches with age. It is noted for its excellent spring flowers and quality year round foliage. Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, is a gnarled, multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to Eastern North America (New England south to the southern Indiana, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle) where it is found in a variety of habitats including open rocky or sandy woods, cool meadows, balds, mountain slopes and woodland margins.
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