The sparse snow covering this month reveals the dull browns and grays of winter gardens. With a bountiful variety of native evergreens, your landscape need not look bare. Between the tree canopy and the ground, there are native evergreens to add at every layer of the garden.
Natives add year-round interest and color to the garden, providing diverse habitat and perfectly calibrated nutrition for our local wildlife.
From the tall to the small, the trees and shrubs listed below will green up your garden year round.
Native Evergreen Trees
American Holly - Ilex opaca
Arborvitae - Thuja occidentalis
Atlantic White Cedar - Chamaecyparis thyoides
Eastern Hemlock - Tsuga canadensis
Weeping Hemlock - Tsuga canadensis pendula
Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus viginiana
Eastern White Pine - Pinus strobes
White Spruce - Picea glauca
Native Evergreen Shrubs
Inkberry - Ilex glabra
Mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia
Rosebay rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum
Native Evergreen Perennials
Christmas Fern - Polystichum acrostichoides
Creeping phlox - Phlox subulata
Interrupted Fern - Osmunda claytoniana
Wintergreen - Gaultheria procumbens
Woodland Phlox - Phlox divaricata
