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Evergreen Shrubs

Evergreen shrubs retain useful foliage through winter and provide year-round structure for borders, screening, foundations and mixed planting.

Evergreen shrubs keep borders visually anchored through winter, providing foliage, screening and a permanent backdrop for seasonal flowers. They are especially useful near entrances, boundaries and mixed borders that would otherwise become bare for several months. Ireland’s mild winters support a wide choice of evergreen shrubs, although wet soil and cold drying winds can still damage unsuitable plants. Choosing varieties for exposure and drainage gives more reliable year-round foliage and reduces winter losses.
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Evergreen Shrubs for Irish Gardens

What This Collection Brings to the Garden

Evergreen shrubs retain useful foliage through winter and provide year-round structure for borders, screening, foundations and mixed planting.

Evergreen shrubs keep borders visually anchored through winter, providing foliage, screening and a permanent backdrop for seasonal flowers. They are especially useful near entrances, boundaries and mixed borders that would otherwise become bare for several months.

Why It Works in Irish Gardens

Ireland’s mild winters support a wide choice of evergreen shrubs, although wet soil and cold drying winds can still damage unsuitable plants. Choosing varieties for exposure and drainage gives more reliable year-round foliage and reduces winter losses.

Choosing the Right Plants

Choose shrubs by mature height and spread, evergreen or deciduous habit and the season in which you want the strongest effect. Allowing enough room at planting usually gives a better result than repeated hard pruning later.

Planting and Care

Water well during establishment and mulch where useful. Prune according to the individual shrub’s flowering habit; unnecessary clipping can reduce flowers, berries and the natural shape.

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