Growing an evergreen hedge

Choosing evergreen shrubs is often a great solution to cut off inquisitive onlookers or simply to mark the limits of a garden with regarding to immediate neighbors.

They have the advantage of keeping their leaves all year round, and bring greenery to the garden in winter.

A hedge of evergreen shrubs will thus have the advantage of staying green all year round, and will not loose its leaves, which will spare you all that working picking leaves up…

But you can also try mixed hedging, which is a hedge grown from evergreen and deciduous shrubs, which will have the advantage of being more diverse and offer a greater range of flowers and leaves.

Finally, remember that hedges, both evergreen and deciduous, protect nature and hinder the spread of diseases and parasites.

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Which shrubs are best for an evergreen hedge?

Here is our selection of the most beautiful evergreen shrubs to grow your hedge

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Another noteworthy evergreen shrub is St. John’s wort.

Read also on creating hedges

• Composing a flowered hedge.
• Creating a mixed hedge.
• Choose berry shrubs to attract birds.
• Discover our calendar showing when shrubs bloom.

Read also on pruning

• All there is to know on pruning shrubs.
• The best time to trim hedges.