How to set up a mixed border and choose the right plants
Lively, colorful and evolving as seasons come and go, a mixed border is a brilliant combination of perennials, annuals, shrubs and grasses.
Evergreen shrubs
Evergreen shrubs keep their leaves alive during winter. They withstand cold weather and stay green.
Mexican Orange, superb flower shrub
The Mexican orange tree is a marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent little white flowers that smother the entire shrub.
Nandina domestica, the Sacred Bamboo
Nandina is a wonderfully beautiful shrub that many find appealing for its colored foliage and early summer blooming.
Azalea japonica, the Japanese azalea
Azalea japonica is a small heath shrub that provides evergreen, bushy growth.
Climbers that keep their leaves in winter: an evergreen vine selection
Very useful on a deck, balcony or terrace, evergreen climbing vines help create a cocoon of greenery. These also produce abundant flowers! Read on to discover our selection of ornamental evergreen plants.
Grevillea, superb flower shrub
Grevillea juniperina is a beautiful spring-blooming shrub, that is easy to grow in garden boxes, pots or in the garden.
Choisya Sundance, the golden Mexican orange tree
Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ is is a true marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent small white flowers and its superior golden yellow foliage.
Pleioblastus, the dwarf bamboo that’s a blast to grow
Definitely an outlier in the usually tall bamboo family, dwarf Pleioblastus won’t ever grow taller than 5 feet (1.5 meters).
