The Right Evergreen for the Right Site
The Right Evergreen for the Right Site
Hardly anything adds more to the year-around landscape than evergreens. Selecting the right evergreen for a specific site is very important. If the plant doesn't suit the site it may not do well and may even die. Before planting, evaluate the site and then select an evergreen plant that suits that site. Be sure to check all the lists that pertain to your situation. For instance, if you live up north in Zone 3 and need an evergreen for a lightly shaded area with clay soil and a pH of 7.5, you will have to look at the list for clay, high pH, light shade and Zone 3. Fortunately, arborvitae is suitable to all those conditions.
Here are a few other things to be sure you take into account:
• Clay does not necessarily mean wet.
• Wet soil means occasionally, not constantly.
• A plant suitable to dry soils will still need adequate moisture to establish a good root system.
• An area of “light shade” still gets more than a half day of direct sun.
• An area of “medium shade” is either very high light or gets several hours of sun.
• Low pH - acidic soils have pH readings below 7.0
• High pH - alkaline soils have pH readings above 7.0
Evergreens for Light Shade
Arborvitae
Douglas Fir
Balsam Fir
Hemlock
Microbiota
Yew
Evergreens for Medium Shade
Hemlock
Yew
Evergreens for Exposed Sites
Black Hills Spruce
Mugho Pine
Evergreens for Hedging
Arborvitae
Hemlock
Yew
Salt Tolerant Evergreens
Austrian Pine
Black Hills Spruce
Colorado Spruce
Evergreens for Clay Soils
Austrian Pine
Colorado Pine
Yew
Evergreens for Sandy Soil
Mugho Pine
Norway Pine
Scotch Pine
Evergreens for Dry Soils
Juniper
Pine
Evergreens for Wet Soils
Arborvitae
Balsam Fir
Black Spruce
Evergreens for High pH-Alkaline Soils
Arborvitae
Junipers
Low pH-Acid Soils
Chamaecyparis
Pines
Spruce
Zone 2 Hardy Evergreens
Grey Owl Juniper
Prairie Elegance Juniper
Northern Pride Microbiota
Procumbens Spruce
Beauvronensis Pine
Big Tuna Mugho Pine
Slowmound Mugho Pine
Dwarf Blue Spruce
Blue Pearl Dwarf Spruce
Mrs. Cesarini Dwarf Spruce
Swiss Stone Pine
Scotch Pine
White Pine
Norway (Red) Pine
Uncle Foggy Weeping Pine
Weeping White Spruce
Zone 3 (all of the Zone 2 list and..)
Almost all Arborvitae
Balsam Fir
Black Hills Spruce
Blue Nest Spruce
Blue Shag Pine
Colorado Spruce
Concolor Fir
Hillside Creeper Pine
Macopin Pine
Mugho Pine
Norway Pine
Zone 4 (all of the Zone 2 and 3 lists, plus...)
Austrian Pine
Chamaecyparis
Clanbrassiliana Spruce
Hemlock
Junipers 15 types
Serbian Spruce
Sunkist Arborvitae
Weeping Blue Spruce
Yews
Additional Bachman's Information
Miscellaneous Evergreens
Evergreen Shrubs
Evergreen Trees
Spruce — Pines
Arborvitae — Junipers
Evergreen Problems: Cultural and Environmental
Evergreen Problems: Insects
Evergreen Problems: Diseases
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