Evergreen garden bed

Whether you need foundation plants, want to plant a hedge or add to a garden bed, these evergreen shrubs for shade will look good all year.

Landscape layering is designing a garden that uses a variety of different plants positioned in multiple rows to form a casual, mixed border planting.

As most cottage gardens are located in countries with cold winters they can become bare in winter. This makes cottage garden evergreen plants extremely valuable! Here I list and summarise twelve of the best evergreen plants for cottage gardens.

White Wax Begonias Wax begonias are tender perennials in Zones 8-11 but I grow them as a flower suitable for edging beds in light shade. It has waxy leaves and produces clusters of single or double white flowers. Wax begonias bloom non-stop throughout the entire season until first frost. It looks great with another annual, Purple Angelonia, as I planted here.

These evergreen shrubs for full sun will stay green all year which makes them perfect for foundation plants, privacy hedges or garden beds.

Practical gardening advice from the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine team on what to do in your garden and greenhouse.

Gardeners seeking the best of both worlds want plants with pretty flowers that are also evergreen. This list provides a variety of nice choices.

Evergreen Low Maintenance Plants keep your garden looking gorgeous all year. They don’t lose their beauty, even as seasons change.

Conifers provide the garden with incredible form, color and texture in every season. Learn one expert’s secrets to designing with these evergreens.