Broadleaved evergreens

[Brian_K]

Mangolias and rhodos grow well here. What other types of broadleaved evergreens are there that can take down to 0F? Or thereabouts? I just recently learned about evergreen maples, but info is hard to come by.

[Iowaboo]

I have a viburnum that stays green until January. I expect my scarlet firethorn to keep more green in the winter once it gains some more size.

[ocimum_nate]

I am thinking about Laurels, boxwood, and some species of euonymous. I am not sure about the evergreen maples though most of the species that are evergreen are only evergreen in warm areas and are deciduous if they can live in colder areas. The species that I am thinking about are native to southern china and vietnam area. Anyhow if I remember the descriptions it said something like evergreen to 30 F or something like that and the tree was hardy to like 10 F but was deciduous. I will have to look it up.

[marcat]

Live Oak
MarCat

[Roy]

Live Oak
MarCat

Unless we have an unusually cold winter, as some were in the mid 1980s, Live Oaks lose about 25 percent of their leaves in the Fall, then when Spring comes, and new leaves start pushing out, they lose the rest of the leaves.

Great plant for shade and they live several hundred years.

Roy in Tampa

[boonut]

I like the look of Live Oaks, but they do produce a LOT of litter this time of year with their bloom. Also, both my front and back yards are covered with nuts later in the year.

The squirrels come and dig all my pots to get the nuts or plant the nuts.

I planted about 40 at the farm, but they are sure taking their time out there.

[foxd]

I've found a number of oak seedlings scattered around the yard over the past few years. I've dug up two of them and have had them in pots the past two years. They seem to go through a cycle where they put out leaves and grow. Then the leaves turn brown and fall off and they look dead for a few months. I think this is a normal yearly cycle, but they are thoroughly out of sync with the seasons at this point. I plan to plant them in the yard when they are a bit bigger and hopefully back in sync with the weather.

I found the mother tree across the street last year, so I now know where the squirrels had been getting them. I'm amazed how small an oak tree can be and still produce acorns.

[Thuja]

Ya, Korean boxwood, Buxus microphylla var. koreana.

Also some ferns.

[ocimum_nate]

Mahonia aquafolium is also a good evergreen...

[Iowaboo]

Elaeagnus ebbingei should stay evergreen to 0F. Also, it suppose to bear fruit in early spring.

[Thuja]

Vinca minor
I had thought of another one, but now 'tis forgotten.

[Iowaboo]

Vinca is a pretty tough plant, Even Burgess couldn't prekill them for me.

[Brian_K]

I use Vinca major in some raised beds in the shade. They are evergreen and pop up everywhere. Some ended up far away because the trimmings rooted in my compost pile... Still like them though.

[Jeff: Igor's Apprentice]

Someone mentioned Korean Boxwood....

here's mine:



Starts out looking normal greens, slowly takes on a two toned edged look, golden by winter, white the following year....

[CadyG]

I've had Korean boxwoods for many years. They just keep getting better. They top out at around two-and-a-half high and three feet wide, the leaves are thick, shiny and keep their color all winter. They don't need pruning and are fantastic filler in a mixed border of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees.

I wish I had bought a dozen when I first tried this versatile shrub. Probably'll get more this spring.