Lots of Dwarf Evergreen Low Maintenance Shrubs for Foundation Planting
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- Lots of Dwarf Evergreen Low Maintenance Shrubs for Foundation Planting - In this video I cover lots of low growing and low maintenance shrubs that can be used on low foundations.
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Can you do a video about deep shade plants like a north side of the house that gets shade from the house?
Definitely in the plans!
yes please….i have shade under trees that are a challenge…so far hosta, ajuga, but other things thrived because of watering and a bit of sun that got through.
How much soil can i add to the area where there are roots, i’ve heard too much would smother the trees, is that a fable or truth?
Thank you! My house faces north too, and I’m truly stumped on what to grow there.
Definitely need a shade / partial shade, small flowering shrub, south side of the house. I appreciate any suggestions.
Bananappeal Anise would be good to mix in. Pictures don’t do it justice. They literally glow next to dark foliage.
I wish he was my neighbor.
With ya. Him and Stephany both; she's a love and has a degree in garden design.
I'm in zone 9b. Love the dwarf encore azaleas. Thanks to you and Steph for all the great, informative videos!
Thank you Jim. I was just looking up evergreen shrubs to add some winter interest to my garden. While I’m in a zone 6 I did see some that I may try finding to add to my garden. 🌺💚🙃
In past landscapes (20+ years ago) carissa holly, firepower nandina, and blue rug juniper had been my hardiest low-growing evergreens. Working on beds from scratch this year, and looking forward to planting some of these dwarf evergreens. Perfect timing! Thanks!
A Great one!! Thank you Jim Sandra from Rocky Mount NC
Just the video I needed. I have to redo our front foundation beds. Always so informative. Problem is finding the plants in our small town of two nurseries.
Great advice. I have a lot of these and difficult to decide favorite. Touch of gold holly, pittisforum, lemon-lime and obsession nandinas, daydream lorapetalum, plum yewtopia, boxwood.
Thanks!!!! Found some awesome options now gotta find the plants lol
My go to shrubs are pittosporum and lorapetalum. They’ve never had disease or pests. I can always count on them.
Wish you would say what is native and what is not in your videos. yaupon's and Abelia's are the only natives in this video that I know of. I think Doug Tallamy's message is gaining traction (In my mind at least).
he forgot inkberry. Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana'
Illicium floridanum 'Red Dwarf'
Illicium floridanum 'Swamp hobbitf'
Morella cerifera var. pumila
Morella cerifera 'Don's Dwarf'
On your recommendation I bought 2 Nandina Gulfstream, and 3 Arborvitae Fire chiefs for low growing colourful shrubs. I planted them in July 2020, and they have done so well in my Scottish garden. They were all small, but now about 20"x 20", and the Nandina are just getting their dark pink top foliage at last.
Wow! Amazing list, thank you!
Blue star juniper, Anna's magic ball arbovitae, winter heath
I do enjoy and have Obsession and Lemon Lime Nandina. The color on both are incredibly showy and they’re very easy to grow.
I have the obsession nandina and I love it. It's interesting, airy and such a pretty dwarf bush. I am in zone 8b
Great video, as usual, thanks! I wonder if the new USDA growing zones will enable you to try grevillea lanigera shrubs? They are super useful here in California zone 9, for large areas to be covered, with drought resistant, short height plants. (coastal gem is one foot tall by 5 feet wide.
Blue Star Juniper
I love this video Jim, it is a great compilation, thanks😃
This is a video I did not know I needed
love this list! Thanks Jim!
I love the Soft Caress Mahonia. We have hummingbirds year round here in the Seattle area and they love the flowers in winter. I really appreciate these types of compilation videos and this one gave me lots of ideas! For the future, I would love to see a video showing small trees that get great fall color. Another topic I struggle with is plants for dry shade so that's another video suggestion. Thanks Jim!
You're not going to mention the ever present spreading yew? 🤣. Seriously, though, I do really like mine. I agree about the soft touch hollies - I only have one left. They are not nearly as hardy as I would have liked.
I will be redoing my landscaping this fall. I’m new to the Raleigh area. Can you provide good nurseries that have these plants available? Thank you for your expert information.
Question
I have a rose of Sharon that is at least twenty years old.
When I moved in it literally has a trunk which is 3-4 inches around. It is as at Least 15 feet tall. I have been cutting the side branches in the fall, but this guy grows like a weed, albeit a gorgeous one. The problem is the branches get so full of flowers they really dip down.
We end up tying it to support it, but that does take away a bit from its look.
Any suggestions on how to make the branches stronger or how I should do a makeover on it? Thank you
I have an area that hardly gets sun if any, the area is 11’ x 8’, what plants would you recommend? I don’t want anything higher than 4’ but I would like perennials with color. I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks
Very helpful! Thank you
What is the spelling on the plant that is similar to Dragon Prince Cryptomeria?
I like nandina. I have Obsession all over my yard.
very nice
Obsession nandina
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens
My go-to small shrub is Blue Star Juniper...love the color, love the shape, love the size.
I'm doing those too. 😊
This video is a great example of why to listen to Jim. Thanks for sharing your years of experience in landscaping. I'm kind of like you are with crepe myrtles with hollies and box woods. Their everywhere so lets try something else. lol
How did you know I needed this video? As much as I love flowers and such - I feel my garden is evolving and I'm now adding more interest with green shrubs. I have enough boxwoods but am researching other shrubs. Great video - fountain looks great! 6b/Michigan.
I have been hoping for this video on low growing evergreens 🌲 great video Jim. Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching it!
Great video. There are small arbs like tater tot that work in cooler zones. I would like to submit a request for shrubs and perennials that do well with just a few hours of hot afternoon sun. Full sun plants don't bloom and it's too sunny for part shade. Zone 5b/6a Ohio
I second that. I have a few of those tricky spots too that only get sun when it's right overhead and blazing hot. So far daylilies and liatris have done the best for me there.
I am always like to listen to you,
Agriculture college is here,
Thank you Jim.
It’s not necessarily my favorite but sweet box, sarcococca is growing well and expanding in my shade garden and the deer leave it alone. I would love a video of shade plants including deer resistant ones, and tips for planting on a slope.
Dwarf Yaupon Holly; Nandina 'Firepower,' 'Obsession,' 'Gulfstream'; and almost any Abelia (maybe 'Rose Creek' being top) are my favorite small shrubs for N TX. I find it so baffling that the Dwarf Pittosporums and 'Soft Caress' Mahonia are zoned for 7 and yet they freeze in our zone 7b/8 of N TX. In our high alkaline soils, the azaleas and gardenias are just not practical without heroic soil prep. Curious how the Leucothoe would do -- or if they prefer acidic soil as well. Always enjoy your content and no-nonsense advice.
sadly, 'Soft Caress' mahonia failed in my north texas zone 8 garden as well.
Are Cephalotaxus also considered Japanese Plum Yew? I have some yews that look just like the Cephalotaxus in this video. They're great plants for shade and I love the foliage.
Yes, they are. I have three of the low, spreading plum yew and I love them too. "prostrata"
Perfect timing! I have some cottage-like garden beds and I'm looking for some low evergreen borders to frame them in. Dragon Prince Cryptomeria is one of my fave shrubs. Keeps it's shape, tough as nails, I love the weeping habit of the branches and the new growth is so cute. It grows surprisingly fast too, but never need to prune it. I started with a 1 gallon shrub and it's full grown 4 years later. I have so many shrubs in my landscape; lots of flowering hydrangeas and azaleas and butterfly bushes....loropetalums, abelias....that dragon prince cryptomeria gets the most compliments from visitors! So unexpected, all things considered, but it IS an awesome looking plant four seasons of the year.
What zone are you in? Where do you live?
Being more northern 5b/6a, evergreens I've used effectively on some banks are mugo pine 'enci' and cotoneaster dammeri 'coral beauty'. The coral beauty's spring flowers and bright red berries stop you in your tracks if you don't mind a more natural, un-manicured look.
Oh thanks for the tip! I was thinking cotoniaster and I'm 6a or b.
I love the softness of the Cryptomeria and have a "Black Dragpm", while a dwarf is not the very short foundation plant that the "Dragon Prince" is. I want a Mugo "Sherwood Compact" and an Abies concolor "Pigglemee". I am leaning toward putting a short ornamental grass in front of or between the dwarf evergreens.
I really like Goshiki Osmanthus. Seems tough as nails and deer resistant.
My 2 Soft Caress Mahonias didn't come with an "off switch" at all. They are over 5' x 5' and I recently had to prune some of the limbs back as they loose their leaves from the bottom up and look leggy. They are planted in the north foundation bed of my house and get full sun in the summer and full shade in the winter. They have had no problem with the sun.
One of my favorite shrubs this summer has been some Flirt nandinas I have as border shrubs. The new foliage color is brilliant! I'm in zone 8b.
Great timing! I am working on the "bones" of my new ornamental garden. I watched this video twice and took notes. Right now, my go-to evergreen shrub is the nandina. Almost indestructible in our punishing Oklahoma heat. Thanks for some other suggestions, Jim!
Love your show!
BUT‼️ •••. Please leave name of plants your showing with zones for a much longer time. I’m writing names of plants but I have to rewind • rewind • rewind every time I’d like to investigate to buy! Beautiful bushes etc!
Thanks 🧡 🌸🌺🌷
Thanks so much for this video! I’ve added in sprinter boxwoods and a couple of blush nandina this year. I’ve also potted up some Japanese boxwoods and baby gems. Will I need to bring my potted boxwoods in or cover them in a freeze. I’m in central TX zone 8b for reference. Thank again for all the knowledge and info you share with us!
Just purchased some Anna’s Magic Ball arborvitae. Very small shrub. 10-15 inches tall and wide.
I have a lot of shade. I love the plum yews. Have done well with the dry shade.
Great recommendations Jim!
I struggle with dry shade on a slope and these are great plants to solve my gardening problems.
Weeping yaupon is a great small tree though I probably would not use it as a foundation planting. If pruned, it has an Asian garden look. I like Asian gardens for their reliance0 on evergreens. Annuals seem to me as budget busters, but even in retirement, once an accountant, always an accounant. Still I can't do without pansies or snapdragons.
Jim, I got my first Dragon Prince a couple of years ago when you first talked about it. I LOVE it. I now have several dotted around my borders ❤️
I need something to replace my junipers in a zigzags planting that can be maintained to 12” to 18” ut will not show woody stems when pruned, pls respond thank you so much nice video
Most of these plants are for warmer climates. I'm in Zone 4-5 and would have been helpful to know this.
Lots of evergreens for zones 6 and above but what about those of us in zone 5b? We have lots of clay soil here in Indiana so I've learned a lot from watching your video's on how to plant in this heavy soil of ours.
Are any of these blight resistant and deer resistant? I currently have boxwoods and they have blight so I need to replace about 14 of them with another plant of the same general size that are blight resistant. We also have a lot of deer in the neighborhood so something deer resistant is needed too.
This was the best mini course on dwarf plants ever. I loved that you put the zones in the names. Much appreciated. Cheers
Good morning Jim! I enjoy watching your videos, from central PA zone 6b. Would sprinter boxwoods, kept about 2 feet high, do well in morning shade with afternoon til dusk sun? Soil is clay amended with mix of mushroom compost, top soil, and home made compost. Would be in a well draining spot. And would a dwarf encore azalea overwinter in a large pot in 6b? Thanks for your amazing videos!
Wow! Amazing list, thank you!
I like that description...maintainable at...which is so true. I thought you just plant and never have to prune. So wrong. Dwarf Yuphon hollies and Crissia hollies are huge. I'm considering cutting them back hard next Feb. then try to maintain their height.
Great suggestions! I love cryptomeria, they look so prehistoric to me . Each shot is almost a Where's Holly? game.
For your higher gardening zone folks, I like Coprosma also known as mirror plant. Rainbow surprise is a beautiful tri-color plant. The leaves are very glossy.
I have several of these. Agree with the Pittosporum, Soft Caress Mahonia & abelias. Beautiful & tough.
I planted several touch of gold holly’s this spring in some trouble spots. Trying a few more low shrubs instead of perennials.
I too love the Purple Daydream Lorapetalum. My go-to evergreen is Steeds Holly. Thanks for your valuable info!
Thank you..great options! I'm partial to the smaller distylium and the dwarf nandinas
Fantastic information Jim!!! Thank you for all that you are teaching us.
Thanks. I needed this. Planning to add some in my full sun zone 6b garden. Lots of food for thought.
You left out 'Blush Pink' nandina which is my absolute favorite one by far. Really nice maroon color on new growth plus the bright red during winter. I have 'Kaleidoscope' abelia north of my house and it stays mostly yellow all winter, probably due to not getting any direct sunlight except during summertime, but I prefer 'Rose Creek' abelia since you can actually see the flowers on it vs. the variegated abelias the flowers mostly disappear and are really just foliage plants (which is great of course, and the pollinators still can find the flowers even though I can't see them).
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana'
Illicium floridanum 'Red Dwarf'
Illicium floridanum 'Swamp hobbitf'
Morella cerifera var. pumila
Morella cerifera 'Don's Dwarf'
Thanks, Jim. This is the video I didn't know I needed. Lots of great information.
I have quite a few regular and Golden Globe arborvitae, some Mr. Bowling Ball arborvitae and a few dwarf yaupon hollies throughout my garden. Now that they have grown in and are mature, they certainly provide a great deal of evergreen structure during the winter months and are pretty much maintenance free! Zone 7A
Great video! I have been trying to add more evergreens. I have lost a few chamaecyparis varieties I’ve tried, which is discouraging (watering issues I suspect). Definitely have been needing more options for evergreens, so this is well timed. Thanks!
Great video. I like the Cinnamon Girl Distylium.
Yaupon holly also tolerates occasional flooding which makes it WAY BETTER for low country gardens near wetlands than any kind of boxwood. It is my favorite evergreen - absolutely plant it and never fuss with it again.
ahh! just what I needed and was looking for! great video! Loves these!
Hi Jim, thanks for your experience in gardening, been following your channel for some years and I love it. My problem is this season I had a manifestation of beetles, and their larvae (grubs) have chewed my plants leading to dead plants. I never had this issue before. Secondly I've not had luck with Azeleas, Rhododendrons and my two Camellias dried up. I am in zone 7b Austria and our summers are mostly very dry and hot. Any suggestions, I would appreciate. Thanks again!
Get a dwarf Azalea and put it in a container with plenty of room but not too big. Encore Azaleas are small. They are also more sun and heat tolerant than the other varieties. If you put it in a container just make sure to water it, make sure it drains well, and not let the soil get dry. I found my encore azelea getting even more full sun and heat in the nursery. I live in North Texas 7A. Heat, a lot of humidity, not much rain, plant is still alive.
Wow was this an incredibly informative video Jim!!!!! Thank you so much. Your explanations are concise, detailed and fun. I learn so much from you thank you!!! My favorite right now is Cryptomeria, what a lovely and elegant looking shrub!!!!
Re: Cryptomeria Globosa nana - From Monrovia - "Slowly reaches 2 to 3 ft. tall, slightly wider; 4 to 8 ft. tall with age." Many places list a height of 6'.
HELLO Jim! I have a good many Japanese Cleyera I planted years ago, that have grown very tall as a planted hedge on a slope near my property line here in Georgia 30078. I haven't trimmed them yet. They are looking bad, thinned out, and some have died.
What do you recommend to restore my Cleyera hedge as it is late February here in 2023? Thanks.
I love the colorful nandinas but I’ve never had one that hasn’t been invasive despite the claims otherwise! Are these truly, TRULY non-invasive? I just can’t go after all those runners again! 😂
The hex midget average ID is a great small globe Evergreen shrub and the tater. Tot is the same just a little bit smaller and then. You have the Anna's magic ball which. Is? Yellow. What else? And then there's some small compact juniper's like the blue star juniper. Blue star juniper has that nice blue green color and then if you want something a little bit larger. There's the globe type Colorado blue spruce. It grows into a small globe. And then you have the small false gold mop cypress which which are also very pretty and have a pretty golden color.
Love my Blue owl junipers, has done well for three years here zone 6b in both sun and shade, the lighter dusty blue color and the soft lacy texture is beautiful as is the wonderful Christmasy scent when you brush against it!
What could I use in a rectangle bed never planted by previous owners. I’m having such a hard time designing these three beds 2’x12’
Thank you
I wrote Autumn Lilac tm Encore Azalea as one I'll be on the look out for x 🧡💛🧡😇🙏🇦🇺🧡💛🧡🌼🕊️
My favorite foundation plants for zone 11b are azaleas, orchids, and nandinas. I would add soft caress mahonias, but difficult to find.
This is a great video for those of us planning to do fall shrub planting. We have a big landscape and need no fuss low-growing hedging plants. I found your video on Bordeaux dwarf yaupon holly and going to try them out. We have nothing but green in the landscape, and I think the slight tinge of red will make a nice contrast.
Do the cryptomeria shrubs bronze in the winter? I have cryptomeria and they yellow and bronze in the summer winter.
Perfect! I am redoing my foundation plantings next spring and this is super helpful. I’ve always been fond of nandinas.
Looks like Holly is keeping things under control for you! 😂😅😂
She certainly knows where the camera is!
Jim I am in zone 7b. 6 years ago I used kill even a cactus. Today I have planted many in my garden after watching your videos on how to plant in clay soil. They are all doing great.
Could you please share the name of the nursery you are in the video?
Jim I live in zone 9b, I am looking for a dwarf shrub or an ornamental grass for a very narrow walkways on either side of a concrete rectangular steps concrete walkway in front of a front door. The house is contemporary style.
‘Spiders Web’ fatsia, ‘Jubilation’ gardenia, ‘Yewtopia’ yew
I wish you could mention more of those low growing plants for zone 5 gardens
Very informative, but are they deer resistant? It makes shrubs a thumbs up or thumbs down in North Georgia.
Is there a boxwood that doesn't smell like cat pee? That's one of the biggest reasons I will never plant arbor vitae as a wall. All of the boxwoods I've ever had has smelled like cat pee.
I really like euonymus shrubs. I can leave them and not have to prune at all. Evergreen and healthy shiny foliage .
Z7a OK - Nandina (fire power & obsession), and yaupon, which is the most non-destructive plant. Also Burford holly & pyracantha. The only small ones in this group are the Nandinas. My fire power nandinas are over 26 years old and have survived some of the harshest extremes in weather. The Hollys have as well. I also have a small hedge of wax leaf privet also 26 years old which have been cut way back twice in their life time due to a whim. So even though they aren’t all low growing they are definitely low maintenance for me. Thought I would try sunshine ligustrum & a small emerald green thuja two years ago. The weather took 4 ligustrums so I replaced them. Tried to bring back the damaged ligustrums and only one came back with vigor. And this year the weather took the thuja - turned them all brown but at the very bottom. Nurseryman said to wait and see if they recover before I replace. It would be nice, wouldn’t it, if gardeners could get a heads-up on the weather two years in advance. The weather for the last two years has been so record breaking extreme.