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Very Small Evergreen Low Maintenace Plants for Shade Foundation Gardens



Very Small Evergreen Low Maintenace Plants for Shade Foundation Gardening – In this video we go over to Swift Creek Nursery to look at low growing evergreen plants for shady conditions. It can be hard to find compact low growing shrubs that can be kept under 2′ in height.

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33 Comments

  2. RgvE

    I loved these two videos for small shrubs which I needed in both sun and shade conditions. Oh, that little area with your variegated boxwood with all your containers and the surrounding plants in the ground is STUNNING. I had to take a screenshot because all those plants put together is picture perfect. I’ve been learning a lot about plant combinations from your videos and applying it to my own garden. Thank you!

  3. Eric Jorgensen

    Thank you Mr Putnam.
    I have a shady Front porch area to make a planting for (replacing some overgrown hollies)… Lots of good options here. 👍

  5. thefitzs

    I have 3 prostrate Japanese Plum Yews in my part shade front bed. It DID take quite a while for them to get established but now they're nice and wide and just beautiful!

  9. Kristy Whited

    I have the Duke Gardens Yew (group of 3) in zone 6b. They've been in the ground for about 3 years and were doing fine. But December's unusually cold arctic blast did some damage…to one of them especially. Lots of brown dead limbs. I have no idea how to prune these things and how to carve out the dead without making one shrub look totally different than the other two. I actually don't love these plants and was considering replacing with another evergreen. One that prefers wet shade, since I have clematis planted behind them and they are heavy drinkers. 🙂 But no decision has been made.

  11. katemaria1

    Mahonia repens (creeping mahonia) works well for me in dry shade in Albuquerque (zone 7b). For me, it doesn't get very tall (less than a foot), but I've seen it at about 18" to 2 feet. It's said to prefer moist, acidic soil, and when I water it, it grows and spreads more quickly, but I have left it completely alone and it just grows more slowly. (Albuquerque is very dry–an average of 8" of rain per year, with alkaline soil). It has yellow flowers in late winter for me, followed by dark blue berries, and the foliage flushes red/bronze over winter. New growth is a lighter green than the medium green mature leaves. Note: I have read that mahonia repens may be invasive in some areas.

  12. Erica Allen

    I have a low growing hedge of Hilda Niblett azaleas all along my North facing, mostly shade, foundation. About 20 total. I wish I could upload a picture to this comment because they are so gorgeous in and out of bloom. They've been in ground for five seasons and are less than a foot tall but have a nice spreading habit; maybe about 2 /12 to 3 feet wide. Love them. A real statement when they are all in bloom; which they do consistently and uniformly every year.

  14. M KB

    This is best video on this subject that I have seen. Fabulous suggestions!

  16. Mando

    I’m shopping for “furniture plants” …. Small evergreens that provide structure around the front yard. Thank you for sharing Jim 😎

  17. My First Garden

    Great video this is a great video for my current garden needs 😊I like the variegated boxwood you showed. I’m zone 9b very sandy well draining soil so I will keep a look out for these varieties. Thanks!

  19. Kevin S O'Donnell

    Great selection of plants! I use Japanese plum yews in front of my rhododendrons and nandinas. Great texture combos.

  22. Marion Dukes

    Hey Jim, @ 1302 in this video, are u training that boxwood to be a topiary? Looks like has been.
    Respectfully
    Marion

  24. Josh Kaptur

    Jim are you saying just that gardenia, or all gardenias, are more part shade tolerant than their tags say?

  26. Sandie Weatherup

    I have an aspidistra that was a division of a division from the plant my grandmother had in a asian porcelain pot in the 1970's. I almost lost it in the December freeze. Lesson learned, always keep another division in the house.😮

  29. Cece

    I strategically keep medium shrubs in the small range by refusing to water them unless they are desperate. 😂

  31. Skypost4ever

    Thank you so much for talking about why prostrate yews are a bit more pricey. Such a great shrub for the south but a bit slow start.

  32. Brett Bohnn

    wakaebisu azalea I think is really nice as well. Just don’t see it much around NC. One thing about aspidistra – I think voles may love it more than hostas. I’ve been planting mine now in wire vole proof baskets and this spring alone I’ve seen a few attempts deterred.

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