Use Evergreen Plants to Create Your Own Peaceful,Special RetreatDo you have a garden? If so, evergreen plants can make your own special place to retreat from the stress and problems anytime you choose. The plants you will use to set up your area of the garden just for relaxing can be a choice of many. Plant shrubs to hide the area from prying eyes. The flowers will be brilliant, beautiful colors that you will enjoy through their season. What Types of evergreen plants Can I Use? Just a few of the varieties of Additional Landscape Plants plants you can use to set up your secret garden are: * cypress* holly* juniper* spruce* fir* cedar* pine* yew All of these are evergreen plants that keep their leaves in the winter; thus the name evergreen. While some are shrubs and can be cut to suit whatever style you want your garden to project, others are ground cover which makes for a lush beautiful carpet in your new area. Ground Cover Juniper is one such plant. This is easy to grow and can be used for bonsai plants. The height usually only gets about eight inches at the most. The color is a blue green and in the cold weather it turns a sort of purple. There is also another juniper plant called the Blue Rug Wiltoni. This flat growing juniper has branches that trail out from the base of the plant sometimes up to 8 feet. The silver blue color is beautiful and calming. Flowering Plants Crape Myrtle is another plant you may want to consider for your garden. One type that is especially beautiful is Muskogee Crape Myrtle. The leaves are a deep green and the flowers are lavender. A gray peeling bark rounds off the plant and they are quite handsome to look at while resting in your own secret little area. Lavender is going to be a must have in the garden if just for the scent. The beautiful purple flowers are another reason for the plant.Sit back and enjoy the array of colors of the evergreen plants you have chosen as you sit in the most peaceful area of your world. The second part of this wonderful relaxing area is the scent of the lavender plant as it fills the evening air. Shrubs If you want something really special in the way of a shrub to put in your garden, there is no better choice than the Snowmound. The scientific name is Shirobana Spirea. This is a beautiful shrub which sports leaves of blue green and they pop out by the hundreds just as white as the snow for which they were named. Another shrub that makes a wonderful backdrop for your garden is the barberry. The Rosy Glow Barberry is a shrub that can thrive in sun or partial sun. The leaves are a mixture of red and purple. This shrub adds a bit of color in the scheme of your garden. For even more color add the Golden Barberry that has yellow leaves. They will stay this bright color as long it receives plenty of sun. If they are in a more shady area the leaves turn to an almost lime green. Your shrubs can be the highlight of your garden. They can be shaped to resemble anything you would like to have in your outdoor area. Do you want a trellis for your garden? A great plant for creating your own greenery trellis is Carolina Jessamine. Also called False Jasmine, this plant can be trained to grow on a trellis or anywhere you can get it to climb. The plant will bloom before the end of winter and go through the spring. They have yellow flowers that resemble trumpets and do the best when they can grow in full sun. This is a hardy plant that is easy to grow. When you decide to turn an area of your yard into a place where you can bask in the sounds of nature and enjoy the beauty surrounding you, choose from a large assortment of evergreen plants,shrubs, flowers and trees.
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