Evergreen shrubs provide the garden with year-round color and interest. Variegated varieties are perfect for brightening up a shady landscape. Some of the most popular varieties include Euonymus, Holly, and Arborvitae.
Wintercreeper Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei ‘Gracillimus’) is a creeping evergreen shrub with colorful white, green, and purple leaves. Clusters of insignificant, green flowers appear in May and June among small, lustrous, green leaves with yellow margins. This variegated evergreen shrub makes excellent groundcover and is a often planted as specimens or used in rock gardens and low-maintenance gardens. Its tough and will thrive in any well-drained border in sun or partial shade.
Purple Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’) is similar to the above but has foliage that is green and edged with yellow, which turns pink in winter.
Silver King Euonymus (Euonymus japonicas ‘Silver King’) is an upright shrub with beautiful, dark leathery green leaves and silvery-white edges. Occasionally, pink berries follow its greenish-white flowers.
Variegated English Holly (Ilex aquifolium ‘Argenteo Marginata’) is an evergreen shrub with shiny dark-green leaves and silvery white edges. Its berries are also an attractive winter feature of this shrub, though you must have both a male and female to produce them.
Sherwood Frost Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ‘Sherwood Frost’) is a beautiful slow-growing shrub with white tipped green foliage which become more prevalent during late summer and fall.
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