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25 best low maintenance evergreen plants for pots
10.11.2023 - 11:50 / growingfamily.co.uk / Catherine
Are you looking for advice on the best low maintenance evergreen plants for pots?
This article covers 25 fantastic evergreen plants to inspire your container gardening and help you create a stunning display all year round.
We’ve included evergreen shrubs, flowering evergreen plants, and potted evergreen trees, so there’s something for every container size and location. Whether you’ve got one pot to fill, or a whole garden full of containers, you’ll find the perfect option here.
An evergreen plant is a plant that doesn’t lose its leaves. Unlike deciduous shrubs and plants, which lose their leaves at some point in the year (usually winter), evergreen plants retain their foliage, adding more leaves each year.
Examples of evergreen plants include holly, conifer, eucalyptus, bay and camellia.
There are lots of great reasons why you should think about using evergreen plants in pots:
Let’s dive into our top picks for container gardening with the best all year round plants for pots.
Camellias are best known for their flowers, and those beautiful blooms will certainly create impact in early spring. But the foliage is well worth a mention too. Camellias have glossy dark green leaves that will add texture to a potted display all year round.
Camellia plants are happiest in slightly acidic soil, and you can provide this by using *ericaceous compost in your pot. They are native to the woodlands of South Asia, so they will also thank you for a shady spot or somewhere that has filtered light.
Heathers are compact plants with interesting texture and bags of colour. The abundant small flowers will bloom throughout winter and into spring, providing a much-needed source of pollen and nectar for insects.
Heathers like acidic soil, so they’re
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