Plants for evergreen foliage: pink and white themed
There are plenty of evergreen plants, with a variety of shapes, sizes and colours, so it’s possible to create a full and attractive border with year-round appeal that will also attract pollinators
Quick facts
- Evergreen plants keep their leaves year-round and can provide reliable colour
- Evergreen shrubs can create shelter and homes for wildlife
- Evergreens can also bring structure and height to a border
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The planting plan
This pink-themed planting design provides a range of evergreen plants that, once established, will thrive and provide a variety of interest throughout the year.
Evergreen plants with pink and white flowers
Choosing evergreen plants with splashes of pink foliage
Height is provided by the Olearia and Viburnum, whilst all the plants have seasonal colour from late winter to autumn. Bergenia and Geranium help provide groundcover and will slow the erosion of bare soil. The groundcover can also help to reduce soil surface moisture evaporation and will suppress weed growth.
Additional organic mulch, preferably homemade compost, can further help with soil moisture retention and weed suppression.
The plants in this scheme help attract beneficial insects into your garden. Having a variety of different flowering times and flower shapes will attract a wide variety of pollinators over time.
1 - Viburnus tinus ‘Eve Price’
2 - Veronica ‘Great Orme’
3 - Olearia macrodonta
4 - Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’
5 - Geranium dalmaticum
6 - Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’
1 - Viburnunum tinus ‘Eve Price’ is an evergreen shrub with flattened clusters of deep pink buds, followed by small starry white flowers in late winter. These are followed by metallic blue berries.
2 - Veronica ‘Great Orme’ is an evergreen shrub with dark green shiny leaves. Dense spikes of small bright pink flowers, fading to white, are produced from mid-summer to autumn.
3 - Olearia macrodonta is an evergreen shrub with holly-like glossy green leaves that are white-felted beneath. Large clusters of small, daisy-like, fragrant white flowers are produced in summer.
4 - Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ is an evergreen sub-shrub with aromatic green foliage. It flowers profusely from mid-summer until the first frosts. The flowers are initially red but change to a red and white bicolour in July and August, and finally to white as the days shorten.
5 - Geranium dalmaticum is an evergreen perennial forming a low carpet of glossy dark green, deeply-lobed, fragrant leaves with clear pink flowers in summer.
6 - Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ is a low-growing evergreen forming a carpet of large round dark green leaves, with erect heads of small white flowers in spring.
About evergreen plants
AGM plants tend to be more naturally resistant to pests and disease and, once established, will reduce the need for extra inputs that weaker-growing plants would need, such as excessive water and fertiliser.
The challenge of growing evergreen plants
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