Border or Bed Plants

Evergreen shrub with pyramidal habit, ideal for small areas with limited space.

Low, mounded shrub ideal for borders and low hedges. Responds well to pruning.

An excellent native alternative to the Boxwood, Gem Box Inkberry forms a dense, mounding shrub.

Needs pollinator for female flowers to produce pea-sized black fruit.

A native, upright and pyramidal evergreen holly.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

Southern Gentleman is another male cultivar that can be used for berry production for the female Winter Red Holly.

Winter Red is a female Winterberry Holly that produces branches loaded with bright red berries in the winter. Requires a male pollinator.

A fine-leafed holly which is favored for providing a formal look in the landscape.

Bright red berries mature in the fall and persist into winter.

Bright red berries mature in the fall and persist into winter.

Grows like the regular Oakland holly but features stunning yellow-green variegated foliage.

Bright red berries mature in the fall and persist into winter.

Columnar holly that provides a privacy hedge in narrow spaces.

Bright red berries mature in the fall and persist into winter. Needs male pollenizer.

This holly has both male and female flowers and requires little or no maintenance. Prefers acidic soil for full, lustrous growth.

Dense, compact Anise with brilliant crimson-red blooms.

Bright yellow foliage makes this native anise stand out in a shady or part shady location.

Perfect for the shady woodland borders or as a hedge or screen. Deer resistant.

Beautiful star shaped pink flowers adorn this deer resistant evergreen shrub.

Strong vertical, variegated foliage is great contrast to other perennials with horizontal habit.

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

If trained on a trellis or support it will reach a height of 15'.

Narrow and columnar Juniper with striking gold foliage as new growth emerges in the spring.

This shrub creates contrast with color and texture, especially when mixed with green plants.

This easy-to-grow shrub is stately used in mass or all by itself in the landscape.

This shrub is ideal for erosion control on slopes or massed in the shrub border.

Low-growing shrub ideal for use as contrast in shrub borders.

This easy-to-grow shrub looks good in foundation plantings, massed in the shrub border or as a specimen in the mixed perennial garden.

Fast-growing columnar shrub is ideal formal accent, windbreak, hedge, screen or topiary.

This easy-to-grow, showy shrub that is truly twisted.

Low-growing shrub ideal for erosion control on slopes or as ground cover in a sunny border.

Golden Juniperus conferta, a great groundcover for when you need a splash of color.

Low-growing shrub ideal for erosion control on slopes or as ground cover in a sunny border.

Golden Juniperus conferta, a great groundcover for when you need a splash of color.

Low-growing shrub ideal for erosion control on slopes or as ground cover in a sunny border.

Gray-green foliage turns plum in the winter.

Bright green foliage, turning more blue as it matures. Purple tints in the winter.

This blue-grey foliage Juniper has a dense, upright form. Great in a formal landscape.

Silvery-blue foliage make this evergreen Juniper stand out in the landscape.

Probably the narrowest of Juniper species; very stately.

Great contrast to green or purple plants.

The Eastern Red Cedar is a great choice when a simple evergreen tree is needed in the landscape.