20 Evergreen Shrubs for Borders: Structure, Colour, and Year-Round Presence

A border without evergreen shrubs is a border that disappears in winter. You spend months designing it, planting it, tending it — and then November arrives, the herbaceous perennials die back, the deciduous shrubs drop their leaves, and what remains is a collection of bare stems and empty soil. It is a deflating experience, particularly in climates where winter stretches long.

Evergreen shrubs solve this problem. They hold their foliage through the coldest months, maintaining structure, colour, and presence when everything else has retreated. They anchor the border visually, provide shelter for wildlife, and create the framework around which the rest of the planting can build through spring and summer. In short, they do the quiet, essential work that makes a border look like a garden rather than a seasonal display.

This guide covers 20 of the best evergreen shrubs for borders, selected for their year-round ornamental value, geographic adaptability, and practical performance across a wide range of climates. 

Whether you garden in the mild and moist west coast of Ireland, the continental winters of central Canada, the sun-baked borders of southern California, the temperate gardens of New Zealand, or the suburban landscapes of the American Southeast, this list has options suited to your conditions.

What Makes a Good Evergreen Border Shrub?

Not every evergreen shrub earns its place in a mixed border. The best ones offer more than just persistent foliage. They bring at least one additional season of interest — flowers in spring or summer, berries in autumn, fragrance, or distinctive foliage colour and texture. They grow at a pace that can be managed without constant intervention. And they remain attractive through adversity: winter cold, summer drought, urban pollution, and the occasional period of neglect.

The 20 shrubs that follow meet these standards. They are arranged neither by size nor by season, but by the qualities they bring to the border as a whole.

1. Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)

Boxwood is the foundational evergreen of formal and informal borders alike. Its dense, small-leaved foliage responds perfectly to clipping, allowing it to be shaped into balls, cones, hedges, or loose mounds that provide permanent structure within the border. It grows in USDA Hardiness Zones 5–8 and is one of the most widely planted shrubs in the UK, continental Europe, the eastern United States, and temperate parts of Australasia.

It tolerates full sun to full shade, grows in most well-drained soils, and once established, is remarkably self-sufficient. Cultivars such as ‘Suffruticosa’ (dwarf edging box), ‘Graham Blandy’ (narrow columnar form), and ‘Elegantissima’ (silver-variegated foliage) offer specific forms suited to different border roles.

Gardeners in regions where boxwood blight (Calonectria pseudonaviculata) or box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) is prevalent should seek resistant alternatives or choose from the growing range of blight-resistant cultivars, including those in the ‘NewGen’ series.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, eastern North America, temperate Australasia, formal and traditional garden settings worldwide.

2. Yew (Taxus baccata and Taxus × media)

Yew is the great constant of temperate garden design. Dark, dense, and extraordinarily long-lived, it forms the backbone of border planting in historic gardens across the UK, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, and it is equally at home in modern landscape planting in North America and beyond. It grows in Zones 4–7 and is one of the most shade-tolerant evergreen shrubs available.

In borders, yew provides the deepest, richest backdrop for flowering plants of any foliage colour. Its dark green works especially well behind roses, lavender, and pale-flowered perennials. Female plants produce small red arils in autumn, which are attractive to birds though toxic to humans. All parts of the plant are highly toxic, which is an important consideration in gardens with children or livestock.

Yew responds superbly to clipping and can be maintained at virtually any size. It grows slowly, which means patience in the early years, but becomes more impressive with each passing decade. In borders designed to last, there is no better structural evergreen.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, northeastern United States, formal and heritage garden settings.

3. Viburnum — Leatherleaf Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophyllum)

Most viburnums are deciduous, but Viburnum rhytidophyllum is a striking exception. Its large, deeply corrugated, dark green leaves give it an unusually bold and architectural presence that few other evergreen shrubs can match. It grows to 3–5 metres and produces cream-white flower clusters in late spring, followed by red berries that ripen to black in autumn.

It grows in Zones 5–8 and is widely planted in the UK, continental Europe, and the cooler parts of North America. In mixed borders, it works best at the back, where its large foliage creates a strong backdrop for smaller plants in front. It is notably tolerant of shade, dry soils, and urban conditions — qualities that make it practical as well as handsome.

The hybrid Viburnum × pragense is a slightly smaller alternative with similar bold foliage and greater tolerance of alkaline soils. Both are good choices for large borders in challenging conditions.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, northeastern and Pacific Northwest United States, cooler regions of temperate Australasia.

4. Escallonia (Escallonia spp.)

Escallonia is a tough, glossy-leaved evergreen shrub from South America that has found a particularly enthusiastic home in coastal and mild-climate gardens around the world. It produces small, tubular flowers in pink, red, or white from early summer through autumn and grows with impressive resilience in exposed, windy, and coastal positions that would damage less robust shrubs.

It grows in Zones 7–10 and is exceptionally popular in coastal gardens in the UK — particularly in southwest England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland — as well as in New Zealand, coastal Australia, and the Pacific Coast of North America. It responds well to clipping and is widely used as informal hedging in coastal gardens where salt spray and strong winds limit the choice of suitable plants.

Cultivars such as ‘Apple Blossom’ (pink and white bicolour), ‘Crimson Spire’ (upright habit, red flowers), and ‘Iveyi’ (white flowers, vigorous) are among the most widely grown in UK and European gardens.

Best for: Coastal UK and Ireland, New Zealand, coastal Australia, Pacific Northwest of North America, Mediterranean climates.

5. Osmanthus (Osmanthus × burkwoodii and Osmanthus heterophyllus)

Osmanthus is an evergreen shrub of quiet excellence. It does not announce itself dramatically — its foliage is neat and attractive rather than theatrical, and its small white flowers are easily overlooked — but the fragrance those flowers release in spring is extraordinary. Sweet, powerful, and almost impossibly rich for such small blooms, it drifts across the garden and stops visitors mid-step.

Osmanthus × burkwoodii grows in Zones 6–8 and is widely planted in the UK and continental Europe, where it suits borders, hedging, and wall training. Osmanthus heterophyllus — holly osmanthus — has sharper-edged foliage and produces its fragrance in autumn rather than spring, extending the season of interest. Both tolerate clay soils, partial shade, and urban conditions.

In mixed borders, osmanthus works well as a structural mid-layer plant, providing dense evergreen bulk without overwhelming neighbouring plants with either size or scent. Its slow growth rate means it rarely needs more than a light annual trim to maintain shape.

Best for: UK, Ireland, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, milder parts of temperate Australasia.

6. Pittosporum (Pittosporum tenuifolium and related species)

Pittosporum has become one of the most fashionable foliage shrubs in contemporary garden design, and for good reason. Its small, often wavy-edged leaves — in shades ranging from deep green to silver-grey, cream-variegated, bronze, and near-black — provide a subtlety and range of tone that few other evergreens offer. The cultivar palette is enormous, making it possible to find a pittosporum for almost any border position or colour scheme.

It is native to New Zealand, where several species grow naturally in forest and coastal habitats, and it is exceptionally well-suited to New Zealand, coastal Australia, the Pacific Coast of North America, and the milder parts of the UK and Ireland. It grows in Zones 8–10 and is not reliably frost-hardy in colder climates, though it survives most UK winters in sheltered positions, particularly in the south and west.

Popular cultivars include ‘Tom Thumb’ (compact, near-black foliage), ‘Silver Queen’ (grey-green with cream margins), ‘Irene Paterson’ (mottled cream and green, pink-flushed in cold weather), and ‘Golf Ball’ (a dense, naturally rounded form requiring no clipping).

Best for: New Zealand, coastal and temperate Australia, Pacific Coast of North America, southern and western UK and Ireland, Mediterranean Europe.

7. Mahonia (Mahonia × media ‘Charity’ and related cultivars)

Mahonia is a shrub that earns genuine affection. In the depths of winter — when the garden is at its bleakest and most shrubs offer nothing beyond bare structure — mahonia is in full flower, its long yellow racemes scenting the cold air with a fragrance that seems almost out of place in the season. Bees that emerge on mild winter days find it invaluable.

Large mahonias such as Mahonia × media ‘Charity,’ ‘Winter Sun,’ and ‘Lionel Fortescue’ grow to 2–3 metres and form bold, architectural specimens at the back of borders or in woodland garden settings. They grow in Zones 7–9 and are widely grown in the UK, Ireland, continental Europe, and the Pacific Northwest of North America. They tolerate deep shade, dry soil under large trees, and urban pollution with exceptional resilience.

Smaller species such as Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon grape) grow in Zones 5–9 and are suitable for colder climates in Canada, the northern United States, and northern Europe. All mahonias produce blue-black berries after flowering — attractive to birds and sometimes used in homemade preserves.

Best for: UK, Ireland, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, milder parts of temperate Australasia.

8. Camellia (Camellia japonica and Camellia × williamsii)

Few flowering evergreens can match the camellia for sheer floral drama. Its large, perfectly formed flowers — in white, pink, red, and bicolour — open from late winter through spring, at a time when the garden is still largely dormant and colour is rare. Against the polished, dark green of its foliage, the effect is remarkable.

Camellias grow in Zones 7–9 and require moist, acidic, well-drained soil and shelter from harsh easterly winds and early morning sun, which can damage frosted buds. They are widely grown in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific Northwest of North America, Japan, southeastern Australia, and New Zealand.

In the American South — particularly in Georgia, South Carolina, and coastal North Carolina — camellias have a long history as beloved garden shrubs, often growing to considerable size over many decades.

Camellia × williamsii hybrids, including ‘Donation,’ ‘J.C. Williams,’ and ‘Jury’s Yellow,’ are particularly recommended for UK and northern European gardens, where their ability to drop spent flowers cleanly — rather than leaving them to brown on the plant — is a significant advantage.

Best for: UK, Ireland, Pacific Northwest of North America, American Southeast, Japan, southeastern Australia, New Zealand.

9. Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)

Skimmia is one of the most reliable and low-maintenance evergreen shrubs for shaded and partially shaded borders. Its compact, rounded habit, glossy foliage, fragrant spring flowers, and vivid red winter berries give it interest across three seasons without demanding much in return.

It grows in Zones 6–9 and is particularly well-suited to the mild, moist climates of the UK, Ireland, coastal Scandinavia, and the Pacific Northwest of North America. In urban and suburban gardens — where shade is often unavoidable and soil quality variable — skimmia performs with consistent reliability. It tolerates pollution, clay soil, and root competition under large trees.

Both male and female plants are needed for berry production. The male cultivar ‘Rubella’ — grown primarily for its attractive deep-red winter flower buds — is one of the most widely planted small shrubs in UK gardens and is often sold alongside female berry-bearing cultivars such as ‘Nymans’ and ‘Veitchii.’

Best for: UK, Ireland, coastal Scandinavia, Pacific Northwest of North America, mild urban and suburban gardens worldwide.

10. Pyracantha — Firethorn (Pyracantha spp.)

Pyracantha is an evergreen shrub of exceptional wildlife value and ornamental intensity. Its clusters of berries — in red, orange, or yellow — arrive in late summer and persist through winter, sustaining fieldfares, redwings, blackbirds, and waxwings through the leanest months. In spring, its white flowers provide one of the earliest nectar sources for bees.

It grows in Zones 6–9 and is widely planted across the UK, continental Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, and temperate parts of North America. In borders, it works effectively as a large, free-standing shrub or trained against a wall or fence — a use particularly common in UK and European garden design, where wall-trained pyracantha creates a spectacular, year-round display.

Cultivars such as ‘Saphyr Orange,’ ‘Saphyr Rouge,’ and ‘Navaho’ offer different berry colours and varying resistance to pyracantha scab, a fungal disease that can reduce berry production in susceptible varieties.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, temperate North America and Australasia.

11. Leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana and Leucothoe ‘Scarletta’)

Leucothoe is a graceful, arching evergreen shrub that offers something many other border evergreens cannot: genuine seasonal foliage change. Its leaves emerge green in spring, deepen through summer, and shift to rich burgundy, bronze, and purple-red in autumn and winter — a performance that makes it visually interesting across all four seasons.

It grows in Zones 5–9 and thrives in partial to full shade with moist, acidic, humus-rich soil. It is native to the moist, shaded woodland slopes of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States and performs naturally in the kind of conditions found under deciduous trees — precisely where many border gardeners need reliable evergreen cover.

The cultivar ‘Scarletta’ is among the most popular in both North American and European nurseries, offering compact habit and excellent winter colour. Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’ provides variegated foliage in cream, pink, and green for a lighter, more colourful effect.

Best for: Eastern and southeastern United States, milder regions of Canada, UK, continental Europe, temperate Australasia.

12. Sarcococca — Sweetbox (Sarcococca spp.)

Sarcococca is a small, slow-growing evergreen that thrives in the kinds of difficult positions — deep shade, dry soil under trees, narrow borders between buildings — where most plants refuse to perform. It spreads gradually by underground suckers to form a tidy, weed-suppressing colony of glossy, lance-shaped leaves.

Its tiny white flowers, almost invisible, release a fragrance of extraordinary intensity in late winter — sweet, vanilla-like, and carried well on the cold air. It is one of the most surprising and delightful experiences in the winter garden, particularly in enclosed spaces where the scent concentrates. It grows in Zones 6–9 and is widely grown in the UK and continental Europe, where it is regarded as one of the most valuable small shrubs for difficult positions.

Commonly grown species include Sarcococca confusa, Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna, and Sarcococca humilis. All are similar in character but vary slightly in eventual size and foliage shape.

Best for: UK, Ireland, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, mild urban gardens worldwide.

13. Choisya — Mexican Orange Blossom (Choisya ternata)

Choisya is one of the most rewarding medium-sized evergreen shrubs for temperate borders. Its glossy, aromatic leaves — which release a pleasant scent when brushed — form a neat, rounded mound that holds its shape without clipping. Its white, orange-blossom-scented flowers appear in spring and often again in late summer to early autumn, giving it two genuine moments of floral beauty each year.

It grows in Zones 7–10 and is particularly popular in the UK and Ireland, where it is one of the most widely sold garden shrubs. It performs well in sun to partial shade, tolerates most well-drained soils, and handles urban conditions and mild coastal exposure with ease. It is also grown in the Pacific Northwest of North America, temperate Australia, and New Zealand.

The golden-leaved cultivar Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ provides year-round colour in the border, its bright yellow foliage lightening darker corners. The hybrid Choisya × dewitteana ‘Aztec Pearl’ has more finely cut, narrow foliage and a slightly more open habit, with flowers that are more freely produced than the species.

Best for: UK, Ireland, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, temperate Australia and New Zealand, mild coastal gardens.

14. Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula × intermedia)

Lavender is not purely a border edging plant, though it excels in that role. Grown in groups or as a low informal hedge within a mixed border, it provides aromatic grey-green foliage all year, long spikes of purple, pink, or white flowers from early summer, and a consistent attraction to bees and butterflies that brings additional life to the border during the growing season.

English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) grows in Zones 5–8 and is widely grown across the UK, northern Europe, the cooler parts of North America, and New Zealand. Lavandin hybrids (Lavandula × intermedia), including the popular ‘Grosso’ and ‘Hidcote Giant,’ are more vigorous and better suited to warmer climates in southern Europe, California, and coastal Australia. French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) suits the warmest, driest climates and is particularly at home in Mediterranean Europe and South Africa.

Lavender requires sharply drained soil and full sun and deteriorates rapidly in heavy, wet conditions. On well-prepared, free-draining borders in appropriate climates, it is one of the most satisfying and long-lived evergreen shrubs available.

Best for: UK, Mediterranean Europe, California, South Africa, southern and coastal Australia, New Zealand.

15. Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus)

Rosemary is an evergreen shrub that offers the unusual combination of culinary utility and genuine ornamental value. In borders, it provides silver-grey to deep green, needle-like foliage throughout the year, small blue, pink, or white flowers in early spring — among the first nectar sources of the season — and a strong aromatic presence that makes it a natural companion to lavender, cistus, and other Mediterranean-climate plants.

It grows in Zones 7–11 and is widely grown across the Mediterranean basin, California, South Africa, coastal Australia, and the milder parts of the UK. In the UK, it grows reliably in most of England and Wales, though it may suffer in the coldest or most exposed northern or upland positions. Upright cultivars such as ‘Tuscan Blue’ and ‘Miss Jessopp’s Upright’ suit the back of borders; prostrate forms cover dry banks and low walls effectively.

Beyond its ornamental role, the deer resistance and drought tolerance of rosemary make it particularly practical in exposed, dry, or deer-prone border situations.

Best for: Mediterranean Europe, California, South Africa, coastal and southern Australia, southern and coastal UK, New Zealand.

16. Photinia (Photinia × fraseri ‘Red Robin’)

Photinia ‘Red Robin’ is one of the most recognisable evergreen shrubs in contemporary garden design, and its popularity is fully justified. Its new growth — produced in several flushes through the growing season — emerges in vivid, glossy red before ageing to deep green, giving it a dramatic, seasonal quality that most evergreen shrubs cannot offer.

It grows in Zones 7–9 and is widely planted across the UK, continental Europe, warmer parts of North America, New Zealand, temperate Australia, and South Africa. It grows in full sun to partial shade, tolerates a range of soils, and responds well to clipping — which can be timed to encourage repeated flushes of red new growth. As a large specimen shrub at the back of a border or as informal hedging, it provides both structure and seasonal colour.

It can be susceptible to leaf spot in humid conditions, particularly in areas with wet summers. Good air circulation around plants and avoiding overhead irrigation reduces this risk.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, New Zealand, temperate Australia, South Africa, warmer parts of North America.

17. Aucuba (Aucuba japonica)

Aucuba is a shrub for positions that others cannot fill. In deep, dry shade under large trees, in north-facing borders between tall walls, in pots on gloomy basement stairwells — aucuba grows steadily where more demanding evergreens simply cannot survive. It is one of the most shade-tolerant and drought-tolerant evergreen shrubs in cultivation.

Its large, leathery leaves — often spectacularly spotted or blotched with gold in variegated cultivars such as ‘Crotonifolia’ and ‘Gold Dust’ — bring genuine brightness to the darkest positions. Female plants produce vivid red berries in winter when pollinated by a nearby male. It grows in Zones 7–10 and is widely grown in the UK, continental Europe, the Pacific Northwest of North America, and mild parts of Australasia.

In mixed borders with adequate light, aucuba can look coarse beside more refined plants. But in the difficult positions where it truly earns its keep, it is without practical equal.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, Pacific Northwest of North America, mild urban gardens worldwide, shaded and dry positions.

18. Abelia (Abelia × grandiflora)

Abelia is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub — fully evergreen in milder climates, partially deciduous in colder ones — that offers an exceptionally long flowering period from early summer through autumn. Its small, tubular, white or pale pink flowers are lightly fragrant and produced in remarkable abundance over many weeks. Bees find it irresistible.

It grows in Zones 6–9 and is popular in the southeastern United States, the UK, parts of Europe, and mild temperate regions of Australia and New Zealand. It grows in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil and shows good tolerance of urban conditions. Cultivars such as ‘Kaleidoscope’ — with variegated gold and green foliage that develops orange and red tones in autumn — are valued as much for their foliage as their flowers.

Abelia’s long flowering season, attractive foliage, and low maintenance make it one of the most productive medium-sized shrubs for the mixed border.

Best for: Southeastern United States, UK, continental Europe, mild temperate Australia and New Zealand.

19. Garrya (Garrya elliptica)

Garrya is a distinctive and slightly overlooked evergreen shrub that earns its place in the border through a feature no other plant can replicate: long, silver-grey catkins that hang from the branches in winter, swaying in the cold wind, at a time when the garden offers very little else of interest. On a large male plant in January, the display is genuinely arresting.

It is native to the Pacific Coast of North America — from Oregon through California and into Mexico — and grows in Zones 7–9. In the UK, it is widely grown in milder regions and is particularly effective trained against a south- or west-facing wall, where the reflected warmth encourages longer and more spectacular catkins. The cultivar ‘James Roof’ is the most widely grown, selected for its particularly long and dense catkin display.

Garrya tolerates poor, dry soils, salt-laden coastal winds, and partial shade. It is not the easiest plant to establish — it dislikes root disturbance and should be planted from a container without disturbing the root ball — but once settled, it is long-lived and largely trouble-free.

Best for: Pacific Coast of North America, southern and western UK, Ireland, mild coastal gardens in temperate regions.

20. Holly (Ilex spp.)

Holly closes this list as one of the finest and most versatile evergreen border shrubs in the temperate world. Its dark, glossy, spine-edged foliage provides one of the richest textures available in the garden, and its vivid red berries — produced on female plants from autumn through winter — add a colour note that few other evergreens can offer at that time of year.

The diversity within the holly genus is remarkable. Ilex aquifolium — common English holly — grows to a large shrub or small tree and is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. Cultivars such as ‘Golden Queen’ (gold-margined, male), ‘Silver Queen’ (white-margined, male), and ‘J.C. van Tol’ (largely self-fertile, reliably berries) provide different foliage effects for different border positions. Ilex crenata — Japanese holly — is a finer-leaved species increasingly used as a boxwood alternative in formal border edging.

Holly grows in Zones 5–9 depending on species and cultivar and is widely grown across the UK, continental Europe, eastern North America, Japan, and temperate parts of Australasia. It tolerates shade, clay soil, coastal exposure, and urban conditions with extraordinary adaptability.

Best for: UK, continental Europe, eastern North America, Japan, temperate Australasia, formal and informal border settings worldwide.

Designing with Evergreen Shrubs in Borders

Evergreen shrubs perform different roles depending on their size, form, and foliage character. Understanding these roles makes it easier to place them effectively.

Structural anchors — yew, boxwood, holly, and photinia — provide the fixed points around which the rest of the border is organised. They define the visual rhythm of the planting and hold the design together through the winter months. In large borders, these are typically positioned at the back, in corners, or at regular intervals along the length.

Mid-layer fillers — choisya, viburnum, mahonia, skimmia, and camellia — occupy the middle ground. They are large enough to contribute bulk and form but refined enough to share space graciously with flowering perennials and smaller shrubs. Their seasonal flowers, berries, or foliage colour add specific moments of interest.

Frontal edging and low mounds — lavender, sarcococca, leucothoe, and abelia — work along the border front, creating a transition between the planting and the path or lawn. Their lower height keeps the view into the border open while providing year-round ground-level interest.

Mixing foliage textures and tones is as important as mixing flower colours. Dark yew behind silver-grey lavender. Gold-spotted aucuba beside the deep burgundy of leucothoe. The architectural corrugation of leatherleaf viburnum alongside the smooth oval leaves of osmanthus. These contrasts give the evergreen border its visual richness through the seasons.

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Final Thoughts

A well-planned evergreen border does not shout. It does not peak in one spectacular week of midsummer bloom and then fall silent. It maintains a consistent, dignified presence through every month — different in detail from season to season, but always structured, always interesting, always alive.

The 20 shrubs in this guide represent some of the finest materials available for achieving that kind of border. They come from gardens and climates across the world — from the wild Pacific Coast of California to the shaded woodland gardens of the English countryside, from the coastal headlands of New Zealand to the formal parterres of northern France. What they share is the quality that matters most in a border plant: the ability to give value across every season, not just one.

Choose carefully, plant generously, and give them time. An evergreen border, once established, is one of the most enduring and satisfying achievements in gardening.

References

1. Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) — Evergreen Shrubs: Choosing and Growing https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types/shrubs/evergreen
   
2. North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension — Evergreen Shrubs for the Landscape https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/find_a_plant/?habit=shrub&type=evergreen
   
3. Penn State Extension — Selecting Landscape Plants: Broadleaf Evergreen Shrubs https://extension.psu.edu/broadleaf-evergreen-shrubs-for-the-landscape
   
4. University of Florida IFAS Extension — Landscape Shrubs for Florida: Evergreen Species https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_landscape_shrubs
   
5. University of California Cooperative Extension — Shrubs for California Gardens: Evergreen Selections https://ucanr.edu/sites/scmg/Landscape_Plants/Shrubs/