Evergreen Shrubs

Abelia ‘Canyon Creek’
Coppery new growth · pink-white blooms

Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’
Variegated gold-green · Southern Living Collection

Abelia ‘Radiance’
Variegated · white summer blooms

Abelia ‘Rose Creek’
Compact · white blooms, rosy stems

Abelia ‘Twist of Mango’
Mango-orange new growth · compact

Glossy Abelia
Abelia grandiflora · arching, long summer bloom

Shade garden

Anise ‘BananAppeal’
Illicium parviflorum

Shade garden

Anise ‘Florida Sunshine’
Illicium · chartreuse foliage for shade

Shade garden

Yellow Anise
Illicium parviflorum · dense native screen for shade

Shade garden Winter interest

Aucuba ‘Gold Dust’
Gold-flecked evergreen for deep shade

Shade garden Winter interest

Aucuba Dwarf Green
Solid green evergreen for deep shade

Fragrant Shade garden

Banana Shrub ‘Skinner’s’
Michelia · banana-scented spring blooms

Shade garden

Cast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior · thrives on neglect in shade

Shade garden

Cast Iron Plant ‘Milky Way’
Aspidistra · white-speckled leaves for shade

Cherry Laurel ‘Carolina Compact’
Prunus caroliniana · native evergreen screen

Winter interest

Cherry Laurel ‘Centre Court’
Prunus caroliniana · dense evergreen screen

Winter interest

Cleyera
Ternstroemia · glossy screening shrub

Cotoneaster ‘Coral Beauty’
Spreading · coral berries

Distylium ‘Cinnamon Girl’
Dwarf habit

Distylium ‘Blue Cascade’
Blue-green · spreading evergreen

Distylium ‘Bluescape’
Compact blue-green evergreen

Distylium ‘Coppertone’
Coppery new growth · bushy evergreen

Distylium ‘Linebacker’
Upright · evergreen hedge workhorse

Distylium ‘Vintage Jade’
Low spreading evergreen

Fragrant

Dwarf Gardenia ‘Radicans’
Low spreading · fragrant white

Fragrant

Gardenia ‘Double Mint’
Gardenia jasminoides · dwarf

Fragrant

Gardenia ‘August Beauty’
Fragrant white · blooms all summer

Gardenia ‘Diamond Spire’
Narrow upright · fragrant · Southern Living

Fragrant

Gardenia ‘Frost Proof’
Cold-hardy · fragrant white

Fragrant Winter interest

Elaeagnus
Silverberry · fast silver-leaved screen

Shade garden

Fatsia
Fatsia japonica

Shade garden

Fatsia ‘Spider’s Web’
White-speckled tropical texture for shade

Shade garden

Florida Leucothoe
Agarista populifolia · graceful native for shade

Fragrant Winter interest

Fragrant Tea Olive
Osmanthus fragrans · apricot-scented fall bloom

Fragrant Winter interest

Orange Tea Olive
Osmanthus aurantiacus · orange, ultra-fragrant fall bloom

Indian Hawthorn ‘Snow Cap’
Raphiolepis · white spring bloom

Indian Hawthorn ‘Snow White’
Raphiolepis · white spring bloom

Winter interest

Ligustrum ‘Recurvifolium’
Wavy-leaf privet · fast evergreen screen

Winter interest

Ligustrum ‘Sunshine’
Golden foliage · sterile · Southern Living

Winter interest

Wax Leaf Ligustrum
Ligustrum japonicum · classic evergreen hedge

Loropetalum ‘Purple Diamond’
Southern Living Collection

Loropetalum ‘Purple Pixie’
Southern Living Collection

Loropetalum ‘Carolina Midnight’
Dark foliage · red blooms · grows large

Loropetalum ‘Cerise Charm’
Compact · cerise pink blooms

Loropetalum ‘Crimson Fire’
Dwarf · pink blooms, burgundy foliage

Loropetalum ‘Emerald Snow’
Dwarf · white blooms, green foliage

Loropetalum ‘Purple Daydream’
Dwarf · purple foliage · Southern Living

Loropetalum Jazz Hands Variegated

Shade garden Winter interest

Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’
Thornless, ferny texture for shade · Southern Living

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Blush Pink’
Dwarf · pink-red new growth · Southern Living

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Firepower’
Dwarf · fire-red winter foliage

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Flirt’
Dwarf · deep red new growth · Southern Living

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Gulf Stream’
Compact · sea-green to red foliage

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Lemon Lime’
Dwarf · lime new growth · Southern Living

Winter interest

Nandina ‘Obsession’
Compact · brilliant red new growth · Southern Living

Winter interest

Pittosporum ‘Mojo’
Southern Living Collection

Winter interest

Pittosporum ‘Wheeler’s Dwarf’
Compact mounding evergreen

Winter interest

Pittosporum Variegated
Cream-edged evergreen · fragrant spring bloom

Winter interest

Pyracantha ‘Mohave’
Red berries · great on a trellis or wall

Shade garden Winter interest

Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’
Red trusses · heat-tolerant classic

Fragrant Winter interest

Rosemary ‘Tuscan Blue’
Upright

Fragrant Winter interest

Rosemary ‘Chef’s Choice’
Upright culinary rosemary · purple blooms

Rosemary ‘Huntington Carpet’
Creeping rosemary · cascades over walls

Shade garden Winter interest

Spreading Plum Yew
Cephalotaxus · soft-textured evergreen for shade

Sweet Viburnum ‘Chindo’
Viburnum awabuki · glossy fast screen

Viburnum ‘Chinese Snowball’
Viburnum macrocephalum

Viburnum ‘Coppertop’
Copper new growth · white spring bloom

Viburnum Eastern Snowball
Viburnum opulus · white snowball blooms

Winter interest

Wax Myrtle ‘Don’s Dwarf’
Myrica · compact native evergreen

Shade garden Winter interest

Winter Daphne Pink
Daphne odora · intensely fragrant winter bloom

Shade garden Winter interest

Winter Daphne Variegated White
Daphne odora · intensely fragrant winter bloom

Winter interest

Yew Japanese
Podocarpus Macrophylla

Yucca ‘Color Guard’
Gold-striped swords · tough as nails