Choosing evergreen shrubs to grow as a hedge is often a great solution to cut off curious onlookers or simply to mark the limits of a garden.
They have the advantage of keeping their leaves all year round, and bring greenery to the garden in winter.
A hedge of evergreen shrubs will thus have the advantage of staying green all year round, and will not loose its leaves, which will spare you all that working picking leaves up…
But you can also try mixed hedging. A mixed hedge is grown from both evergreen and deciduous shrubs. It has the advantage of being more diverse and offers a greater range of flowers and leaves.
Finally, remember that hedges, both evergreen and deciduous, protect nature and hinder the spread of diseases and parasites.
Another noteworthy evergreen shrub is St. John’s wort.
