Hi I want too put a evergreen border in my garden but not sure what plants to use

Hi Feasty, click on the E at the bottom of the page and you will find the lists for Evergreen shrubs, climbers all plants, plenty to browse through....

It would help to know the size of the border, length and width and how high you want some of these plants or is it just going to be a mixed hedge!

Agree with Jen h - length and depth of border, which way does it face, west, east or south (if the whole garden faces north, the border must face one of those directions), and how big the whole garden is.

I will wait for Bamboo to come back first, as this is a small area I will have to give it some thought and she has much more experience than me…

Ok thankyou Jen h

Erm, still need the answer to my questions before dishing out advice thoiugh, Feasty...

First, 3 feet isn't deep enough to have taller plants behind and lower ones at the front, needs to be 4 feet minimum, preferably 5 or 6 feet. Maybe you could extend the border in parts outwards to give a couple of deeper areas. Even small evergreens will spread 2 feet, so you can see that putting something in front or behind isn't really possible other than maybe some small ground cover.
Evergreen shrubs to consider for that situation are: Sarcococca varieties, Camellia *, Skimmia*, Pieris* (*need non alkaline soil), Fatsia japonica, Crinodendron hookeranium, Prunus Otto Luyken, Mahonia, Elaeagnus, Euonymus fortunei varieties. Perennials and ground cover: Foxglove, Tiarella, Primula/primrose, Geraniums, Ajuga reptans, Campanula muralis, Bergenia, Convallaria, Heucheras.

Thanks Bamboo for advice,was going to make border bigger in places not just a straight.
I already have a fatsia japonica and pieris in pots so can put them in border,was going to make a start on it today but its chucking it down ! will upload some photos when finished.

It is the new to gardening that interests me, You sound as if you will become interested!! And get the “bug” So you may want to change the garden as it never stands still! If there is a fence behind this border I would put a red Pyracantha there and train it in a cordon so you can keep it flat to the fence lovely red berries in winter and white flowers in spring. I would then put in border a Skimmia Japonica - 'Rubella' one of the Euonymus fortunei (which ever shade of variegation you like ie silver or gold) a Sarcococca (lovely perfumed shrub out at Christmas time): Ceratostigma willmottianum blue flowers autumn: Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve (Lasts for a few years but very simple to take cuttings) mauve flowers most of the year need to dead head. In fill with bulbs for spring and then put in some perennial plants these will die down each winter and come up again in the spring. The other ones I had on my list were a Hebe and Berberis thunbergii . atropurpurea 'Helmond Pillar'

Hi Jen,I have the bug already !! love my garden :-)
Thanks for advice on what plants to get,will let you know which ones i choose then put some pictures on here

A word of caution though - Erysimum Bowles Mauve likes full sun, and most purple leaved plants require at least half a day's sun to keep their leaves red or purple - they turn green in shady situations.

Had a senior moment the Pyracantha I meant to say train as an Espalier not cordon, sorry.

I have had a Erysimum in shade and for the last two years it never seems to be out of flower.