Shrubs

Shrubs that are “evergreens”  maintain their leaves and color all year round.  Some evergreens are not actually green, and may be blue or yellow.  They do not change color with the seasons.  Evergreens do lose there leaves, but do so at a much slower rate and not necessarily in response to s season change.  Evergreens are an important part of your landscape, particularly in New England, because during the winter they provide color to your landscape when the leaves have fallen off everything else that is not evergreen.

Deciduous shrubs are those which drop their leaves in winter time leaving just the branches.  Many variety of deciduous shrubs are flowering.  Shrubs that flower typically do so for a relatively short window of time, possibly 1 to 4 weeks. Then they drop the flowers, and new foliage growth grows on shrub.

Grasses are an alternative to shrubs.  Grasses grow to all different heights, dwarf at 18″ up to 9′ tall.  They are noticeable by their tall slender blades of green, tan, maroon, blue and variegated.  Most grasses are hardy through all types of weather and perform best when cut down after each season.