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Aucuba Japonica is a striking evergreen shrub known for its bold, glossy green leaves speckled with vibrant golden-yellow spots - hence the nickname "Gold Dust Plant". Native to Japan, this shade tolerant beauty is perfect for brightening dark garden corners, containers, or shady entryways.
Light: Prefers partial to full shade. Avoid direct afternoon sun, which may scorch the leaves.
Height: 4-6 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-10
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Soil: Well draining
Bloom Time: Spring (small purple flowers); red berries on female plants if a male is nearby.
Deer Resistant: Yes
Maintenance: Low
Adds bold year round color to shade gardens.
The Greensboro Red Camellia is a timeless evergreen shrub known for its large, formal crimson-red blooms that appear in late winter to early spring when little else is flowering. Its deep green, glossy foliage provides year-round interest, while its vibrant flowers offer a bold show.
Perfect for use as a foundation shrub, or flowering hedge, this camellia thrives in part shade and well drained soil. It's a favorite in Southern gardens for its beauty, structure, and long lasting color.
Light: Part shade to mild sunlight
Height: 6-10 feet
Spread: 5-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-9
Foliage: Evergreen
Bloom Time: Late winter to early spring
Water: Moderate - prefers consistently moist, well drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Deer Resistant: Somewhat (deer usually avoid mature leaves)
Pollinator Friendly: Yes - attracts bees
Drought Tolerant: Moderately, once established
Heat Tolerant: Yes - especially in Southern climates
The Ever Red Fringe Flower is a striking evergreen shrub prized for its rich burgundy foliage and vivid red fringe-like flowers that bloom from late winter through spring - and often rebloom throughout the year in warm climates. Its color stays bold year-round, offering dramatic contrast in any landscape.
Perfect for use as a hedge, border, or container plant, Ever Red offers reliable performance with minimal care. It thrives in heat and humidity, resists deer, and keeps its dense, rounded shape without much pruning.
Light: Full sun
Height: 4-6 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-10
Foliage: Evergreen, deep burgundy
Bloom Time: Late winter to spring, with rebloom potential
Water: Moderate - drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Drought Tolerant: Yes
Heat Tolerant: Yes
Pollinator Friendly: Yes - blooms attract bees and butterflies
The Foxtail Fern is a unique and eye-catching plant with dense, arching plumes of bright green foliage that resemble fluffy foxtails. This sculptural evergreen adds soft texture and movement to garden beds, shady borders, hanging baskets, or decorative containers.
Despite its delicate appearance, Foxtail Fern is tough, drought-tolerant, and thrives in both full sun and part shade. It's ideal for tropical gardens, modern planters, and even as a houseplant in bright indoor spaces.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 2-3 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11
Foliage: Evergreen
Water: Moderate - allow soil to dry slightly between waterings
Maintenance: Low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Drought Tolerant: Yes - once established
House Plant: Yes - with bright, indirect light
Pet Safe: No - mildly toxic if ingested
This Golden Gate Ficus Bonsai, approximately 12 years old, features a beautifully gnarled trunk with smooth gray bark and dense, glossy green foliage. Its elegant shape and striking root flare make it a living sculpture - perfect for bonsai collectors or anyone looking to bring nature indoors with style.
Golden Gate Ficus is one of the most popular indoor bonsai varieties, thanks to its resilience, fast growth, and ability to tolerate low humidity and indoor conditions. It's forgiving for beginners, yet sophisticated enough to impress seasoned bonsai enthusiasts.
Species: Ficus Golden Gate
Age: Approximately 12 years
Height: Varies by styling (usually 10-14 inches)
Foliage: Evergreen, glossy green leaves
Light: Bright indirect light to full sun (indoors or outdoors)
Water: Keep soil evenly moist; do not allow to dry completely
Maintenance: Low to moderate - trim to maintain shape
This elegant Juniper Bonsai has been carefully shaped and maintained for approximately 11 years, giving it a mature, natural form and a beautifully developed trunk. Its evergreen foliage, graceful branching, and compact size make it a stunning, low maintenance addition to any outdoor or indoor space.
Junipers are among the most popular bonsai species for their resilience, trainability, and classic bonsai look. With proper care and occasional pruning, this tree will continue to grow in beauty and character for decades.
Species: Juniper
Age: Approximately 11 years
Height: Varies by styling (typically 8-12 inches)
Foliage: Evergreen - lush, scale like leaves
Light: Full sun to bright, indirect light
Water: Keep soil lightly moist; do not let dry out completely
Maintenance: Low to moderate - prune as needed to maintain shape
Placement: Outdoor preferred (can be brought indoors occasionally
This living work of art brings timeless beauty, peaceful energy, and a connection to nature wherever it's displayed.
Katrina African Iris is a tough, clump-forming perennial known for its graceful, sword like foliage and striking white blooms with yellow and purple accents. The flowers resemble butterflies in flight and appear repeatedly from spring through fall, especially after rain.
This fast growing plant thrives in heat, humidity, and poor soils, making it ideal for southern gardens, borders, mass plantings, and water wide landscapes. It's incredibly low maintenance, tolerates drought once established, and is resistant to pests and deer.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 2-3 feet
Spread: 2-3 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11
Foliage: Evergreen in warm zones
Bloom Time: Spring through fall, often after rain
Water: Low to moderate
Maintenance: Very low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator Friendly: Yes - attracts bees and butterflies
Drought Tolerant: Yes
Emerald Boxer Holly is a compact, upright evergreen shrub known for its rich green foliage, dense branching, and naturally uniform shape. A cross between Ilex and boxwood, this hybrid combines the hardiness and structure of holly with the refined texture of boxwood - making it perfect for hedges, borders, and formal foundation plantings.
It responds beautifully to shaping but also looks great when left natural. Emerald boxer is deer resistant, heat tolerant, and stays vibrant year round with very little care.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 4-6 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-9
Foliage: Evergreen, dark green
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator Friendly: Mildly (tiny spring flowers attract bees)
Container Friendly: Yes - when kept pruned
Eleanor Indian Hawthorne is a compact evergreen shrub prized for its soft pink, star shaped blooms in early spring and deep green, glossy foliage year round. It's one of the most popular and reliable Indian Hawthornes, offering long-lasting color and a tidy, low growing shape.
Ideal for foundation plantings, borders, and sunny landscapes, Eleanor is both drought tolerant, and resistant to leaf spot, making it a low-maintenance favorite for Southern gardens. Its flowers attract pollinators, and the plant thrives in tough conditions once established.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 3-4 feet
Spread: 4-5 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-10
Foliage: Evergreen, dark green
Bloom Time: Spring
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Very low
Pollinator Friendly: Yes
Deer Resistant: Yes
Disease Resistant: Yes (especially against leaf spot)
The Eleanor Indian Hawthorne performs beautifully in hot, sunny location with minimal care - perfect for Southern gardens.
The Pindo Palm is a slow growing, cold hardy palm prized for its silvery-blue arching fronds and graceful, tropical appearance. Also known as the Jelly Palm, it produces small, golden-orange fruit that can be used to make jelly - or simply left to attract birds and pollinators.
Its compact size, elegant form, and tolerance for cooler temperatures make it ideal for southern landscapes, coastal gardens, or as a standalone focal point in lawns or large containers. Despite its tropical look, Pinto Palm is surprisingly hardy and drought tolerant once established.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 15-20 feet
Spread: 10-15 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11
Foliage: Evergreen, silvery-blue fronds
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Low
Fruit: Edible; jelly-like golden fruit
Growth Rate: Slow
Deer Resistant: Yes
Container Friendly: Yes, while young
Oleander is a fast growing evergreen shrub or small tree known for its lush green foliage and clusters of pure white, fragrant flowers that bloom from spring through fall. This sun loving beauty brings a clean, tropical feel to yards, hedges, and containers.
Oleander is drought tolerant, heat loving, and thrives in poor soil, making it a go to for low maintenance color in warm climates. Its upright, bushy growth can be pruned to form a dense screen, small tree, or formal hedge.
Light: Full sun
Height: 6-12 feet (can be pruned lower or grown taller as a tree)
Spread: 4-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11
Foliage: Evergreen
Bloom Time: Spring to fall
Water: Low once established
Maintenance: Low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Fragrant: Yes
Toxic if Ingested: Yes, not for pets or livestock areas
Needlepoint Holly is a tough, fast-growing evergreen shrub prized for its narrow pointed leaves, rich green color, and upright growth habit. Unlike many hollies, its foliage has fewer spines, making it a more garden friendly choice for hedges and foundation plantings.
This shrub offers year round coverage and bright red berries in fall and winter (with a male pollinator nearby), adding seasonal interest and attracting birds. It tolerates a wide range of conditions - from sun to shade and poor soils to heat and drought.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 6-10 feet
Spread: 5-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-9
Foliage: Evergreen, dark green with narrow, pointed leaves
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Low; responds well to pruning
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator Friendly: Yes, berries form with male pollinator nearby
Eureka Gold Dwarf Yaupon is a standout evergreen shrub featuring brilliant golden-yellow foliage. Its dense, tidy growth makes it perfect for low hedges, foundation beds, or adding bright contrast to mixed landscapes.
This dwarf variety stays small and manageable, requiring minimal pruning. It's heat and drought tolerant, thrives in poor soil, and is highly adaptable.
Light: Full sun for brightest color
Height: 3-4 feet
Spread: 3-5 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-10
Foliage: Evergreen, golden-yellow
Water: Low to moderate
Maintenance: Very low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Container Friendly: Yes - when kept pruned
Akebono Cast Iron Plant is a tough, dependable evergreen prized for its striking variegated foliage. Each wide, lance-shaped leaf features splashes of creamy yellow on rich green, adding brightness to low-light garden spaces or indoor rooms. It's ideal for shade gardens, understory plantings, or container displays.
This variety is extremely low maintenance, drought tolerant, and thrives in poor or compacted soil where other plants struggle - earning its nickname "cast iron". Whether used as a ground cover or accent plant, Akebono offers year-round beauty with very little care.
Light: Part shade to full shade
Height: 18-24 inches
Spread: 18-24 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11
Foliage: Evergreen, variegated green with creamy-yellow
Water: Low once established
Maintenance: Very low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Container Friendly: Yes
Akebono brings graceful texture and quiet color to shaded areas, thriving where most plants won't - indoors or out.
Ligustrum, also known as Wax Leaf Privet, is a fast growing, evergreen shrub or small tree known for its dense foliage, glossy green leaves, and natural adaptability. It's a favorite for privacy hedges, foundation plantings, and formal topiary shapes thanks to its rapid growth and easy shaping.
This versatile shrub thrives in full sun to part shade, tolerates drought and heat once established, and is incredibly low maintenance. It can be allowed to grow naturally or trimmed to maintain a tidy, manicured look.
Comes in a variety of sizes.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 6-12 feet (can be pruned smaller or trained as a small tree)
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11
Foliage: Evergreen, dark glossy green
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Low to moderate
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator Friendly: Yes - produces small white blooms in spring that attract bees
Growth Rate: Fast
Sunshine Ligustrum is a stunning non-flowering shrub known for its vibrant golden-yellow foliage and compact shape. It brings a bold pop of color to garden beds, borders, and containers without the need for blooms.
This Sunshine Ligustrum is sterile, meaning it won't produce flowers or seed - making it low maintenance, non-invasive option. It thrives in full sun and keeps its brilliant color all year in warmer climates.
Light: Full sun (best color)
Height: 3-4 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-10
Foliage: Evergreen, golden-yellow
Water: Moderate; drought-tolerant once established
Maintenance: Very low
Deer Resistant: Yes
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Super Blue Liriope is a tough, easy-care ground cover known for its deep green, grass-like foliage and vivid spikes of violet-blue flowers in late summer. It's perfect for edging walkways, filling in shady spots, or creating a lush carpet under trees and shrubs.
This low growing perennial spreads slowly by underground rhizomes, forming dense clumps that suppress weeds and hold their shape year after year. In fall, the flowers give way to small black berries that add subtle seasonal interest.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 12-15 inches
Spread: 12-18 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-10
Bloom Time: Late summer
Foliage: Evergreen in warmer zones
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Maintenance: Very low
Deer Resistance: Yes
Autumn Carnation is a beautiful Encore Azalea variety that offers bright, rosy pink blooms multiple times a year. This reblooming evergreen shrub brings reliable color from spring through fall, making it a standout in foundation plantings, borders, and mixed perennial beds.
With a compact, rounded shape and glossy green leaves, it looks tidy year round and its vibrant flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators. Easy to grow and low maintenance, it's a great choice for adding long lasting charm to your landscape.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 3 feet
Spread: 3.5 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-10
Water: Moderate; prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soil
Bloom Time: Spring, summer, and fall (rebloomer)
Foliage: Evergreen
Pollinator Friendly: Yes
Maintenance: Low