# Evergreen Trees & Shrubs

> Native trees and shrubs that keep their leaves or needles through the winter.

Fifty-four of the trees and shrubs we grow keep their leaves or needles through the winter. Twenty-seven are shrubs, among them [mountain laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-laurel/index.html.md), [rosebay rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md) and [Canada yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md). The trees run from [yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) and [American holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md) to [southern magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-magnolia/index.html.md) and [longleaf pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/longleaf-pine/index.html.md). For a screen that stays green, [native hedges, screens and windbreaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/native-hedges-screens-and-windbreaks/index.html.md) says which trees to use and how far apart to set them.

54 of 364 plants. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/evergreen/. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest current price, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex opaca* | Superior Specimen Lines | Medium tree | 20–50 | 5–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron maximum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–15 | 3–7 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia latifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–12 | 4–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus myrtifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Buckwheat Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckwheat-tree/index.html.md) | *Cliftonia monophylla* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 12–18 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Atlantic White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/atlantic-white-cedar/index.html.md) | *Chamaecyparis thyoides* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-hemlock/index.html.md) | *Tsuga caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Loblolly Bay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/loblolly-bay/index.html.md) | *Gordonia lasianthus* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 35–60 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Devilwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devilwood/index.html.md) | *Cartrema americana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 5–10 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Laurel Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/laurel-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus hemisphaerica* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sandhill Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sandhill-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus inopina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 5–16 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Dwarf Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus minima* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Catawba Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catawba-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron catawbiense* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 4–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Piedmont Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piedmont-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron minus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 5–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris floribunda* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–6 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-doghobble/index.html.md) | *Leucothoe fontanesiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Leucothoe](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-leucothoe/index.html.md) | *Agarista populifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 5–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Walter's Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/walter-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum obovatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Spruce Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spruce-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus glabra* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–80 | 7–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Table Mountain Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/table-mountain-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus pungens* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–7 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus clausa* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 25–40 | 7–10 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Longleaf Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/longleaf-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus palustris* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–120 | 7–10 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pond Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pond-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus serotina* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–70 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-spruce/index.html.md) | *Picea rubens* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–75 | 2–6 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Fraser Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-fir/index.html.md) | *Abies fraseri* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–55 | 4–7 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Northern White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-white-cedar/index.html.md) | *Thuja occidentalis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 2–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 2–7 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium floridanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Plateau Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plateau-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus fusiformis* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Redbay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/redbay/index.html.md) | *Persea borbonia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–60 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) | *Ilex vomitoria* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–25 | 7–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Southern Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-magnolia/index.html.md) | *Magnolia grandiflora* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 6–10 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Laurelcherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-laurelcherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dahoon/index.html.md) | *Ilex cassine* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Myrtle Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-dahoon/index.html.md) | *Ilex myrtifolia* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 15–25 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Odorless Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/odorless-bayberry/index.html.md) | *Morella inodora* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Box Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/box-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia brachycera* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Broom Crowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/broom-crowberry/index.html.md) | *Corema conradii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–7 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Bog Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-bog-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia carolina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris phillyreifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 8–9 | Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium crassifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-myrtle/index.html.md) | *Kalmia buxifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 6–8 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hairy Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia hirsuta* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 8–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Golden Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia ericoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia tomentosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Torreya](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-torreya/index.html.md) | *Torreya taxifolia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 30–50 | 5–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus floridana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 12–25 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium parviflorum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cumberland Rosemary](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-rosemary/index.html.md) | *Conradina verticillata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-juniper/index.html.md) | *Juniperus horizontalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus virginiana* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 40–80 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/index.html.md) | *Ilex glabra* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 4–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md) | *Juniperus virginiana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–50 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Smooth-bark St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-bark-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum lissophloeus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |