Evergreen leaves or needles or both? A pic or two of the area might help.

tj

the word evergreen just means.. its not deciduous ..

do you want. trees... conifers.. shrubs.... perennials ...

agree on pix for best ideas ...

ken

Conifer Kingdom, Broken Arrow Nursery, Dan’s Dwarf Conifers on Etsy, in no particular order. All good quality plants IMO.

Should have said dwarf conifers. I have Pinus 'Soft Touch' and 'Mini Twist' and a couple mugo and like the looks of those for this particular area, but also would like to look into dwarf Abies, Picea and more options for Pinus.

I'll try to get a pic of the slope currently. It's a bit "under construction" as I've been adding some shrubs (not at all satisfied so those will probably come out) and just ripped out a bunch of shrubs that were looking scrappy.

Used to be a beautiful slope, but time to change it up.

Some pics.

Slope from a number of years ago when things were "neat". Spirea got raggedy looking, a couple of the barberry weren't 'Crimson Pygmy' unfortunately......etc. etc....

Now under construction:

Up top is a small Pink Stewartia and a dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea. In front of those are a couple Rugosa roses. I am trying to replace the Spirea 'Crispa' (in above pic) which all but died when we cut them back a bit with a hedge of Rugosas. There's a Dwarf Alberta Spruce behind the Stewartia. I'll be very happy when that tree really gets going and gets some height.

The dwarf alberta spruce and the barberry are staying. Anything else can come out, move around, etc. Nothing has been working for me as I've been experimenting over the last couple of years. This drought year has taught me to all but give up on perennials on the slope. Still have to remove "stumps" of everything I cut back today. Aside from the spruce and barberry, this can pretty much be considered a blank slate. Was thinking about trying some Oso Easy Roses 'Paprika' on the slope along with conifers.

Pic below shows brick staircase between 2 sides of the slope. The left hand side has a couple pinus and barberry and carpet roses. Would like to blend some dwarf conifers with right hand side. Was thinking something globular in front of barberry next to the alberta spruce to start that bit of symmetry.

Below is from left hand side where you can see the pinus and barberry. The barberry to the right is on other side of brick stairway. So the alberta spruce and barberry are on either side of the brick stairs. Please pardon the burnt lawn below. We were planning a revamp of this whole area so didn't care about the grass, but have changed out minds on that too........we've had terrible heat and drought this summer.

We have realized that despite the drought (we have been able to give some supplemental water but not a whole lot) that the Barberry, Dwarf Alberta Spruce and Pinus still look great. They don't appear to be suffering at all.

Any suggestions/ideas for design/evergreens, as well as original question regarding mail order sources would be welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Susan,

I'll make a trip to Seasons Four nursery here in town. The last two years they started getting Iseli stock and I noticed how many unfamiliar conifers they had and that they were in beautiful shape.

If they have dwarf material I'll let you know. You should check out Stonegate in Lincoln, too.

They tend to have unusual but very expensive stock. I have, however, gotten pot bound trees there. Even if you didn't buy there if there's anything it would be nice to see it in person before you mail order.

We made a trip to Broken Arrow maybe 8 or 10 years ago and enjoyed it. Bought 5 or 6 trees and got good advice and good trees. All but one thrived and that one was in too much shade and I never got it together to move it again.