Evergreen shrubs for slopes

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Evergreen shrubs for banks dress a slope all year round, even in winter. They cover the soil, slow runoff, reduce maintenance, and remain attractive in every season. They are chosen for their low, spreading habit, their ability to establish in sometimes dry, stony or poor ground, and for their aptitude to grow in difficult spots. This category brings together varieties suited to sunny banks and more shaded slopes.

Among the reliable choices, Cotoneaster dammeri forms a vigorous evergreen groundcover, well-suited to banks, low walls and rockeries. The box honeysuckle Lonicera pileata thrives on slopes in partial shade where it spreads into a carpet. In dry ground and mild climates, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Repens’ offers beautiful blue flowering on glossy dark green foliage. Berberis buxifolia ‘Nana’ forms a dense small cushion, flowering yellow in spring, and is very comfortable on a dry bank or in a rockery.

This category overlaps with that of Groundcover shrubs and Evergreen shrubs for dry ground, which are very similar in their use. You will find varieties there to vegetate a slope, unify uneven ground and landscape your garden in the long term.

For further reading, also see our articles "5 Groundcover shrubs to landscape a slope" and "Creeping Ceanothus: the best varieties for banks". You will find simple guidelines there for choosing the right plants according to exposure, soil and the desired effect.