These are The Best 5 types of evergreen plants that are suitable for home gardens

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JAKARTA - Evergreen flowering ornamental plants are one of the best choices to decorate your home page. This type of plant is suitable for those of you who want to have flowering ornamental plants as well as dense foliage.

The combination of striking flower colors against the background of green leaves will be a beautiful combination. In addition, evergreen ornamental plants also have various types. Starting from those that have easy maintenance levels to more complex ones.

Citing The Spruce, Monday, September 5, here are five of the best types of evergreen plants to plant in your garden.

Creeping Myrtle

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Creeping Myrtle is a blue-flowered plant. The leaves are wide and green growing vines above the ground. The combination of green and blue flowers gives a fresh impression to the eye. Before planting it, make sure the land around it is free from other plants because Creeping Myrtle can grow as far as 45 centimeters with a height of 7 to 15 centimeters.

Rhododendrons

Rhododendrons bloom in a variety of colors such as purple, white, pink, and red. Just like Creeping Myrtle, Rhododendrons also have broad leaves. The width of these leaves can reach 15 centimeters. While the height of the plant can grow from 20 to 38 centimeters. Your garden certainly looks beautiful with this type of evergreen plant.

Daphne

Daphne is a fairly attractive shrub with tubular flowers of white to red color, followed by the presence of small red berries. This plant will grow to a height of 90 to 120 centimeters.

Its bushy, small light green leaves make it one of the best mound-forming shrubs in the home garden. This plant will grow well in full sun. With well-drained soil conditions, and rich in compost content. Like other shrubs, this plant likes soil with a slightly acidic pH. To adjust the acid level, you can apply a three-inch thick layer of mulch.

Winter Heat

Winter heath plant or with the scientific name Erica x darleyensis is a type of plant that likes to grow in full sun conditions, with a height of about 30 centimeters. This plant is also often known as evergreen fir because its leaves resemble small needles. This plant also has beautiful pink flowers that bloom for months.

This variety is not as cold-resistant as other varieties. Winter Heath grows well in moist, well-draining soil with an acidic soil pH. As a small shrub with heavy leaves, it is ideal for planting in groups to form a ground cover that suppresses the growth of weeds in the soil.

Azalea Stewartstonian

The evergreen Azalea plant measures 1.2 to 1.8 meters. This Stewartstonian variety has orange flower buds that turn golden when in bloom. At the beginning of planting, Stewartstonian takes several years to reach adult size. But once formed can last for 40 years or more. Placing it in the shade and in soil with consistent moisture, and an acidic pH level of 5.0 to 5.5 is an ideal place to grow this plant.