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Evergreen Trees to Include in Your Landscaping for Fall Greenery

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While fall colors on a deciduous tree can be magnificent, they can also be fleeting. And once the leaves are gone, your deciduous trees are left bare. Evergreen trees in your landscape can contrast with the reds and yellows and can ensure that the color palette of your yard doesn't fade to grayscale as the fall progresses.

Here are some great evergreen landscape trees that can serve a variety of purposes in your yard, all while offering year-round greenery.

Cedar

Cedar trees can serve many landscaping purposes. Depending on where you want to place the tree in your landscape, you can choose a large variety or a small, ornamental variety. Some types of cedars are even selected for good performance as a hedge, while dwarf varieties may cascade across a rock garden at only a few feet high.

The characteristic cedar fragrance is another benefit of this type of tree. And in addition to the variety of sizes available, cedar trees also come in a variety of colors that range from medium green to dark green to blue to golden.

Live Oak

For a change of pace, consider including non-coniferous evergreens as well. Live oaks, for example, have waxy green leaves that shed slowly year-round rather than dropping in the fall. Some gardeners feel this shedding habit makes live oaks a messy tree, but if you're looking for fall and winter greenery, the trade-off may be worth it.

Keep in mind that a live oak tree grows (although slowly) into a massive specimen, so you'll want to give it pride of place and plenty of elbow room.

Holly

Holly, another broadleaf evergreen, can make a great specimen tree that's covered in festive red berries every winter. Or it can work as a hedge if planted in a row and trimmed accordingly.

In fact, since holly has such prickly leaves, it can provide an extra security factor. The glossy green leaves are a cheerful sight in a late fall landscape, and you can even choose a variegated variety for added visual interest.

Blue Spruce

The blue spruce is a popular landscape plant due to its attractive color, adaptability, and durability. It requires hardly any care, and you only need to prune it if you want it to grow in an extra-bushy shape (whether for aesthetics or to increase privacy). Talk to your tree services expert about how to accomplish this.

Magnolias

When you think of a magnolia, you probably think of huge fragrant blossoms and huge, waxy leaves. However, being a Southern beauty doesn't mean being delicate — magnolia trees can often be quite tough. And some types of magnolia trees, including the classic southern magnolia as well as some smaller varieties, actually keep their leaves year-round.

So whether you're looking for a 60-foot specimen tree or a small evergreen bush, evergreen magnolias can be a great choice.

Palm Trees

Not all palm trees are suitable for landscaping in a temperate climate, but quite a few varieties do have significant cold hardiness. Some may even withstand a winter in Missouri, with the Needle Palm Tree being able to survive cold snaps all the way down to -10 degrees Fahrenheit.

You may need to plant your palm trees in a sheltered spot, depending on which variety you select, but the exotic aura they bring to your garden all year long with their evergreen fronds may be worth the trouble. Talk to your landscaping expert about the best way to incorporate palm trees into your landscape and which varieties do well in your area.

As you can see, the varieties of trees you can plant that will stay green in fall are many and varied. For more information on which trees will perform best in your yard and how to maintain them, get in touch with the local tree services experts at Baumann Tree today.

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