What is an 'evergreen'?

What is an 'evergreen'?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'annual' compared to a 'perennial'?; What is an 'evergreen'?; What is a 'deciduous' plant? and more...

An evergreen is a plant that holds its leaves or needles throughout the season into the winter. There are even perennials that are evergreen, like some of the hellebores or legend roses, or rhododendrons which are broad leaf evergreens. Also, we have many conifers like the pines and the spruce which are evergreens.