I like having plants in the garden that have evergreen foliage.
This keeps the garden from looking too âblahâ during the winter. It also keeps the garden interesting during the late fall and early spring.
You may be thinking of traditional conifers or some of the evergreen broadleaf shrubs like holly or rhododendron, but there are also evergreen perennials. Some may look tattered and torn by spring but others hold up well.
One that comes to mind is the Christmas Fern, sometimes called the Christmas Dagger Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides).
Christmas fern most likely got its name because its evergreen fronds are still quite beautiful at Christmas and they may have been used for decorations in times past.