NARROWLEAF
EVERGREENS
Original PowerPoint Created by Howard Henderson
For Introductory Horticulture
Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Office
June 2002
TWO TYPES OF NARROWLEAF EVERGREENS
 NEEDLELIKE - EX. MUGO PINE
 SCALELIKE - EX. JUNIPER
USES OF NARROWLEAF
EVERGREENS
 FOUNDATION PLANTINGS
 BOUNDARY PLANTS
 SCREEN A VIEW OF A LESS
ATTRACTIVE AREA
 HELP CONTROL AIR CURRENTS
(WINDBREAK); 5-10 DEGREES
WARMER ON PROTECTED SIDE
WAYS EVERGREENS ARE
SHIPPED
 BARE ROOT - SHIPPED WHILE THE
PLANTS ARE SEEDLINGS
 BALLED/BURLAPPED - MOVED AT
ANY TIME EXCEPT WHEN GROUND
IS FROZEN
 CONTAINER GROWN - SAME AS B/B
FERTILIZING
 GENERAL - APPLY 3-6 LBS. OF 5-10-
10 FERTILIZER PER 100 SQ. FT.
PLACED IN A CIRCLE UNDER THE
DRIP LINE AT THE OUTER END OF
THE BRANCHES IN EARLY SPRING
 ORGANIC FERTILIZER COTTONSEED MEAL OR SOYBEAN
OIL MEAL MAY BE USED
WATERING
 GENERAL RULE -
WATER EVERY 10-14
DAYS DURING THE
FIRST YEAR
SOAKING THE SOIL
TO 6 INCHES OR
DEEPER
PRUNING
 TWO METHODS
USED - PRUNING
IS REMOVING
INDIVIDUAL
BRANCHES GIVING
THE PLANT AN
INFORMAL
APPEARANCE
 SHEARING IS
DONE TO SHAPE A
HEDGE.
BREAKDOWN BY HEIGHTS
 3 FEET OR LESS - EX. BLUE RUG
JUNIPER
 3-9 FEET - EX. MUGO PINE, HICKS
YEW, PFITZER JUNIPER
 OVER 10 FEET - ENGLISH YEW,
JAPANESE YEW
INFORMATION ON PLANTS
 HARDINESS - REFERS TO ZONE (AREA)
WHERE THE PLANT MAY BE GROWN
 FOLIAGE COLOR
 PERIOD OF INTEREST
 LANDSCAPE USE - GROUND COVER,
FOUNDATION PLANTING