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High Altitude Evergreen Shrubs

Those of us fortunate enough to live in the mountains face many gardening challenges. A question frequently asked is... what kind of evergreen shrubs are safe to plant in the mountains?  We have compiled an extensive list of evergreen shrubs that can be safely grown at altitude that won't turn into... "Nevergreens".

Group Keys: BLE = Broad Leaf Evergreen | EG = Evergreen
SJ = Spreading Juniper | UJ = Upright Juniper

Common name Latin name Group
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 7000 feet
Holly - All Varieties Ilex cultivaras BLE
Juniper - Blue Star Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' SJ
Pyracntha - Yukon P. angustifolia 'Yukon Belle Mono BLE
Pine - Hornibrookiana Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana' EG
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 7500 feet
Cotoneaster - Coral
Cotoneaster - Ground
Cotoneaster - Rock
Cotoneaster - Round
Cotoneaster - Shrub
C. dammeri 'Coral Beauty'
C. horizontalis perpusillus
Cotoneaster horizontalis
C. horizontalis 'Robusta'
Cotoneaster divaricatus
BLE
Juniper - Medora Juniperus scopulorum 'Medora' UJ
Juniper - Wichita Blue J. scopulorum 'Wichita Blue' UJ
Oregon Grape Holly Mahonia aquifolium BLE
Pine - Uncle Foggy
Pine - Mugo Mops
Pinus banksiana 'Uncle Foggy'
Pinus mugo 'Mops'
EG
Privet - Golden Vicary Ligustrum x vicaryi BLE
Spreading Junipers
Nearly all Varieties
Juniperus  cultivars SJ
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 8000 feet
Euonymus - Greenlane Euonymus fortunei 'Sarcoxie' BLE
Juniper - Andorra
Juniper - Arcadia
Juniper - Bar Harbor
Juniper - Hetz Blue
Juniper - Sierra
J. horizontalis 'Youngstown'
Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia'
J. horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
J. x media 'Heitzii Glauca'
Juniperus sabina 'Sierra Spreader
SJ
Juniper - Red Cedar
Juniper - Colo Green

Juniper - Gray Gleam
Juniper - Hillspire
Juniper - Moon Glow
Juniper - Spearmint
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii'
Juniperus scopulorum 'Cologreen'
J. scopulorum 'Gray Gleam'
J. virginiana 'Cupressifolia'
J. scopulorum 'Moonglow'
Juniperus chinensis 'Spearmint'
UJ
Pfitzer

Pfitzer - Compact

Pfitzer - Gold Tip Compact
Juniperus x media 'Pfitzerana'
J. x media 'Pfitzerana Compact'
J. x media 'Pfitzerana Aurea Comp
SJ
Pine - Dwarf Scotch
Pine - Dwf White Eastern
Pinus sylvestris 'Glauca Nana'
Pinus strobus ' Nana'
EG
Spanish Gold Broom Cytisus purgan 'Spanish Gold' BLE
Spruce - Globe Blue
Spruce - Norway Weeping
Picea pungens 'Globosa'
Picea abies 'Pendula'
EG
Yucca - Bannana Yucca baccata BLE
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 8500 feet
Cotoneaster - Cranberry
Cotoneaster - Tom T
Cotoneaster apiculatus

C. apiculatus 'Tom Thumb'
BLE
Juniper - Blue Table Top
Juniper - Tammy
Juniperus sabina 'Sierra Spreader
J. sabina 'Tamariscifolia'
SJ
Yucca - Soapweed Yucca glauca BE
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 9000 feet
Juniper - Blue Rug Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' SJ
Pfitzer - Gold Tip J. x media 'Pfitzerana Aurea' SJ
Pine - Mugo Pinus mugo mugo EG
Spruce - Alberta Dwf Picea glauca 'Conica' EG
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 9500 feet
Juniper - Buffalo Juniperus sabin 'Buffalo' SJ
Evergreen Shrubs hardy to approximately 10,000 feet
We're still looking for Evergreen Shrubs  that are hardy to 10,000 feet.

We have made every attempt to accurately compile this list. But before purchasing plants... please double check with your Garden Center or Nursery.

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if you live between
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