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Here are some more useful information facts about evergreens:

What Are Broadleaf Evergreens?
The Rhododendron family is a good example of broadleaf evergreen trees that include a large number of evergreens growing in well established mature forests. Rhododendrons are normally found growing in highly acidic soil. This prevents the successful growth of many other plants that rely upon essential nutrients not found there and so leaves plenty of space for the rhododendrons to succeed.

About Coniferous Evergreen Trees
Taiga or Boreal forests are regions that are too cold for organic matter to decay quickly which encourages a flourishing population of evergreen trees. This is at the expense of lesser plants that need those difficult nutrients to be available.

The Taiga - A very special cold place for conifers
The Taiga is located south of the Tundra and is a forest situated in the far northern regions of the Earth. The Taiga is dominated by coniferous evergreen pines, firs and spruces including deciduous trees, aspens, larches and birches..

Boreal - A very special temperate place for conifers
Boreal – relating to large areas of forest in the northern temperate zone which has a dominant population of coniferous evergreen trees, many of which are evergreen trees like pine, fir and spruce.

Temperate Climate Produces Healthy Evergreens
Temperate climate regions cause evergreens to strengthen their self preservation as the forest floor is layered with evergreen leaf and needle debris that decays easily and quickly. This yields a higher carbon-nitrogen ratio than deciduous leaf debris and so creates higher soil acidity but lower in soil nitrogen.

Such excellent conditions encourage the growth of more evergreens, which in turn makes it difficult for deciduous plants to grow in sustainable good health. Where evergreens grow in large numbers, they create their own barrier to cold and draughty conditions as they shelter one another from the extremes of bad weather.

Evergreen Plants Are Solution Solvers
Overall, evergreens grow in a diverse range of climates and tolerate wildly differing soil conditions. seemingly evergreens have evolved and adapted to almost any location on Earth.

There is an evergreen for almost any situation you could think of. They provide interest all year. If you don not like the same color throughout the seasons, some change color, quite dramatically from summer to winter and are always great to look at.

Evergreen trees are solution solvers because you can always find one to do a specific task. Whether it is a dwarf variety to fill in a small gap in the front of a garden border or grown as a row of tall Leylandii acting as a wind break.

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