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 Broadleaf Evergreens
The Rhododendron is a good example of the evergreen trees family including a large number of broadleaf evergreens growing in well established mature forests.

Rhododendrons are normally found growing in highly acidic soil. This prevents successful growth of many plants that rely upon essential nutrients not found there.

Coniferous Evergreens
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 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 – relating to large areas of forest in the northern temperate zone which has a dominant population of coniferous 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.

Evergreens 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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