Edible/useful evergreens for winter structure

[veggiechicken]

Ideas wanted for evergreen plants to break up the view down the garden. Its looking a bit open and bare at the moment as so few plants are in leaf.
Mustn't be too tall though and should have some edible or other practical use - and don't suggest holly or conifer.
I have bay, rosemary and sage.
Any suggestions please?

[Snadger]

Fataia Japonica, evergreen and tropical looking but no practical use, not tall,and you can't eat it.

In fact totally unsuitable for you requirements!:

[Snadger]

PS Glad I can be of help!

[veggiechicken]

Cheers Snadge, I like chocolate teapots too

[ESBkevin]

Swiss Chard. Multi colours too if you want.

Dwarf Kale plants.

Spinnach.

Rhubarb will soon be available as a feature plant too.

[veggiechicken]

I have all of those Looking for something more permanent and a bit taller - and don't say perennial kales because I have them too.
Its to plant in the middle of the garden, to break up the view to the far end. In summer, the fruit trees do that but this time of year they're just trunks.

[Bren In Pots]

What about something like a willow obelisk would that work ?

[nickdub]

I've got a small patch of black bamboo which, though not particularly beautiful, does form a good barrier and seems not to spread much - the canes are useful generally about the garden at about 5' long.

[veggiechicken]

What about something like a willow obelisk would that work ?

Only if there was summat evergreen growing on it.

I've got a small patch of black bamboo which, though not particularly beautiful, does form a good barrier and seems not to spread much - the canes are useful generally about the garden at about 5' long.

I have bamboo patch elsewhere - great for canes but I don't want to plant more.

The more I think about it, it needs to be a shrub, evergreen, that will fruit and be controllable, height & spread.

[Bren In Pots]

What about something like a willow obelisk would that work ?

Only if there was summat evergreen growing on it
.

Thought an obelisk would be good for the height and structure then a climber for the cover.
Theres a few evergreen fruiting shrubs on Thompson and Morgan's website :-

https://search.thompson-morgan.com/s...vergreen-Fruit

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Bren.

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At £54.99 for a plant in a 9cm pot I hope they have their prices confused too.

They inspire me with zero confidence!

[DannyK]

Winter Box, Sarcococca confusa. Evergreen and the scent is very strong now when we all need cheering up.

Some variegated osmanthus have well scented flowers in summer but are a bit slow growing.

[Newt]

Juniper is an evergreen, if you wanted the berries for that. Apparently spruce needles are edible and particularly good for steeping for tea. You can eat pine needles, the seeds from the pinecones (pinenuts yay!) and apparently the pollen, too, though I've never tried it.

Evergreen huckleberry is another option, as is mulberry.

[rary]

Would a post large enough to take big pots up it do or some of those three pot tier things that you can place on top of one another do, if you want to build up several in the one column I would suggest hammering an metal rod into the ground then drill a hole in the centre and build them up that

[mothhawk]

Evergreen and useful eh?

Berberis or barberry berries are edible, bay has culinary uses, and there's always roses, you can eat the petals and use the hips.