Native Evergreen Plants in South Carolina

Native shrubs, groundcovers, and ferns that hold their leaves through winter for year-round green, screening, and cover. South Carolina sits in a landscape of Sandhills, Piedmont & Lowcountry, and the natives that thrive here are the ones built for its humid subtropical character. The list below — led by Crossvine and Foamflower — is filtered to species genuinely native to South Carolina and the wider flora of the Southeast and hardy through zones 7–9. Evergreen natives carry the garden through the bare months, giving structure, privacy, and winter shelter for birds when the deciduous plants have dropped their leaves. Site broadleaf evergreens out of harsh winter wind and afternoon sun to prevent leaf scorch, and water them deeply going into a dry fall so they enter winter fully charged.

5 native species for South Carolina

Each one native to your region and hardy in zones 7–9 · see this collection in other states.