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Article: A Collection of Conifers; Ever Green Through the Cold Days of Winter
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 19, 1987
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In the dead of winter, evergreens are here to remind us that
spring is on its way. A hedge of yew or the spire of a juniper
peeking out from under the snow can be a reassuring sight.
From a botanical point of view, evergreens are plants that do
not lose their leaves in winter, and they fit into two large
categories: broad-leaved and narrow-leaved. Broad-leaved evergreens
have wide leaves shaped in a variety of ways. Narrow-leaved
evergreens have foliage resembling needles, and they are known
popularly as Christmas trees. They are also called conifers because
they produce cones: brownish, candlelike structures that contain the
earliest seeds of plant evolution.
Narrow-leaved evergreens ...