can someone tell me names of evergreen shrubs with leaves not needles?
Answers:
There are many to choose from:
For small or easily pruned hedge type plants try Buxus (Boxwood), Ilex crenata cultivars (Japanese Holly) Ligustrum (Privet), and Ilex (hybrid Hollies like .x meservae and larger like American or English Holly), Osmanthus
For larger or specimen type shrubs try Aucuba (Gold Dust Plant), Ilex (cultivars like Blue Princess), Nandina (heavenly Bamboo, some Viburnum
For flowering shrubs try Pieris (False Andromeda), Rhododendrons like the PJM series and any broadleaf kind, Mahonia (Oregon Grape Holly)
The list goes on. Your best bet is to get to your local nursery and see what they've got that's suitable for your climate and your area.
Other answers:
Holly is one.
Holly is one.
Wax leaf.
There is japanese boxwood, wintergreen boxwood, dwf yaupon holly, waxleaf ligustrum, nandinas, and many others
Privet hedge grows voluntarily around here like a weed - in the driveway, in the yard, in the creek, etc. I wish I could send half of it your way. LOL. Though it can seem like a nuisance because the growing conditions here make it volunteer everywhere, it is really nice to have the year-round greenery. They make pretty berries that the birds love to eat when they return in the spring. You do have to stay up with the pruning on these. They grow pretty wildly as far as shape goes without it.
We have holly too. Very, very pretty to not only see the green leaves but also the brilliant red of the berries in the middle of winter. The leaves are shapped such that they make thorned tips where each lobe juts out. The leaves are surprisingly stiff and shiny. They can be a pain (literally) to prune because of that. They don't drop many leaves, but when they do, those thorned leaves sure can hurt bare feet, so I wouldn't plant a holly near a walkway. I have tried to protect the little holly trees that have srung up from the seeds. They seem to grow verrrryyyy slowly.