Linebacker DistyliumLinebacker' takes on the shape of a whiskey barrel, making it an excellent, trouble free hedge and screening plant. Reddish new growth in spring matures to a lustrous dark green in summer. Distylium checks all the boxes Evergreen, cold hardy, no known disease or insect problems and one of the most versatile plants we know of it grows well in SUN or SHADE and in WET of DRY soil!