"...I'm looking for an evergreen. It's gotta be low maintenance, take full sun, be deer resistant, look good year-round and it can't get bigger than 4-5'."  How about spreading Juniper?  Together with Yews, they are among the Most Planted Evergreens, and for good reason:

1. There is a great variety of color and texture to choose from that will soften any landscape - from tar & concrete to clapboard & stonewall.
2. They are tough, low maintenance plants, tolerating cold and heat, wind and snow, pollution and urban shmutz, clay soils and drought.
3. They are economical - will eat up large chunks of real estate for pennies, making them choice plants for screening and wind breaks.

There is a caveat, however. They really need full sun and good drainage to look great. There is nothing worse than a spindly, scraggly, thin branched juniper pathetically trying to do it's part on the shadey north side of the house. Also, they won't sprout on old wood like Yews, so if they thin out, they need to be pruned back.

Take a closer look at some of our varieties:
J. chinensis 'Gold Coast' 3'h x 5'w. A compact spreader with gold-yellow new growth. Choice plant for front layer foundation planting. Its color stands out with boxwood and small-leaf Rhodies.
J. chinensis 'Sea Green' 5'h x 6'w. A nice medium-green spreader with arching branches. Needles turn darker in winter. Could be used for a medium-sized evergreen screen.

J. squamata 'Blue Star' 3'h x 5'w. A nice compact grower with blue needles in a star-like arrangement. It's a slower grower than most juniper, but maintains a very nice rounded shape with minimal care for that reason.
J. squamata' Holger', 3'h x 4'w, Blue needles with a gold tip. Like all Junipers, it pairs nicely with grasses.
J. virginiana 'Grey Owl' (seen above) 3'h x 6'w. A wonderful gray-green, perfect for adding contrast to any landscape. Especially nice with maroon foliage plants like the purple leaves of Smokebush Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' or Ninebark Physocarpus 'Diablo'.