... AND HOW TO USE THEM

Shrubs for shade: Bamboo, camellia, Choisya ternata, Daphne laureola pontica, elaeagnus, fatsia, Garrya elliptica, hypericum, Kerria japonica, Mahonia japonica

(inset), Osmanthus decorus,

pyracantha, Ribes alpinum,

skimmia, Viburnum davidii Shrubs with scented flowers: Buddleia, Ceanothus x delileanus

‘Gloire de Versailles’, Choisya ternata, corylopsis, daphne, elaeagnus, Hamamelis mollis,

honeysuckle, lilac, magnolia, osmanthus, roses, viburnum

Shrubs for winter flowers: Chimonanthus praecox ‘wintersweet’, Daphne mezereum var. autumnalis, Garrya elliptica, Lonicera fragrantissima, Viburnum x bodnantense, Viburnum farreri, Viburnum tinus, winter jasmine

Shrubs for small gardens that can be regularly pruned back hard: Buddleia, all dogwoods, elder, hardy fuchsias,

hazel, Rubus cockburnianus,

sambucus, Salix daphnoides

Shrubs with purple foliage:

Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’, Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’,

Corylus maxima ‘Purpurea’,

Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’, Rosa rubrifolia, Sambucus nigra ‘Guincho Purple’

Shrubs for alkaline soil: Berberis, brachyglottis, cotoneaster, daphne, elaeagnus, euonymus, forsythia, fuchsia, lilac, osmanthus, peony, pyracantha, ribes, rosemary, rubus,

Shrubs for acidic soil: Azalea, calluna, camellia, clethra, heather, gaultheria,

Hydrangea macrophylla, kalmia, pernettya, pieris, rhododendron