Team red with cool creams and greens

CHOISYA TERNATA Evergreen shrub with fragrant white flowers in May and glossy green leaves; there is also a gold cultivar ‘Sundance’. Prefers sun or part shade and fertile well-drained soil. H and S2.5m (8ft)

EUONYMUS FORTUNEI ‘EMERALD GAIETY’ Glossy, rounded green leaves with white margins often tinged pink in winter. Prefers full sun or part shade. Will climb if planted against a fence. H1m (3ft 3in) S1.5m (5ft) EUPHORBIA AMYGDALOIDES ‘PURPUREA’ Goodlooking evergreen with deep purple foliage and acid-green flowers April–June. Part shade and moist but welldrained soil. H50cm (20in) S30cm (12in) CAREX OSHIMENSIS ‘EVEREST’ Clumpforming evergreen Japanese sedge. Prefers sun or part shade and a moist but well-drained soil. Produces flower spikes April–June. Eye-catching stripes. H and S30cm (12in) BERGENIA ‘BRESSINGHAM RUBY’ Leathery-leaved evergreen spreading slowly from rhizomes. Leaves tinted red in autumn. Sun or part shade in a well-drained soil. H35cm (14in) S30cm (12in) HELLEBORUS ARGUTIFOLIUS Architectural plant with green flowers Jan–Mar and serrated evergreen leaves. Sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil. H80cm (32in) S1m (3ft 3in)