Q What shrubs can I plant in a south-facing, 3m x 60cm border?

Margaret Dolan, Dundee

A CHRISTINE SAYS Consider Convolvulus cneorum for its beautiful silver foliage and white funnel-shaped flowers, Hebe armstrongii with its bronze foliage,

Hebe ochracea ‘James Stirling’ for gold-coloured branches and

Forsythia viridissima ‘Bronxensis’ for its yellow flowers in spring.

Hebe armstrongii will produce white blooms in early summer