Plants : Shrubs A - H

This Abelia is aptly named: in spring it lights up with bright yellow and green variegation; in summer the foliage darkens to a deep green with a golden-creamy yellow outer edge; in autumn it changes through shades of green, yellow, orange, and red.

Edward Goucher is a graceful arching evergreen shrub with oval bright green leaves which are bronze when young and produce lilac-pink flowers from mid summer to autumn. Suited to beds, borders, containers, walls and trellises.

A low maintenance, evergreen shrub with large leaves blotched with golden-yellow. It will grow well in all but waterlogged soils, and is ideal for banks and slopes, as hedging/screens, and in containers.

This hardy shrub produces profuse, vibrant blooms during late spring. The foliage is compact and evergreen. Grows 45cm high x 60cm wide after 5 years. Pot diameter: 10cm.

This low maintenance evergreen shrub produces dark-orange flowers in spring, with dark-green foliage remaining in all seasons. It bears a blue-black fruit in summer. Ideal for hedging and screening, or as ground cover on banks and slopes.

This small, compact, rounded deciduous shrub produces yellow-edged purple-red leaves, pale pink flowers in summer and crimson berries and leaves in autumn. It is low maintenance and ideal for banks and slopes, beds and borders.

Pink Delight is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with arching branches, lance-shaped leaves and slender panicles of sweetly fragrant pink flowers. This nectar rich plant will encourage beneficial wildlife into your garden.

Santana is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with arching branches, lance-shaped yellow variegated leaves and slender panicles of claret red flowers. It tolerates many situations, but grows best in a sunny, well-drained beds and borders.

This fast growing, large deciduous shrub features arching branches, lance-shaped leaves, and panicles of deep-purple scented flowers. Nectar rich, it will encourage beneficial wildlife into your garden.

A large deciduous shrub with arching branches, lance-shaped leaves and long panicles of scented purple-red flowers. This nectar rich plant will encourage beneficial wildlife into your garden. Low maintenance, and ideal in beds and borders.

This lovely evergreen shrub develops dark red, semi double flowers in early spring. Ideal for a mixed or spring border, with the foliage providing an excellent foil for spring bulbs. 1.5m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 18cm.

One pf the most popular varieties of Camellia, displaying a profusion of large, clear, pink peony flowers. 1.2m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 18cm.

Ideal for patio pots, this Camellia develops masses of saucer shaped, semi-double, rose-pink blooms that open continuously from early spring. It is a dense upright evergreen with dark green, glossy foliage. 1.5m height x 1.2m spread.

A narrow, upright shrub with elliptic, dark green leaves and formal, double pink flowers from mid to late spring. 1.5m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 18cm.

A very large, spreading camellia with glossy, dark green leaves and anemone-like, rose pink blooms from early spring. 1.2m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 16cm.

A superb evergreen shrub with peony shaped yellow flowers and a compact habit. 1.5m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 18cm.

This lovely Camellia produces beautiful big blooms during late winter and early spring, set against glossy evergreen foliage. Performs well in a tub with ericaceous compost. Grows 90cm high x 60cm wide after 5 years. Pot diameter: 10cm.

A very upright, vigorous evergreen shrub with narrow, glossy, dark green leaves and pink semi-double blooms from early spring. 1.5m height x 1.2m spread. Pot diameter: 16cm.

Perfect in beds and borders, or against walls and trellises, Blue Mound is a bushy, mid-sized, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark-green leaves. It bears bright-blue, small flowers in spring.

Concha is an evergreen shrub with arching branches with narrow, dark green leaves and clusters of deep blue flowers. Great when grown against a wallside or trellis.

A medium evergreen shrub with prominent glossy bright yellow leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers. Great when grown against a wallside or trellis.

Corbariensis is a rounded, evergreen shrub with shiny green leaves and pink buds that open to pure white, with yellow centres throughout summer. Low maintenance, and excellent as ground cover on banks and slopes.

This low, spreading evergreen shrub displays whorled, grey-green leaves and clusters of yellow-centred, rose-pink flowers in summer. Low maintenance, and excellent as ground cover on banks and slopes.

A compact evergreen shrub with narrow, oblong, silvery leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers flushed pink in bud. Good for containers grown in a gritty loam-based soil.

This hardy perennial produces ascending, evergreen, sword-like leaves all year round. Very good in tubs for the first couple of years, then in mixed borders where they will eventually have tiny, fragrant flowers in June.

The dark black stems of this striking plant form an amazing contrast and backdrop to all manner of other plants throughout the winter months. In spring, lush green leaves cover the plant, followed by small white blooms in summer.

Midwinter Fire is an upright, deciduous shrub with green leaves turning deep-red in autumn. Its young shoots are orange-yellow tipped in red through winter. It bears small white flowers in summer followed by black berries in autumn.

This popular plant has deep maroon leaves that turn bright orange before falling in autumn. In summer it is covered with a smoky haze of soft open pinkish flower plumes, giving it a smoke-like appearance.

Masses of beautiful double pink flowers will cover this deciduous shrub from June to July. Hardy and easy to grow, it is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.

This compact, evergreen shrub has small, glossy dark green leaves and bears small pink and white flowers from early summer. Great in beds and borders, and as hedging/screening.

Lovely, glossy, dark green foliage that looks good all year round. Masses of tiny, white summer flowers when established. Ideal for winter patio containers for its first year, before being moved to a mixed border. Hardy, evergreen and easy.

Gold Ellen is an evergreen shrub with yellow leaves splashed with green. In mid to late summer, it bears clusters of large pink flowers. Great in beds and borders, and as hedging/screening.

Eucalyptus gunnii is a large evergreen tree with peeling cream and brown bark and clusters of small white flowers. Its leaves are round and a bright glaucous-blue when young, turning grey-green with age.

An extremely versatile dwarf shrub with striking evergreen foliage, especially in spring. Hardy and easy to grow, so perfect for beginners. Grows 60cm x 60cm wide after 5 years. Useful colour for winter containers.

A dense, compact, evergreen shrub with dark green leaves narrowly edged with yellow. Small, insignificant, green flowers bloom in summer and are occasionally followed by fruit in autumn.

An extremely versatile dwarf foliage shrub which looks especially good in spring. It is hardy and evergreen, making it perfect for beginners. Ideal for bed edges or winter containers. Grows 30cm high x 30cm wide after 5 years.

In summer and autumn this upright, mid-sized, deciduous shrub bears small, single flowers with crimson tube and sepals, and violet-purple petals. Its leaves are small and mid-green.

Ideal in beds, borders and containers, Autumn Glory is a small evergreen shrub with rounded green ovate leaves that have purplish edges. From mid-summer through autumn, it produces spikes of purple flowers.

With its dense habit, this small evergreen shrub is perfect for adding some foliage to your roof terrace, beds, borders and containers. Its small branches become topped with white flowers in summer.

This small, hardy hebe grows into a neat shrub 40 to 50cm. It gives a beautiful display of soft lavender/blue flowers throughout autumn which cover the plant for a long period. Ideally for small garden borders, rockeries and decorative pots.

Also known as Hebe Purple Shamrock, Mrs Winder is a small evergreen shrub with narrow, dark green leaves (tinged with red-brown when young) and small, violet-blue flowers. Great in beds, borders and containers.

This small evergreen shrub has oblong, blue-grey leaves edged in red in winter and pale-mauve, white flower spikes in summer. Can be grown on banks and slopes, in beds and borders, containers, and on the roof terrace.

Pagei is a dwarf, mat-forming evergreen shrub with small, silvery-grey leaves and small, spikes of white flowers in late spring and early summer. Great in beds, borders and containers.

Preziosa is a mid-sized, deciduous shrub with bronze young leaves that turn deep-red in autumn. In late summer and early autumn it bears rounded clusters of rose-pink flowers which become reddish-purple with age.

A small, deciduous shrub with ovate, dark-green leaves, Ami Pasquier bears clusters of deep crimson or purplish-red sterile flowers in summer. Low maintenance and great in beds, borders and containers.

A deciduous, upright shrub with rich green, well-defined leaves, Teller Pink becomes covered in rounded “lace-cap” flowers with an outside ring of pink florets and an inside of smaller blue and pink fertile buds in summer.

Teller White is a deciduous, upright shrub with dark green, tapering leaves and snowy white “lace-cap” flowers that have white flowers with cupped petals arranged around multi-coloured centre flowers in summer.

This large, low maintenance deciduous shrub has a bushy habit with ovate dark-green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. From late summer to autumn it bears broad panicles of creamy-white florets which become pink-tinged with age.

This small, bushy, low maintenance semi-evergreen shrub has narrowly ovate, dark-green leaves. In summer and autumn it bears saucer-shaped, bright-yellow flowers with orange anthers. It bears bright-red fruits in autumn.