evergreen shrubs - A Selection

Bring a touch of elegance to your garden or patio with Camellia japonica ‘Winter Perfume Pink’. This charming shrub bursts into bloom when you need it most, producing delicate soft pink flowers with a centre of golden stamens and a sweet, uplifting fragrance. Its compact nature makes it perfect for large pots or containers, brightening up entrances, patios, or sheltered garden spots during the chill of late winter and early spring. The lush, glossy evergreen leaves offer interest all

Ceanothus Yankee Point Fine displays of deep blue flowers in early summer that will attract bees and butterflies into your garden. This low mounding forming Californian Lilac forms a lovely spread of glossy foliage. Height: 1m (3'). Spread: 2.5m (8').

Gorgeous pinkish-white flowers

Red buds add even more seasonal interest

Frilled, rich red flowers

Rhododendron 'George Hyde' is a magnificent cultivar named after the great Rhododendron and Azalea hybridist. This lovely evergreen Azalea has a clean, compact habit that makes it ideal for pots. This evergreen shrub looks great in a rockery or at the front of an acid border, and it's low-maintenance. In May, the plant is completely covered in big, semi-double blooms with their unique ruffled appearance. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 60cm (24).

Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee' is a well-liked dwarf mix variety. From late April, the deep evergreen foliage is found beneath a blanket of pale pink blossoms with a subtle cerise pink edging. It has also received the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

An evergreen shrub with pink springtime flowers

A new variegated form

Double flowers in soft coral-pink, against lush, dark evergreen foliage from late winter to early spring.

Beginning in early June, Rhododendron 'Mary Helen' produces huge, immaculate white blooms with contrasting dark anthers. Throughout the year, the broad spreading branches are coated in shiny green leaves, adding vibrancy to the garden even on grey winter days. This is a stunning specimen shrub for acid borders and shaded forest gardens. This is one of the later blooming evergreen azaleas, but it is totally worth the wait! Height: 75 cm (30). Spread: 120 cm (48).

A large evergreen shrub/hedging plant valued for its brilliant red spring foliage

A deciduous, bushy shrub with attractive foliage that changes from bronze-tinged through green to red during the year. Domed clusters of fragrant, pink flowers are produced during the spring, followed by red berries that turn dark to black. Flowers April-May. Height 200-250cm.

A stunning bicolour white and pink flushed evergreen shrub

Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee' is a popular and well regarded dwarf hybrid, having earned itself a prestigious RHS AGM. From late April, the dark evergreen foliage disappears beneath a covering of pale pink blooms, which are delicately edged in cerise pink.

Camellia japonica 'Bonomiana' has striking pink-streaked double flowers that will stand out in your spring garden. From mid to late spring, you'll have a long season of interest as this dependable hardy shrub unfurls after bloom, each with its own distinct markings for a varied and eye-catching display. This ornamental shrub is densely cloaked with glossy, rich green foliage the rest of the year, providing an attractive, low-maintenance screen as well as structure and height to the garden. It