ADVICE ON SHRUB TO USE

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    CAN I HAVE SUGESTIONS FOR AN EVERGREEN PLANT, THAT BLOOMS, TO PLANT IN A SMALL AREA

    JUST OVER A YARD SQUARE. ENCLOSED ON 3 SIDES BUT OPEN TO WHAT CAN SOMETIMES BE A SRONG WIND
     
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    Can I ask what kind of soil you got, Pickwick??? Acid?. alkaline?, neutral?, sandy?. clay, etc??
     
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    clay.....but will dig in lots of compost.
     
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    Well, you want an evergreen shrub so that cuts down the choice, it's got to be hardy and endure wind scorch so that cuts down the choice, it got to go in a space 3' x 3' so that cuts down your choice even more!!
    There's Arbutus which will get big if you don't prune it but it is slow growing, Choisya [but will need pruning to keep in check], Cotoneaster, Euonymus, Garrya [doesn't flower but has catkins/tassels], Hebe, Mahonia, Osmanthus? [maybe, a good scented shrub but possibly a little wind tender], Pryracantha [tough, spiny and will need keeping in check], Skimmia. That's all I can think of. There are other evergreens but they're either too tender or too big. I wish you luck!!
     
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    Good choice already Armandii:dbgrtmb:

    But how about Pyracantha evergreen flowers in the spring berries (choice of colour) through the winter , easily trained for a small space likes clay soil



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    Japanese Azaleas are evergreen, compact with bright flowers. Sarcoccoca, evergreen fairly compact, has white, higly scented flowers january / february time.:dbgrtmb:
     
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