Recommend a low growing evergreen for pond edging/ nearby

I'm looking for a maximum knee- tall planting for an area between pond and path.

The area continues with Bergenias so something to contrast them a bit, something spiky-ish would be good.

The area gets full sun, the soil is improved clay (yet to be improved so adjustable to requirements ) and the location is NE England.

I don't probably want grasses as I have plans to use my Festuca Glaucas nearby.

I have some hardy Dianthus as back up plan for this summer but going forwards I'd like something a bit bigger and bushier. Horizontal Rosemary might fit the bill... or perhaps one of those lovely trailing (?) blue conifers I always lust after (whatever they are called)?

Thanks!

 

Juniperus squamata?

 

Hebe, or I have heathers near my pond and growing over the edge, easy to cut back every other year.

 

We inherited a cotoneaster at the edge of our pond and it trails quite nicely

 

Thanks, yes, I definitely want that somewhere but I was thinking of the very soft one.

Sadly I dislike Hebes, too rigid for me. Heathers are an interesting idea, which ones do you have (approximately)? A photo would be great- I never thought of heathers.

A Cotoneaster! Again one I wouldn't have thought of... Thanks!

 

My heathers are over 30 yrs old, planted when I built the pond.
To be exact, I have a pink one and a white one.

They are of the more winter spring flowering types that are tolerant of less than acid soil.

This is the pink one, the white stuff is something else, there is a white one on the other side but its not looking good right now, I think I over pruned it last year, but its coming back.

 

+1 for heather (possibly Erica carnea?). Or your original idea of prostrate Rosemary

 

I grow geranium sanguinium around my pond, along with a creeping thymnem and I also let the watermint go walk-about a little…

 

Thanks very much all!

I'm starting to lean towards prostrate Rosemary after all Rosemary does well up here and it is my favourite herb foodwise too.

https://www.jparkers.co.uk/rosmarinus-officinalis-capri-0001403c

Heathers will fit somewhere I'm sure, I do like them a lot.

 

Hmm...check that variety elsewhere! I wouldn't trust Parkers as far as I could throw them, and they don't state that it's prostrate? Pointe de Raz is a beautiful deep blue if you can find one.