Recommend a small-ish evergreen shrub that is nice to sit with

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  1. Selleri

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    I'm looking for a shrub next to my favourite chair.

    The space is south facing by the western wall so gets quite hot and dry (hopefully- seen the amount of sand and grit I'm mixing into the clay soil :biggrin: ).

    Evergreen, preferably flowers (pink or white, nothing in the description can start with "yelll...), not flowering in the winter as I will plant a Viburnum next to it, about 1-2m tall or easily pruneable.

    I'm sort of thinking Escallonia. Choisya is a lovely shrub but nowadays you only see the sick looking yellowish versions, and I prefer darker foliage.

    An upright Rosemary might be good... hmmmm.... Rosemary is my favourite plant and I'll plant my trailing one nearby on the slope. Perhaps that's a tad much?

    Thanks for ideas!
     
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    We have an Escallonia Pink Elle which is a reliable flowerer and looks good all the time. Also had one in a previous garden in a large pot and that seemed to suit it too.
     
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    Abelia “Edward Goucher” might suit, evergreen with pink flowers. There’s another Choisya, C. White Dazzler, with fine filigree dark green leaves and white flowers, plus the orange scent. Also, there’s Choisya Aztec Pearl. I grow the more common one, C. ternata Sundance, but the leaves are more lime green in sun than chlorotic yellow :biggrin:. It really lifts the garden in winter.
     
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      Saracocca ( Sweet Box ). Does as well in a container as in the ground. Beautifully scented white flowers followed by small black berries. I have mine in a large(ish) container against a south facing wall next to my garden bench.
       
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