Evergreen shrubs form the structure of most gardens.

LOW SHRUBS:

Australian Fuchsia (Correa ‘Wyn’s Wonder’)

Australian Fuchsia fall color

Fiesta Indian Pink Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Fiesta’)

Dwarf Broom (Genista lydia)

Chilean Guava (Ugni molinae)

Gold Flower (Hypericum moserianum)

Hypericum ‘Compact Red’

Hypericum ‘Gemo’

Abelia grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’

Green Santolina (Santolina rosmarinifolia)

Santolina ‘Lemon Fizz’

Cigar Plant (Cuphea ‘Vermillionaire’)

Bat-faced Cuphea (Cuphea llavea)

Lantana camara

Dwarf Nandina (Nandina domestica ‘Bar Harbor’)

True Dwarf Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’) pruned and unpruned.

David’s Viburnum (Viburnum davidii)

Zabel Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’)

Dwarf Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis umbellata ‘Minor’)

Sunset Rockrose (Cistus ‘Sunset’)

MEDIUM SHRUBS:

Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica)

Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata)

Aztec Pearl Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata ‘Aztec Pearl’)

Breath of Heaven (Coleonema pulchellum) at The Station.

Halimiocistus wintonensis ‘Merris Wood Cream’

Silverberry (Elaeagnus pungens)

Tuscan Blue Rosmary (Rosmarinus ‘Tuscan Blue’) New name is Salvia rosmarinus ‘Tuscan Blue’

Grevillea ‘Coastal Gem’

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’

Winter Daphne (Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’). Very fragrant in the winter.

See post of Jan. 19, 2019 “Daphnes”

Philatheca myoporoides ‘Galaxy’

Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)

Darwin Barberry (Berberis darwinii)

Lion’s Tail (Leonotis leonurus) Late summer bloom.

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is related to Rhododendrons and likes acid soil.

Coral Fountain Firecracker Plant (Russelia equisetiformis). May die down to the ground in the winter but will come back each year in zone 9.

Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) Purple is Liatris spicata.

Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)

Drooping Leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana)

Chinese Fringe Plant (Loropetalum chinense)

Acacia ‘Cousin It’

Phlomis fruticosa

TALL SHRUBS:

Tree Mallow (Lavatera)

Holly-leaf Osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)

Goshiki Holly-Leaf Osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’) is slow growing.

Box leaf Azara (Azara microphylla). The flowers are fragrant, bloom in March and smell like chocolate.

Azara dentata

Luma apiculata

Chinese Fringe Shrub (Loropetalum chinense)

Red Chinese Fringe Shrub (Loropetalum chinense ‘Rubrum’ and Purple Majesty’)

Ternstroemia gymnanthera is related to Camellias.

Arbutus ‘Marina’

Summer Holly (Comarostaphylis diversifolia planifolia)

Sweetshade (Hymenosporum flavum) is very fragrant.