Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

For a year round slash of color in the garden this is a great shrub. Glossy green leaves splashed with gold, no wonder they call it 'the gold dust plant'.

A compact and fairly dense growing plant Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' produces red berries in autumn and will reach 2-3m depending on conditions. Looks great in the garden border between camellia japonica.
Evergreen Shrub Aucuba japonica

Viburnum Tinus

Tough, easy to grow, evergreen that can also be used to form a hedge. Cultivars such as Viburnum Tinus 'Eve Price' with its white flowers in winter and Viburnum Tinus 'Gwenllian' are very popular in the UK.

Viburnum all appreciate a well drained humus rich soil, growing to 3 - 4m Viburnum are easy to prune, not fussy about soil and cope with wind and seaside conditions... a great plant.
Evergreen Shrub Viburnum Tinus


More great evergreen shrubs.

Daphne odora
For fragrance in the winter Daphne odora is the plant.

Camellias
Fantastic flowers, glossy green foliage

Drimys winteri (wintersbark)
Glossy foliage and nice white flowers

Ilex x altaclerensis 'Golden King'
A variegated holly, looks great with is bright yellow and green foliage.

Itea ilicifolia
The long catkins in winter remind us o f Garrya eliptica.