The following list gives some examples of garden shrubs that can provide the garden with interest over two or more seasons, with decorative foliage, attractive blooms or colourful stems:

All Year Round

Hardy

• Convolvulus cneorum (Silverbush)
• Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' (Oleaster)
• Euryops acraeus (Euryops)
• Lavandula stoechas (French lavender)
• Ozothamnus ledifolius (Kerosene bush)
• Spring and Summer
• Calycanthus occidentalis (Californian allspice)
• Pieris 'Forest Flame' (Lily-of-the-valley bush)

Not Hardy

• Acacia baileyana (Bailey acacia)
• Ardisia japonica (Japanese ardisia)

Winter and Spring

• Berberis temolaica (Barberry)
• Corylus avellana 'Contorta' (Corkscrew hazel)
• Salix irrorata (Blue-stem willow)

Spring and Autumn

• Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder' (Dogwood)
• Summer and Autumn
• Cotinus 'Flame' (Smoke bush)
• Cotoneaster conspicuus (Cotoneaster)
• Dipelta yunnanensis (Dipelta)
• Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' (Oak-leaf hydrangea)
• Lonicera korolkowii (Blueleaf honeysuckle)
• Myrtus communis var. tarentina (Myrtle)

Autumn and Winter

• Arbutus unedo (Strawberry tree)
• Berberis temolaica (Barberry)
• Cornus mas 'Variegata' (Variegated Cornelian cherry)