Is it too much to ask that the shrubs in our gardens give us more than a summertime and autumn show? I don’t think so - we deserve and should demand more. I want the fresh, frothiness of blossom in spring and the kaleidoscopic euphoria of summer, before being wowed by a riot of late season fireworks from all the shrubs in my borders.
Being largely a perennial gardener, I rely upon shrubs, especially in winter, to provide structure, texture and maturity, and then in spring, summer and autumn to deliver contrast to the effervescence of my summer garden. The glorious, ephemeral, yet
