Shrubs offer so much to winter gardens. Take mahonia, whose long racemes of bright yellow, pollinator-friendly flowers start now and go on for weeks into the winter on upright evergreen bushes.

Shrubs that are being used as hedging include Berberis darwinii, Camellia, Elaeagnus, Euonymus, Hebe, Hydrangea, Hypericum, ...

Now’s the best time to plant as we approach what we hope will be a bountiful winter of rains to get plants established.