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hibiscus http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=959 "Hibiscus can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, trees, annuals or perennials, with simple or palmately lobed leaves and large, funnel-shaped flowers over a long flowering season" Says it all

floribunda is a deciduous tree, which bears attractive crimson flower buds that open to reveal white-pink blooms in late-spring. Small red and yellow crab apples appear in autumn. It grows to a height of 4m.Malus floribunda, Japanese crab appleFigs are native

to reach to 6ft bear in mind you are trying to keep conifers that can achive considerably larger heights into a confined height- so it may be wiser to invest a little more time and take the opportunity to plant a mix of deciduous and evergreen shrubs

all over.Crataegus or Hawthorn are the hedge rows you see on country roads, it can grow 25 feet high and spread even more. White flowers in may loses its leaves in Autumn.Magnolia a lovely shrub slow growing and often used on walls can grow to in time

in an evergreen shrub and then grow a small climber up through it. Can't think of a combination off hand but I'll have a think... I grow several clematis in pots, mostly smaller flowered species and cultivars, all flower July to September-ish.  No problem provided

22 degrees Is it Ceanothus Burkwoodii ? I want to put one of these in this year but need to make sure I put in the shrub that gets to about 150cm. My next door neighbours is huge and looking nice but would be too big for the area I want to put

..autumn.. Shrubs, bulbs, flowers ..what do we look forward to next .. (So I can pick up ideas) Alchemilla Mollis (Ladies Mantle), aquilegia, foxgloves, many hardy geraniums (cranesbills) such as Johnson's Blue, geums, irises, trollius, veronica all

evergreens are quite dense. If you live in a relatively mild place then you could grow an Olive. Alternatively Arbutus or Acacias would work well. Your choice increases dramatically if you can cope with deciduous trees.Mildred: If you click on the links

We have what appears to be an old small deciduous tree in our garden ( Aberdeenshire ), but cannot identify it.  Maybe it's an out-of-hand shrub? Here goes: it has a 'weeping' pendulous habit, stands around 3 metres by  the same spread, never

just had two trees taken down (with consent) which had tree preservation orders. A condition of removal is replacement with 'native deciduous' although we would like a type that remains as small as possible! Any suggestions? can anyone tell me when