Suggestions for a 50cm or so evergreen plant needed!

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  June 2023

  Clematis armandii. Evergreen, fragrant flowers late winter early spring. Can be pruned to what you want.
  

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  June 2023

  I don't think so @bertrand-mabel.  That will get to 7metres and @Steve the Gardening Vet wants 50cms.
  
  What's the soil like?  Acid/alkaline/loamy/sandy/stony.............

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• rossdriscoll13 Posts: 234

  June 2023

  
  

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• Steve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630

  June 2023

  Obelixx said:

  I don't think so @bertrand-mabel.  That will get to 7metres and @Steve the Gardening Vet wants 50cms.
  
  What's the soil like?  Acid/alkaline/loamy/sandy/stony.............

  
  Pretty stony, I've been slowly improving it for years but it is still fairly dull! Neutralish pH and I do have acid loving plants coping elsewhere in the garden without any assistance.
  

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• Steve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630

  June 2023

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  I have a pieris in a pot nearby, I think it's too bright so sarcoccus, I'd considered a diddy azalea but I think again too hot, nandina has potential, euonymus is well, euonymus! Is there such a thing as a genuine dwarf conifer? All my hebe died in the winter! Mahonia is a maybe, I have a terribly sickly looking one in a pot that might be dead... Daphne is a maybe but leucothoe is too acid loving I think for where I am in Surrey.

  
  

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• Loxley Posts: 5,698

  June 2023

  Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina' might be a good choice, likes a sunny, stony dry site and will actually flower in winter given a mild year. 
  
  Choisya 'White Dazzler' would probably work too.
  
  Daphne 'Eternal Fragrance' might be OK, I have one and it has survived fairly dry conditions for me!

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• SalixGold Posts: 450

  June 2023

  myrtle?
  

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• Butterfly66 Posts: 970

  June 2023

  Teucrium lucidys or one of the small hebes might fit the bill

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  June 2023

  Euonymous Jean Hughes?

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  June 2023

  I wouldn't pick most of those on that list as they're unsuitable for the site and conditions, and no - most conifers need maintenance, unless you pick a smaller one from a specialist nursery as they're less available in most of the usual outlets,  and they wouldn't like lots of heat and dry ground, so you'd have a job getting them established well enough, and keeping them happy.
  Hebes would usually be ok, but they often succumb to cold wet conditions, so it's hit and miss, but the smaller leaved ones are tougher. Avoid variegated, and large leaved ones.
  The Japanes azaleas actually like sun, bit it won't  suit if it's so dry and stony. They still need good soil and moisture to thrive.
  The Choisyas already mentioned might be the best option, but anything woody will need really good prep and ongoing care until well established. I wouldn't plant anything just now - better to wait until autumn given the time of year and the site. 

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  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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