A Tapestry Hedge.

Form always looks great in a garden, no design will work without some structure.

 

You can make a formal element

from a random planting of shrubs.

All shrubs can be clipped

but may take time to thicken

and take the shape you want.

We have a mixed tapestry hedge

of evergreen and deciduous plants.

Happily, it holds its shape in the winter

and adds anticipation 

to spring and autumn.

You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65 New Living.

Some of the shrubs in this hedge are: Camellia,evergreen.
Purple leaved Plum, deciduous. Chimomanthus, deciduous.
Eugenia, evergreen, Fagus- beech, deciduous.

Of course this looks it's best when neatly clipped.

At certain times of the year there is more colour difference between the various species.

This perfect tapestry hedge is formed of yew,holly, beech and cypress with a ratio of deciduous to evergreen 1:3.