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Plants that I am familiar with as a landscaper. Not a complete or exhaustive list. The title "Landscapers palette" comes from the fact that these are the plants that for 95% of the time I would choose from when planning a planting scheme.
Exclusion doesn't always mean that a plant doesn't deserve a place here on merit, it may be because it's uncommon or difficult to get hold of - or of course that it doesn't deserve a place here on merit.

Key: habit: clump - clump forming, rhiz - rhizomatous | colour - var- various | difficult - able to tolerate named difficult conditions | everg - evergreen | shd - will grow in shade | sshd - will grow in semi-shade | flower colours - if more than one usually refers to different varieties

Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Aucuba - Cuban laurel japonica variegata	rounded	grn / yellow	dry shade / clay		all	10ft	10ft		Y	Y	Y
Bamboo Nigra - Oriental Black Bamboo	upright / clump	grn / yellow			all	5 - 15ft	5ft+		Y		Y
Barberry Berberis darwinii \| Berberis thunbergii	rounded	yellow / red / variegated			all	5- 10ft	5 - 10ft		Y some		Y
Buddleia - butterfly bush colvelei \| davidii \| globosa	arching	wht - purp	tolerant	Y	Su-Aut	10ft	15ft				Y
Buxus - box semperviven	rounded	green			all	15ft	15ft		Y		Y
Caryopteris esp. "Worcester Gold" \| Dark Night	mound forming	yellow / blue	tolerant		Sp-Aut	3ft	5ft
Ceratostigma willmottianum	spreading	blue			Sum - Aut	3ft	5ft
Ceanothus blueblossom	bushy	blue			Sum-Aut	5 - 15ft	5 - 15ft		Y
Cistus rock rose	bushy	white / cerise			Sum	5ft	5ft		Y
Chaenomeles - Japanese quince	upright / wall	pink / red	clay / w-logged		Sp	8ft	8ft		Y	Y	Y
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	conical	green			all	10ft	6ft		Y		Y
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Choisya esp. "Aztec Pearl" \| Sundance	compact	yellow / green	exposed	Y	all	8ft	8ft		Y		Y
Cordyline	fountain	various foliage			all	25ft? 2ft	5ft		Y
Cornus esp. elegantissima \| siberica	upright	red / yellow stems	clay / water logged		all	10ft	10ft				Y
Cotoneaster lacteus	upright, then arching	red berries	dry		all	12ft	12ft		Y		Y
Escallonia	compact	pink	NOT exposed		all	8ft	8ft		Y
Euonymus fortunii	spreading	green / white / yellow	exposed / dry / shade		all	3ft	3ft		Y		Y
Fatsia japonica	upright	green			all	12ft	12ft		Y	Y	Y
Forsythia \| Pink - Abeliophyllum distichum \| White - Abeliophyllum distichum	upright then arching	yellow	tolerant		spring	10ft	10ft				Y
Fuchsia ricartonii \| Fuchsia Hardy Trio	upright	red / purple	tolerant		Sp-Sum	6ft	4ft		Y
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Hydrangea \| Grandiflora \| Hovaria Love You Kiss \| Hovaria® Mirai \| macrophylla Trophy \| paniculata Limelight \| Red Ace	rounded	white / pink / blue			Sp-Sum	5ft	5ft
Ilex holly \| Holly Golden King	upright	green / red berries	cold / exposed		all / winter	20ft	20ft		Y	Y	Y
Kerria japonica	upright / arching	orange			Spring	8ft	8ft		Y	Y	Y
Lavatera Barnsley Baby \| Eye Catcher \| Lilac Lady \| Novella \| Summer Kisses \| Trio Collection	upright then arching	pink			Sum	8ft	8ft		Y
Ligustrum privet	upright	green / yellow	tolerant	Y	all	8ft	8ft		Y	Y	Y
Lonicera nitida	upright	green / yellow	tolerant		all	8ft	8ft		Y		Y
Mahonia esp. japonica	erect	yellow	clay	Y*	winter / all	6ft	12ft		Y	Y	Y
Osmanthus delavayi	bushy	white		Y*	Spring	6 - 12ft	20ft		Y	Y	Y
Philadelphus - mock orange	upright	white	clay	Y*	Sum	12ft	8ft				Y
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Photinia esp. "Red Robin"	erect	red / green	tolerant		all	15ft	15f		Y		Y
Pinus mugo	conical	green			all	12ft	15ft		Y
Potentilla fruticosa	rounded	yellow / pink / red			Sp-Aut	3ft	5ft		Y
Prunus laurocerasus	upright	green	tolerant		all / spring	3ft - 12ft	3ft - 12ft		Y	Y	Y
Pyracantha	upright / wall	red / orange / yellow berries		Y	all / Sp-Aut	10ft	10ft		Y	Y	Y
Rosa rugosa hedgehog rose	upright then arching	white / pink / red hips	tolerant	Y	Sp-Aut	8ft	8ft				Y
Rose, shrub	upright then arching	various	tolerant	Y some	Sp-Aut	3-8ft	3-8ft				Y
Rosemary	upright	blue / purple	NOT clay	Y	Sp-Sum	6ft	6ft		Y
Sarcococca hookeriana Christmas Box	upright	white	dry shade / pollution	Y*	winter / all	6ft	3ft		Y	Y	Y
Spirea esp Goldmound \| Goldflame \| arguta \| Anthony Waterer	bushy	yellow / red lvs. pink / white flws	exposed		Sp - sum	5 - 10ft	5 - 10ft
Tamarix ramosissima - Tamarisk	small tree	pink	exposed / wet		Sum-Aut	15ft	15ft
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Taxus baccata Yew	upright	green / red berries	tolerant, NOT wet		all	to 30ft+	to 25ft +		Y	Y	Y
Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn	upright	pink		Y*	winter / all	10ft	6ft				Y

Shrubs Landscapers palette

Shrubs
Landscapers palette