Photo of a group of mainly evergreen shrubs and one or two deciduous shrubs, pictured growing in the full sunshine in a garden border. The shrubs include aucuba japonica, berberis, elaeagnus, hebe, hypericum, lonicera, photinia, potentilla, smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'), spirea, viburnum and weigela, as well as a golden juniper tree (dwarf conifer). Each spring, the shrubs are pruned into curved, rounded shapes with a hedge trimmer.