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  Nick Steele October 31, 2009 at 10:22am

  How wide / long is the bed? 750mm depth would be plenty for many shrubs, unless the width or length is very small...
  
  Euonymus alatus has good autumn colour, but is deciduous of course. E. a. 'Red Cascade' has even better autumn colour, and is dwarfer. There are a whole bunch of other Euonymus (the ubiquitous Emerald and Gold and all its brethren) which might fit the bill, and are evergreen, but it does depend how much width / depth you have to play with.
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  pete October 31, 2009 at 3:35pm

  Do you know Cistus Corbariensis Shadow? might this do - its one of my favourites.
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  Kieran Ray October 31, 2009 at 5:17pm

  How about a phormium tenax?! Some thing a bit different but fits in most situations. Just find one that stays around the size you want!
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  Shadow Hall November 1, 2009 at 12:04pm

  Thanks all some great suggestions. The bed in 1m 80 long and 1m 60 wide. I think I will go with the Euonymus Red Cascade because of its brilliant autumn colour and pretty berry's.
  Thank you for all your help.
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  Karl Carolan GreenArt Landscapes November 1, 2009 at 12:35pm

  Hi there, thats a tough one! Invariable good autumnal colour means that they are deciduous plants. Photinia x fraseri ' Red Robin' has nice red and green leaves and is a popular shrub(medium too large) that can be trained as a standard, (could be underplanted later on also) prunes well too. the smoke bush Cotinus coggygria nice shrub though looses leaves though.
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  Nick Steele November 1, 2009 at 2:13pm

  Shadow Jewers-Hall said:

  Thanks all some great suggestions. The bed in 1m 80 long and 1m 60 wide. I think I will go with the Euonymus Red Cascade because of its brilliant autumn colour and pretty berry's.
  Thank you for all your help.

  
  E.a. 'Red Cascade' is lovely, but very compact, and slow growing - in a bed that size you'll probably need 3, or will have to be VERY patient!