Shrubs under the trees

 

Somehow the shrubs I planted years ago still survive under the leylandii at the back of the garden. There is hardly any soil and very little sunlight and they continue to flower. Don't ask me how. The first is just ground elder, but there are some flowers on the Periwinkle (Vinca Minor)  at the back.

 

The viburnum in flower.

Yesterday I took the Sarcococca Winter Gem out of a pot where it seemed to be struggling and planted in a space between the roots of the leylandii. We shall see if it survives. Apparently it prefers shade.

The gorse bush is coming into flower.

At the very far end this deciduous shrub has just come into leaf.