Buxus sempervirens ‘Gold Tip’ – fast-growing form of common box with dark green leaves

Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffructicosa’ – slow-growing form of common box with bright green leaves

Lonicera nitida ((boxleaf honeysuckle) – small leaves forming a tight hedge, tiny white flowers

Teucrium fruticans (shrubby germander) – grey foliage and mauve flowers

Abelia grandiflora – glossy dark-green leaves and white flowers

Escallonia ‘White Knight’ (white flowers), White Profusion’ (white flowers), ‘Red Knight’ (red flowers), ‘Apple Blossom’ (pink flowers)

Pittosporum tenuifolium varieties (e.g. ‘Mountain Green’, ‘Silver Sheen, ‘Stephens Island’, ‘Wai-iti’, ‘Waimea’, ‘Wrinkle Blue’)

Corokia varieties (e.g. ‘Bronze King’, ‘Geenty’s Green’, ‘Frosted Chocolate’)

Griselinia littoralis (NZ broadleaf) and varieties such as ‘Ardmore Emerald’, ‘Broadway Mint’, ‘Canterbury’, ‘Variegata’ – large rounded shiny green leaves

Olearia paniculata (akiraho) – green leaves with a silvery underside

Pittosporum eugenioides (lemonwood) – longer pale-green leaves

Prunus lusitanica (Portugal laurel) – large dark-green shiny leaves and sprays of white flowers