Shrubs (bushes) and structural plants
Shrubs add structure to a garden, they can be evergreen or deciduous. Here is a selection which do not mind sandy soil. Also they all have the Award of Garden Merit (AGM), which is the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) seal of approval that these plants perform reliably in the garden.
Plants (110)
Rubus biflorus
White stemmed bramble
Rubus cockburnianus 'Goldenvale'
Whitewashed bramble, Cockburn's bramble
Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Ness'
thornless
Rubus thibetanus
Ghost bramble, Tibet bramble
Salix daphnoides 'Aglaia'
Violet willow
Sambucus nigra f. laciniata
Fern leaved elder, Cut leaved elder, Parsley leaved elder, Common elder, Black elder, Bourtree, European elder
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Gaultheria mucronata 'Wintertime'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'
Dyer's greenwood, Common woadwaxen, Dyers broom
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet