Hardy front door tree/shrub

[thekingfisher]

Hi all, first time posting here but hoping for some inspiration. I'd like to pot 2x trees/shrubs either side of my front door and have drawn a blank.

Needs to be hardy as it can be v cold (rural east Anglia) and get a lot of weather !

I'd really like to have something that it evergreen but otherwise flowers /fruit or leaves with a pink or white hue and is fine in a pot.

Bay I don't think will be hardy enough, photinia red robin doesn't go colour wise (I have a lovely pinky wisteria and lavender and think this will clash too much).

Can anyone suggest anything else ? I'm reluctant to go with a standard rose bush as not enough winter interest ....
Thankyou !

Camellias, but it depends on the aspect.

Have a look at Weigelas.

Two standard ceanothus? Pretty hardy and evergreen and lovely flowers for the insects in spring/summer. You can get blue or white flowering varieties.

Ooh Thankyou for these - haven't heard of any of these. Off to the rhs site !

I have a camellia that thrives in a pot. Bright green leaves all year round and fabulous pink frilly flowers early spring.

ornamental hazel?
it's bare in winter but cork screw stems still look nice.

witch hazel (flowers in winter, lovely foliage in summer)

shrub hibiscus (looks very dead over winter but can be underplanted with bulbs)

fruit bushes (goose berry, currant, quince)

there are some nice grasses that could work as well.

or cordyline

Olive trees!

Thankyou for all of these !

Standard holly? Cloud trained yew? Bay can be very hardy, mine cope with high winds with no trouble at all.