1.   Five perfect shrubs.

2.   In fact, although nandina gets little respect from a lot of gardeners, it is a perfect shrub.

3.   Similarly, at the New Otani Hotel in Los Angeles, trees are pruned so dramatically they amount to giant bonsai, set amid equally perfect shrubs and stones.

4.   Tops on my list of perfect shrubs are pieris, Scotch broom, mahonia, ligustrum and nandina.