Border beside shallow steps and a line of yew spheres in the front garden is planted with Taxus baccata 'Corleys Coppertip', Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata', Pseudowintera colorata 'Marjorie Congreve', Phormium 'Platt's Black' and Persicaria affinis 'Superba' with Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii 'Carnival' opposite