Common name: Red Flowering Currant
Botanical name: Ribes sanguineum

Upright, multibranched deciduous shrub with medium green maple shaped leaves. The rose-red flowers appear in clusters in mid-winter offering winter color for the garden, and food for hummingbirds. Can tolerate some shade on the coast, and needs shade in warm inland areas. Makes a wonderful backdrop in a woodland garden, foundation shrub, or an informal hedge.

Common name: Red Fringe Flower
Botanical name: Loropetalum chinese 'Rubrum'

Red Fringe Flower is a 6-12' shrub with arching branches and light green and reddish leaves .

Common name: Winter Daphne
Botanical name: Daphne odora 'Marginata'

This shrub will reach about 6' tall and has small, glossy, greenish white leaves with pink flowers that bloom in winter and spring.