sallyg said:I don't like Forsythia, it gets huge and rangy and not pretty except the week in bloom.
I have straight old fashioned Weigela, blooms acceptably well in all day shadeI think the shape of Weigela is much like the shape you would have had with Azalea. But not evergreen.
Not sure about the V.
P S. Azalea is about the most common yard shrub in Maryland. Yes, sources say quite toxic but no one knows that and they all have dogs.