Hi

I would go for a variegated holly , and easily trimmed to keep small and its evergreen and pick the right variety and you may have berries .

Handsworth New Silver or Silver Milkmaid

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Pieris japonica 'Little Heath', but it needs ericaceous compost.

Euonymus fortunii, gold or silver variegated variety. This can be kept as a smallish rounded little shrub which is cheerful all year round. Very good tempered.

Hi Bampi! Welcome to Goy! I have a north facing back garden and a few pots in it. I find that my Parahebe 'Snow Clouds' does ever so well. I've several hebes that also seem happy, and my sarcococcas do well also and they have beautiful perfumed flowers in winter. Tree Ivy is lovely all year around and has a great structural feel to it. It only grows to 1m tall and is self supporting. I also have two lollipop viburnum tinus. They thrive in the north facing aspect and flower in the depths of winter. I also have a couple of camellias in pots there and they are growing well. I have an Arbutus unedo in the ground. It does well in a pot for a good few years, but will need planting out eventually. All of these are evergreen. There always the lovely winter flowering helleborus niger, ferns or good old Heuchera if you want something smaller.:) I hope you find something you like. Karen.

How about Skimmia, there is a self fertile one that means you will get berries as well as flowers.

or Osmanthus, the one I have has holly like leaves and is green speckled yellow.

or sarcoccoca.

there are quite a few to choose from. But remember to chose a large enough pot to allow for growth and watering and feeding is also important.

welcome to GoY.

What about sarcococca? It flowers in the winter and has a delicious smell. The rest of the time it's evergreen but you could always plant a dwarf euonymus fortunii along with it.

Mahonia 'Soft Caress' is also good in a North Facing aspect and small enough for a pot. Lovely evergreen foliage too :)