Hi Rod,

Firstly, thank you for your suggestion.

"Rod" wrote in message
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Escallonia macrantha or one of its cultivars should do OK for you.
Evergreen, don't mind salty winds, stands any kind or type of
clipping, not hard to trim, nice balsamy smell, pink flowers if you
don't cut it too hard.

I had done a search on it, no Escallonia in the database of BBC and three
other varieties in RHS database. A web page of BBC Scotland mentions it is
fragrant while another website states it is pungent. I like the fragrance
of hyacinth in flowers but not when it starts faded, also I consider the
scent of those sweet peas my mother-in-law grew last year was too
un-natural. So, my husband and I will write it on a list with other plants
being mentioned when we visit some nurseries in the future.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth, Wales