Caryopteris 'Summer Sorbet', a winner with me. Full sun, will take dryness. Bright yellow/green foliage, great with darker companions, blue late summer flowers for the bees/butterfies. Annual cut back in early spring, same as Butterfly bush. I gave away a lot of new plants I propagated from the low lying self rooted branches this spring. Here is a link that might be useful:

Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help in the development of Hollywood, learned of the name Hollywood from an acquaintance who owned an estate by that name in Illinois. Wilcox is quoted as saying, "I chose the name Hollywood simply because it sounds nice and because I'm superstitious and holly brings good luck."

in our MI ... mid march might still be snow time ... so i wouldnt be surprised if we are not a bit later ... if its a bitter winter ... keep in mind.. its not air temps ... its soil temps which are usually the trigger for spring growth ... and we are subject to ground freeze in parts of our MI ... so you MIGHT be a few weeks behind beng ... ken

This is my star jasmine. Grows like crazy after the first year or two. Wonderful fragrant flowers in the spring. It's growing on a four foot chain link fence on right. Covers it completely.