I lost an established shrub about two years ago and decided to replace it with two other shrubs. The Snowball Bush and the Cotinus Royal Purple Smoke Bush.
They will both take a while to grow but the Snowball bush is looking quite pretty at the moment so I won't prune it again until it has grown a lot taller. The Laburnam tree in the front garden is in full flower now and the sweet scent from the flowers wafts across the garden