Help any ideas

Hi, I'm very new to gardening and wondered if anyone can help on what I can do for some privacy but at same time look nice, my garden is south facing and I want something to grow about 12 ft and I will like to maintain this height, I will create a border with good soil the full width of my garden moving the shed, my neighbours have some greenery as you can see from the pic however some colour would be nice :-) thanks in advance pics would help too !! :-)


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Hi & welcome
If your south facing i think 12ft high might shade your garden at the bottom to a degree

 

Welcome to GC bongobus. Large growing shrubs would be best I think although they will take a few years to get to the height you want. Conifers are not a good idea as they sap both water and nutrients from the garden and anything planted close by will suffer.

When you're out and about in your neighbourhood have a look at what others have planted in their gardens around the height you would like, if you are cheeky enough you could knock on a door and ask what the plants are or take a picture for identification here on GC. There's also local parks for ideas and a wander round local nurseries too. Check labels for overall growth if you see something you like.

 

Thanks for replies, I think your right 12 ft might be too shady, conifers again not appealing, I'm planning to put another 1 ft concrete gravel board on top of existing 1 ft to raise fence panel and get new panels cresoted with the substitute so not to kill greenery, then I'm thinking nice climbers to go up and spread through the top trellis, I need something that's not going to take years to grow so any nice climbers to recommend with their back against the fence, their front facing north?


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I was thinking of buying a climbing Hydrangea Petiolaris for my north facing shady corner as my clematis does'nt seem to get many flowers on it.
It as white flowers(the hydrangea) so i thought it might brighten it up which is a bonus.
Have a good google as there are probably tons that are great for north facing

 

Won't grow quickly but a Camelia would give you all year greenery and lovely flowers in the spring. They don't like sun in the morning and mine grow really well with no direct sun at all as they have walls on two sides. This year they were in flower right through from Christmas till Easter.

 

Honeysuckle is always good for spread and there are various climbing Jasmines as well.