Hi there

Sounds like a butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) Jamie good choice but not evergreen if you really needed full all year round privacy

 

I think that might be it. When would somewhere like home base be selling them?

Is honeysuckle any good?

 

Hi again Jamie
They would usually sell them in the spring but if you can your best to try to find a local nursery or maybe google plant fairs or NSG National Garden Scheme Open Days in your area they could provide you with plants at a fraction of the cost and they will give tons of advice like the lovely folk on the forum here Hope that helps
sorry forgot to answer about honey suckle another lovely fragrant plant but again not always evergreen varieties sold so be sure it is ..like this named variety http://www.climbingplantsdirect.com/Product.asp?ProductRef=1153

 

Check out this link one of the fab forum members opens his garden to raise money for charity by offering home grown plants for sale not sure if this is anywhere near to you or if you can car share as some of the other members have kindly offered in the past its a great way to get correct advice and well cared for ,well priced plants that you wouldn't necessarily see in your local stores and all being sold for a good cause and being in the company of the GC group members with a nice cuppa and a BIG slice of scrummy cake ...just a thought
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/special-invite-to-forum-members-2016.111706/

 

The "feral" buddleia you see growing in the sidings and walls is usually tough as old boots, and grows very well if you can get a cutting or small plant and transplant it into your garden! My Mum did that, and ended up with a massive bush that ended up about 8 feet tall, 6-7 feet across and was alway hoochin' with fragrant purple spikes that attracted bees and butterflies all summer. See pic here!

If you leave the seed heads on until pruning time it can help maintain the privacy even if it's not evergreen, and it also provides winter food for the songbirds, which mum always enjoyed watching all winter.

 

You see, that's beautiful do they sell the feral kind in shops?

How do I take a cutting of a plant and how do I make that cutting grow?

 

Might be a bit far for me as I don't drive but thanks.

 

The "feral" buddleia is pretty much just the 'standard' variety (Buddleja Davidii) I think. You can buy many colour varieties of it in the shops, but some of the more exotic colours are less vigorous growers than the light purple wild growing ones. Mum planted a dark purple one (Empire Blue probably) at the same time as the "feral" one, and even though the shop bought one was much larger at the time of planting, the "feral" one quickly out-stripped the shop plant's growth rate and ended up almost twice its size.

The "feral" one my mum planted was actually a very small seedling with roots and all that we pulled from a gravel bed in Edinburgh and transported home, but the "feral" plants are so vigorous that we also had good luck taking cuttings off it and letting them grow roots in a vase of water.
If you find any small plants in an easily reachable place that you can pull, they transplant very well; alternatively, I'm sure some of the more experienced gardeners here would be able to give you slightly more 'professional' methods of cutting that would guarantee more success!