I've had a quick look in all the books, but just can't seem to find anything that takes my fancy and thought I'd put this out there to see if any of you have some recommendations.
My North facing fence is about 45m long and suffers eternally from moss. It's a neutral clay soil that is gradually being improved. I've had a fair amount of success with small deciduous plants in a thin border, about 1-2ft wide. Mainly ferns, hostas and lots of other partial shade loving plants. The problem is that in winter this side of the garden looks bare and somewhat depressing. The winter interest is very poor. What makes it doubly depressing is that the neighbours fence is patchy and in shabby state.
So I'm after something that is either evergreen or has winter interest and will survive happily in clay soil on a north facing fence. And what I really want is something with a bit of height that won't immediately overflow a narrow border to hide the shabby fence, so nothing too vigorous!
Over to you guys! :-)
My North facing fence is about 45m long and suffers eternally from moss. It's a neutral clay soil that is gradually being improved. I've had a fair amount of success with small deciduous plants in a thin border, about 1-2ft wide. Mainly ferns, hostas and lots of other partial shade loving plants. The problem is that in winter this side of the garden looks bare and somewhat depressing. The winter interest is very poor. What makes it doubly depressing is that the neighbours fence is patchy and in shabby state.
So I'm after something that is either evergreen or has winter interest and will survive happily in clay soil on a north facing fence. And what I really want is something with a bit of height that won't immediately overflow a narrow border to hide the shabby fence, so nothing too vigorous!
Over to you guys! :-)
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