What can I put here?

[gardening_gal]

I have a small triangle bed edged in log roll stuff and it's against a trellis fence. It's small, only maybe 1m across the front long side and much less on the other two sides.

I'd like to have some sort of evergreen 'thing(s)' there to grow up the trellis and also cover the ground so I don't have to weed it.

It would be nice if I could have colour in the summer too.

Be glad of suggestions. Thank you kindly.

[WendyC]

Euonymus Silver Queen. It's a funny old shrub, if you plant it free-standing it will grow into free -standing shrub or is you put it against a fence it will grow flat. I'll nip out and take a photo in a minute. Copes with sun and shade.

[WendyC]

Here we are. Looking a bit shaggy at the moment because the new growth has just sprouted.


This border faces East and there's a clematis growing through the fence shrub.

[gardening_gal]

Thanks Wendy, looks like a contender.

[Martin H]

How much sun does this space get, and how high is the trellis? This will help us visualise what might do well there.

[gardening_gal]

It gets sun pretty much all day and the trellis is 6' ish tall and 3' ish wide.

[Scarlet]

Sunny? How about a clematis, I'm sure you can get an evergreen variety. How high is the trellis. Pyracantha can be trained against a wall, it is evergreen and has gorgeous orange/red berries in the winter (I think it's pretty) which the birds love but it can get big and has horrible spikey thorns Not evergreen but a climbing rose might be your thing.

[Martin H]

A lot of shrubs can be trained against a sunny wall. An evergreen Ceanothus might be nice, although it only flowers the once.

[mothhawk]

A lot of shrubs can be trained against a sunny wall. An evergreen Ceanothus might be nice, although it only flowers the once.

That's a brilliant idea. Ceanothus would fill the space, it's evergreen, but the leaves are quite small so it looks neat, it has glorious blue flowers about now to the end of June time (either pale blue or dark blue, depending on variety), and a lovely scent, a bit like the old "dolly mixture" sweeties.
And bees adore it.
What's not to like?

[gardening_gal]

That does look pretty and colourful, added to the shortlist. Thank you.

[Bal]

I have one growing against a north wall doesn't get much sun and is covered in beautiful blue flowers now. It's right by the front door so the smell hits you just as you come out. It's fabulous. The only flowering plant that was in the garden when we moved in

[dilettante]

You could get a climbing rose, so you get the flowers in the summer and the hips in autumn/winter.