Inspiration for screen/ hedge

lostinrates

I want a very short run of screening or hedging from my house to an existing hedge, so it has to be house foundations safe!

It has to tolerate shade or partial shade ( its to the north of the house, half gets just a couple of hours of sun, half gets good partial sun in summer, but if to tall or dance will impose shade on more of the garden.

About four/ five feet tall.

I would prefer it to be evergreen, or semi evergreen, but not too think or dance ( I might consider a climber on a suitable structure to get this filtered but not obscured screen)

I would prefer it to be scented, floral At least some times ( may be when not much else is), and if it is floral, preferably white. ( it's the divide between a very bright and an all white area of planting)

Finally it should be dog and chicken proof, which can be done with fencing.

As well as the climber I have considered a dense planting of shrubs to make a border rather than a formal divide.

Leif

I have a Camellia near my house separated by a concrete path, it's 2m tall, 2m wide, I can only assume it is doing no harm. They are fairly slow growing, but evergreen, and with flowers in spring. Cotoneaster franchetii might be okay, being a shrub. There are other Cotoneaster species. Flowering quince is nice, a bit bare in Winter, and spiny, but very attractive from spring to autumn.

Helen2k8

Sweet box (Sarcococca confusa) is a nice little evergreen with small scented flowers in midwinter and pretty dark berries

lostinrates

Sweet box might be the perfect solution, I love it a lot. I am now thinking I might put up a low trellis divide for the dogs and have sweet box on the white side and maybe a winter flowering clematis on the other side. Then, as these mature I can plant a border in front of them. Thanks!