I think cotoneaster has a lot going for it. Great camouflage for a wall, great for wildife and great background for other plants of different form, colour, habit. I'm afraid I really dislike euphorbias but that's clearly a matter of personal taste.
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Thank you to you all for such helpful contributions. What a great site this is. I do have cotoneaster in the back but that is planted above the wall. I am afraid I cannot place anything above the wall as it is a patio. What about phormiums as they could offer a bit of structure? Would a row of cordalynes work perhaps interspersed with hebes (which I really like) and also bedding plants? Interesting comments about euphorbias, maybe not then! Thanks again
@Lplategardener247 , you can get cotoneaster to grow upwards as well as downwards, so you could plant them in a bed in front of the wall and they will head up. if the weather wasn't so wet here I'd nip outside and take a photo of mine, maybe later ! A row of phormiums would be striking, with hebes, or maybe a small grass such as stipa tenuissiama to soften it? So many ideas, you're going to need a bigger wall !
That's a good idea Rubytoo, as Madpenguin says, there are different types. Do they cope okay with sandy soil? As you say, they are so common l never even thought of them and personally l like them !
I checked the soil conditions before posting as we have clay, so opposite of Lplates. On various sites it says they are happy on most soils, but like many plants not total extremes. (Sand dunes and bogs are probably out I think). They do go up as well as down. Agree you are going to need a bigger wall
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On various sites it says they are happy on most soils, but like many plants not total extremes.
(Sand dunes and bogs are probably out I think).
They do go up as well as down. Agree you are going to need a bigger wall