I'll have to take you to task @raisingirl - that isn't how you spell Argyll....
I think the spell check must have thought I was buying socks.
I am wearing my hair shirt.
To the OP, lots of spring bulbs aren't very fussy on orientation - daffs and crocus flower almost anywhere. Foxgloves, primulas, aquilegia and geranium phaeum will all also flower in spring. Camassia if the soil is reasonably damp. It's later in the year it gets a bit tricky to maintain flowers with little sunlight. At which point Pete's advice to go for interesting and variegated leaf shapes may be your best bet
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I'll have to take you to task @raisingirl - that isn't how you spell Argyll....
I think the spell check must have thought I was buying socks.
I want to see your socks now @raisingirl -or are you off golfing in a matching jumper....
If the site is more north west facing @Tall trees , then you'd certainly get a bit of sun coming in, depending on what else is around. There seems to be other properties higher up to the eastern[?] end. I even grow Sedum spectabiles [now called Hylotelephium] in a north west facing border. Many plants are really quite adaptable. Everything I mentioned earlier will grow in that aspect though. I grow them here, or have grown them in previous gardens in that aspect. There are plenty of others too, but it's important to do a bit of investigation into the state of the soil lower down, and ensure anything planted won't just 'slide', which is why a bit of support would help initially. The maintenance also has to be considered, so a bit of solid ground here and there would be worth putting in - a few paving slabs or similar. A single shrub of a reasonable size would fill the narrow end quite easily, so a nice specimen there is worth considering. Some of the viburnums are good for that. I'm wondering why nothing more than a metre is the plan though. There's a huge gable wall there crying out for something growing up it, or some decent sized shrubs to break it up. Are there restrictions on plant sizes or is it just personal preference?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I am wearing my hair shirt.
To the OP, lots of spring bulbs aren't very fussy on orientation - daffs and crocus flower almost anywhere. Foxgloves, primulas, aquilegia and geranium phaeum will all also flower in spring. Camassia if the soil is reasonably damp. It's later in the year it gets a bit tricky to maintain flowers with little sunlight. At which point Pete's advice to go for interesting and variegated leaf shapes may be your best bet
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I want to see your socks now @raisingirl -or are you off golfing in a matching jumper....
If the site is more north west facing @Tall trees , then you'd certainly get a bit of sun coming in, depending on what else is around. There seems to be other properties higher up to the eastern[?] end.
I even grow Sedum spectabiles [now called Hylotelephium] in a north west facing border. Many plants are really quite adaptable. Everything I mentioned earlier will grow in that aspect though. I grow them here, or have grown them in previous gardens in that aspect. There are plenty of others too, but it's important to do a bit of investigation into the state of the soil lower down, and ensure anything planted won't just 'slide', which is why a bit of support would help initially.
The maintenance also has to be considered, so a bit of solid ground here and there would be worth putting in - a few paving slabs or similar.
A single shrub of a reasonable size would fill the narrow end quite easily, so a nice specimen there is worth considering. Some of the viburnums are good for that.
I'm wondering why nothing more than a metre is the plan though. There's a huge gable wall there crying out for something growing up it, or some decent sized shrubs to break it up. Are there restrictions on plant sizes or is it just personal preference?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...