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Advice on a shrub please.
Help appreciated please.
I have long drive. At the top there is a quadrant either side, 3' radious with a wall on one side about 3' high.
Ideally I would like an evergreen flowering shrub in each. Fast growing, ( I'm 74, would like to see it grown. lol ) and easy maintenance. They will be in full sun all afternoon, along side a busy road.
Many thanks
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Eleagnus pungens maculata?
My very elderly parents had a similar situation in their garden when they lived at home - we planted a Cistus x purpurea - within a couple of years it had formed a beautiful dome about 2ft high and 3ft across and was covered in flowers all summer through.
Some 8 years later it is still there when we go past their old home, now a taller and broader evenly bushy mound and still covered with flowers all summer long. Apart from planting it well and some watering in it's first few months, it has had absolutely no attention whatsoever (confirmed by the new owners)
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/90960/i-Cistus-i-times;-i-purpureus-i/Details
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've always found Choisya to be pretty slow growing, although a very nice plant, unless you buy a really big one at the garden centre it'll be a while before it does much.
What about something like a nice Hebe, they grow very fast will be decent sized shrubs in 1 season and have nice flowers that the bees love. Can get them in some great purpley colours too. Although this depends on the ultimate size you want it to grow, if you want it to grow taller than the wall then it's not good.
Ceanothus are a good shout, as they grow pretty quickly and are very pretty.
Another fast growing pretty evergreen would be a tree lupin.
Pyracantha might be nice with their orange/red berries.
Although not evergreen a couple of philadelphus (mock orange) might be stunning, either side of the drive. The smell would be amazing when in flower.
No flowers again but a couple of photinia would be add nice colour.