I love the gold-splashed leaves of eleagnus. I also have a silvery grey variety that, in early summer, is covered with tiny, fragrant flowers. They seem to accept almost any conditions and can be cut to whatever size you want. We seem to get lots of birds in and out of ours but I don't think they provide any food.
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Add a hebe to your list of free standing shrubs and a golden leaved spirea. Underplant with bulbs.
I love the gold-splashed leaves of eleagnus. I also have a silvery grey variety that, in early summer, is covered with tiny, fragrant flowers. They seem to accept almost any conditions and can be cut to whatever size you want. We seem to get lots of birds in and out of ours but I don't think they provide any food.
Get on with your work Jo. No slacking please
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would go for evergreen, Choisya, Eleagnus Gilt Edge or Euonymus.
I like deciduous too, but it won't hide the horrible wall in winter.
Not sure where Jo is - would H. integrifolia be hardy enough for her garden?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.