If evergreen is your priority I suggest Prunus lusitanica [Portuguese Laurel], Berberis julianae, Cotoneaster x watererii or a Pyracantha. All are reasonably fast growing but there are deciduous shrubs that will grow faster than these if fast growth is more important.
Thanks for those suggestions. I will look at them. I am considering a mix of deciduous and evergreen. It is to screen from a neighbour whose house is higher than mine. I have had to have a conifer hedge removed, which I have to say, I was pleased about.
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If evergreen is your priority I suggest Prunus lusitanica [Portuguese Laurel], Berberis julianae, Cotoneaster x watererii or a Pyracantha. All are reasonably fast growing but there are deciduous shrubs that will grow faster than these if fast growth is more important.
Thanks for those suggestions. I will look at them. I am considering a mix of deciduous and evergreen. It is to screen from a neighbour whose house is higher than mine. I have had to have a conifer hedge removed, which I have to say, I was pleased about.