Shrub suggestions for UK

[yelf]

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I'm wanting some sort of shrub to grow and act as a cover between my garden and next door. But I want them to be reasonabley sized when I plant them (ie: not a few inches tall). Any thoughts please?

Also - would now be a good time or not to plant?

I was wanting this sort of thing but think it will be too much work:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26082

[bullthistle]

You probably want an espailared juniper or such and Monrovia Nursery sells to local nurseries so check with Monrovia to see who they sell to locally but it will costs you.

[rainbowgardener]

Tell us where you are, what zone, climate etc and how much sun does your area get. (Next time it would help to rotate the picture before you post it, too! )

[yelf]

North Wales UK - gets quite a lot of sun

[applestar]

I would plant espaliered or cordon of fruit tree(s)
I'm trying to grow a free-form (meaning I'm not going for the strictly geometric look) Belgian Fence of apples and pears. You can see them in the background here:
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I also have thornless blackberries trained against the fence. Indiv. photos of the apples and pears and the blackberries:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=131442#131442

[rainbowgardener]

Think about some kind of nice native shrubs that have habitat value, that is provide food/ cover etc for birds, bees, butterflies, wildlife. Native plants are in general lower maintenance, since they are adapted to your conditions. If you were here, I'd make some suggestions for you, but I don't know anything about UK natives. I did find a UK native plants database, so you should be able to look some up:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/fff/

I also took the liberty of changing the title of your post, so maybe it will alert some of the many other UK folks around here to make suggestions for you.

I know you have native hawthorn, buckthorn, and holly, any of which might work...

[ej358]

You will find this shrub will do just what you want.
It is Himalayan Honeysuckle and grows quickly from planting.
It has long 'chinese lantern' flowers which the bees love and then turns to juicy black berries which the birds love!

It was a self plant in my garden and grows just about anywhere.
BTW, I live in south Yorkshire.

I started a thread a while ago asking for its name and got it from here!

The thread is interesting for its contribution.........

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82037#82037