What would you plant against a fence with limited sun?

[NorthernLurker]

I've just taken out a privet type thing. It's left a good sized gap against a fence - maybe four foot wide at the most. It gets some afternoon sun on the front of the bed but not so much against the fence as it's also under a medium size flowering cherry.

What would you plant? I want some sort of pretty, flowering shrub or plan that spreads width wise along the fence not out in to the bed too much.

Hydrangea petiolaris is lovely and well-behaved.

Maybe a clematis or flowering jasmine bush - ours is in shade of wall most of the year and works great against a trellis.

I have a camellia that seems to do extremely well in about 80% shade.

Honeysuckle - we have one - it grows anywhere and thrives on benign neglect.

Thanks. I have a hydrangea on the other side of a lawn and a couple of clematis plus a huge honeysuckle further down the bed so I think I'll look at jasmine and camellias. My mum has one in quite a similar aspect.

I like Hydrangea seemanii because its evergreen. Also Schizophragma hydrangeoides, and Pileostegia which is irresistible to bees when it flowers. All do well in full shade

OP I would factor in when your other plants flower. Our garden is beautiful in spring (due to previous owner tending it well for years) but by summer is really just green so I'm starting to plant summer flowers. Camellias usually flower in March so would poss give you earlier colour than the honeysuckle and hydrangea? We have a lilac tree that smells amazing - if you wanted another spring flowering bush / tree that would be worth looking at too.

You could train a Fatsia Japonica against your fence. It is evergreen and likes shade.