Help with tall plant ideas

[Raver84]

Can anyone offers some ideas I have a ground level part of my garden that raises into a steep hill. My neighbours have designed their garden to turn the hill into a flat platform, which is fine and from the height look directly down into my garden. I can't describe it well but I'd like to plant some plants or trees along the fence. Fence is about 7 foot and we have put a trellis on top but it's still really exposed. Any ideas for how to create some privacy. I thought some raised planters to add initial heights? Also low maintenence...

You can buy a tree eg hawthorn , growing on a 7ft trunk . So that is a tree, normally bushy that is pruned to a single stem. It shouldn't get too big if you buy the right sort but would give summer privacy. However it will be pricey eg 30£+ depending on size.
Or tall bamboo but possibly needs something to stop it spreading, like planting it in a v large plastic tub with The bottom removed. Though digging that out in the future will be difficult.

Black bamboo, phyllostachys nigra, is non-invasive and grows very tall. It's not cheap, but it is undemanding to look after, evergreen, quick to establish itself and can easily grow to 10' in a couple of years. Hawthorn is also lovely, easy and quick, but it does lose its leaves in winter. The two together would look beautiful, as they are so different.

You could also have rowan trees or elderberry trees. Deciduous, so bare in winter, but tall, pretty, fragrant and welcoming to birds. And you can also eat the flowers and berries.

(I have black bamboo, hawthorn and black elderberry in my garden. )

Thanks so much for the ideas a hawthorn will work as I have one already and it seems to look after itself rather well. Il look into the bamboo idea too. Thank you!

Laurels grow densely and quickly. There are some pretty variegated varieties with flowers and berries.

My neighbours did this in their garden, we contacted planning who told us that it was unauthorised engineering works and they would need planning permission. We managed to get it sorted via the housing developer in the end and since last weekend now have a higher boundary. In the meantime we planted a Rowan tree, pear tree and used climbers. A clematis Montana is super fast growing but not evergreen. I feel your pain!

Ah thank you so much for your suggestions. As you rightly point out it would have and hasn't had consent. We found this out when we had an architect round for planning our extension and he said it would absolutely have needed consent. It's new people there now anyway so not their fault but still want some privacy so hopefully the planting will give us that.