Overlooked garden

[Whyemseeaye]

A little advice needed if anyone would be kind enough to help a gardening novice!

We have a small garden 8.5 x 8.9m. Very overlooked from the back.

I’m planning to plant some Laurel or similar to create privacy - but was unsure if this is the best option. I don’t want anything that’s going to go wild and take over or get in to the neighbours garden.

I’d also like to get a small tree for the corner of the plot, to give some shade - we’re south facing and without shade most of the day.

Any advice or thoughts would be gratefully received. I don’t want to do the wrong thing so have done nothing as a result

TIA

I've seen apple trees and the like trained across a high trellis. There is a name for it but it won't come to me at the minute. I'll have a think

Pleached espalier. Wish I knew how to attach a link.

Thank you for the suggestions 😊 Were definitely having something pleached across the back. The trees are so expensive though

Bamboo in pots would be great for screening - we had it in our previous garden. The one drawback we found was that we’d sometimes find random bamboo spears poking out of the grass. So not an option with the children. I lived in fear they’d stand on one of them!!

@Whyemseeaye
Tell me about it 😬. The cost of trees has shoot up this year “supply and demand “ I’m told.
I’ve got no choice, I need the privacy.

There is a lovely evergreen jasmine that grows pretty high, but you need a sunny spot for it.
I’ll find the name for you today.

Trachelospermum jasminoides

There are some good suggestions for small trees on this thread.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/gardening/4246171-trees-in-small-gardens

I'm in a similar boat myself re being overlooked - funnily enough the unanticipated savour this year has been a banana plant which I popped in a fairly random spot a few years ago (thinking it wouldn't thrive) and whose leaves turn out to be in the perfect spot to block the view from a neighbouring roof garden. Obviously not evergreen but worth thinking about if you're somewhere warm and protected.

Ps You're right to be cautious about bamboo even in pots. It comes up as a suggestion all the time but in my experience rarely looks that good and often escapes ..