Mixed hedge for a shady corner

[ZoyaTheDestroyer]

Hi all

I have a corner in the garden to fill in with hedging. It’s next to an existing hedge of laurel and bamboo and will need to reach an ultimate height of about 2.5m to match the existing hedge. Please does anyone have any planting suggestions?

I have considered and discounted:

Pyracantha - we have it elsewhere and I love the blossom and berries but the thorns are a pig and I don’t want any more!
Yew for toxicity as I have DC, one with SEN
Bamboo - the previous owners loved it and used it everywhere and it’s a pain
Camellia - I love the idea of this but I don’t think we have acidic soil

I am considering a mixture of cherry laurel and variegated holly. Would you include anything else?

Look at Portuguese laurel. Or photinia.

Thank you, I will. Are there any particular photinias which can cope with nearly full shade?

I forgot to mention that I’d quite like to include a conifer if anyone can recommend one that is shade tolerant and reasonably fast-growing but less of a brute than leylandii.

sarcococca can deal with shade - i'm not sure it gets big enough for you.

and check the laurels toxicity