Jasmine in a really small garden?

[Sluj]

We have a small garden and a new fence, having got rid of ivy that took over the world. I have a patch the size of a 6 foot fence panel on the south west facing fence and another on the shader NE facing fence. I really, really love the smell of jasmine but would it just take over everything too quickly and be impossible to control? Could I get away with an evergreen variety on the shady fence
I'm not sure if this is achievable in such a small place. What do you think?

I have a jasmine (Clotted Cream) on a shady fence. It’s growing well and hasn’t (yet) swamped it’s neighbours. My rookie error many years ago was planting a jasmine on an obelisk. Within a few years it had outgrown the obelisk and now looks a bit bonkers as it wafts around above it. It’s so woody that I’ll never manage to disentangle it from the obelisk.

Thanks for that, would it be easy to trim back or is it one of those plants that grows a foot every month?

Go for it.

You can always keep it in a pot if you want to contain it a bit more, but pruning is your friend

Yes, pruning is your friend (I don’t remember whether it should be pruned in spring or autumn, but it can be pruned hard). Apologies for rogue autocorrect apostrophe earlier!

Ah, if it can be oruned hard, I think I can manage that. Would it prefer the shader or sunnier fence? Any thoughts on the evergreen variety? Every plant has to earn its keep in a small garden !