Is there any plant / hedge you know of that could fit the bill please?

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Hello,
I'm fairly new to gardening but LOVE it. 2 years ago we moved house, it's a lovely big sunny garden but horrifically overlooked by over 7 houses. A massive boarder (it's an odd shaped almost hexagon garden. The joy of a new build.

Obviously I could have just shoved up a load of conifers but we will be here for 16 years so I'm willing to take a bit longer for it all to grow and have beautiful screening.
So thus far we have: a mimosa, Chilean lantern tree, pampas, fire thorn, jasmine, red Robin, couple of buddlieas, camellia, rhododendron. Plus maple, acer and couple of palms and some conifers where I ran out of ideas!

I've got one more big gap but I'm out of ideas. So ideally I'd like something evergreen, grows to min 8 feet but taller is fine, would be lovely if it flowered or "did" something, vaguely fast / medium growing. Any suggestions would be very appreciated!

Red Robin. Fast growing, lovely colour all year round and easy to maintain

How well are the plants you've put in already doing? A lot of them need acidic soil rather than neutral or alkaline, so if they are thriving I would say your soil type is likely to be inclining more to acid than not. The rhododendron, camellia, Photinia (Red Robin), mimosa, chilean lantern all prefer acidic soil so I would look for something that also prefers it. Pieris (Flame of the Forest) would be a good bet.

They are all doing well, probably helped by the zillion bags of manure we put down first! The flame one looks lovely.
Should have mentioned we have a red Robin in my OP sorry! It doesn't look cluttered, just like a lovely varied border! I like variety (as you can probably tell!) I love the fact that there is always something going on at different times x

What about a budleia? If you get a named one then it won't spread. Flowers are good for wildlife.

Another suggestion - black bamboo. It's not a spreader but you could encircle the roots with a bamboo barrier just to be sure. There also bamboo varieties with golden or red stems that have great visual appeal.

Photinia Pink Marble. IMO, even more attractive than the Red Robin. Evergreen, glossy leaves, lovely variation on the leaf colour.

It’s the one shrub I always bang on about!

Lilacs are also lovely - some great colours to choose from. Not evergreen though.

Amelanchier is highly recommended for native wildlife.

What about a fruiting cherry? The Stella variety is very sweet but you do have to race the blackbirds 😆

i also love the forsythia as its golden flowers brightens up the winter days and heralds the spring similar to daffodils.

Calycanthus (Carolina allspice) is very nice, not too fussy about soil, that would be worth a go? Has beautiful exotic scented flowers.

Or Fothergilla major. Lovely autumn colour to the leaves, pretty fluffy flowers, likes acid soil but not fussy as to aspect, although I don't think it's fast growing.

I’d go for Laurel. They grow quickly, have lovely dense foliage, and look great being evergreen.
We found them excellent when a new neighbour decided to put an absolutely huge climbing frame against our boundary wall !