Ideas for attractive evergreen wind and drought proof hedges please

[mrssilky]

Hello all I'm looking for ideas for evergreen plants for a front garden which faces intense afternoon and evening sun. Plants must be able to cope with a fair amount of sea wind as well as we're about half a mile in up a hill.
So far I'm stuck on rosemary which is great but I wanted abit more of a variety to mix in. Rosa rugosa looks lovely and is ideal for the conditions but is deciduous. I'm really bored of laurels and red robin and I need abit of height for privacy say 5ft.....Any/all suggestions would be very welcome! tia 🌸

We have a Lonicera nitida, here when we bought the house. It was a bit unruly. It was over 6 ft last year and we hacked it back hard, we’ve just trimmed it again now as it had shot up agin. We are on a Welsh hill and get very high winds. There are times I’ve thought it would blow over as it’s so tall and sways so much. This thing will just not die! It does give us lots of privacy.

Would Escallonia work for your location?

oooh yes that looks great when it's gone abit wild 🤩 Looks like the height will defonhave to be kelt in check then🤣

defo and kept excited fat fingers typing

I reckon Azalea Japonicas might be up to the job.

really lovely, worth giving them a go, thankyou 🌸

I was going to suggest escallonia. Have a look what your neighbours grow or what grows naturally. Tamarix is always suggested for wind and salt spray, but it's more of a small tree/large shrub. What about a mixed, loose hedge with a variety of plants (those already suggested and your ideas) which would look more interesting and informal? I'd check soil type before investing in an azalea.

thankyou yes i don't really want it formal, more mixed and interesting ...good idea about the neighbours , thinking about it no one has any azaleas growing! i will check out those suggestions as well , thankyou 🤩

On second thoughts although mine has thrived on drought they are sheltered. You could try one first and see how it thrives. They are beautiful and evergreen.

If you're not too far north what about oleander? They're evergreen, don't mind a sea breeze and will take all the sun you can give them. They don't like a very hard frost though, so are best along the south coast.

Griselinia littoralis.. glossy bright green foliage.. tough as old boots.. will take any about of sea spray and wind..evergreen.
Used as boundary hedging in north west coast of Scotland..
Keep trimmed for the first 2 seasons to get really well established root system and you will reap the reward of a solid hedge.

Sweet box, sarcococca confusa?

hey thankyou for all these, haha well apart from the beautiful but very toxic oleander apparently 🤣 we have a dumb dog that would definitely try and eat that on the way in🤣

Really like the look of Griselinia littoralis @Bonbon21 🤩

Oleander tastes foul, animals won't touch it.

okay :)

There's a variegated Griselina too, if you've not come across it yet.

thankyou will have a look

Cherry Laurel.