Plants for screening on roof terrace

[Slowhorses1]

Hello, iust wondering if any of you experts had some good suggestions for plants to provide some screening in the marked area on the photo attached. The issue is that its a small roof terrace, so plants would need to be kept in pots and be relatively light. Im hoping the screening would go to 1.5m or higher.
Was thinking bamboo, but I dont love it, although it would probably fit the brief quite well.

The other think I was thinking was a couple of these Laurel tree things. Although Id be worried they couldnt survive just in a pot, and also if theyd just get blown down if it was blustery. Thank you so much!

The other thing I was thinking was to attach some posts to the wall with some climbing wire, and then get something to climb along?

What about tall grasses in a big container?
The tree looks top heavy and would likely go over even in light winds.

and you could consider some split bamboo screening (the kind that comes rolled up) to be attached to the wall with plants in front of it

Bamboo doesn’t grow great in pots. You will need very large pots to start with (which will be heavy), and then replanting into even larger pots every couple of years.

Do you have access to a tap on the roof? If not, watering will be difficult so you should look for drought tolerant plants.

I agree that ornamental grasses would go well.

That’s really helpful, thank you both so much! We do have access to a tap, but agree with getting something relatively drought tolerant anyway. I’ll look at some grasses.

I also sketched this idea, to put some climbing wire and get something like star jasmine to grow along it??

Sorry pic didn’t attach.

How about Rosemary?

If you buy tall variety it’s easily gets to 1m high. It’s hardy, evergreen, withstands dry and windy. And helps keep mosquitoes and other bugs away. If you bought tallish narrow planters it would fill out like a hedge

Ooh that’s a good idea too @Caspianberg

My only worry about some of the grasses is that when they’re tall they also very wide.

Just bumping in case anyone else has some other clever ideas, or suggestions about the climber idea. Thank you!

I think the climber idea is lovely. Not many climbers are evergreen and don't mind wind though. Evergreen clematis might work. Their leaves are quite hard and waxy so I assume they wouldn't mind a bit of wind but I have never tried them. It would also need the pot to be out of the sun as they don't like warm roots.

Thanks @Geneticsbunny thats really helpul. We have a star jsmine on the same side but on ground level and so its sheltered by the wall, so maybe I need to consider that.

The area it would be going on isnt totally exposed to the wind. It has another roof facing it, so its more of a through wind if it gets blustery, rather than a full on direct one (if that makes sense!).

The city of London has a lot of roof gardens these days. Grasses in long planters seem to feature quite heavily. In trying to find some pictures, I found this article, which might be helpful:
https://www.shootgardening.com/articles/up-on-the-roof-how-to-design-the-perfect-roof-garden

Gusts of wind may be problematic. I am amazed what gets knocked over in my garden!

Thats such a great link, thanks @Madcats !

This photo was the effect I was thinking with the star Jasmine (although less bushy!), I’ll do some more research into climbers. But will also think about the grasses idea, which seems like a simpler option.

The reason I liked the climber ideas is because it avoided the weight issue.