Tall evergreen flowering shrubs for a sunny border

[greenfenz]

I am looking for tall bushy shrubs to fill the gaps in a south facing border by a garden fence. I previously had a eunymous there but removed it since have a few others in the garden. Now there is a large fuchsia and another eunymous remaining. Want something that will go with the eunymous and fuchsia.

I don't like a manicured look in general. Something fast growing, woody stem, evergreen, flowering, that would eventually grow to about 2 meters would be ideal. Could also be a pleached half standard branched tree but i do need something evergreen and flowering.

I already have a Ceanothus elsewhere but another could be an option- they don't flower very long, though. I could perhaps get a fuchsia in a different colour since mine flowers profusely through summer and I love it.

What would you recommend?

How about a camellia or a choisya?

Choisya and Camelia are excellent suggestions.

A few others - Hebe Midsummer Beauty flowers over quite a few months from June onwards - often flowering well into November. New leaves start purple and develop into bright green.

Escallonia Iveyi flowers in summer with large white conical flowers, and glossy dark green leaves that can turn bronze in winter.

Viburnum Tinus Eve Price flowers from winter to spring, showing bright pink flower buds from autumn which open up white, and clusters of small blue-black berries in spring.

California lilac or lavender?

Thanks - some great suggestions. I have Californian lilac further down the fence, an acacia (looking very bare right now) and lavender in beds. Is there a California lilac variety that flowers longer than others? I was also considering an arbutus unedo as a shrub.

I have viburnum eve price as a hedge - or trying to make it grow as a hedge more accurately. It is quite slow. I will try to get a viburnum lisa rose which seems to look nice. I will research eacalonia and hebe. I do need the shrubs to grow to about 1.5 to 2m in height.

If someone can recommend a repeat flowering rose bush, that would be great.

Thanks - some great suggestions. I have Californian lilac further down the fence, an acacia (looking very bare right now) and lavender in beds. Is there a California lilac variety that flowers longer than others? I was also considering an arbutus unedo as a shrub.

I have viburnum eve price as a hedge - or trying to make it grow as a hedge more accurately. It is quite slow. I will try to get a viburnum lisa rose which seems to look nice. I will research eacalonia and hebe. I do need the shrubs to grow to about 1.5 to 2m in height.

If someone can recommend a repeat flowering rose bush, that would be great.

@greenfenz the one I have flowers for a few months but there might be other varieties that do??

How about Abelia x grandiflora - would fit your requirements, robust, fast growing, evergreen and a long flowering period?

You can go wrong with David Austen roses, IMO; obviously they're not necessarily evergreen. Or a rosa banksia? I like lutea best.

A camellia will struggle in full sun (plus it needs ericaceous soil, which you may or may not have).

I would go for an evergreen daphne or ceanothus if it were me, but I'd grow a clematis through it - if you keep the roots cool (by tucking them in near the back) it should be fine, and it is a pretty standard way of extending the flowering period of evergreen shrubs. Some daphnes are better in full sun than others, but as with the clematis, it's mainly about keeping the roots cool and damp.

I can't picture a pleached tree looking right there, or fitting with a non-manicured look.