Flowers give privacy

A tree close to a fence came down and the fence was not high enough, leaving a 2-3 metres gap. I plan to plant flowers, anyone can suggest beautiful flowers but also can grow big and tall enough to give some privacy? (and better to grow quickly) -- not interested in very big trees but small manageable ones can be considered -- it is close to the house
There are some Camellias, hydrangea, and rhododendrons, Variegata on the same side.

 

Hollyhocks, columbine , trellis and clematis?

 

BTW, the sunshine is limited

 

What type of soil do you have? Clay heavy soil? Light sandy soil? That will help others in giving you ideas. Also, when you say flowers, do you mean no woody based plants? There are limited plants that can grow more than 2 meters in height that aren't woody based.

 

I think the top soil is rotten leaves (black soil) and under is clay. Woody-based plants are perfect but just not huge when mature, ideally 3 metres maximum would be great.

 

@Chen Where is your garden and how wet does the ground get.
More hydrangeas might be an idea, some of the viburnums would meet your requirements. Shrubby lonicera are scented in winter, Sarcococca hookeriana evergreen early spring scented flowers.
Do you want evergreen or is deciduous acceptable?

 

I am in Scotland so I assume it is wetter than the south but also colder.

Regarding hydrangeas, it seems not tall enough?

 

Also, can anyone tell me the names of the trees/flowers?

 

@Chen It might be an idea to start another thread in the ID section and post a single photo of each tree maybe 3 or 4 per thread. It would get more attention there and single photos are easier to look at.

 

Those photos need to be separated and made bigger as many are taken too far away for definite IDs. Especially trees, might need to see some leaves or bark/branches to help.

Based on what I can just about see, photo 1 might be a Photinia shrub. Photo 5 - Mahonia shrub, & photo 7 - Viburnum Davidii.

Thanks for more details on your soil. Being a 2-3 meter gap, 1 shrub might be enough as you want it around 2-3 meters in height. Take a look at Viburnum x burkwoodii. This shrub if sheltered from winds may retain its leaves, otherwise it's semi evergreen.

 

The trouble with flowering perennials is that they are not usually tall all the time, only when they flower. What about some ornamental grasses such as Miscanthus or golden oats (proper name escapes me for the moment)? Or a trellis with a fast growing climber such as variegated ivy or clematis armandii. You could grow nasturtiums up it the first year.

 

The temperature is now 1-7 degrees, is it a good time to plant privet?

 

So long as the ground is not frozen or waterlogged I'd get it in.
What happened to the beautiful flowers idea you started with? Privet flowers are plain white and I find have an offensive odour.