Covering neighbours ugly bare branch conifers

hi everyone
I’m back for some advice but this time it’s all about trying to make an area of the garden much more pretty.

My neighbour has these conifers (I think they are conifers) he gets them trimmed yearly but they have overhung our side of the fence over the years (before we lived here) and they have just been trimmed in a way so that the tops still overhang. Underneath as you can see they have been cut back as we used to keep our bins under them.

Now that the weather is warming up and I’m starting to take much more of an interest in gardening and how my garden looks the bare branches are really starting to annoy me.

We have other big house projects going on so don’t want to spend a lot trying to cover them somehow.

My thoughts so far were that we could use some sort of screening type fence that would go up to the green part of the conifer.

Or moving the water butt along a bit more and planting something quick growing that would get big like the one next to it to cover all the nasty bareness. (Again not sure what that is as I’m a gardening novice)

I’m not sure what the plant that is currently below the trees is either, But I’m not sure it’s really the right sort of thing that I need to hide the branches fairly quickly so could remove that and replace.

The area is behind the garage and allthough it’s getting some sun now I’d say it’s mostly in the shade.

I appreciate any advice
Thanks
Carly

 

Talk to your neighbour about growing clematis Montana there Carly C. It is not totally evergreen, more like semi evergreen, but has masses of white or pink flowers in spring and nice foliage through to early winter.
A less vigorous climber is the winter jasmine .....yellow flowers in late winter and early spring on evergreen branches. You could keep it trimmed at the top

 

Yes agree with @Verdun, if you can talk to your neighbour they might even consider replacing it with something a bit smaller and neater, though the kind of job they need one of those gangs to take down and remove.

Assume they put it up for privacy, so if removal was possible a mutually agreed screen or higher fence might be better for both.

If thats not an option, then no plants are going to cover that area and look good for a year two, partic as you say its a shady spot as well, possibly a Red Robin (Photinia) might screen it in 2-3 years.

Think I would put up a double height fence or close spaced trellis to cover those bare branches and then use that as a frame for some suitable climbers etc.

Cannot see the neighbour complaining about a fence greater than 2mtrs if its because of their tree.