West wall ideas please

Hi all, I live in Worcestershire and I would say I’m a gardening novice but I like to potter and keep the garden tidy. My question is that I have a west facing wall which soaks up the evening sun. It used to have a couple of hawthorn bushes growing in front of it but they were a pain to keep cutting and stuck out onto the drive too much. So what can I grow on it. I would like something that looks fairly neat and was thinking of some kind of espalier fruit tree. Any suggestions or alternatives would be great. I’m good with occasional pruning to keep it looking neat

 

Hi @Tangsoodo - Lovely wall.
What is the soil like there? That may affect what will do well, and it will probably need a fair bit of prep before planting anything.
I don't grow wall trained fruit, but many people here will do, so they can probably help with that.
The only problem may be - is that area open to the public walking by, or is it totally on your property? If the former, you may not get any fruit! I think pears and apples are the most common fruits for wall training, and possibly the easiest.

There are plenty of climbers which will be fine, roses, clematis etc, but you'll need a support for them, and wires and vine eyes would be the ideal because of the curve, although you could put some vertical, narrower trellis panels to accommodate that.

 

Hi @fairygirl thanks for the reply. There is a fairly big driveway so people would have to purposely come on our property to go scrumping and there is cctv above that wall. I don’t mind the local kids helping themselves when they are all playing out but as I won’t be growing chicken nuggets I doubt they will bother I’ve never had much luck with clematis in the past in other areas. I think I’m rubbish at pruning them correctly. I would have to check the soil but that’s easy to sort out

 

With clematis, it's a case of picking the right type, and it might be a bit dry for the larger flowered ones, but the early ones would be fine. Roses might find it a bit dry too, but it would depend on the condition of the soil and the care you give them. It's the initial prep and watering/food that matters with any heavy flowering climbers, but the small flowered early clems, don't need the amount that the large flowered ones need, so they might be easier. They don't need the amount of pruning the others get either.
I don't grow roses, but there are lots of people who do, and would be able to help if you wanted those.