Questions

I am looking for planting suggestions for my garden boundary to offer privacy for both my garden and my neighbour. I am in the process of renovating an overgrown garden. As you can see from the attached photo my garden and house are over looked by my neighbours house. I plan to continue my fencing and possibly plant a mix of low growing trees and hedging. What would you recommend? I am afraid hedging alone wont get high enough. I have just removed 2 large overgrown spruce trees that divided the houses.

There is a section in my garden that I am unable to grow anything, most plants have died. The part of the garden is a very cold spot. An ideas of what I can grow?

Can you recommend an ever green climber (strong preference to avoid ivy) for a North facing wall. The wall is roughly 10ft high & 7ft wide and is looked on to from the kitchen window.

I have a large concrete back yard with swings etc, surrounded by mass concrete walls, 1m up to 2m in height with a beech/whitethrorn hedge on top bordering field. Can't plant in concrete unless pots?? Looking for a creeper that will grow down and not effect hedge on top, would ivy strangle it as it will need to be planted at base of hedge, need colour to break up grey look, kid friendly. Advice needed

I have a fence at the front of my house. I had a shrub growing over it but it was too heavy and the fence was falling and getting damaged. Can you recommend a light climbing shrub please. Preferably that flowers and is evergreen.

I have a virginia creeper/boston ivy on the front of my north east facing house but it has never clung on with it's pads (I think the render is too smooth) Im thinking of changing to Wisteria, would that be a good idea, or can you suggest another climber. Otherwise, any tips on how to get the ivy to cling?