What to plant?

New shoot

A row of trees that gave us great privacy and created a boundary behind our house have been removed by the neighbouring landowner. We have about half a foot of land between our fence and the stumps (boundary line) and I would be very grateful for some advice on what best to plant in this gap-something that will grow quickly but not too aggressively! Thanks in advance.

pansyface

Oh dear, what a pity. And at this time of year when everything is growing. How depressing for you. I'd put up a sturdy fence and grow climbers over it.

Dovefromabove

Six inches of land full of old tree roots is not going to grow anything of any height.  I agree with pansyface - I think a fence with climbers is the answer.  

We have a row of trellis on top of our fences to give additional height without it being oppressive, and we grow montana and alpina clematis there - they provide good cover quite quickly. 

Joe_the_Gardener

I'm not sure I understand this. Is the legal boundary the fence or the line of stumps? If the former you presumably have no right to plant anything beyond your fence.

Wozwoz

GRISLLINIA ! It's evergreen , it always looks fresh and perky , it comes in bright green or golden variegated and left to it's own devices it'll get to 20' but is easily hedged, it'll grow at a rate of knots but is very controllable. U can get then as bigger plants reasonably priced and they're tough as old boots . I don't envy u trying to dig out planting pits amongst the old roots of the conifers tho !!

Dovefromabove

And will Grisllinia not grow wider than the 6 inches between the fence and the neighbour's boundary????