On 6/24/2011 5:03 AM, Bex230 wrote:
Hi
I have a gravelled area at the end of my garden which provides parking
for my weekend car. It has a pergola and trellis around it. I currently
have two roses climbing one side of it but another side I want something
else that once its grown creates a visual barrier.
So these are my requirements -
Evergreen
Not harmful/poisonous to my cats
Grow in clay soil
Area gets full sun until midday and then partial shade for the rest of
the afternoon.
It doesn't need to flower although I guess that would be nice!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.




Euonymus fortunei seems a pretty good fit. It is available in many
cultivars with variegation and colour variants to fit almost any taste. It
has the benefits of being almost unkillable by even the most black-thumbed
gardener and it is easily propagated from cuttings but it has the
disadvantage that it can become invasive in the wild as it has in the
eastern US where it can be found both climbing trees and forming mats on
the ground.