These are a real challenge. Madly awkward shapes with limited space, east facing with little direct sunlight. Euw. At the moment I'm thinking exotic, architectural planting with an evergreen slant. I spend a lot of time in the house in Winter and therefore this garden has to perform well during the winter months - hence the large amount of hard landscaping here. This end of the house, north east facing is dark and I really don't want lots of bare earth as my only view during the ever longer winters. So what kind of planting? Ferns? Large, evergreen if possible tho' tree ferns can look odd with their stubby stems.
The sketch is showing a rather twee arrangement with lollipopped standards - tipo Bay, portuguese laurel, photinia ... which I hate .... maybe even a standard viburnum tinus? .. whatever's cheapest frankly at this sort of stature ... it could look cute tho' a bit twee, not sure if it's this kinda garden really. Let's rethink this ....
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