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Fuschia and some types of roses (not sure what they are called, but ones with a reddish small "open" type short lasting flower that I've only ever heard called an "old Shetland Rose") usually do fine.

 

Both will need a bit of shelter themselves (a normal garden fence/wall etc) to become establised and thrive, but after a few years will easily reach half as high again and twice the width of whatever height their shelter is. Both will self seed, especially the rose, so steadily cover a bigger and bigger area of ground with new roots unless kept in check.

 

Probably the best place to get a few new roots is from someone with them already well established who is wanting rid of some to curtail their natural spread through self seeding. Try a wanted Ad on here, or there are a few Shetland Gardening Facebook groups which might be worth a try as well.

 

These are the kind of roses I'm talking about, I have no idea when these were planted, it could be as long ago as 40 years, but they were cut back hard, virtually to the ground about five years ago. They weren't up to much the first two years afterwards, but came back fine after that. They probably could be better with trimming etc, as these are just pretty much left to do as they please, there's a three foot wall on their other side facing the SW.

 

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