Thanks Susan, Much appreciated. I captured the name of the plant and then can not see rest of email- must have something to do with my Houzz settings? But the hint re pinch off top for bushing out came too. Thank you for responding, Naomi

Try to relax, Carol, it will all be alright. Once you get your things the way you like them, and layer the rooms with decor and the detritus of family life, the things that are glaring at you now won't be noticeable at all. We tend to be picky on this site because that's part of what we do, but in real life, you and your visitors will only notice that you have a warm and loving home, with laughter, and good food and drink. Just don't overcapitalise, so you have some money left over to afford food and drink! Relax, it's difficult now, but it will pay off.

Any Houzzers with experience in these?

a quick look on HOUZZ revealed many photos of similar ideas... you may like to check out "garden colonnade or climbing roses" for inspiration and i'll keep looking for something suitable..the idea is to build the structure tall enough so that the top is way above the height of the existing fence and you could also add horizontal panels of lattice as well as the climbers to obscure the neighbours' roof and your shrub roses can be planted between the colonnade and the fence The neighbour's structure looks like it's attempting to block out your house it's just not tall enough...