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Can someone suggest some privacy landscaping advice for a sheltered and elevated first floor elevated terrace?

I live in a two story townhouse. I have a ground floor terrace with two sides exposed and is sheltered with a second floor balcony. The front is the larger side of a rectangle and the smaller side is centered with a 6 stair walkup (terrace is elevated about 5'). Some other terraces are surrounded with tall, thin shrubs like arbor vitae which I really don't want. I'd like something really nice that grows about 10' to 15' tall. I like the idea of the lilac tree which seems like it stays low enough and spreads out (works for the front). I also like the burning bush but there's conflicting info as to how tall this bush grows. If it doesn't grow tall enough I may choose these to directly cover the front terrace wall behind a suggested tree. But this is all I have so far. Any suggestions with photos would be really helpful since I know so little about landscaping. I'll choose best answer before time is up. Thanks for helping me out with this ;)

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1. You could try making a sort of hand-made trellis from string and a staple-gun. Then start growing any number of climbing vines such as trumpet or clematis. There are plenty of roses that climb fast as well but can get a little sticky with the thorns but you may want those thorny trimmings to put in places you want dogs or other animals to stay out of like flower-beds. Honey suckle may grow too fast and attracts way too many bees for my liking.