About two years ago we put in a new patio. It is cut into the slope with a wall about 2' on the one end that ends about half way down the slope. The other end is at the grade We would like to put a tree/bush at the end of the wall.

We would like some thing pretty or with flowers. We would like it to stay low so it does not block the view from the patio or the house.

We are about 300' above sea level on the edge of the Piedmont plateau, about 20 miles east of Raleigh NC. In the summer the area is in full sun about 8 hours per day, and being on a slope is well drained by clay. A downspout drain is along the edge of the patio

We are running out of ideas, and would welcome new ideas.