My pool fence is like yours and I have different varieties of euonymus climbing on it. I like the look of the variegated colors.

The two trees on the right in your photo…are those locust? I ask because those trees have little root strength and can fall easily in a storm. We had a mess after one winter storm.

So, I am not a big fan of large trees close to a wood fence.

This isn’t the best picture of our fence, as we have done a lot more planting, but we started with cherry laurel (which now has really filled out bcause my husband trims off the tops to keep them full.). In the right corner you can see some euonymus and a limelight hydrangea.

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some ideas:

Do you have ticks in your area? I’d so, you most likely don’t want to have much shrubbery or other tall plants in that area even though it would be attractive since it is right by the play area. You would still want to do tick checks of your kids, but a less tick-friendly planting of a low groundcover might be a wiser choice. After the kids are older and it is time to change out the play area for something else, then would be the time to think of shrubs or vines to camouflage the fence IMO.

Pittosporum (sp?)?? Ligustrum (sp??)?? We’ve used both along fencing...