See if you can plant and avacado tree there. Depends on the sunlight ofcourse but you can always plant cocoa below the avacado. Cocoa loves shade.
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Bamboo in pots with their roots bagged could work. What you need to watch out for is the root containing ‘sacs’ bursting. Once they do the roots and shoots go everywhere and very difficult to get rid of. So destroy every 10 years? Or something.
I’m fighting a campsis at the moment it’s going to take years. Root sac burst and it’s everywhere. My fault because I was ignorant.
The house where I grew up we had a lovely clump of Bamboo in the ground and it stayed like that for decades until the root sac burst then the fight beat it’s rampaging was impossible. Have to notice as soon as it starts and get the whole lot out and destroyed. Even then it’ll keep coming back and you need to keep getting the new growth out and destroy it. Every las bit of root as leaving any bit in the ground and bamboo shoots up.
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Yeah, I’m scared of bamboo!
I’ve got to check building regulations as to whether I’d even be allowed to put big pots between the houses.
Back to the drawing board 
Might be worth reading up on the Buddleja (Butterfly Bush). We have one in a rectangular pot 100cmx60cmx60cm(LWH) and it thrives every year… It can easily grow to 4m/5m consistently, but is easily controlled with cutting back as desired… the choice of a big pot, or plastic storage container in this case by removing the lid, gives it stability when the high winds arrive… Full of butterfly’s and bees every summer…
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Nice idea. Buddleias are great. I have one at the back of the garden which is doing well. My only question would be light. It’s pretty murky between the houses although it would get about an hour of midday sun.
Thanks.
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You can use Jute sticks for screen too.
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This is a back post from 2023 from another poster…
Sounds a good solution for a screen wall
Search ‘star jasmine’ for original posting
Much improved! I’m putting up a 6m x 3m trellis to screen out a neighbours garage which will cover with star jasmine.
We have a similar pool situation to yourself but luckily we have 12 feet walls around so can skinny dip in total privacy.
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I’ve also used bamboo for another boundary. A gracilis slender weaver; they will grow higher in shade but if there is sun they are easily kept to 4-5m high and can indeed grow in pots (at least 50cm depth and width; ideally more). A climber like star jasmine will need a smaller footprint although you should put in a properly engineered trellis. Mine is going great 3 years later and cost less than 1k in steel materials etc and probably a couple of days of labour.
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Like what , and how ?
Do those fruits smell citrussy ?
The fruits look like mangosteen, although I could be wrong.
BTW. I just encountered a snake in the garden. Quite small and probably not venomous.
Probably.
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Dont think mangosteen fruits grow in clusters.
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They’re more like seed pods or nuts. Small, like peas.
From AI:
This tree is the Melicope elleryana, commonly known in Australia as the Pink Euodia, Pink-flowered Doughwood, or Corkwood.
Just from the picture of the seed pods.
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It may well be, but I got four different answers for the four different photos.
Thanks though. Good first step 
Edit; Looks likely. I hope so, as it’s pretty when it flowers.
- 4m long hollow galvanised steel square posts (50mm) every 2m. Dig 80cm fence holes and cement in after rust coating.
- Connect posts with galvanised 40mm angle iron at top, middle and bottom (for 3.2m trellis)
- Attach mesh (50x50x3mm) sheets (used 2.4m x1.2m sheets) together with aviary clips and u clips to attach to angle iron and posts.
- Paint posts and angle iron black before building.
- Grow star jasmine
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I had some in a smallish pot with bamboo pyramid for years and then replanted two years ago into the centre of a big ornamental dome thing that I used to use for roses. It’s well established now but doesn’t seem to flower as well as it used to. Hoping for better next year.
AI said it had pretty flowers, attracted some nice bird or other and caterpillars that turn into nice butterflies.
I used the photo of the fruits as the others aren’t clear imo. Leaves doesn’t distinctly show their growth pattern. Bark needs to show which part of the tree e.g base, above base, half height and then branching. Leaves look like subtropical in general.
I also restricted it to Australia as the leaves indicated it could be Asia, Indonesia etc. This is an assumption however imo an educated one.
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I don’t know what it is but it’s nice - the first pic gives London Plane vibes
I think Bekloppt may be north of Sydney which has subtropical pretensions. 