Wobbles, For a nice bush that grows fast and is shapeable with beautiful leaves, get a fatinia or photinia (cant spell) Also, Agapanthas are nice or even Japanese Box Woods.
You could go for something like a Russian Vine. Not the most elegant plant in the world (in fact some gardeners think it's a weed!) but it's not called "mile a minute" for nothing. If it's something you're leaving behind then you don't really care, I wouldn't put it somewhere you were planning on staying in because it's a bit of a bugger to get rid of when you don't want it and you'd be cutting it back endlessly!
My OH planted some of this and put babybio on it neat! You could actually see it growing, it practically covered the front of our house within two weeks.
