Morning Glories: have I lost my mind today or.....?, 1 by hey_jude

hey_jude wrote:
I tried to get a pic of the area so that this isn't all abstract. The walls inside areas in the shot are facing north (with shade right now) and west (with those aloe in front of it)

1. the aloe has to go.
2. the stump is staying because I can't doa thing about it.
3. the two trees are ficus and not fast growing
4. i know the spot laid out with spray paint doesnt' show but it's the mostly barren patch in the foreground of the pic which is sort of a figure 8 laid sideways.
5. behind me is more yard which is just bermuda and I only plan vines on the west wall.
6 to my left in the pic is where the patio is with pots started but not interesting yet.

all that said, what sort of fast growing trees did you put in? How fast is fast? I really don't want shrubs in the middle of such a limited planting area so a tree would have to be well placed and provide shade almost immediately would it not?

where do I go from here?