Not too tall and very narrow plant/tree for shady spot

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talassa San Luis Obispo, CA Feb 15, 2012

I have a tiny garden (26'X20') in California. There is a spot that needs a plant/tree that is about between 5' and 10' tall and no more than 2'-3' wide, that spot gets a few hours of morning sun but it is open shade most of the day because of a tall adjacent building, we have clay soil (unfortunately). I tend to like plants that show the structure of the branches and look sculpted, in this case I might need a more bushy one but still would prefer some interest in the texture. The garden is succulents/rocky (some nice/small conifers, such as cedrus deodara glacier blue and pinus sylvester saxatilis) and 2 trees, acer circinnatum burgundy Jewel and Pacific Fire. I love color of bark and foliage more than showy flowers and tend to dislike grass.

The plants I looked into so far: podocarpus and taxus (fern yew and pine yew get too tall, unless you know of a dwarf version), boxus (too bushy), cypressus (do not like the thin/needle leaves), tsuga, and to be precise:

tsuga.canadensis.Sargentii , Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea' (Golden Irish Yew), PODOCARPUS-henkelii.jpg,lantern tree

I like the one listed above, but as I said they are listed as getting pretty tall (20'+), does anyone know another possible plant or if any of the ones of the genus listed above stays small?
Thank you
Talassa

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