Try seabuck thorn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippophae when you start set a wire lines so you can train plant to grow how you want the is a process called thorn row it’s has been used for longer than written word, this article is basics, I add put them in slight swales not enough for cover but enough so the water drains to them making the watering free in most climates reducing work to havesting pruneing .https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/sustainable-farming/living-fences-zmaz410onzraw
