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Ugly Six-Foot Fence

Our 30 x 66 foot backyard (wide but not deep) is surrounded by ugly
six-foot board-on-board fences that lean badly, but that the neighbours
don't think require replacing yet <sigh>.  I would like to plant some
shrubs to disguise them, but have been wrestling with "what" for a while
now.  

We would prefer to minimize the fall leaf clean-up, as there is a large
stand of very tall maples in the yard behind us which kindly drops its
keys and most of its leaves on our side of the fence!  Our yard receives
about 6 hours of morning sun (the stand of trees is to the south-west).  
The fence blocks the sun for anything planted against it (i.e., I will
be
planting these shrubs across the northern face of the fence).  I can't
afford to bring the plants out away from the fence very far, or they'll
be in my family room!  Also, we are on clay soil (the digging is *not*
fun.)

Any suggestions?  I think I'm going to have to go with dwarf varieties,
as it seems like the back fence is "right in my face" when I look out
the back door of the house.  Would like a variety of textures and
colours to improve the winter interest.  Are there any evergreens that
are considered dwarf but would grow as high as 6 feet?  How high does
holly grow?

Heather in Markham, Ontario, Canada
Cda Zone 6 / USDA Zone 5 - usually get a couple of -30F cold snaps with
little snow cover
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