Please recommend a fast growing creeper that doesn’t need trellis

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I’d love to grow a creeping plant on the front of my house.

It’s currently rendered.

Is there such a a plant that is fast growing and will creep without support?

It would be in full sun

Virginia creeper?
Grows quickly
Looks lovely in autumn
Goes beautiful shade of red

I grow a passion vine on wires

A Virginia creeper sounds lovely.

My house is attached to neighbours - how do I manage it from covering their house too?

I would rather have a trellis than have something "mark" my house.

Anything that attaches itself to the walls - like virginia creeper - will wreck the render

A passion vine is much more controllable

I’ve grown quite a few Passion flowers.
They look so pretty and grow well up walls.

Mine grows 20 feet a year .... I cut it back HARD every winter
but the foliage and flowers and fruit look great all summer

If I really need to go for trellis to protect the walls, Would a clematis work well on trellis or need wires?

If its a passion vine, the walls are utterly unaffected - you do not need trellis
ditto clematis
and trellis will not stop the gripping plants (like ivy) wrecking the walls

I'd love a passion vine, I've just been googling!

I’ve just been informed that I shouldn’t be installing trellis or wires into rendered walls as it can let water in behind the render over time and cause it to blow.
Maybe I can’t grow anything up if after all

@talkinpaece that’s good to know! Clematis would be lovely

If you decide to go for virginia creeper or Boston ivy they both lose their leaves and the virginia then also loses the stalks. They make a bit of mess imo.

Passion vines are stunning. I’ve never seen one before.

What if you ran the wires all the way up to the soffits ?
Or into the base of the window frames?

One word of warning about passion flower, particularly Passiflora caerulea - it is a total thug and will take a mile if you give it an inch. My mum's neighbour had growing across the front of her house - my mum found it had forced its way in through the house wall and shoots were in her living room.

Clematis montana can be quite rampant but you can cut it back easily in spring - there are a few different types, some will grow happily in shade, some have scented flowers. Some support like a trellis would be needed, but at least it wouldn't wreck your render.

A lot of creepers (like vines) have aerial "roots" which function purely to attach the plant to the surface, so there is risk to mortar, render, etc. Ivy, Virginia creeper, etc.

There are Clematis which are evergreen if you prefer a year-round presence.

Have a look for more ideas

Would a climbing hydrangea be a good idea?

Anyone with experience of them?

Give last Friday's edition of Gardener's World a whirl. It had a section at the end about annual climbers that you could perhaps plant in a massive pot or three smaller ones using beanpoles to support. Then you'd have some height but no problems with render. They can grow from seed to 8/10 feet in one season apparently.

One that becomes entirely self supporting - you run it up string when its young is
campsis radicans
a wonderful, wonderful plant