East facing house wall - flowering climber?

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We've got some limescale damage on our back wall where some water dripped over time. The water problem has been fixed and the damage can't be shifted apparently. So I want to cover it with something pretty! I tried growing a climbing rose but it died. Am not very green fingered and basically have no clue what to do. would love a wisteria but not sure whether that would survive! Any ideas of what would be easiest/work best/look nicest for an east facing wall. Would need to grow to about 4m to cover the limescale!

We grew clematis armandii on our east-facing wall in the the UK. It's very vigorous and evergreen. The flowers have the most beautiful smell, but it flowers in early spring, so often chilly when you're not sitting out to enjoy it.

It will need support on the wall as it's heavy, but I do recommend it.

It grows so densely birds will nest in it, we had a robin and wren in ours.

Sounds good - dOes it need lots of maintenance and is it kind to those of us who are a bit rubbish at gardening? Will look online to see what it's like! Thanks!

It looks after itself, vigorous and fast growing but you must have a trellis up for it to grow on.

Prune AFTER it's blossomed, and no later than June/July or you'll be cutting off next year's flowers.

How wide/narrow must it be? Wisteria needs lots of work and is not for a novice . My neighbour had an Amanni but again needed lots of work, was on a south facing wall but died after a few years - did have the most gorgeous scent though. The only difficulty with an east facing wall is in winter when the wind does sometimes come from that direction and is very cold, but that is seldom as we have a prevailing SSW wind in this country. And anything evergreen, except for conifers, in vulnerable to the morning sun after a frosty evergreen night. You could buy a large - expensive though- slow growing and prunable evergreen Euonymus varigated form - that is very hardy - some climb up walls like ivy does, no flowers but lovely bright yellow and green evergreen foliage. There is a large variety of this species. I would go to a large garden centre and ask them for advice. Good luck

Hydrangea petiolaris is lovely, easy and remarkably tolerant.