Best and quickest evergreen climber

[TerraNotSoFirma]

We are just starting to plan our garden and we have a 6ft fence to be put up.
What I would like to do is grow something evergreen all over it (as fast as possible)and have little fairy lights through it as it will be right beside the (eventual) patio.

What would you recommend that would cover the fence but not have too much depth so that I can weave the lights through it?

If anyone has any recommendations for lights also, I'm thinking solar powered?

oooh, MrsSM, that sounds lovely - looks sort-of jasminey

hooray for plant labels! (though I have to admit a few plants I have bought from aldi, though they were cheap & have done well, were not what the label said )

on the \link{http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/hesperis-matronalis-var-albiflora/classid.2957/\crocus website} it says

'Replace plants every two to three years as flowering diminishes with age.'
but also
'Plants will self-seed freely'
so can you just leave it to reproduce itself, or do you have to dig it up sometimes, do you think?

but crocus website also says it only grows to 0.45m in height

are you sure that is it??? it doesn't look like a rose...

That's what I thought Ponders.

I suspect MrsSM is having my wrong-label problem too, Solo

Terra
Montanas are genitically high climbers, and all tend to get bare at the lower part. I even tried one in a pot - not recommended-, but did last 5 years. It did not grow very high, but still the lower stems became bare and woody. I did not cut it back, though they say that clematis can stand hard pruning, but never tried it.
There are smaller ones that can be gown in a pot, so theoretically should do better on a fence.

Think the Armandi is the only evergreen one.

There are several evergreen clematis which are in the link I posted on Monday, many are smaller/less vigourous than armandii and so probably better suited to growing against a 6ft fence, esp if pruning is tricky which it would be given the net of lights.

Ponders, Hesperis doesnt grow to 2m high but will get to a metre or so, its a biennial with pretty white flowers but doenst look much like a rose to me.
Maybe post a pic on your profile of your plant and we can have a look?

Yes, sorry, I think I was worng, luckily I am not a detective by trade... - on closer investigation there were thorns on it, so it is a rose - apologies - did not intend to mislead! Now I just need to find out which one, so I can buy several more

Okay, have eventually found it - it is a rose, called Wedding Day. Now off to buy some more

Oh yes. There is no such thing as too many roses.

Honeysuckle is an evergreen climber and grows very fast. You can plant it with clematis and/or ivy so they grow up the fence mixed together. :)

The jasmines are climbers, but they have more stalk than leaf or flower, iykwim, so I don't think they'd cover a fence well.

Beware of ivy - it gives lots of people (including me) a nasty skin rash, sometimes with painful blisters.

I have just planted 5 climbers on fence.

Hydrangea petiolaris in shade, in sun or part sun have honeysuckle Americana, jasmine officiale inverleith, jasmine beesianum, and rose Caroline testout.

The last 4 are fairly speedy.

And you could get a taller wall shrub?

I think clematis is too weak and spindly on its own, other than evergreens.

onefewernow just looked your rose, it looks perfect!

Re the solar lights: I have solar fairy lights on dd's grave. They work well in summer but in winter they don't charge up well as there aren't enough daylight hours to keep them charged.

I personaly think you have a good choice Armandi Clematis is a good one and evergreen but a large leaf ivy would be the best as it can put up with the wind as the Armandi Clematis does like a bit of protection from a wall to grow best also you could use a Montana clematis grows realy quickly but sheds its leaves at the end of the year, but who wants to sit outside in the winter , now is a good time to plant use a soil compost Jonn inns number 3 added grit I know I say this all the time but its going to be in the pot a long time and that will help

Bought and plated two ramblers today - Rambing Rector and Mme Albert Carriere.