Climber for a north facing wall

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I want to grow a climber in a pot on a north facing wall of my house. I would like it to flower, be hardy, have little maintenance and I would also like it to look good in winter. Does any one have any ideas. It is a large pot so won't dry out too quickly. The wall looks very bare at the minute

I just ordered a wisteria from the guardian garden shop for a shady north-east facing wall. It said it would be fine in a pot and as far as I remember fits your other criteria as well.

Oh, crocus is a good website for finding plants for specific areas.

wisteria is twiggy in winter isn't it or am I mixing it up with something else?

winter jasmine is good - evergreen (quite a rich green colour leaves) and yellow flowers in winter. we have a climbing hydrangea on a wall that never gets the sun and it is extremely happy, nothing special in the winter though. what about a ceanothus? I think that is what they are called, a californian lilac, you can get a climbing version and they are evergreen and have bluey flowers. we have one on a north wall.

I came on to say climbing hydrangea. I have an akibia quinata ( sorry that spelling might be totally wrong ) and clematis Pamela Jackman both on north wall and both do fine.

you could always have a summer and a winter one together, that way you will cover up the one that looks a bit dead in winter and end up with flowers at both times of year

thank you for your help. I will take a look at your suggestions.

I think honeysuckle does well in shady areas, being a woodland plant that likes to grow under trees

According to the crocus website, Lonicera henryi is a good honeysuckle for a shady wall

Try Hydrangea seemanii and Pileostegia, both are evergreen and flower well on a north facing wall.
www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/hydrangea-seemanii/classid.3991/

www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/Pileostegia_viburnoides.html

Pyracantha is another option as they grow quite tall, also e/g.

Honeysuckle is nice but its a woodland plant so quite messy/scrambly - it likes to twine through other plants so not ideal on its own in a pot against a wall.

Doesn't wisteria need a reasonable bit of sun?

YY to honeysuckle/hydrangea/winter jasmine. Some clematis might be ok too. I've got a parthenocissus on a north facing fence but it might not be suitable for what you want - no flowers and not evergreen so not much there in winter. It might damage a wall,would be worth checking.

I have a similar wall and put a biggish bamboo in a pot in front of it, which is working quite well.

Thank you all. I think I will go with the hydrangea. I will let you know if it is a success