Training a climbing plant

[froginthepond]

Stupid question but i would like to train a plant up a wall but how do i get it to stay against the wall without putting screws or nails into the wall? I know you can use a trellis but how do you get it to stay against the wall?

Depends on the climber! Some stick on their own, like ivy and climbing hydrangea. What is it?

I have not picked one yet as dh said no nails or screws so i have not decided yet as i wanted to know what was possible. I would like something with lots of flowers, hardy, one for south facing wall and another for north facing wall. I am in north Scotland so it is cold and wet for much of the year. Any suggestions?

I'm planning to plant a climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomal petiolaris) in a shady spot at the back of our garden. I'm hoping it will climb the wall without any help, I've read that it should do that so fingers crossed. I think it's hardy, flowers in summer.

Could you sink posts in the soil, strong enough to support trellis; but I agree you won't get to a great height that way.

Is there no upstairs window or guttering that you could HANG trellis from?

What's the plant?

what about using an obelisk ?

Some self-clinging climbers can play havoc with your masonry. A few eye screws can be a lot less damaging. Some shrubs grow well against a wall and give good cover without additional support - something like Mexican Orange Blossom, which grows to 2 1/2 metres - might be worth trying.

We screwed little eyelets into the wall and ran wires between them.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I think the obelisk is the way i will have to go as dh is saying nothing to be be drilled, nailed or turned into the wall and that the plant may pull off the harling :( I have seen some nice obelisk's though so will explore them