What to do with my garden fence?

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Paint? Stain? Leave as it is?

I think stain it, just to make it an even colour.

What kind of things could I grow up it than at I don't need to be too green fingered and will spread quickly to produce nice coverage?

Which direction does it face? How much sun will it get?

I have just bought the following to grow up a wall & trellis, but this is for a sunny sheltered site, and quite deep soil:

Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'
Passiflora caerulea
Ceanothus arboreus 'Trewithen'
Akebia quinata
Fuchsia 'Lady Boothby'
and I am putting in a small tree.

Other good options for your fence;

chaenomeles - this has lovely flowers around now (March) then the leaves come later.
a climbing rose;
clematis armandii

Thanks. Il look for those.
It's a south easterly garden but the bottom is shaded by a large birch tree

If you have a Karcher washer, or similar, the green algae really needs blasting off before you stain it.

If those are snowdrops in the picture, and you want more of them, when they have finished flowering, but before the leaves disappear, lift the clumps and divide them, replanting the bulbs to cover a larger area:

www.leadupthegardenpath.com/hints-and-tips/splitting-time-for-snowdrops/

That's a great idea! I will borrow my parents pressure washer and that will at least clean it up nicly.

Would be lovely to have more snowdrops next year too.
Didn't know about splitting them. I don't want to now the lawn yet as they are so pretty

Looking forward to geranium season when I can fill all my pots up with colour again.

And when the birch and apple tree start to bloom and have a nice coverage of leaves.

I am choosing new patio furniture (another thread) so that will brighten things up a bit

Oh yes, don't disturb snowdrops till the flowers have gone, but lift while you can still see leaves (otherwise you won't know where they are).

By 'geranium' I assume you mean Pelargonium.

Yes I do!
I can't believe I have always known them as geraniums. How strange!

I've just planted the early flowering clematis 'Montana' up a fence and a pretty, thornless, almost evergreen rambling rose called 'Banksiae Lutea' which grows really fast and produces small clusters of yellow pom pom type roses in early spring. It does only flower once but you could climb something else through it too which flowers later. There are different types of honey suckle - some will grow in shade and others need more sun.

Sorry - I was being a bit pedantic, and lots (maybe most) people call them geraniums. But the more 'serious' gardener will call them pelargonium.

'Geraniums' are the hardy, cranesbill plants.