Fast growing evergreen climber to cover ugly east-facing wall?

[wildfell]

Hi all

I'm looking for a fairly fast growing evergreen climber to cover an east facing brick wall at the end of my garden. I planted a climbing hydrangea in the spring which hasn't done much yet. I'm now thinking of planting a clematis armandii there, but the wall is only about 6 feet high (x about 40 feet long). Good choice or would the clematis be too vigorous for what is a fairly low wall?

TIA for any ideas :)

The climbing hydrangea will become very extensive but they are slow starters so you may have to wait a couple of years.

Ivy is vigorous and self-supporting. You can get it in plain green or variegated forms.

Another possibility is the climbing rose Madame Albert Carriere. This is a good one for an east-facing wall but it's essential that you train it horizontally along the wall ( you will need wires). Tie the new young shoots along the horizontal wires while they are still flexible.

I suggest this

www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/97176/Solanum-crispum-Glasnevin/Details

I wouldn't suggest ivy (mostly because I've just spent three days digging up the roots of ivy in my garden) it's quite dirty and takes a lot of space up at its base.

The only thing with the glasnevin is it'll need support

Thanks for these ideas!

I have already planted a Mme Alfred Carriere at one end of that wall which is growing nicely although it hasn't flowered yet. Just thinking I'd like something evergreen so I don't have to look at the eyesore in the winter. I'll look into these suggestions :)

I've a Glasnevin - as an ugly wall hider (not up on plants enough to recommend anything I don't have!!). I do like it, leaves stay and plenty of flowers for a long period of time.

I was thinking of a rose for the wall I've just removed the (two carloads) of ivy off; going to check out Madame Albert Carriere rose now.

What about a row of hedging pyracantha. They can easily be pruned and trained to cover a wall.

I love the hydrangea petiolaris so much and was surprised how much it did grow in a year after expecting it to be slow!

You won't go far wrong with Jasmine. It's fast growing, lovely foliage, gorgeous smelling flowers, needs next to nothing in the way of care. I just hack my 'Italian' jasmine (but there are lots of varieties) with garden shears and it grows back as beautiful and prolific as ever.

I'm no gardener whatsoever - don't have a clue. But I had an ugly wall to cover, so just nailed some cheap trellis to the wall and on the advice of the bloke at our local family run garden centre, planted Jasmine. Everyone remarks on how fab it looks.

By contrast on a trellis on a facing wall I planted Honeysuckle. Such hard work by comparison, it looks weedy and weak, and all the flowers and foliage are at the top of the plant so the stems are all woody and scruffy looking.

Jasmine- evergreen - smells beautiful. I hid walls this way. I did have a piece of wire mesh attached but it does form clinging rootlets like ivy. Really worth while.

Having spent weeks this year removing ivy and hydrangea suckering from a wall, I would recommend using something you can train onto supports rather than a self-clinging species.

The online RHS plant finder directory will have some suggestions for you, bearing the aspect of the wall.

I've covered a horrible block wall with a mixture of jasmines, honeysuckles, climbing roses and Passion flowers, trained onto wires. Some are evergreen, some not, but they all cheerfully co exist, look interesting, and have completely obliterated all signs of the ugly wall.