Growing climbers without support on fence?

[huggybear]

Does anyone have any advice on growing climbers. We share a fence with a neighbour (nobody knows who owns it officially) and I would like to grow climbers up it but I'm not sure how. My neighbour has loads of stuff growing and I don't want to disturb it but I can't see how to do it without adding support to the fence. Is there a freestanding option or a method of adding support that doesn't affect the integrity of the fence? Thanks.

what kind of climbers? if they are light, can you hammer a couple of nails into the fence and put strings down from the nails? that would be enough for a clematis to get started.

I'm not sure, I have a climbing roses but maybe I could use an obelisk? I was thinking clematis but not sure on the rest. Trying to screen the ugly fence.

I have an obelisk in a large pot which happily supports a couple of clematis.

There is lightweight trellis you should be able to attach to the fenceposts though - plastic or willow.

If you don’t want to fix anything to the fence, use 2 -4 thick bamboo canes. Dig them deep into the ground and put a lightweight trellis between them. If you Garden on clay you won’t need extra support but if on a lighter soil, dig gravel, sand and soft cement into the hole around the bamboo.

This will be fine for clematis, sweet peas or annual climbers. If you want roses then don’t go for anything too vigorous as the weight will pull it down. The Rose Banksaei Lutea is ideal for this. It is thornless, very easily to train and has lovely perfumed yellow flowers early in the season. If you team this with mid and late flowering clematis you will have a long display.

Just one word of warning, because it is so vigorous, Banksaei spends the first year establishing its roots. The subsequent years increase the blossom dramatically.It is extremely easy to train and prune. I use mine as a support for other climbers.

This is it, there is a white variety too

If there is already stuff there which has come through from the neighbours side, clematis would be fine, and would use it as a host.

Though preferably viticella, or other which can be cut in latte winter.

Thanks everyone.